#Liskeard

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Maud pie has encountered knitted fish and chips.

At the liskeard Show, in Cornwall, England.

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Broken Britain, Liskeard, Cornwall /Kernow

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The Halfway House. On the A38, halfway between Liskeard and Bodmin.

[shopsui]

In July 2019, we chanced upon a delightful cafe in #liskeard that made good #coffee. I started following them on insta and have followed them now in 2022 to #Siblybacklake #cornwall where the ambience is still delightful with water views, delicious cakes and still good coffee @olivecocafe part 1 (at Olive & Co.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmfCzMBN0o9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Tenant Of Razed Home Used False Name," North Bay Nugget. April 25, 1933. Page 3. --- Open Inquiry Into New Liskeard Fire ---- Blaze Was Within Month of Buying Insurance ---- CONTINUES TODAY ---- Woman Thought Wife Has Husband at Cochrane ---- (Special to The Nugget) New Liskeard, April 25 - Evidence that a man known as M. A. Doyon is actually Achille Levesque and that Mary Doyon, who was believed to be his wife is the wife of a man living near Cochrane and the mother of four children there was offered when Deputy Fire Marshal Edward Jordan, of Toronto, opened an investigation into a fire which razed two Lake Shore homes here on Good Friday last. Levesque himself, tenant of one of the two destroyed cottages, was on the stand the greater part of yesterday. Further disclosures were expected when the hearing resumed today.

The two dwellings which were burned were owned by Henry Bertrand and John Meyers and evidence was offered that the one in which Levesque was living was the fourth he had occupied in eighteen months. Fire broke out in this cottage within a month of Levesque placing insurance on the contents, according to the evidence, which also showed that this was the first home in which Levesque had carried insurance. With total coverage of $1,500 Levenque claimed $350 loss. Mrs. Doyon, in whose name the policy was carried, was not home the night of the fire.

[missing-girls-and-women]

Melanie Nadia Ethier, 15

Last seen in New Liskeard, Ontario in 1996.

[dhallplant]

Dhall Plant is a reputable groundworks contractor in Liskeard, offering professional services for construction projects. With expertise in excavation, drainage, and site preparation, they deliver efficient and reliable solutions to meet your needs.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Niagara police say they’ve solved a 25-year-old murder using DNA and genetic genealogy connecting the death of a Toronto woman to a suspect from Northern Ontario.

Homicide investigators say DNA evidence has linked the death of then 26-year-old Nadine Gurczenski with a New Liskeard truck driver who died in 2017.

Gurczenski’s body was found in a “roadside ditch” on May 8, 1999, around 5 p.m. in an area around Victoria Avenue and Eighth Avenue in the Town of Lincoln.

“Three passing cyclists … located a female’s body in the ditch on Victoria Avenue, which is in Vineland,” Det. Staff Sgt. Andrew Knevel explained. [...]

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

[vivi266]

Assorted photos, New Liskeard ON. (📷Canon Rebel T3i)

Winter 2024

[thiziri]

Royal Navy's newest sailors at HMS Raleigh greeted by Princess Anne during Passing Out parade

The Princess Royal takes salute at HMS Raleigh passing out parade.

Princess Anne made a special trip to HMS Raleigh yesterday, April 21, as the guest of honour at its Passing Out Parade to celebrate the newest sailors joining the fleet. The basic training facility of the Royal Navy at Torpoint was last visited by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, in 2017.

HMS Raleigh is the home of both initial naval training for Royal Navy ratings and professional training. She arrived via royal helicopter and was greeted by the commanding officer of HMS Raleigh, captain Jane Roe ADC Royal Navy.

During the visit, Princess Anne met with the service, civilian and contractor staff who help deliver and support world-class training, as well as talking to a selection of recruits at various stages of their Royal Navy journey. The Cunningham 22/32 class are the latest recruits to complete their 10-week phase one training at the Torpoint base.

