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  • FOOTBALL: Staveley's memory lane

    A nostalgic evening is in store when Staveley FC hold a Sportsman's Dinner at Kendal Golf Club next Friday. Organiser Paul Heavey said: "The whole thing has snowballed into something of an old boys reunion. Several former captains are set to attend and

  • Rallying: New route for Wilson

    ROUTE surveys have shown that forest tracks are in pristine condition ready for the Malcolm Wilson Rally on Saturday March 8. The Cockermouth-based rally, which uses tracks in the Whinlatter and Grizedale complex, will alter the direction and order of

  • Fell Running: Records fall at Burton

    THREE records were set in the second race in the Kendal Winter League series over a cross-country course at Gallaber Farm, Burton-in-Lonsdale, on Sunday. Kendal's Carl Robinson established a new mark in the boys under-17 event with a time of 8-03, 17

  • County seeks green expertise

    CUMBRIA County Council is after people clued up on countryside issues to become members of the Cumbria Local Access Forum. The Forum will be responsible for advising CCC on the management of open access land outside the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales

  • Homeless organisation needs home

    WITH Homelessness Sunday' being marked nationally next week (Sunday, January 26), a Kendal organisation is looking for new headquarters which will enable it to help more homeless and vulnerable people, reports Helen Long. The Manna House', temporarily

  • 8 Mile

    DETROIT 1995. Once affluent neighbourhoods have been left to decline in the wake of white flight as the optimism of this once thriving city evaporates. The shining promise of Detroit's industrial majesty has collapsed into a heap of economic and racial

  • From our files

    25 Years Ago January 13, 1978 A CAMPSITE to accommodate small youth groups during the summer is planned by the Forestry Commission at Staveley-in-Cartmel. Plans to establish about an eight-pitch site at Bells Close Wood, in Astley Plantation, are now

  • Pick of the Week

    ACTIVITIES: TAKE part in a conservation day project on Tuesday at Selside Primary School, near Kendal, and create a sensory garden on Tuesday. For more details call 015394-43098. THERE will be an open day for charity at Docker Park Farm Visitor Centre

  • Germany trade mission opens doors for exporters

    COMPANIES have high hopes of securing business in mainland Europe on the back of a highly successful trade mission to Germany. Six firms from across Cumbria took part in the visit, organised by Business Link for Cumbria as part of a Trade Partners UK

  • Check your consumer rights on the web

    As the season of returning and exchanging unwanted gift gets under way, I thought it prudent to look for some guidelines on consumer rights, tips on what the Internet has to offer high street and online shoppers or exchangers. A look at general rights

  • Gig Guide

    TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Beth Broomby on 01539-720555, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 22 Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4NE, at least TWO WEEKS before

  • New ideas for young musicians

    YOUNG music lovers should keep an eye open over the next few weeks for details of a new programme of events to keep the region sounding sweet in 2003. Kendal-based project Music Links, which set up a raft of community music initiatives in the old county

  • Some like it hot

    We've all heard about global warming and, although its causes are still disputed, most scientists and environmentalists now agree that our climate is definitely changing. As gardeners, we are more likely than most to notice these changes, but will we

  • Garden lessons

    EXPERT gardeners' tips and tricks are to be offered to local people on special council courses. Lancaster City Council is launching the classes to be run by Myerscough College at its White Lund plant and training centre in Morecambe. A course called Amateur

  • A pocket gem

    The Little Book of the Lake District. Dalesman, £1.99. A GOOD marker of the success of a book is when you simply have to tell someone else about it. That encapsulates The Little Book of the Lake District in a nutshell. Measuring just three-inches by three-inches

  • Midland's new owners generate new hope

    A plea from the North-West Development Agency prompted the Midland Hotel's new owners to take on the historic building, the Citizen can reveal. Award winning regeneration specialists Urban Splash agreed to get involved after hearing of the problems of

  • Take a stroll round some quirky corners

    Odd Corners in Appleby, by Gareth Hayes. Hayloft, £8.50.(Available from Hayloft Publishing, South Stainmore, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria CA17 4EU, telephone 017683 42300). BORN and bred in Appleby, the author takes a stroll around some of the lesser known

  • Burning history of Limestone quarrying

    Limestone Industries of the Yorkshire Dales, by David Johnson. Tempus Publishing, £16.99. ONCE one of the most productive areas in the United Kingdom, the extraction of lime by quarrying has left a huge impact on the Yorkshire Dales. This book gives an

