Voices of Calstock Parish - Onwards and Upwards by Calstock Parish Archive
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This is the fifth in our series of ‘Voices of Calstock Parish.’ Drawing on the archive’s collection of interviews which spans over thirty years, in this book we are now going out into the wide world with interview extracts telling us how people’s leisure time was spent. You won’t find anything about computers, ‘play stations’ and ‘iphones’. Even transport could be difficult, some interviewees talk about cycling to places, some walking to dances. Of course motorbikes and cars feature, but not always with a happy ending.
But some things don’t change, there still being dances and the cinema, pantomimes and singing. Of course the W.I. is ongoing, but these groups are dwindling. Youth clubs are also in decline. However, coffee mornings appear to be on the increase and walking just for pleasure is now very popular. Fishing is more difficult now that the Tamar can’t be fished and rabbiting, once considered essential for pies, is on the decline. Can you remember eating rabbit pie?
"He got the rope wrapped round his neck. We were all there and he pulled it wrong or did something and it came down looped around his neck. He went shooting up and the poor rector, he was stunned.”
“So if you cut a piece of this bamboo off just below a membrane and about 3” above, then take hold of the side shoots, you could stuff it in the little hole and make a pipe. Then the dead leaves that came off we would roll it up and smoke the stuff. Then it started that smoking is bad for your health.”
But some things don’t change, there still being dances and the cinema, pantomimes and singing. Of course the W.I. is ongoing, but these groups are dwindling. Youth clubs are also in decline. However, coffee mornings appear to be on the increase and walking just for pleasure is now very popular. Fishing is more difficult now that the Tamar can’t be fished and rabbiting, once considered essential for pies, is on the decline. Can you remember eating rabbit pie?
"He got the rope wrapped round his neck. We were all there and he pulled it wrong or did something and it came down looped around his neck. He went shooting up and the poor rector, he was stunned.”
“So if you cut a piece of this bamboo off just below a membrane and about 3” above, then take hold of the side shoots, you could stuff it in the little hole and make a pipe. Then the dead leaves that came off we would roll it up and smoke the stuff. Then it started that smoking is bad for your health.”
