TO BE honest it was not a nice evening for Nantwich’s visit on Tuesday, and it seems there is no way we will get those games in hand played quickly. We have to deal with the weather we are given but we don’t want it to ruin the season. It is highly
With Kendal’s fixture backlog building up all the time, it has seen the club slip to to ninth in the UniBond Premier Division. It must be fingers crossed for all concerned that we get a result from the visit of Ossett Town this Saturday. Town are
The groups for the South Africa 2010 World Cup are as follows: GROUP A South Africa (hosts) Mexico Uruguay France GROUP B Argentina South Korea Nigeria Greece GROUP C England USA Algeria Slovenia
ALL who love walking have a list of favourite routes, which they keep repeating. My favourite is this stroll through history. I have kept a walking diary since November 1949 so 60 years later I’m repeating this gem, something I have done almost
THANKS to all the readers who came along to MoonWatch last Friday night: it was good to meet you all. I hope you enjoyed the views of the Moon - before it started to rain. This week the Moon will help you find what is, for me, the most fascinating
The Hidden Places of the Lake District and Cumbria, Travel Publishing, £8.99. MANY visitors to the Lake District head straight for the famous honey-pot destinations of Bowness, Ambleside and Hawkshead – but there is far more to the region than those
Northern Rail Heritage: An introduction to the social history of railways in the North of England, published by Little Northern Books, £6. THE social history of the North’s railways is celebrated in this must-read for rail enthusiasts. The booklet
ME and my lovely girlfriend sought shelter from the horrendous North West weather to visit a renowned restaurant which has just re-opened to great acclaim after an extensive refurbishment. And the staff at The Fenwick Arms, at Claughton, near Caton,
HANDS up who’s got an advent calendar? Is it a chocolate one? If so, are you over 18? Because apparently you need to be if you’re going to indulge and get one with chocolates in. I know this because during my last week at the Gazette I experienced
SOPRANO Margaret Pattinson has added her voice to a fund-raising appeal for a new pipe organ at Lancaster Priory. The well-known Cumbrian performer and singing teacher has teamed up with her son, organist Ian Pattinson, and tenor, Paul Baxter
CHEERS, screams and the heavy thud of drums will replace hushed voices when hardcore band The Blackout play at Lancaster Library in the new year. Welsh six-piece The Blackout have collected a dedicated following of fans over the past few years and
SOUTH Lakeland District Council bosses are to press ahead with a controversial business park development on a flood plain despite the recent flooding of more than 30 homes nearby. Economic prosperity portfolio holder Graham Vincent said the council still
San Francisco duo Girls will bring their chilled-out guitar songs to the unique setting of Lancaster library on February 26. The buzz band have been hotly-tipped as must-sees for 2010 so music fans should not miss the chance to see them during this
ONE of the region’s best kept secrets is about to be revealed. In partnership with the Heaton Cooper family, Brathay Hall Trust will host an exhibition that will showcase the family’s extensive archive of paintings, drawings and works in progress.
NEW signs are being put up in north Lancashire warning poachers that they are not welcome on a country estate. Leighton Hall, near Silverdale, has a large population of red and fallow deer and historically there is an increase in poaching in the run
A PROJECT is being carried out on a river that runs through the Cartmel Valley to discover why there has been a dramatic decline in fish numbers. A survey conducted by the Environment Agency in 1994 revealed that fish populations in the River Eea were
ROTARY Clubs in Barrow are holding further collections to raise money in aid of the victims of the Cumbria floods. The first takes place tomorrow (Saturday) at the Barrow AFC's Holker Street stadium turnstiles and around the ground at half-time
A DALES waterfall that is said to have inspired the music of one of Britain’s greatest composers is up for sale. Catrigg Force and its lush, wooded valley was one of Edward Elgar’s favourite places during his regular visits to the area. It has now
THE nuclear company Sellafield Ltd was today fined £75,000 after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety law after two contractors inhaled radioactive contamination. The prosecution follows an investigation by the Health and Safety
MEET the winners of The Westmorland Gazette's 2009 Bonny Baby, Toddler and Juniors Competition. Baby Winner — Poppy Rose Airey from Allithwaite. Runners-up — Sapphire Chapman, Kendal; and Alfie Tipping, Kendal. Toddler Winner — Amy Smith
POLICE are searching for the driver of a vehicle thought to be linked to a series of farm thefts in South Lakeland. Between November 28 and 29 an orange Stihl chainsaw and a petrol strimmer were taken from Cautley Farm, in Whassett, Milnthorpe. A black
A SOUTH Lakeland graphic design firm has produced a map of Cumbrian Breweries to support the county’s flood victims. Staveley-based Designworks has created the poster using the design of the London Underground map. The posters are being sold through
POLICE are investigating the theft of 250 metres of three core 95 low voltage electric cable valued, worth £3,500. The cable was taken from Beetham Fields industrial yard, Kendal, between 6.45pm on Wednesday (December 2) and 7am on Thursday (December
HUNDREDS of pounds worth of damage was caused during a burglary at a holiday home in Ambleside. A Panasonic 32” HD flatscreen television, worth £500 was stolen from a lodge at a caravan park at Great Langdale, between midnight on November 26 and 8am
CLAMPING down on nuisance cold callers will be easier than ever with Kendal’s first ‘no cold calling zone’. Signs are now in place telling uninvited guests not to enter Edgecombe Court, a sheltered housing scheme in Kendal. This follows the success
POLICE are appealing for information after damage was caused to a car parked at Booths supermarket in Windermere yesterday afternoon (December 4). The blue Vauxhall Corsa is thought to have been hit by another car between 4.30pm and 5pm, causing
A TOTAL of 50 fire fighters worked for more than ten hours to tackle a blaze at an Eden supermarket last night. Morrison’s supermarket at Penrith was almost destroyed when fire broke out in the roof area at around 5.45pm. No one was injured
A KENDAL-based IT firm has secured a contract worth more than £24,000 to help students find educational courses in Cumbria. Meantime IT have been awarded the contract by the University of Cumbria to develop an interactive website ‘In Reach’. The site
KENDAL college has secured more than £1m of funding for a new arts campus at Wildman Street, Kendal. The North West Regional Development Agency’s grant of £1,029,000 comes as a major boost after the college lost out on £8m of funding from the learning