Among those to have met her was recruit Brodrick from Bristol, who is currently in week four of her training. She said: “I see The Princess Royal as a role model and an example on how I, as a female in the Royal Navy, can reach the highest ranks."

Chief petty officer Dav Hayer added: “I have met Her Majesty through her position as the chancellor of the University Highland and Islands where I am currently completing my MSc, and today [April 21] it is special to meet her in her role in the Royal Navy.”

Reflecting on her position of admiral of the Sea Cadets Corps, petty officer Stephen Owen from Liskeard, who works in the youth training team said: “It is appropriate The Princess Royal is here today [April 21]. 400 sea cadets are about to arrive to undertake the Annual National Drill and Piping competition at HMS RALEIGH, and she is an important head of our organisation.”

The Princess Royal inspects the passing out class at HMS Raleigh.

The class passing out was Cunningham 22/32, comprising of 25 sailors who are joining the fleet as future weapon and marine engineers, warfare specialists, Royal Navy Police, and a qualified dental nurse. The Princess Royal took the salute at the parade, which included Ship’s Company Divisions, and presented the training prizes and service awards.

Acting as guard officer, chief petty officer Al Lowe said: “It was a real privilege to be on parade in front of The Princess Royal, and it’s hugely rewarding to see these men and women evolve into effective members of the Royal Navy. All the training staff wish them luck as they start the next phase of specialist training.”

The Princess Royal meets HMS Raleigh recruit CS Sebastien Kava Liliu who is the first Solomon Islander to join the Royal Navy.

During her visit, six senior ratings serving at HMS Raleigh had their near 200 years’ service recognised with awards presented by Princess Anne. The sailors, all living in the south west and serving on the training staff at the New Entry Training establishment in Torpoint, Cornwall, have had their outstanding service marked with awards of Clasps to their long service and Good Conduct medal and Valedictory Certificates.

Petty officers Matthew Hocking and Stuart Donaldson both received the first Clasp to their medal after attaining over 25 years’ service, while warrant officers first class Ian Bailey and Justin Newbury both received their second Clasp after completing over 35 years’ service.

© Plymouth Live

[jonathanwrotethis]

Friday morning in Starbucks

It’s Friday morning, and I find myself sitting at a table in the middle of Starbucks. It just occurred to me that today is Friday 13th. Isn’t it interesting how inconsequential hoodoo can stay with you - ready to resurrect itself at a moment’s notice.

I have Friday and Monday off work. A break. A long weekend. Shortly before leaving the house I put the washing machine on. Is it sad that the prospect of a day off triggered an urge within me to clear any chores before the weekend arrives?

The long weekend was originally to visit my parents on the coast. After agreeing the time off, and agreeing the visit with my parents, I realised that this weekend was our anniversary. And then two of our daughters landed a world of drama on us - the kind of drama where you clear the calendar in order to “be there just in case”. I wonder if children ever realise how many times their parents throw themselves under the bus without their knowledge?

In a parallel universe I’m sitting on the train to Liskeard, rumbling towards deepest darkest Cornwall for a couple of days - or more probably standing because the train company can’t find their arse with both hands.

Starbucks is an oddly soul-less place. It doesn’t have the friendly feel of the cafe my daughters work at. I can’t put my finger on why. A playlist is being piped throughout the seating areas - playing the likes of Joshua Radin and Katie Melua - the imagined soundtrack of endless angst-filled tv-shows from the 2000s.

(half an hour passes)

I’m back at home now. Washing machine emptied, washing on the line, machine back on again.

My middle daughter just called with bad news from the army recruitment office. She’s been on a mission to lose weight and get fit for the last couple of months - looks like her journey will continue for another month or more. Guess who’s resisting the temptation to throw his hat in the ring - to offer to run with her every morning over the months ahead. To be honest, it gives me a good excuse too, but I wonder if it’s better for her to find it in herself rather than be pushed.

