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Around Kingswear BY MIKE TREVORROW


Farmers’ Market On Sunday September 4th a farmers’


market was held in the village hall, hopefully one of a series planned for the village. There was a wide variety of produce from pies and pork chops to polished antique brass and copper. With this being Kingswear there were, of course, teas and coffees and goodies on the go too. I hope the traders found it worthwhile to turn out on a Sunday so that we can look forward to further markets. All good luck to the organisers.


New cafe owner Roger Mathews


with 3 tons of useful materials to the Ukraine border. They loaded their hired van with things such as clothes, crutches, a false leg, a zimmer frame, an incubator, toiletries of all sorts, nappies, tinned food and packets, and dog food. These had all been collected from our communities. They joined seven other vans at


In October he is planning an official opening ‘do’ so keep your eyes open for a grand re-opening of the wee place. Until then the café is open from 8:30am onwards on Tuesday through to Sunday. The Saturday paper in the café was the Saturday Guardian which is ok in my book (sound of mild shuddering around Kingswear!)


Cliff and Steve to Kingswear Coffee


Co… As most of our readers will have seen, the little café next to the post office is up and running again. We welcome to the village Roger Mathews who is our barista behind the counter; his partner runs a B & B. Roger was originally from Totnes and is just moving to Broadhempston so he is a pretty local chap really. He is serving coffees, teas, cakes, sandwiches and paninis at the moment but is willing to see what is wanted and to vary his output accordingly. This is Roger’s first venture into the catering world in his own right, so let’s wish him every success with his new venture.


Ukraine A few weeks ago a remarkable thing happened and it was engineered by two members of our community: Cliff Taylor (our very own ferryman) and his friend Steve McEvoy from Galmpton took part in a remarkable event organised by ‘Cornwall and Devon sending Love to Ukraine’ when they drove a van laden


Exeter then drove to Dover, but the weight of the van caused a tyre to deflate and they had to stop several times to re-inflate the tyre. From Dover they sailed to Dunkirk, then drove through Belgium and Holland. The vehicles were four vans and three minibuses. Their first night’s stop was at Duisburg in Germany, the second night was spent in Poznan in Poland, then they journeyed on to Warsaw. The Polish Lions’ Club arranged the meeting with the Ukranian folk at a drop-off point. Afterwards they were treated to a guided tour of Warsaw and lunch in a city church, all organised by a lady named Ariana. The three minibuses’ purpose soon became clear when 18 Ukranian refugees were brought back with the vehicles, their documentation all arranged beforehand. There was an issue with a 12 month old baby who did not have a passport, but this was sorted out eventually. Laura (a teacher from Cornwall) and Darren organised the overall trip, which was timed to fit in with half term school holidays. The families which the minibuses


Cliff Taylor - One of the Ukraine drivers.


brought over to England were landed at Dover, then sent by train to King’s Cross, then put on a further train to Waverley Station in Edinburgh from where they will be given housing with Scottish families.


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