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entertainment, including fire-fighters, ambulance
workers, paramedics, coastguards, police officers
and search and rescue workers from London and
locally.
Redruth President Brian Barber said: “I want to
offer a big thank you to Gwel an Mor and all the
local businesses who donated products and time,
and to Rotarians Mike Eddowes, Bernard Williams
and Mike Hughes for having the enthusiasm and
commitment to bring it all together.”
Coining it in Exmouth
Exmouth & District Rotarians have discovered a
coin mud-cake hidden by a metal plate in a
wishing well at Crealy Great Adventure Park in
Clyst St Mary.
They were asked to supervise and update the
traditional wells, which had been built for other
charities but were somewhat neglected through
lack of volunteers, with the agreement of the two
good causes owning them, Exeter Round Table
and Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF).
Thus, the Rotarians were left clearing the
collection of obnoxious material from the EFL well
and discovered that a metal plate had collapsed
into the bottom. Under this was some very messy
stuff, which turned out to be a coin mud-cake.
The stalwart Rotarians were also asked to include
a load of coins the Crealy had been sitting on, a
load that manifested itself as three buckets each
weighing more than 80lb.
By the time it was all washed and cleaned, the
Rotary Club had counted over 500lb of coins.
The coin mud cake
The well has been updated: all the rubbish and
ironwork has been removed and a collection box
inserted, reducing the void and injecting a yellow
vortex spiral coin collector, an attractive feature
for families to enjoy, seeing their donated coins
racing toward a worthy cause.
After the work was completed, the club, along
with Crealy General Manager Josh Heywood
presented the amount the well-digger recovered -
- £1,703 -- to ELF this March.
According to Frank Hart-Venn, Exmouth & District
Secretary, the club’s service project -- to supply
coin collectors to clubs in RIBI -- has been
running for nine years and the clubs which have
ownership with one of more of these spiral
wishing wells have jointly collected £140,000 for
good causes.