Friends of The Lizard Newsletter, No 13, Page 1, Summer 2002

THE

TOP HOUSE

The Lizard, Nr Helston

Tel: 01326 290974

Open all year round

Our lunch & evening menu has many

home-made fish & vegetarian meals

Children and dogs welcome

Ample Parking

Originally a farmhouse, “The Top House” has been a licensed hostelry for nearly 200 years, the last 50 years run by the Greenslade family. Part of the bar houses a fine collection of 19^th century watercolours and antique prints of views of The Lizard and Kynance. There is an extensive collection of lifeboat and shipwreck artefacts and a miniature bottle collection.

A selection of hot and cold meals is served lunchtimes and evenings throughout the year. In summer there is a small garden and in winter a welcoming fire burns. Large carpark.

There has been a public house on the site for several hundred years until it burnt down in the early 1900s. It was rebuilt and today it is set in 3 acres of grounds. The Three Tuns maintains much of its original character, and its speciality is its homemade food and a choice of beers to suit most palates.

Standing in the village square with local shops at hand, numerous beaches nearby and of course beautiful coastal walks.

Photographic Competition 2002:

Due to the great success of the 2001 competition, we will be running it again this year, with an increased number of categories. Judging, by an independent expert, and awards will be at the AGM.

Rules:

Commercial prints, min size 3” x 5”.
Maximum size of any mounting A4.
Maximum 3 per category per person.
Entrants’ name and address on the back, with location of subject. Children’s entries to include declaration of age.
Entries accepted up to 1 Oct. 2002.
There will be certificates and £10 prizes with a challenge trophy for the most points in the show.
Friends of the Lizard may use the photographic entries in displays and publications before return to owners.

Categories:
Children’s Classes:
Any photo taken on the Lizard.

Age up to and including 8 years
Age 9 – 14 years.

Other Classes:

Interesting old buildings or ruins on the Lizard.
Plants of the Lizard.
Wildlife of the Lizard.
A Lizard Peninsula Landscape.
A Lizard Peninsula garden.
A Lizard Peninsula eyesore.

Entries to Avril Evens (address below)

A wonderful acquisition:

While perusing the West Briton auction pages, one of our Committee members spotted a very interesting Lot available at the Truro Auction Centre. It consisted of the complete set of volumes (1955–95) of The Lizard –A Magazine of Field Studies. We set a price ceiling and went along to the auction to bid for them; we were successful and acquired them. They are a wonderful cornucopia of learned articles covering the archaeology, flora, fauna, geology, history and interrelated subjects of the Lizard Peninsula. We have catalogued all the articles in these heritage documents and Members may request copies, for which a small charge may be made to cover expenses.

Committee Members

Our new charitable status enables us to expand the range of our activities and we have many ideas that can be pursued. We are held back, however, by insufficient Committee members. Please contact our Chairman if you can help in any way.

Chairman:	Jeremy Dart	Content Farm, Coverack, Helston, TR12 6TN	01326 280721
Vice Chairman:	John Grierson	Carmelin, The Lizard, Helston, TR12 7NY	01326 290240
Secretary:	David Richardson	Bodlowen, Coverack, Helston, TR12 6TP	01326 280058
Treasurer:	John Roberts	Pipers Green, Garras, Helston, TR12 6LP	01326 221243
Committee:	Avril Evens	Tresaddern House, Ruan Minor, Helston, TR12 7NA	01326 290629
	Yvonne Barlow	Kiddleywink Cottage, Garras, Helston, TR12 6LN	01326 221644