Looe Luncheon
at The Dagger
THE Looe Conservative Ladies Luncheon Club held its Annual General Meeting at The Dagger Restaurant in Pelynt.
The Chairman, Mrs Margot Child, Treasurer Mrs Jill Joce and Secretary Mrs Marion Drewett resigned for various personal reasons having each held their respective positions for a number of years. Thanks were given to the retiring committee for all their hard work on behalf of the club.
It was decided that in future the Luncheon Club would be chaired by one person on a rotating annual basis and that each lunch would be organised by a different member. Mrs Shirley Shearsmith was elected to be Chairman and Mrs Janet Powell agreed to be Tresurer.
A lunch was held at the Dagger Restaurant after the AGM. The speaker on the occasion was Mr Leslie Emmett, a retired Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police at Scotland Yard.
The first lunch after the summer break will be on Thursday October 11.
Quay full of
turbot talk!
TALK of the week was the 44.5 lb turbot trawled up by Paul Goldthorpe's Levan Mor of Looe. Full report see back page. Meanwhile figures on the quay have been up and down the same as the continuing unsettled weather.
Figures for week Monday April 23 - Thursday April 26 (weights in kilos): Mon - cuttle 640, lemons 3000, whiting 300, monk 110, plaice 340, red mullet 100, cod 75, dovers 130, ling 100, turbot 250, scallops 600 doz; Tues - cuttle 180, lemon soles 1000, whiting 100, place 150, red mullet 50, dover soles 40, scallops 150 doz; Weds - poor weather on Tues therefore no market; Thurs - only two trawlers ventured out on Weds bringing back mainly lemon soles (250kg). Today's market (Friday) looking good with all boats out in fine weather on Thurs.
Figures courtesy of Looe Fish Selling Ltd.
Spring fayre
RIVERSIDE United Church, West Looe, will be holding a spring fayre tomorrow, Saturday, April 28, from 10am-12noon. There will be a variety of stalls.
Maypole going up
on Big Green
THE Maypole will be going up on Big Green for some colourful dancing on Monday next May 7, for Polperro's May fayre, which takes place between 12-4pm.
There will also be a duck race down the river, juggling and fire eating, a sizzling barbecue, music, charity stalls and games, all set to provide an afternoon of fun for all the family in traditional village style.
The theme of a children's art competition will be spring, and all entries will be collected and judged for prizes on the day.
The community extends a warm invitation to visitors to come and enjoy the event.
'Old Looe'
exhibition
THE Council Chamber in the Guildhall, East Looe, will be the setting for an exhibition of old photographs of Looe and its personalities from Monday next, April 30, to Saturday, May 5 from 10am - 5pm. In order to allow as many people as possible to view the display there will be an extended opening on Thursday evening.
This exhibition follows a very successful showing in the Riverside United Church, West Looe, last year, and the interesting collection is owned by Mr John Southern of The Leather Workshop.
Admission is free and refreshments will be available.
Not a spare bed as
visitors poured in
FEARS that the foot and mouth crisis would keep Easter visitors away from Looe appeared to be unfounded, with the town reporting a very busy weekend.
Manager of the Tourist Information Centre, Jill Spencer, said many tourists arrived without accommodation, believing there would be plenty. 'They were surprised we were so busy' she said, 'there wasn't a spare bed to be had on our lists, anywhere in Looe'.
She said the Centre was receiving a lot of self catering enquiries for the season, with the middle of May looking extra busy, and a lot of walkers had been showing interest in which coastal footpaths were now available. She also reported their sales of tickets for The Eden Project were excellent.
At Looe Bay Holiday Village the reception manager, Sarah Mandale, said the complex had had an excellent Easter and were completely full with 1,200 visitors. 'Bookings for the rest of the year are coming in nicely' she said. August is already full, although June is a little slow'.
Local breweries expecting a fall in the number of visitors could also have been caught on the 'hop' by not stepping up productions for the Easter break as normal. At a busy Polperro, the popular Blue Peter pub could only offer the guest bitter on the Sunday, as the brewery's bitters sold out and there weren't any more supplies available!
Question time
at the council
FOR the first time in several years, members of the public will be able to ask councillors questions from the floor at the council's annual general meeting, which takes place at the Council Chamber, in the Guildhall, on Monday, May 14, from 7pm.
Previously, the public were asked to submit questions in writing before the meeting, but a decision on the new format was taken at the last town council, on the suggestion of councillor Jimmy Dingle.
The question and answer session will follow the normal meeting, the mayor choosing ceremony and the agm.
Choir sings
for farmers
POLPERRO Fishermen's Choir will be performing at Looe Community School, tomorrow (Saturday), April 28, at 7.30pm, as part of an excellent double bill with the visiting Bournemouth Male Voice Choir.
In view of the foot and mouth crisis the Fishermen's Choir say the proceeds will be forwarded to the Farmers' Appeal, and are hoping for as much support as possible.
A grand sum
for ACHE
THE Polperro ACHE ladies held a coffee morning in the Buccaneer Restaurant in the village and raised the grand sum of £168.
The Trustees of ACHE offer their thanks to the Polperro community for their support and generosity.