Could someone please shine a glitter ball on Ilfracombe to help Mistress Agnes find it. She has accidentally gone back in time instead of forwards and is now in 1590. She is currently wandering through the tobacco warehouses and rope walks of Bideford. She is familiar with Bideford as her friend Mrs Elizabeth Pepys grew up there. Come on Mistress A - time machine fast forward - you really should have read the instructions - oh, of course, you can't read. Ah at last 1859. She's not very keen on 1859 - rather a lot of modern inventions that she doesn't understand like forks, wardrobes and coffee (she lives in 1646). She is also most alarmed by the information that her king (Charles I) is about to have his head chopped off back in her time. She now wants to bring Charles I to the party to try to keep him out of harms way. Charles is very keen on collecting Ship Money, even from those who live inland. I hope that this doesn't not conflict with the interests of the new harbour master. Janet in Darkest Devon - enjoying the peace while Mistress A is away. -----Original Message----- From: Jan Davis Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 8:15 PM To: cornish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 -Harbour Master Appointed I do believe that the addition of audio to the disco ball (The Brothers Gibb) as referred to in my last email, will help the navigation problem. For those who prefer sea travel instead of the Moose-Meese Sleigh, we here in San Diego have an old whaling ship docked at the Embarcadero that is the oldest wooden ship still able to sail, in the world, if I am correct. It was built at the Isle of Man in the 1860s, was called The Euterpe then and is now called The Star of India. (Google it and see her magnificence!) Maybe I can commandeer it, get out into the treacherous Pacific beyond Point Loma and head for near it's ancestral home, a Dehwelans of sort for our Grand Old Lady. Are there any pirates available this week that can steal a large ship? Jan in 80 degree San Diego. (I know, it's a tough job, but somebody has to suffer through this weather.....) ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <dazzleme@live.co.uk> To: "Cornish List" <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 -Harbour Master Appointed > How very convenient! So at last I can organise transport, docking > facilities, 'Notices to (Virtual) Shipping' and also collect some Harbour > Dues from visitors (such as all of you), which should help pay for the > alterations and extensions to Godrevy. > > So my first task must be to organise transport for Mistress Agnes, who is > desirous to travel from Devon to Godrevy. I appreciate that Mistress Agnes > lives in the 17th Century, but please Mistress, bring yourself forward a > tad to the mid Nineteenth, because Godrevy wasn't built until 1859 and > you'll have a barren and chilly sojourn on the island if you wait a > hundred years! > > So I've had a word with my friends at the Hayle Steam Packet Company, and > they have offered the facilities of their beautiful new ship, the > 'Cornubia' built in 1858 (indeed, the hull and engines being built just a > few miles away by the world famous Harvey's of Hayle). This modern steam > ship plies between Bristol and Hayle, and can arrange to pick you up from > the picture-book harbour at Ilfracombe, and drop you off in my > newly-constructed virtual harbour at Godrevy. > > As for Mistress Jan's concern (ably and sincerely expressed) that the > disco ball may confuse the shipping, I have to report that the local > fishermen are already mazed by the sparkling skins of the mackerel fish, > whilst the ever-present overhead lights of the multiplicity of > trans-atlantic aircraft (which all head directly overhead to and from > Heathrow Airport) and the onshore headlights of the night-time dog-walkers > have rendered the night sky such a miasma of contagious light that the > sparkling of Jan's mirror ball will hardly be noticed! > > But, Mistress Jan, fear not, I shall instruct my Clerk (Mistress Anna) to > prepare a Virtual Notice to Shipping, warning them of the ever-present > danger of grounding on 'The Stones Reef' and to ignore the flashing red > and white lights of Jan's mirror ball, and concentrate instead on the > flashing red and white lights of the modern Godrevy warning light. Please > note, I accept no liability for any accident due to any confusion so > caused. > > John C. Virtual Harbour Master of Godrevy. > > > O < > ---- > / \ > / \ > / \ > / 0 \ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >> From: dazzleme@live.co.uk >> To: cornish@rootsweb.com >> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:27:12 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 -Harbour Master Appointed >> >> TAKE NOTICE: >> >> The Assembled (or About to be Assembled) Company of the Cornish List >> Party are Hereby Informed that the Honourable John C. esq., of Launceston >> in the County and Duchy of Cornwall is Hereby Appointed Honorary Virtual >> Harbour Master of Godrevy with Full Powers to Requisition any Available >> Virtual Transport for the Comfort and Satisfaction of Guests Attending >> said Festivities. >> >> Virtually Dated 16 December 1859 >> and Published in the Virtual Edition of the West Briton. >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. 