  • Cinema back in business

    RAPPER Eminem's debut film, 8-mile, is the first big attraction at Lancaster's new Regal cinema this weekend. The city's five months without a cinema of its own comes to an end when the former ABC re-opens under its new name. As the Citizen revealed last

  • Rehab hospital decision condemned

    A RESIDENT who could soon be living next door to a controversial drug rehabilitation hostel in Ulverston is "dismayed" and upset the scheme has been backed by councillors despite numerous objections. South Lakeland District Council rubber-stamped plans

  • Nightclub for teenagers

    A SUPERVISED nightclub for teenagers could soon be up and running in Ulverston. Owner of the Sun Inn on Market Street in Ulverston, Dave McKenzie, has offered the free use of his night club, Clancy's, for youngsters aged between 13 and 16-years-old. The

  • School children urged to watch the birds

    BIRD WATCH - It doesn't often happen but schoolchildren in the Morecambe area are being urged to spend some time gazing out of classroom windows next week - with the blessing of teachers. RSPB lead field teacher Maggy Lightfoot will be in town helping

  • Ports vulnerable to terror threats

    Heysham port and Glasson Dock could be taken over by troops in the event of a terrorist threat - if new legislation gets the go-ahead. Dockers and other staff may also have to undergo security vetting under the Govern-ment's latest anti-terrorism initiative

  • Milnthorpe piano recital

    MUSICAL director of Arnside Choral Society Glyn Hopkins is giving a piano recital at St Thomas's Church, Milnthorpe, on Sunday, January 26 (3pm), featuring music by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Ravel. Admission is free but donations are welcome towards

  • Festival comes to town

    ONE act plays are in the spotlight again this year as the All-England Theatre Festival comes to town. Amateur theatre companies from across the region are invited to the Victoria Hall stage at Grange-over-Sands for the festival's preliminary round on

  • Scene stealers form a firmer link

    BREWERY chief executive Sam Mason is determined to build relationships with educational establishments in South Lakeland. And to prove his point he's staging four school and college events at the Kendal arts centre over the next few months. First in the

  • Shaping up for a spectacular future

    Even though grown-ups do it with fruit, vegetables, even sugar and chocolate, most children are told not to play with their food. I suspect Sue Woolcock ignored the warnings for she has since gone on to win Olympic gold medals for her handiwork. In fact

  • Cops target car crime

    COPS are launching a new bid to crack down on car crime and burglary in Lancaster and Morecambe. A major new initiative is targeting crime hotspots' looking for thieves and burglars from this week. And police are also asking local people to help by reporting

  • Back on the tourist map

    LANCASTER and Morecambe are be-coming ever more popular with tourists. There was a massive rise in the number of visitors choosing to stay in the district last year, new figures reveal. According to Lancaster City Council's tourist service, accommo-dation

  • Save the Loos - a penny well spent

    SIR, Yet another disproportionate example of diminishing services for higher taxes. An idea for consideration Public conveniences are generally situated very close to car parks, all of which have parking meters, all of which are inspected several times

  • We must fight to keep out BNP

    A LEADING anti-racism cam-paigner is calling on Lancaster people to fight the British National Party - which plans to stand for council seats locally. Local trade unions, religious groups and established political parties need to come together to see

  • K Shoes: utter shame

    SIR, I find the news about the total destruction of K Shoes utterly shameful. From the moment Clarks's greedy eyes fell on K Shoes, the writing was on the wall as to what would happen. When the last cuts were made, one of Clarks top brass told me in response

  • Award winning firm buys Midland

    A PLEA from the North-West Development Agency prompted the Midland Hotel's new owners to take on the historic building, the Citizen can reveal. Award winning regeneration specialists Urban Splash agreed to get involved after hearing of the problems of

  • Vandals attack nativity scene

    LIFE-SIZE models of two shepherds used in a church nativity scene in Dalton-in-Furness have been decapitated by vandals. It is the second time in only three years that the nativity scene at St Mary's Parish Church has been targeted. Two years ago the

  • Catch the black cat on film

    In recent years, the Gazette has carried numerous eyewitness accounts of a non-native feline being seen by members of the public in South Lakeland, Furness, Eden, North Lancashire and North Yorkshire. We are not questioning what people have seen but to

