Saturday 8th September saw a return to one of our favourite venues, St Agnes. Interesting fact here, in its heyday around 1840, as one of the finest areas for mining high grade tin ore in the world, the parish of Breanek (Cornish for St Agnes) reached a peak population of 7,757. By 1901 this had reduced to 4,292, after all those 'Cousin Jacks' found their way around the world to seek work, as one by one, the mines gradually closed. Our arrival in the Parish Church sadly could

There was a Carnival atmosphere in Lostwithiel last Thursday evening the 2nd, the first of five events held on each Thursday during August, inspired by the ebullient and very talented Emma Mansfield. We were invited to sing a thirty minute session on which would normally be our practice evening, and having experienced the 'Sing Along The River' in a previous year, we had no problems persuading everyone to take part. Those of us who had also been involved in the 'Man Engine Re