Showing posts with label holy-headland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holy-headland. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 March 2011

BOYCOTT THE CENSUS!

ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

"I heartily accept the motto, -- "That government is best which
governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, -- "That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have. Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government. The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it. Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for, in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure."

These are the opening words of 'Civil Disobedience' by Henry David Thoreau, written in 1846. For the whole book, follow the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4EldfyftiI&feature=player_embedded

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_site

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_set_of_procedures



Contact Save The Holy Headland: savetheholyheadland@yahoo.com

Scottish Census Rebellion

How The Empire Portrays Itself.....

We're counting on you to BOYCOTT THE CENSUS!!

Saturday, 22 January 2011

The Limpet No.75 - C.C. Kill Tree!

What could better symbolize the attitude of Cornwall Council towards Penzance, and towards Nature itself, than the wanton destruction of the tree in the centre of the little Cornish town?
The severed stump of trunk bears a bleak inquisitorial epitaph - "WHY?"

http://www.youtube.com/user/floydyopz#p/c/DDCA32D32BD02649/10/GDS_nqHaUvc


Someone's got the right idea!

Please print, cut, and distribute - help save a life...







Protect Life - Oppose Torture & Death - Resist Cardiac Arrest...


Tuesday, 14 December 2010

QUOD IMPROBUM TERRET PROBO PRODES

PEN MINUS ZANCE EQUALS WHAT?

SAVE THE HOLY HEADLAND
SAWYA PEN SANS

Centuries after these descriptive primitive names were given, Moeshayle* became the market-town of the west, when few, if any other, buildings were in what is now Penzance, except the small chapel or oratory on the rocks, which acquired for the projecting cairn the name of Penzance (holy headland)
William Bottrell, 1870
* Mousehole
See below the response from Cornwall Council, when asked what they have done with the remains of our ancient chapel, the first building in Penzance - the building that put the 'Zance' into the 'Pen'.
Reference Number: IAR-003878
Response provided under: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Request and Response:
I would like to know the following:
1) Who gave the order to remove three extremely large pieces of stone from the dark-ages site of St.Anthony's Chapel, Barbican Lane, Penzance, August '09?
2) On what date was the order given?
3) To whom was the order given?
4) Where are these three extremely large pieces of masonry now?
5) What plans exist for the future of St.Anthony's Chapel site?
6) To date, are there any plans to consult the public about their wishes concerning the most ancient religious site in Penzance?
1 No idea – not sure that the alleged stones ever existed
2 No details exist
3 No details
4 No idea - See answer 1
5 No change to existing site is planned to date
6 See 5 no plans to change anything as far as I am aware
Information provided by: Environment Service - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

To: Gemma Stephenson,
'Freedom of Information' Dept., Cornwall Council, 14.12.2010
Dear Gemma,
Your Ref: IAR-003878,
My Ref: St.Anthony's Celtic Chapel Site:

Since the reply I recieved on 13th December 2010 was totally evasive and unsatisfactory, I am now forced to ask the following:

1) who composed the reply from the Environment Service? Who issued the reply to me? In future I request that all letters be signed - is this not normal procedure?

2) Has the council any juristiction or authority over the piece of ground, currently being used as a car-park, between the old Vospers building and Barbican Lane, including the site of St.Anthony's Chapel?

3) Has the council ever taken any action whatsoever, on or concerning the above territory? If so, please specify ALL actions taken by the council regarding this territory.

4) Is the author of the previous reply to me, representing the Council, prepared to state categorically that he (Mr Marks?) or she, having asked all or any persons who are now, or have been in the past, concerned with this matter, and having consulted all relevant files; that the council has definitely not removed any stones from this site? (Bearing in mind that I have a letter from Mr Alec Robertson refering to stones being removed from the site which has been published on the internet)

5) Re: your answer No.2) "No details exist": Are you - or any of your colleagues - claiming that the details have been (a) destroyed? (b) supressed?

6) Also RE; Your answer No.2: Are you claiming that no such order was ever issued?

