Once again queues of people waited patiently at the Discover Hayle Map
Launch to get their copy of “Churks, Clidgy and Doodle-Dashers. Hayle Tales
and Trails” the book compiled and edited by Lucy Frears from the Hayle Oral
History Project. The last chunk of Heritage Lottery Funding allowed the
project a 1,500 copy reprint to help meet the demands of hundreds of people
on a waiting list after the 1,000 book give-away in December when books went
in less than two hours! “Churks, Clidgy & Doodle-Dashers” contains
memories, archive photos, walks and information on the Hayle Area including
St. Erth, Angarrack, Gwithian and Godrevy.
One of my volunteers, Lynne Nurhonen, worked for weeks trying to contact
the hundreds of people on the waiting list. Then on the day Lynne, her
husband Jon, as well as Andy Nephin, Iris Emberson and Joan Johns worked
with speed and good humour with important back-up work from Chris Ryan and
Louis Frears and sold over 500 books and a hundred DVDs in an hour and a
half!” Says Lucy Frears, the voluntary Hayle Oral Project Coordinator.
"The book is brilliant. It is a combination of cleverly edited bite-sized
reportage with really interesting photos that completely hooked me. You gave
me access to [gran's] world."
Claire Grove, BBC Drama Senior Producer
"A new and exciting picture of Hayle that would be hard to beat - splendid
job"
Professor Charles Thomas, CBE FSA
The books are being sold this time for £5, the DVDs for £3 at Hayle
Community Archive, open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10am to 1pm
(Brewery Office, 1 Sea Lane, Hayle, TR27 4DU tel: 01736 753962) and at
Hayle Library, open every day except Thursday and Sunday from 9am to 6pm and
Saturday from 9,30am to 12.30pm although times will change to shorter hours
from April 18th. (Address: Commercial Road, Hayle, TR27 4DE tel: 0300 1234
11. The book and DVD content is available to read/ look at/ watch/ listen
to for free online at “Hayle Tales blog” http://hayletaleshome.blogspot.com/
. All proceeds from the book and DVD go towards keeping voluntary
organisations Hayle Archive and Hayle Oral History Project going in their
home, the Brewery Office.
Lucy Frears, Hayle Oral History Project Coordinator (now on a voluntary
basis)
office: 01736 753962
http://hayletaleshome.blogspot.com/
Archive Open Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 10 am - 1pm
With support from Heritage Lottery Fund
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