Piano is their forté

STUDENTS of Cecil Du Valle in East Taphouse have gained impressive results in their Associated Board of the Royal School of music exams.

Ben Tolley earned a distinction in his Grade 8 piano, and Sophie Loewendahl was also awarded distinction for Grade 7 piano. Adam Halls passed Grade 5 piano with merit and Marylyn Gliddon achieved a pass in Grade 5 theory.

Susan is secretary

LISKEARD in Bloom elected Susan Glencross as their new secretary at their meeting this month.

Chris Lloyd confirmed she would continue to command the town's baskets for another year, and chairman Dave Rowe emphasised that all queries and orders would come through himself or Chris this year. He said Liskeard in Bloom had an excellent team to expand into the next year, and looks forward to more businesses joining in to make Liskeard bloom.

Harvest home

ST Martin's church women's group will next meet on September 20 when they will hold a Harvest Home.

The speaker will be the rector, Rev Martin Sellix.

September date for

beating the bounds

LISKEARD'S traditional beating of the bounds ceremony will take place on September 16, starting from The Parade at l0am.

Those who wish to take part are urged to wear suitable clothing and stout shoes as some of the paths to be used are very muddy. Packed lunches can be left at the Public hall, and will be taken to Treworgey Manor where the walkers will have a lunch break.

The hike will include Town to Maudlin for the 'traditional bumping of the mayor', Hendra Bridge to Craddock Ford, Tremabe Bridge to meet St Cleer councillors and then on to Treworgey Manor where lunch will be taken from 1.15-2.30pm, Treworgey to Looe Mills to meet Dobwalls councillors, and then Looe Mills to the bottom of Lodge Hill where the walk is due to finish around 4.30-5pm.

The ceremony was originally carried out to establish all was in order, and the boundary stones had not been moved. The bounds of the borough were fixed in the Royal Charter of l587 by Queen Elizabeth 1. They enclose an almost square area of 2,704 acres, the distance around them being ten miles. On the route there are a number of granite stones, some marked B for borough and others P for parish. The Liskeard Old Cornwall Society, and Liskeard town archivist say there is not an exact record of all the stones, so it would be appreciated if those taking part made a note of the position of any seen en route.

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Cornwall's strongest

men in Liskeard

THREE of Cornwall's strongest men were back in training at the Liskeard Gymnasium Centre this week after winning the top places in the Cornwall's Strongest Man competition at Redruth in August.

The title of Cornwall's Strongest Man was claimed by Ben Ravenscroft from St Cleer, with John Nicholls from St Neot taking second place and gym owner, Stephen Ruark, taking third place. Eighth place was taken by Jerry 'Chunky Monkey' Hill from St Neot.

The events included a forward hold, farmer's walk, weight throw, brick lift, vehicle pull, car dead lift and barrel loading.

Stephen explained: 'We were all training for about four months solid at Liskeard Gymnasium and have been carrying weights and pulling cars around the area as well.'