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Training young people to lead
What worship is and what it can be like Workshop 1 of the Young Worship Leader (YWL) course explored what is meant by worship. The second...
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May 20, 20232 min read


Mayor Choosing 2023
The meeting was live-streamed to St. Petroc’s Church community. The proceedings started with songs sung by Loveny Male Voice Choir....
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May 19, 20232 min read


Civic Coronation Celebration
Community groups, clubs, organisations, charities, and businesses gathered in St Petroc’s Church on Sunday 7 May. The service marked the...
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May 8, 20232 min read


Beacon Beast Marathon - The Bodmin Way
Sunday 16 April 2023 saw the second marathon for Bodmin. Starting line. Photo credit Mark Rowe. Read the whole story here.
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Apr 18, 20231 min read


Walk of Witness
People gathered at the town wall on Good Friday morning, mostly from Bodmin Methodist Church and St. Petroc’s Church. Prayer said and...
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Apr 7, 20231 min read


Walking Walker Lines
SPY Network met at Bodmin Keep, built in 1859, as headquarters and stores for Cornwall Militia. It became the main entrance to Victoria...
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Mar 25, 20231 min read


Visits to Bodmin Keep
SPY Network enjoyed five workshops all about being a museum curator. Certificates were presented on the fifth week to all participants....
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Mar 20, 20231 min read


Bodmin celebrates St Piran’s Day
For two decades the town has marked St Piran’s day in its own special way. The event centres around the town’s children parading along...
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Mar 7, 20233 min read


A day in the life of a curator
The briefing Workshop 4 of the trainee curator course is a chance to create signs for items the young people selected at a previous...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read


Curators in training
Workshop 2 at Bodmin Keep began with a short briefing from the Learning Manager Leah Mason, followed by the chance to explore the museum...
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Feb 21, 20232 min read


SPY Network at Bodmin Keep
Fascinating stories brought to life through museum items Leah Mason, Learning Manager at Bodmin Keep, invited SPY Network to complete a...
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Jan 31, 20231 min read


SPY Network
Bodmin Way Youth Club and SPY (St Petroc's Youth) have come together to form SPY Network. It's for young people aged 9 and above. The...
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Jan 31, 20231 min read


Logo Design Competition
Local children submit entries on an environmental theme Bodmin’s St. Piran’s Day committee was up for the idea of producing reusable...
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Jan 12, 20232 min read


Community Christmas Celebrations
Many people across the county have been drawn to the Christmas Tree Festival in St. Petroc’s Church, Bodmin again this year, helping the...
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Dec 12, 20221 min read


History Alive: Bodmin Keep’s Interactive Objects
A collection box of toys and games from the 1940s arrives at a Warm Space at St. Petroc’s Parish Centre on a very wet Saturday morning....
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Nov 26, 20222 min read


Giving Christmas Cheer
The empty sleigh was suddenly overflowing with gifts for children this Christmas. The items will be wrapped and categorised into age...
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Nov 21, 20221 min read


Adventurous and enterprising
Lily Potter, a Year 10 student at Penrice Academy, St. Austell, is going to Africa! Her ten-day trip will be filled with teaching sport...
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Nov 21, 20221 min read


History Alive: WW II Collection
Fran Singleton, trainee curator at Bodmin Keep, brought the museum’s Second World War artefacts box to a Warm Space at St. Petroc’s...
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Nov 21, 20222 min read


A weekend of remembrance
The poppies decorating Shire Hall's gates were created and donated to Bodmin Town Council by Bridget Walters and also intoBodmin's Knit...
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Nov 13, 20222 min read


Warm Spaces & History Alive
With fuel and food bills rising, Bodmin Town Council's 'Warm Spaces Project' offers a cosy place to sit, chat, read and enjoy hot drinks...
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Nov 5, 20222 min read
St Petroc's Church and town life
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