Report from Neil Roberts
After being ably paraded through Truro, by Nicholas Roberts, President of St Agnes Old Cornwall Society, from Waterfall Gardens to High Cross, during the St Piran’s Day celebrations on Tuesday 5th March 2024, the St Agnes OCS Banner was displayed again in the St Agnes Methodist Chapel at 7.30pm.
Over 70 people, including members and visitors alike, came along to the Chapel Hall, on what turned out to be a very cold evening, to celebrate St Piran, and all he proudly stands for in Cornish history. The gathering was ‘properly’ entertained by local singing group ‘Proper Job’, with many favourites, including ‘Proper Job’ (the groups own introductory song), ‘Cornwall My Home, Cornwall the Land I Love, Working Man, Home from the Sea, Cousin Jack, Lamorna, Cornish Lads’, and many, many more.
Brian Murrish, St Agnes Old Cornwall Vice President, welcomed everyone to the evening, and without further ado introduced the group to the audience. Half-way through the evening, traditional pasties, cake, and biscuits & cups of steaming hot tea & coffee, were distributed by the Societies willing and much valued helpers, being very much enjoyed by
all.
Brian ended the evening by thanking Proper Job on behalf of everyone present, for what turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining evening of music, song, and prose. The Society looks forward very much to its next public meeting due to be held at the St Agnes Methodist Chapel Hall on Tuesday 2nd April at 7.30pm (Talk on ‘History of Boat Building’, by Gary Mitchell) and to ‘St Agnes OCS 60th Birthday Celebrations’, due to be also held in the Chapel Hall on Saturday the 6th of April 2024.