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Founded 1924

Colours : Red and blue.

85th birthday celebrations 2009

Summer Outing to Trereife on 18 May 2009

 

 

The officers of the Madron Society are:-

President: Mr Donald Liddicoat

Hon. Chairman Mr. R Matthews

Vice Chairman: Mrs A Jenkin

Hon. Secretary / Treasurer Mrs. M Mannering 

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Programme Secretary Mrs Hilary Bawden

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Recorder Mr. Roy Blewett

Dialect recorder: Hilary Bawden

Press & Publicity Tom Herbert - Pz 350977 

Committee

Vice Presidents Mrs. E Green

Publications 

Hon. Life Member

General & Refreshments: Mrs Davy, and her team.

Past Presidents:

Archie Richards 2004 -2006, John Uren 2008 - 2010,

Rev Philip Williams 2010 - 2012.

 

 

The Madron Old Cornwall Society meets at 7.15pm on the third Monday of the month at the Landithy Hall, Landithy,  Madron for a talk followed by a  pasty supper.  

The annual subscription is £5; visitors may be charged £1. All are welcome so why not come and join us.

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Programme. 2013

 

Jan 21

 From Penzance to Germany on Barque Kruzenshtem

John Potter

 

Feb18

 

 Kathmandu to Everest

George Melio

Mar 18

Escapes from German occupied France 1940-44

John McWilliams

Apr 15

Cornish Fish Wives

Tony Pawlyn

May 1

 Annual Dinner

 

May 20

 Evening visit Gulval Church with

 Roy Matthews

June 23

Midsummer Eve Bonfire

Bulls' View

Sept 6

 Crying the Neck

 

Sept 16

Paintings of the Newlyn School and the Natural World

 Katherine Ashton


Oct 21

 A tale of two ships
 

Jenny Fitton

Nov 18

  From workhouse to the Western Front to be preceded by AGM
 

Keith Harrison

Dec 16

Christmas entertainment

 

                                                            Federation Events 2013

Saturday 23rd February 2013

Federation Spring Meeting  County Hall, Truro

Saturday 13th July

Summer Festival Camborne

Saturday 5th  October 

Annual General Meeting County Hall, Truro 2.pm

November 9th 2013

Winter Festival Newquay

                                           Federation Journal published twice a year 

                                             Other Events

7th September 2013 Esethvos Kernow. 

Eisteddfod of Cornwall. 

Penryn

7th September 2013 Gorsedd

Penryn

                                                              Other Dates
5th March St Piran's Day  

 

85th birthday celebrations

Members of St Buryan, St Just, Penzance, Ludgvan, Hayle, Redruth and St Agnes societies, together with the New Honorary President Terry Knight and his wife, Anne, joined us for our 85th Birthday Party.

  The picture shows our Honorary President, John Uren, being helped to cut the celebration cake  by ex-Honorary Presidents Archie Richards and Pat Snow.

Mrs Margaret Orchard, Myrgh Maddern, was made an Honorary Member of the Society and we were entertained with Cornish music by the Matthews Family of Heamoor who had everybody's feet tapping with a marvellous melody of music.  Ken Cargeeg had us in fits of laughter with his so called true stories of some of the society.

Of course, being Madron, we had a pasty supper and a pile of chatter before the Rev Tim Hawkins brought the evening to a close with a vote of thanks and a blessing.

We are now trying to find an excuse for another party ..............................

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Crying The Neck - A Harvest Celebration

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On Friday the 1st September at  6.30pm the Madron Old Cornwall Society held a "Crying the Neck" ceremony at Boswarthen Farm, Madron. The banners of both Madron (Doreen King) and Penzance (Burt Prigg) Societies were paraded. 

The M.C. was Don Liddicoat, Vice Chairman of Madron Old Cornwall Society and the hymns were accompanied by Penzance Silver Band. 

The first hymn was "Praise the Lord! Ye heavens adore him".

This was followed by a prayer which Pat Snow read in Cornish with the English translation being read by Pastor Russell Buley of Trenere Chapel, Madron. 

Don Liddicoat then gave an explanation of the ceremony.

'The standing corn was then cut by Mr. Tony Jenkin. After the last cut was made Mr. Jenkin then gathered and bound the corn into shocks and then arranged them into stooks. 

The last of the shocks is called 'the neck' and this was raised on high by Tony Jenkin who cried:

"I hav'n; I hav'n; I hav'n."

Everyone then cried together:

"What  hav'ee; what hav'ee; what hav'ee?

Tony then replied:

"A neck; a neck, a neck." and the crowd gave three hearty cheers.

The ceremony was then repeated in Cornish.

Tony: "Ma genef; ma genef; ma genef. "

All present: "Pandr' us genes;  pandr' us genes; pandr' us genes? 

Tony: " Pedn yar; pend yar; pedn yar. "

All present gave three hearty cheers.

The final hymn was then sung "We plough the fields and scatter" followed by the closing prayer.

The ceremony was followed by a service in Madron Chapel with Pastor Russell Buley conducting the service and giving the lesson. 

This was in turn followed by a traditional pasty supper.

The ceremony was led by  (L.to R.) Pat Snow (Cornish Prayer), Tony Jenkin (Reaper), Don Liddicoat (M.C.) and Mr Russell Buley (English Prayer) 

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Photos by Sandra and George Pritchard

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All Gods Gifts

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I hav'n 

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Enjoyed by all the family.

 

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Pasty supper enjoyed by all.

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Thanks to all the backroom staff. only some of whom are in the photo.

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A revised booklet on the 'Crying The Neck' ceremony with a colour cover and the words of the celebration of harvesting the final sheath of corn for the season in both English and Cornish can be obtained from:

Publications Officer, F.O.C.S., Map Tewen, 6, The Terrace, Pentewan, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6DE.

Price £1. Please add £1-00. post & packing to each book in the U.K. Elsewhere price on request.

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Summer Outing to Trereife on 18 May

Madron Old Cornwall Society Members with Tim Le Grice

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It was a beautiful summer's evening for our visit. Tim Le Grice, the present owner of this local treasure, first took us around the formal gardens and explained their evolution.

Inside the house we were treated to the story of how the Le Grice family acquired the property and the different personalities who had developed the farm and house into what it is today.  Truly a great story and a fascinating gem to discover.  I would recommend it to anyone interested in Cornish history.

 

 

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