  • Man inhaled gas

    A 70-YEAR-OLD man from Grange-over-Sands was found dead sitting near his swimming pool with a plastic bag over his head attached to the gas mains, an inquest heard. But Furness coroner Ian Smith could not record a verdict of suicide because even though

  • Man inhaled gas

    A 70-YEAR-OLD man from Grange-over-Sands was found dead sitting near his swimming pool with a plastic bag over his head attached to the gas mains, an inquest heard. But Furness coroner Ian Smith could not record a verdict of suicide because even though

  • M-way crash

    A VOLKSWAGEN motor caravan driven by a 42-year-old woman from Sedbergh overturned after a tyre blew out while travelling north on the M6 motorway just south of Tebay Services at around 8am on Monday. The vehicle struck the central reservation but nobody

  • Names but no numbers!

    SOUTH Lakeland District Council is to take action to address the problem of a large proportion of properties in Grange having house names, rather than numbers. Grange town councillors have expressed concern about the difficulties for postmen and emergency

  • Motorcycling: Trying for the TT ton

    Alan Chamley would dearly love to break the 100mph barrier for a lap of the famous Isle of Man TT circuit and maybe this is the year he can do it. The Kendal rider averaged 99.99mph when he finished 17th in the 1999 TT and this year hopes to speed round

  • Swimming: Premier promotion for Kendal squad

    KENDAL swimmers were ecstatic at clinching promotion to the premier division of the North West Speedo Swim League (North West Area) after a thrilling A final gala. Just qualifying for the final held at Salt Ayre, Lancaster, was an achievement. To get

  • Training briefs...

    HANDS-ON CHEFS: Like celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's venture to give unemployed young people the chance to learn how to cook and run a restaurant, Cumbrian apprentices are also getting valuable hands-on experience of the catering industry. Cumbria Tourist

  • Just the Job: Calling new bus drivers

    THE army of bus drivers that keep the wheels of the county's public transport machine turning is in need of fresh recruits. Reporter Jennie Dennett joined Stagecoach Cumbria for an afternoon to find out what being a modern bus driver is all about. SIZE

  • Over the Gate - Red tape and moving goal posts

    IT WILL come as no surprise to you that I read a lot of reports; I even understand some of them. I have to say that the ones I do understand hardly ever come from DEFRA. No surprise there. Most of the reports that I have come across recently make some

  • People's orchard idea blossoms

    A LYTH valley village could be teeming with fruit in years to come as plans for a community orchard begin to blossom, reports Lisa Fascarelli. A steering group with designs on a small plot of land in the centre of Crosthwaite has been testing the fruity

  • Visitor centre paying the way

    RHEGED visitor centre near Penrith has raised £2,000 for vital restoration work on a riverside footpath as part of its work for the Tourism and Conservation Partnership. The money will be used to upgrade a Pooley Bridge footpath that follows the River

  • Quarry site cash available

    EVERYONE from community groups to local councils is eligible to apply for a slice of £10million available for environmental work near quarry sites. English Nature's largest grant scheme to date is to support projects aimed at boosting biodiversity and

  • Community lends a helping hand

    COMMUNITIES hundreds of miles apart could be brought closer together if Macedonian residents find favour with forging a friendship with Hawkshead. Families in Capari, a village close to Macedonian's second city of Bitola, have offered to play host to

  • Restless ancestors

    THE dead of winter and dim lights cast peculiar, long shadows on stone castle walls steeped in 800 years of mystery and intrigue. Later this night, a baby's cry could be heard echoing through draughty corridors. There are no infants living at Muncaster

  • Warm welcome awaits visitors to tiny Channel Island

    Nosing through the wispy clouds, I had serious misgivings about the tiny dot of an island, with a silhouette resembling a well-chewed an apple core. It may be Ian Botham's home and the author of The Wombles, but, as a tourist destination, what exactly

  • King of the Castle

    THE night got off to a dire start Peter Frost had been told it was a bad taste party. Turning up in tacky 70's gear, the new vet discovered he had been had. No one else was in fancy dress. "Can you castrate my bears?" asked a tall, determined young woman

  • Boom time

    CUMBRIA-BASED Carr's Milling expects to make better-than-expected profits thanks to a strong start to the year. The listed company says one-off sales in the United States, coupled with strong sales in the UK and continental Europe, have boosted the business

