Special’s special day

ONE of the best-known special constables in Falmouth received one of the greatest honours she could have expected on Monday.

Mrs Ann Cox, who retired from the service a few weeks ago, attended a meeting of Falmouth town council to receive a town plaque.

Her father, she said, worked for the old borough council, and he would have been proud to see his daughter receive such an honour.

Mrs Cox said she had enjoyed her work as a special but would have liked to see two developments in Falmouth before taking off her uniform for the last time.

“I would have liked to have seen a new police station in Falmouth by now and I had hoped the security cameras would have been up and running.”

The scheme for the latter is now in the final stages of planning with equipment being tested.

One of her last major duties was to escort the Queen and Prince Philip at Pendennis Castle during their visit in the summer.

Comic stunned by allegations of bad taste

A WELL-KNOWN entertainer who played to much-appreciative audiences in Falmouth this summer has hit back at critics who claimed his humour was not suitable for family shows.

Chucklefoot has also received an unsolicited letter from a six-year-old child who has praised him for such a good show.

Chucklefoot, alias Roger Butler, who lives at Par, has a huge following in Cornwall having entertained all over the county and been a regular at Flambards.

He has also cruised during the winter months giving regular shows.

But this summer he was at the Princess Pavilion as part of Margaret Hancock’s summer show and last month was accused by a Mawnan Smith resident of using “sexually explicit” humour.

Mrs E. Bibby of Grove Hill said she was appalled by the “sheer bad taste” of some of the jokes of Chucklefoot and compete Alan Keast.

This week Chucklefoot said parents had little reservation about seeing his show and in particular the parents of Natalie Mills.

“I saw you at the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth. I thought you were GREAT! You made me laugh,” Natalie told him.

“You sang my favourite song The Sheik of Araby with no trousers on. My mum and dad like Goldilocks.”

Chucklefoot told the Packet: “I’ve been performing for quite a few years now and seem to appeal to a wide age range. Anything from toddlers to grannies. I’ve never had any complaints before. It just goes to show you cannot please ‘em all except in this case I pleased a six-year-old girl and her parents which is what I was aiming at.”