(another half an hour passes)

I’ve de-camped to the living room, tidied up, convinced the cats it would be a good idea to go away, and now Shania is singing about how somebody is still the one she wants on the record player.

The sun shining. The house is half-way tidy. This won’t last, will it. It never does.

[british-rail]

Gonna start making some maps of old lines and small networks if you have any reccomendations send an ask

(im already working on Liskeard & Caradon so dont bother asking for that one)

[pubs-of-devon-and-cornwall]

The White Horse, The Parade, Liskeard, Cornwall.

[walkingthegr10-blog]

It could be my imagination, but there’s a softness that seems to wrap you in a South West embrace somewhere around about Exeter. Persistent rain streaks the Great Western train windows and a gentle mist descends first on the muddy flats of the River Ex, the terraced houses flanking the railway around Plymouth, the fishing boats far below Albert Bridge after Saltash, and then the rolling green hills as we journey through Liskeard - Bodmin Parkway - Par - St Austell - Truro - St Erth and finally Penzance.

I am hoping the rain is for Travel Day only. The start of another long solo walk and wild camping expedition is bringing up a familiar and not entirely comfortable anxiety, that I know from experience is much lessened if things stay more or less dry. Thankfully the weather app is showing reassuring semi-sunny, cloudy, windy icons for the next seven days. 

I catch the £2 Coaster Bus to the Lands End bunk house. A quick half in the First and Last Inn a little way up the road, a re-acquainting with my old friend the Cicerone Guide and I’m tucked up by 10. So far, so good.

[v0id-c0rroded]

Looe, Devon. A branch line service from Liskeard has just arrived, a time honoured scene.

September 1959

[scotianostra]

Anglo-Scottish physician Ian Donald was born on December 27th 1910.

There are differing versions of Ian Donald’s birthplace, one gives it a Cornwall, another vaguely states Scotland, while Wiki was non committal  and just gave his date of birth when I last posted on this, in the year since it has plumped for Liskeard inn Cornwall.

Donald does however have a strong Scottish heritage, he was born to John Donald and Helen née Barrow Wilson in 1910.His father was a general practitioner who came from a Paisley medical family,his grandfather also a GP, and his mother a concert pianist. Donald was the eldest of four children; his siblings were Margaret, Malcolm, and Alison Munro, who later became a leading headmistress. attended Warriston School in Moffat, and he attended Fettes College, Edinburgh, for secondary education. However, Donald never completed his education in Scotland, as the family moved to South Africa due to his father's poor health

Ian continued his education at the Diocesan College in Rondebosch, subsequently obtaining a BA from the University of Cape Town.

 He then studied medicine and was awarded MB BS at London University in 1937. During 1942-1946 he served as a medical officer in the RAFVR; was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the MBE for rescuing airmen from a burning aircraft. He is considered a Scot though, so we’ll claim him.

So apart from being a brave guy what else has he done? Well during his wartime service he became interested in radar and and sonar technology and with this in mind he worked with T G Brown of the the scientific instrument makers Kelvin & Hughes to create the first diagnostic ultrasound machine, and in 1958, with Brown and John MacVicar, he published his findings in The Lancet. Donald’s idea of using ultrasound to diagnose humans was ridiculed. However, after a large ovarian cyst was diagnosed in a female patient, practitioners took the technology seriously.

He was involved in the planning and design of the Queen Mother’s Hospital in Glasgow, which opened in 1964 and was Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Glasgow University, from 1954 to 1976.

In honour of Professor Ian Donald, Professor Asim Kurjak founded the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1981. It is one of the world’s largest school of medical ultrasound and each year many celebrated students come through their advanced courses in medical ultrasonography.

And in recognition of his pioneering work in Ultrasound, an Ian Donald Gold Medal was awarded each year by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology to the person whose pioneering work is considered to have the most profound influence in the development of Obstetrical and Gynecological ultrasonography.

Find out about him in this article from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburghhttp://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/ian-donald-diagnostician-and-moralist