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The Virtual Harbour Master is gravelly concerned that Mistress Agnes appears to have got herself 'mazed'. Indeed, he is somewhat concerned that she may have been mixed up in witchcraft, which seems to have been rife in Bideford around 1590. The VHM is also concerned that Misstress A. may well end up getting led astray because although she may well be enjoying wandering among the tobacco warehouses and rope walks, this is dangerous ground full of drunken sailors looking for innocent young ladies. Mistress A. would be well advised that in the 16th century, Bideford is England's third largest seaport, and not a salubrious place for a pretty young wench to be wandering. And if Mistress A. does manage to avoid entanglement with drunken sailors, she had better beware the captains working for the Lord of the Manor, Sir Walter Raleigh, for they are still trying to find comely young ladies to form a new colony in 'The Americas' following the loss or disappearance of the colonies established on Roanoke Island (off the coast of what is now North Carolina) by Raleigh's crews in 1584, 1585, and 1587. Indeed, the first child born in the Americas to English parents (from Bideford?) was Virginia Dare, born in 1587, and today commemorated by the Virgina Dare Memorial Bridge, and 'The Lost Colony of Roanoke DNA Project' which is seeking to establish whether any Bideford bloodlines were preserved following contemporary reports of 'Blue-eyed Indians, and English style fields'. But I digress (oh, so easily!) because what is essential is to divert the Mistress Agnes back to 1859 in order that she may board the 'Cornubia'. And so the Virtual Harbour Master has communicated her confusion regarding the small port of Ilfracombe, and that she is desirous of embarking from Bideford, and the 'Cornubia' will arrange passage free of charge for Mistress A. from the steamer quay at Bideford at the earliest convenience. However, the VHM requests that Mistress A. should not get diverted again, and that she ensures that she doesn't meddle with any machinery or mechanical devices that she doesn't understand. Time travel is dangerous and fraught with idle distractions (such as virtual Christmas parties) and the Isle of Lundy may prove to be just such a distraction. Indeed, if Mistress A. spends too much time flirting with the Captain of the 'Cornubia' she may well find that he is so distracted by her beauty that he overshoots Godrevy, and ends up at the barren rock that supports the Longships Lighthouse... not a pleasant place to be in the winter. The Honourable (or otherwise) John C., Virtual Harbour Master of the Port of Godrevy. > From: janet@few4.orangehome.co.uk > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 06:09:57 +0000 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 -Harbour Master Appointed > > Could someone please shine a glitter ball on Ilfracombe to help Mistress > Agnes find it. She has accidentally gone back in time instead of forwards > and is now in 1590. She is currently wandering through the tobacco > warehouses and rope walks of Bideford. She is familiar with Bideford as her > friend Mrs Elizabeth Pepys grew up there. > > Come on Mistress A - time machine fast forward - you really should have > read the instructions - oh, of course, you can't read. > > Ah at last 1859. She's not very keen on 1859 - rather a lot of modern > inventions that she doesn't understand like forks, wardrobes and coffee (she > lives in 1646). She is also most alarmed by the information that her king > (Charles I) is about to have his head chopped off back in her time. She now > wants to bring Charles I to the party to try to keep him out of harms way. > Charles is very keen on collecting Ship Money, even from those who live > inland. I hope that this doesn't not conflict with the interests of the new > harbour master. > > Janet in Darkest Devon - enjoying the peace while Mistress A is away. >
