Delabole Slate May 2022

COUNCIL CORNER Delabole Parish Council
At their April meeting the council received feedback from the Camelford Community Network Panel meeting on 29th
March. This included a report from the Police who are experiencing a serious lack of manpower due to Covid, an update
on local health services from The Veor Group, two road updates about Community Network Highways and the Camelford
by pass. Good progress is being made on the 20mph scheme across all the villages in North Cornwall.
The Parish councillors discussed -
• The cost of maintaining the public toilets due to vandalism and misuse, repairing the lights and hand washing
facilities and the possibility of introducing a charge for the use of the toilets. This is under review.
• The invitation to send a PC representative to the Jubilee parade in Truro was declined. The arrangements for
our village Jubilee celebrations were noted.
• A request from the Christmas Lights group to facilitate the erection of poles along the inside wall of the playing
field extend the lighting programme was approved.
• It was agreed to continue with the Traffic Warden contract for another year.
• To purchase and adopt a ‘Scribe’ cemetery management programme which will help the Clerk to maintain
records, manage requests and produce the necessary funeral documents.
Full minutes from April 12th meeting can be viewed on the notice board.
The Annual Parish Meeting will be on Tuesday 10th May at 6.30pm before the regular PC meeting at 7pm. There was
no Parish Meeting last year due to Covid and the ‘newness’ of the Parish Council. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The usual contact for our Parish Clerk is 07869 725450 or clerk@delaboleparishcouncil.gov.uk
Deadline for the Slate 10th May
Moore’s
My earliest memories of what
is now ‘Hair Heaven’ was as a
tailor’s shop which belonged to
the Moores. Mrs Moore was
my teacher at school and I
distinctly remember her
teaching us Folk Dancing -
which was a BIG THING in
Delabole in the 1950s. It was
so popular that there was a
weekly session held at the
Liberal Club, where you paid
3d (thrupence) to be taught by
Mr Warren and, I think, Miss
Lloyd (another teacher at the
Primary School). I could well
be wrong. If I am, please write
in and correct my recollections.
Back to the tailor’s shop -
there was a long table inside
on which bolts of fabric could
be unrolled and a large pair of
tailor’s shears used to cut
required amounts or pattern
Moore's shop (on the right, with the overhang) in 1927
pieces. I think wool and
when the Prince of Wales came to Delabole.
sewing accessories were also
Photo courtesy of Brenda Burnard
sold but the thing that intrigued
me most about the shop was the overhang and frontage - it was unique in the village and it had a name: Under Moore’s.
At one stage there was a village notice board on one of the walls where people booked the date that they intended to
use for their event so that there was no overlap with other organisations. However, when Tricia and I were putting together
a booklet about the village for use at a Flower Festival, we interviewed Mrs Norah Hore about her memories of the spot
and she said, ‘It would be full of boys from Camelford and P.C. Ebbett, who lived opposite in the Police House, would
come across the road and find out what was going on. You’d hide away in behind so you couldn’t be seen!’
There have, of course, been many more occupants of the shop since those days. How about someone taking up the
story from the 50s and bringing it rather more up to date?
HH