7) Re: Your answer No.3) (a) Are you claiming that the order was never recieved? (b) Or that the details of that order have been destroyed? (c) Or is it a simple refusal to provide the information?

8) (a) Regarding the current whereabouts of the stones: Is the council denying that the three very large stones were removed by official action?
(b) Is the council asserting that it cannot possibly discover the whereabouts - past and present- of these three stones, weighing many tons??
(c) has the council destroyed these stones? (d) has the council sold these stones?
(e) have these vast stones been stolen by somebody?

Since you point out the considerable expense of FOI requests, and since it is the legal right of the public to have them fullfilled, I suggest that rather than evading the matter, the council actually ANSWERS the questions asked.
Sincerely, Jeremy Schanche
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Saint Anthony's Chapel Site, Penzance, Cornwall.
From:
View Contact
To:comments@cornwall.gov.uk

Dear Complaints Officer 14.12.2010
Re: IAR - 003878

I wish to complain about the above reply to my request for information on the whereabouts of three stones, weighing several tons, that were removed from the site of St.Anthony's Chapel, Barbican Lane Penzance, in August 2009. By reading the relevant documentation you can plainly see that my enquiry has been evaded and no satisfactory information given to me whatsoever. I would be very grateful if you would facilitate the genuine flow of information on this matter of considerable cultural, religious and historical importance.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely, Jeremy Schanche
QUOD IMPROBUM TERRET PROBO PRODES


Please follow link to read The History of St.Anthony's Chapel, Penzance:

http://savetheholyheadland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/history-of-stanthonys-chapel-penzance.html

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

WHAT IS NATURE?

Hi Friends – Our first film shows our beautiful land of Cornwall – a beach a few miles from Penzance. This website was created to save a small beach on the seafront of Penzance. At our Battery Rocks beach area, you may be lucky and sea seals like these just a few feet from the shore, that is, if you actually GO to the place and reestablish your connection with Mother Nature.

Godrevy haulout:


Purple Sandpipers have been using Battery Rocks as a nesting site since time immemorial. It is one of a relatively small number of such roosts in the West of Britain. Their presence attracts Human visitors, namely birdwatchers, who also contribute to the economy of Penzance.


Purple Sandpiper feeding - these birds migrate between Arctic Norway and temperate Kernow.


Whilst Cornish seas are rich in Jellyfish - (Ker: Morgowles) we have not yet found any to compete in size with these fellas...

Stigiomedusa Giganteum


Echizen Kurage:


Back to the Mamallian Kingdom...

Cuttles are found in abundance on the Ranvor seabed, off Battery Rocks.

Intertidal rockpools - a mikrokosmos of beauty and biodiversity. Also a source of great fascination to small children.

The Gorgon - these come in green and purple varieties. Colonies of them can be found on the part of Battery Rocks and Sandy Cove that is scheduled for destruction.

Kelp forest - these proliferate around the globe, offering a home to myriad creatures.

Prince Charles, The Duke of Cornwall, speaks on Nature.

Pouring concrete: Dominant primates manipulate Original Nature.

Ripping into the sea-bed, Brazil. If you do not wish to see this happen to Penzance, come to the Public Meeting, St.John's Hall, Penzance, Friday 22nd October 2010, at 7.30pm, hosted by The Friends of Penzance Harbour. In attendance will be Andrew George, Member of Britain's Westminster Parliament and Jan Rhurmund, Mayor of Penzance, who both advocate protection of this unique natural habitat. Please tell your friends about this meeting and arrive early as places will be limited to about 500.



That's All Folks.......!

Friday, 15 October 2010

SAWYA PEN SANS - Save Penzance Beach from concrete.

BIRSE NUCLEAR & CORNISH CONCRETE CO. - TRUE FREINDS OF PENZANCE??? According to Mike Waters they are! SEE BELOW FOR MORE ON THIS FARCE!

OPEN MESSAGE TO THE OFFICERS OF CORNWALL COUNCIL: 15.10.2010

Please copy to all relevant departments and interested parties. Thank you very much.