How right you were VHM. Mistress Agnes was last seen on the Oldenburg heading towards Lundy Island - well it does have a lighthouse, just the wrong lighthouse. She is muttering something about how good looking miners seem in 1859, if indeed she is in 1859. She is hunting for mistletoe just in case. Historically mistletoe, as a pagan symbol, was not allowed in churches, with the exception of York Minster but Mistress Agnes doesn't much care. In Mistress Agnes' youth Lundy was owned by Lewis Stukeley, who was responsible for arresting Sir Walter Raleigh. In 1859 Sir William Hudson Heaven is in residence. Mistress Agnes has just hiked past quarter gate in the storm that is battering the south west tonight and is having a quick rest in the Marisco Tavern before resuming her journey to Godreavy. Don't let her get started on the cider or she will never make the party. Has anyone seen Charles I? Mistress Agnes is most concerned in case he (or rather his head) falls into the wrong hands. Janet in Darkest Devon -----Original Message----- From: John Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 8:24 AM To: Cornish List Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 -Harbour Master Appointed The Virtual Harbour Master is gravelly concerned that Mistress Agnes appears to have got herself 'mazed'. Indeed, he is somewhat concerned that she may have been mixed up in witchcraft, which seems to have been rife in Bideford around 1590. The VHM is also concerned that Misstress A. may well end up getting led astray because although she may well be enjoying wandering among the tobacco warehouses and rope walks, this is dangerous ground full of drunken sailors looking for innocent young ladies. Mistress A. would be well advised that in the 16th century, Bideford is England's third largest seaport, and not a salubrious place for a pretty young wench to be wandering. And if Mistress A. does manage to avoid entanglement with drunken sailors, she had better beware the captains working for the Lord of the Manor, Sir Walter Raleigh, for they are still trying to find comely young ladies to form a new colony in 'The Americas' following the loss or disappearance of the colonies established on Roanoke Island (off the coast of what is now North Carolina) by Raleigh's crews in 1584, 1585, and 1587. Indeed, the first child born in the Americas to English parents (from Bideford?) was Virginia Dare, born in 1587, and today commemorated by the Virgina Dare Memorial Bridge, and 'The Lost Colony of Roanoke DNA Project' which is seeking to establish whether any Bideford bloodlines were preserved following contemporary reports of 'Blue-eyed Indians, and English style fields'. But I digress (oh, so easily!) because what is essential is to divert the Mistress Agnes back to 1859 in order that she may board the 'Cornubia'. And so the Virtual Harbour Master has communicated her confusion regarding the small port of Ilfracombe, and that she is desirous of embarking from Bideford, and the 'Cornubia' will arrange passage free of charge for Mistress A. from the steamer quay at Bideford at the earliest convenience. However, the VHM requests that Mistress A. should not get diverted again, and that she ensures that she doesn't meddle with any machinery or mechanical devices that she doesn't understand. Time travel is dangerous and fraught with idle distractions (such as virtual Christmas parties) and the Isle of Lundy may prove to be just such a distraction. Indeed, if Mistress A. spends too much time flirting with the Captain of the 'Cornubia' she may well find that he is so distracted by her beauty that he overshoots Godrevy, and ends up at the barren rock that supports the Longships Lighthouse... not a pleasant place to be in the winter. The Honourable (or otherwise) John C., Virtual Harbour Master of the Port of Godrevy. > From: janet@few4.orangehome.co.uk > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 06:09:57 +0000 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 -Harbour Master Appointed > > Could someone please shine a glitter ball on Ilfracombe to help Mistress > Agnes find it. She has accidentally gone back in time instead of forwards > and is now in 1590. She is currently wandering through the tobacco > warehouses and rope walks of Bideford. She is familiar with Bideford as > her > friend Mrs Elizabeth Pepys grew up there. > > Come on Mistress A - time machine fast forward - you really should have > read the instructions - oh, of course, you can't read. > > Ah at last 1859. She's not very keen on 1859 - rather a lot of modern > inventions that she doesn't understand like forks, wardrobes and coffee > (she > lives in 1646). She is also most alarmed by the information that her king > (Charles I) is about to have his head chopped off back in her time. She > now > wants to bring Charles I to the party to try to keep him out of harms way. > Charles is very keen on collecting Ship Money, even from those who live > inland. I hope that this doesn't not conflict with the interests of the > new > harbour master. > > Janet in Darkest Devon - enjoying the peace while Mistress A is away. > ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. 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