Delabole Slate November 2020 NOV

Do You Remember: As Prescribed with Dudley Savage?
The Plymouth Royal Cinema ( and finally the ABC Cinema) was the place where every Sunday morning Dudley Savage would sit
at the wonderful Compton organ and play requests for people in hospital. In July 1938 ABC opened one of their prestigious cinemas,
the famous Royal in Plymouth. Wilfred Southworth was appointed as the opening organist but sadly, after just one week in the post,
Wilfred lost his life in a road accident and did not complete his two week booking.
The BBC had written to Dudley with an invitation to broadcast from there on August Bank Holiday 1938. The broadcast went out
live from 4 to 4.30 on that Bank Holiday afternoon. The cinema was packed with well over 2,000 people and the boy organist Dudley
Savage, now 18 years old, became the Royal Cinema resident organist. This was to be the first of thousands of broadcast he was
to give from Plymouth over many years.
The programme was first broadcast in 1948 on the West of England Home Service and was called ‘As Prescribed’ with Dudley
Savage at the Royal Compton Organ in Plymouth . The programme signature tune was the wonderful ‘Smiling Through’ and his
broadcasts were enjoyed not only by people in hospital but all over the West Country. The BBC decided to finish the popular weekly
broadcast in 1968 because they were cutting back on their regional programmes. However, this was not to be the end of ‘As
Prescribed’ because of the fierce loyalty of listeners. 43,000 signatures were sent to the BBC and, in their wisdom, the programme
was reinstated and continued till 1979, a run of 31 wonderful years.
As I write these words, listening to a CD of Dudley Savage called ‘Perfect Partners’, I have a sad memory of ‘As Prescribed’. I was
a schoolboy at Tintagel Primary School in the 1940s and very often a request would be played for a school friend of mine David
Menhennick. Sadly David died at a very early age from TB and I still think of the sadness at the School and village at that time.
‘As Prescribed’ is certainly a precious memory of mine and I hope you have enjoyed my thoughts of this lovely radio programme.
David Flower. The Regal Man
www.tintagelweb.co.uk
Things You Find When You’re Tidying Up!
Part 1
(You’ve been warned - there may be more)
With too much time on my hands, I discovered the
following lurking in a box file labelled Old Delabole
Records.
Thought you might be interested - although you’d have
to be even older than me to know where some of the
places were - and the items to collect might raise your
eyebrows!
WAR WEAPONS’ WEEK TREASURE HUNT
Fair Field, Delabole. 19th June 1941
COLLECT
1. A worm not less than three inches long.
2. A flowering stem of wall pennywort.
3. A matchbox with two woodlice in it.
4. A bun penny.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
1. What is there in Mr. Webber’s window that you would
not expect to find there?
2. How many windows are there on the railway side of
the Bridge Hotel?
3. What time is showing on the clock in the Post Office
shop window?
4. Can Roughtor be seen from Treligga Downs?
5. Give the name and date of Medrose Chapel.
6. How many trees are there around the War Memorial?
7. What is the slogan in the window of Mr Samuel
Prout’s shop?
8. What are the numbers of the following electricity
poles:
A) The last pole on the main road at the bottom of
Pengelly?
B) The main pole at the top of Medrose?
Sadly, there were no answers on the sheet or how much
it cost to enter but you had to complete the Treasure Hunt
on foot and be back at the Fair Field by 8.45pm
HH
Thank you
Well done to all our raffle prize winners. We raised
£486 towards the Delabole Christmas Lights.
Thank you to all involved and a big thanks you to
Sharon, Geoffrey and Kerri for your help in drawing the
winners.
***** RAFFLE PRIZES & WINNERS*****
1 Tub of Quality Street - Joanne Todd
2 Voucher for £20 off at the Poldark Inn - Leanne Cullip
3 A pair of beautiful earrings - Charlotte Parsons
4 Voucher for Cream Tea at the Four Season Cafe - Coleen
Henderson
5 A bottle of wine - Abi Blanchard
6 A Chocolate Bouquet - Christine Ann
7 A bottle of wine - Janine Smith
8 A child's Batman costume - Sarah Sleep
9 A set of Headphones - Roger Kath Price
10 A bottle of Famous Grouse - Janine Smith
11 A voucher for a cream tea at Hilltop Farm Shop - Becky
Bluett Was Harris
12 Diesel Spirit of the brave aftershave - Jan Everitt
13 Mug with hot chocolate etc gift set - Suzanne Cleave
14 Personalized Christmas sack - Kerri Booker
15 A Mystery prize - Kathryn Vague
16 A Veg hamper & £10 meat - Sharon Spencer Mingail voucher
for St Teath butchers
17 Voucher for a gel polish - Louise Provis
18 A Scentsy gift set - Sean Gee
19 Cod & chips for 2 from The Smugglers Rest - Kathryn Vague
20 A painting of the nearly home trees - Leanne Cullip
21 Set of Glow in the Dark fabric pens KarynDave Roberts
22 A John Richards brooch - Carolyn Edwards
23 A large Marble Chopping Board - Abi Blanchard
24 A Bottle of Wine - Christine Wilkins
25 A 12x12 Pebble picture of your own choice & saying - Helen
Parsons
26 A candle gift set - Judy Andrews
27 A large Teddy Bear - Hannah Miles
28 A Silver Heart ornament - Mandy Galley
29 A Heart candle holder pot - Kerri Booker
30 Voucher from RT Nails - Kerri Booker