I would like to strongly recommend that the council abandons the

exorbitant and vastly unpopular plan to build over the above mentioned

beach area. Having campaigned to protect this beach and area of

rockpools and sea-bed for over two years, I feel that this whole issue

has become no less than a test-case for Democracy in Cornwall and that

the very credibility of the new Council hangs in the balance over this

case. The plan to destroy this unique natural environment, will cost

many millions of pounds, destroy the relationship between populace and

administration, and ultimately burden the Cornish tax-payer with a

massive bill, were the proposed 'super-ship' to be commisioined, as it

would demonstrably run at a loss due to vastly increased fuel costs

and declining tourist numbers.

Most serious of all, however, is the profoundly detrimental effect

this plan would have on the local wildlife. This tradgedy can still

be averted - greatly cheaper, more popular schemes have been proposed,

but apparently not given proper and rightful consideration by the

decision-makers. Having perosnally spoken to scores of tourists at

the site, going back two years, I can honestly say that there was not

a single person who was not horrified and distressed at the idea of

the Battery Rocks being lost. Again and again these people expressed

the obvious truth that Natural Beauty is the very thing that attracts

people to Cornwall - concreting over this beach really would be a case

of shooting oneself in the foot. In the name of the overwhealming

majority of Penzance and Penwith residents, I urge and implore the

council to abandon the so-called 'Option A' plan and save Penzance

from this unwanted mutilation.
Most sincerely, Jeremy Schanche
SAVE THE HOLY HEADLAND

Dear Friends, it is not too late to save Pen Sans - The Holy Headland - from being buried under concrete! Please take a few minutes and send your message of protest to Cornwall Council via email: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=25332
please make your message polite and to the point. The council are talking about 'hard choices' and saving money - why not remind them how to save tens of millions of pounds by NOT destroying Penzance's only beach??? Since Cornwall thrives on foreign tourism, you do not need to be Cornish or English to get involved - we welcome overseas contributions. Nature belongs to everyone, so please take five minutes to help protect it for our children and the children of the future. Thank you friends....

ALSO... there is something else you can do..... An opinion poll is being conducted via the website of "This Is Cornwall" where you can register your disapproval of the ridiculous, destructive and expensive "Option A" scheme to concrete over the Battery Rocks area. It might be worth pointing out to the pollsters that their wording of said poll is deceptive, still trying to suggest that what is at stake is the 'Scilly Link' (or ferry service, as it used to be called) - this is not the case - only 'Option A' is at stake here... do not be fooled by the corrupt capitalist press - vote anyway and tell them what you think! Link follows:


In the late stages of this 'info-war', this conceptual battle of words, it is important that public opinion is seen to be resolute in its desire to SAVE THE BEACH. This poll is open to anyone in the World. Thanks for voting.

BIRSE NUCLEAR - A TRUE FRIEND OF PENZANCE?????
Now let us take a quick glimpse at the self-styled 'True Friends of Penzance', that ridiculous group of self-interested merchants who have attempted to seize, pollute, warp and lie their way into the public consciousness of Pen Sans - the people who would bury their own heritage for a longed-for but non-existent purse of silver.....