  • Lender comes out tops

    CUMBERLAND Building Society has been named as top performer in a league table of the top 35 mortgage lenders operating in Cumbria. The county's biggest building society topped the table in a half-yearly survey of mortgage interest charged by lenders,

  • Firm's expansion tells a positive story

    AN EXPANDING South Lakeland firm is to create at least 25 full-time jobs this year to help deal with increasing demand for its products. Coordination Group Publications (CGP) has already recruited some 20 new staff and expects to take on more workers

  • Jane fiddles in a class of her own

    Many people still acquaint folk music with bearded men and woolly jumpers. But 32-year-old Jane Lawrence is a world away from that clichd image. A Lancaster resident with a masters degree in ethno-musicology', she studied in London with teachers including

  • Smart thinking may boost jobs

    A FIRM has secured a government grant to help develop a revolutionary new industrial cleaning system. Technijet, based near Kirby Lonsdale, has high hopes of cleaning up in the market place with the new product and creating more jobs. The company, which

  • Fixtures for the week ahead

    Kendal Town footballers are hosts to Chorley at Parkside in Division 1 of the UniBond League, tomorrow (Saturday)at 3pm, after last weekend's trip to Kidsgrove Athletic was frozen off. THE Marsden Junior Cup match at Barrow has been rearranged for Tuesday

  • DJ coup

    THE humble home of mint cake seems an unlikely stomping ground for a top RnB DJ. But in a strange-but-true scenario Kendal club Tinto's is all set to play host to none other than Trevor Nelson of Radio 1's Rhythm Nation. The superstar DJ has agreed to

  • Stomping into town

    MUSIC lovers of the Lakes - are you ready to swing? Broughton-in-Furness Jazz Committee are preparing launch their fresh season of Jazz nights at the High Cross Inn. Kicking things of on Friday, January 24, are The Zenith Hot Stompers. The last time the

  • Talented line-up

    CHICAGO Blues, funky folk and real-deal American country music is all on offer at The Old John O' Gaunt this month. A new year and a new calendar of gigs have been booked and lined up for your perusal at the Lancaster Market Street venue. This week gigs

  • Ploughing quite a groove

    A SOUTH Lakeland pub is getting into the live music groove over the next few weeks with a stream of band bookings. The Plough Inn, Selside, just outside Kendal, has booked a smorgasbord of songsters for January and February. Gigs will in clude, Off The

  • Rugby club wins place in national structure

    LANCASTER is back on the rugby league map after the town's recently formed club was voted into the game's national structure. Lancaster will take on clubs from Blackpool, Bolton, Carlisle, Chester and Liverpool in the north-west division - chasing a place

  • Jobs for the gardener this week

    -Freshen beds and borders planted with spring flowers by forking them over lightly. This will help surplus water to drain away and may help to deter slugs. It looks nicer too. -Start forcing rhubarb. Put a large, light-proof container over the plant,

  • Crusoe sails into Lakes

    ROBINSON Crusoe sails into The Lakes School, at Troutbeck Bridge, steered by one of South Lakeland's great names of pantomime Windermere Amateur Operatic and Drama Society, tonight (Friday, 7.30pm), tomorrow (2.30pm and 7.30pm), plus a Sunday 2.15pm matinee

  • Mother Goose makes appearance in Burneside

    Burneside Amateur Theatrical Society's pantomime Mother Goose runs tonight (Friday, 7.30pm) and tomorrow afternoon (2.30pm) and evening (7.30pm) at the Bryce Institute starring, among others, Steve Hall in the title role and Oliver Acland as Jabberwock

  • Anchored in the modern

    The cultural quarter of Kendal is in the frame again with a show of modern marine art. But wait. Don't be lulled into thinking ocean-going vessels or fishing boats moored in sleepy harbours. On show at Peter Blaskett's Signature Gallery, at 16 Kirkland

  • Stunning 'opener'

    THE Kendal Midday Concert Club's first recital of 2003 was stunning. Season after season its audiences are regularly regaled by musicians of the highest calibre and I find it impossible to bestow sufficient accolade on their achievements. The globe-trotting

  • Car jack youths trick helpful Mike

    A GOODSamaritan thought he was helping an injured teenager but instead fell victim to Lancaster's first carjacking.' Thugs left Michael Bland, 54, lying in the street before crashing his car on icy roads north of Lancaster last Thursday night. "The police

