The Port Avery Courier

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215

October 14, 2026

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The Port Avery Courier

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215

October 14, 2026

The weather: fog on the northern quay by mid-afternoon, clearing after nine. High tide 14:52. Bring a coat to the football.

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Thursday. Lifeboat station open evening, 7 pm, the slipway. Tea, and a chance to sit in the boat.

Friday. Funeral of Ruth Penhaligon, St Anne's, 11 am. Penhaligon's closed until 2 pm.

Saturday. Rovers v Ashby Town, Riverside Park, 3 pm: the first game in front of the new east stand. Market on Exchange Square, 8 am to 2 pm.

Sunday. Bell-ringing, St Anne's, 9.15 am (see Ask the Courier). Guided walk along the old tram line, meet at the depot gates, 10 am, two hours, free.

Tuesday. Planning committee on the gasworks site, council chamber, 6 pm. The public gallery seats forty; arrive early.

Wednesday. Bell practice, St Anne's tower, 7.30 pm. Beginners welcome. Bring soft shoes.

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Ask the Courier: why do the bells ring at quarter past nine?

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Fog closes the northern quay for six hours

Thick fog closed the northern quay from mid-afternoon until shortly before nine on Tuesday, cancelling four ferry crossings. The harbour master lifted the warning at 21:40 and the 22:10 sailing will run.

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The reading room at the central library on Wren Square.

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The central library will stay open until 10 pm

From next month the central library on Wren Square will stay open until ten on weekdays, in a two-year trial paid for by a local trust. The reading room was full most evenings last winter.

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The ringing chamber at St Anne's, sixty-one steps up.

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Ask the Courier: why do the bells ring at quarter past nine?

A reader wants to know why St Anne's rings forty-five minutes early. It is the pigeons, partly.

Why do the bells of St Anne's ring at quarter past nine on Sunday mornings, when the service starts at ten? (Asked by Pat, Chapel Row.) Because quarter past nine is when the ringers arrive, Pat. The bells are rung by a team of eight volunteers who climb sixty-one steps to the ringing chamber, and they ring for forty-five minutes…

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Health

Walk-in clinic opens on Saturday mornings

The walk-in clinic at the health centre on Wren Square will open on Saturday mornings from November, from eight until twelve, after the winter rise in patients filled the weekday waiting room by nine most days last year.

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