Cc: Lyndasowerby@aol.com, Diane & William Farrington <redrosetextiles@aol.co.uk>, Mel Sharp <riggers247@hotmail.co.uk>, Alison Hodge <info@alison-hodge.co.uk>, Alison Waghorn <alison@insidecornwall.co.uk>, Andrea Edlin <andrea.edlin@niddocks.com>, andy@visit-penzance.co.uk, Antony Richards <office@antonyrichards.co.uk>, Barry Chadwick <barryc11@talktalk.net>, chris7pen@yahoo.co.uk,chrishopkins@bryher-ios.co.uk, chyanhall@talktalk.net, Debbie Hicks <debbiehicks_99@hotmail.com>, Dennis Kemp <dennis.kemp@mypostoffice.co.uk>, Donald Trenwith <dtrenwith@googlemail.com>, Elizabeth Rowe <rowe628@btinternet.com>,Ged.Wright@birse.co.uk, Hugh Harazi <hugh@cornishconcrete.co.uk>, Ian Cragg <ian@cornwallscoolest.com>, Innes & Patricia McCartney <innes@periscopepublishing.com>, jackson012k@suttonlea.org, Jen Richards <jenrichards236@yahoo.co.uk>, John & Linda Bolton <dunedinhotel@aol.com>, John Hobbs <john@jhobbs000.orangehome.co.uk>, John Holden <jowan@jowan.plus.com>, Julie Hicks <juliehicks@fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk>, Karen Clowes <KC@cprregeneration.co.uk>, Katherine <katkins71@hotmail.co.uk>,lestripp@tiscali.co.uk, Louise Hack <bookingschy-an-mor@btconnect.com>, marian.bennett@btconnect.com, Michael Adams, Michelle Tait <penmorvah_penzance@talktalk.net>, Mike Brown <mike@sunnyside99.freeserve.co.uk>, mike murphy <mpmurphy1967@yahoo.co.uk>, Mike Waters <mike@safetyuk.co.uk>, Newton <info@tuckercarhire.co.uk>, Nicole <nicolevthomas@live.com>, nigel@pengellyfamily.co.uk, perrin_planetice@yahoo.co.uk, Phillip Biggs <philbiggs1@btinternet.com>, Poilly White <polly@eastofhere.co.uk>, Rebecca Farrington <rebeccajfarrington@yahoo.co.uk>, Richard Hilder <design@bocaina.co.uk>, Richard Tatlow <richard@cornishconcrete.co.uk>, Richardson Charles <crichardson@caribsurf.com>, Robin Turner <robin@turnerjh.force9.co.uk>, Roger Weeks <RogerWeeks@jacksonsfs.co.uk>, Russell Curtis <thependennis@googlemail.com>, Ryan Parker <ryan5882@hotmail.com>, Sally Laird <sallylaird@talk21.com>, Sarah Alexander <sarahalexander79@yahoo.co.uk>, Shoreline B&B Penzance <enquiries@shoreline-penzance.com>, Stanley Mark & Kate <info@thestanleypenzance.co.uk>, Tim & Claire Wood <timandclaire@woodtribe.com>, Tim Dwelly <timdwelly@liveworknet.com>, Tony Moore <mandtmoore@btinternet.com>, Yvonne Carrodus-Hil <enquiries@hotelpenzance.com>
WHY LOOK! There's old Hugh Harazi, at Cornish Concrete Limited! I wonder what good old Hugh could possibly hope to gain from 'Option A'............ and look! There's Mr Ged Wright of Birse and Co., those nuclear waste merchants, who are waiting in the wings to collect a multi-million pound hand out from their masonic pals in Cornwall Councill..... surprise, surprise.....
and LOOK! There's Mr Richard Tatlow, also of that well-known group of environmentalists, THE CORNISH CONCRETE COMPANY LIMITED...... & of course, Mr Tim Dwelly, whose dodgy pals at Cornwall Council have just awarded a Multi Million Pound Contract to subject Cornwall to broadband..... What a sordid and embarrassing display of cronyism, greed and insider trading, masquerading as the protectors of our old town of PENZANCE! Oh, who's that we almost overlooked? Why it's our old pal Mike Waters, misrepresentative of the Penzance Chamber of Horrors... Previous articles from the archives of The Limpet referring to Mike Waters can be found at:




See Page 8 of The Limpet, No.49, where Mike Waters does not rise to our challenge to prove his slanderous lies.....
In which Mike Waters and Graham Hicks get voted 'BABY OF THE YEAR'



Fascinating interview with Mike Waters in Issue 1 of 'The Crumpet':

& FINALLY, OUR MUCH-LOVED 'HUMPTY DUMPTY' POSTER OF MIKE.....

The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course
The city fathers they're trying to endorse
The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
But the town has no need to be nervous

The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits
To Jezebel the nun she violently knits
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
At the head of the chamber of commerce

Mama's in the fact'ry
She ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley
He's lookin' for the fuse
I'm in the streets
With the tombstone blues