  • Sound meister

    BARITONE Mark Rowlinson, accompanied by celebrated pianist Martin Roscoe, recreates the atmosphere and style of the Schubertiads, next Thursday (7.30pm) at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre. The music duo return to those early 19th Century evenings in Vienna

  • Campaigners petition for peace

    PEOPLE wishing to oppose a war on Iraq will have the opportunity to sign a petition this weekend in Kendal town centre. Kendal couple John and Jean Coopey are organising the anti-war petition, at the Birdcage, with the support of Hans and Margaret Sanders

  • The perfect way to enjoy a Great British breakfast

    Breakfast has long been recognised as the most important meal of the day - but it can also be the most interesting. This is due to the incredible and diverse choice of breakfast foods available in Britain such as Newcastle Brown Ale bread, Suffolk Boozy

  • Checkout

    What's in the shops with the emphasis, where possible, on locally produced seasonal and specialty food. The Honeypot, Hawkshead: Cumberland Honey Mustard (organic) 170g / £2.50 ideal with Honeypot ham - and it really is home-cooked! - £2.79 per 250g.

  • The Way I See It - Quaint but effective proposition

    APART from the obvious result of all those turkey dinners this Christmas, I had not given wind power a thought, until I received this Christmas card from a supplier in Holland," writes Alan Marsh. "It would seem that yet another wind power farm has sprung

  • Jane fiddles in a class of her own

    Many people still acquaint folk music with bearded men and woolly jumpers. But 32-year-old Jane Lawrence is a world away from that clichd image. A Lancaster resident with a masters degree in ethno-musicology', she studied in London with teachers including

  • Save the Loos: Solution needed - quickly

    SIR, I also found human excrement outside the locked doors of the toilets. To prove the seriousness of this I photographed this and sent copies to our councillors. However, the response was the same: "We do not have the money to keep the toilets open"

  • Keep the noise down - council warns

    RISING numbers of complaints about noisy neighbours has prompted a new clampdown. There were more than 1,100 noise complaints to Lancaster City Council in 2001 - and so a stronger policy on noise control is being adopted. New powers could include the

  • Job losses: more bad news

    SIR, I write in support of the letter by Coun Ian Stewart (Letters, January 10, Bringing relief'). Since then we have had further bad news regarding job losses in the Kendal area with the announcement by Clarks of the forthcoming closure mid-year of the

  • Delays ahead

    LONG delays are expected on one of Barrow's busiest roads for the next 12-weeks while road improvements are carried out in preparation for the opening of the town's new Morrisons supermarket. The work to the entrance of the supermarket on the A5087 at

  • Rob gets that siniing feeling

    Things have gone from bad to worse for boat-loving Rob Davies in the last week. It didn't seem so bad when his craft was featured on the front page of The Citizen last Thursday. But the freezing weather which prompted the picture of Rob's beloved boat

  • Centre cameras help police

    POLICE officers were deployed to more than 20 incidents last month after being alerted by the footage on CCTV cameras in Ulverston town centre. Ulverston Police Inspector Dave Spedding said the aim of the cameras was not to catch people committing crimes

  • Bill sparks support

    MEMBERS of the Windermere Campaign for Firework Control have written to every MP at Westminster in a bid to gain their support for more control on fireworks. The individual letters urge the MPs to support a bill by Bill Tynan, MP for Hamilton South in

  • Woman airlifted

    AN ASKAM-IN-FURNESS woman had to be airlifted to hospital with spinal injuries following an accident on a notorious stretch of the A595 near Foxfield. The two-vehicle accident involving an Audi and a Vauxhall Vectra happened between Banks End and Wreaks

  • Town hit by M6 closure

    THOUSANDS of vehicles were diverted through Kendal's streets this week after a lorry blew over during strong winds on the M6. Some commuters were caught up in major standstills on Wednesday morning as the town's streets filled with southbound vehicles

  • Flying the flag

    VICTOR Hopkins, of Brantrigg, Winfield Road, Sedbergh, is seeking planning permission to put up a flagpole. His wife Linda said they had enjoyed "flying the flag" during the Golden Jubilee year, and hoped to have their own flagpole. Plans are before the

  • Speed fear

    FEARS about motorists speeding along High Wiend in Appleby have been raised at Appleby Town Council. PC Roly Earl said the speed enforcement team was operating in both Penrith and Appleby to target several areas of concern, and officers would issue fixed