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All Saints - Vicar Rev Steve Carter 01228 710215 Raughton Head - Church Wardens Mr David Hallsworth 016974 76329 Mr Rod Phillips 016974 76172 - Deputy Church Warden Mrs Joan Bowman 016974 76318 - Key Holders Mrs Margaret Pinguey 016974 76279 Rev Steve Carter 01228 710215 Parish Magazine Mr David Hallsworth 016974 76329 Mr Rod Phillips 016974 76172 Mrs Joan Bowman 016974 76318 Mrs Glenda Furniss 016974 76535 November Community Policeman PS1862 Rickerby 101 ext 41862 PC1765 Keir 101 ext 41765 Dalston Parish Council - Clerk Sue Milburn 07851 003219 Free Church Mrs Ruth Bainbridge 016974 76316 Mrs Estelle Bainbridge 016974 76448 Flower Rota Mrs Margaret Pinguey 016974 76279 Gaitsgill Playgroup Trisha 078450 98730 Jane 078032 68824 Lay Reader Mrs Doreen Hallsworth 016974 76329 Neighbourhood Watch Mrs M Pinguey 016974 76279 Mr Geoff Thomlinson 016974 76297 Parish Administrator Mrs Helen Banks 077205 66610 Church House – Thursdays 10.00 – 13.00 Parish Magazine Mr Tony Furniss 016974 76535 PCC - Secretary Mrs Margaret Pinguey 016974 76279 - Treasurer Mr John Thomlinson 01461 338049 Primrose Hall - Secretary Jackie Collinson 016974 76590 - Bookings Mrs Suzanne Martin 016974 76261 Raughton Head School - Head Mrs A Armstrong 016974 76291 Raughton Head WI - President Mrs Jackie Collinson 016974 76590 - Secretary Mrs Marian Collins 016974 76903 Reader Emeritus Mrs Margaret Messenger 016974 76405 Redspearlands Footpath Mr David Wood 07527081212 Tuesday Club Mrs Penny Jones 016974 76465 Mrs Elizabeth Martin 01228 711817 Joyce Thompson 01228 710956 Remembrance Day Service 10.50 am. Voluntary Social Car Scheme Mrs Felicity Kaye 016974 76376 th Mrs Ina Monkhouse 016974 76462 Sunday 13 November Mrs Janet Fitzjohn 01228 711454 Young Farmers - Chairman Phil Potts 075991 43901 - Secretary Amy Blamire 075954 13349 - Treasurer Victoria Baker 075388 64327 www.raughtonheadparishmagazine.org.uk

All Saints Church – November Services Email Addresses

Dalston PC Sue Milburn [email protected] Services Dalston Website Ronnie Auld [email protected] Date Time Service Neighbourhood Mrs Margaret Pinguey [email protected] 6th November 11.00 am. Matins Watch Mr Geoff Thomlinson [email protected] 13th November 10.50 am. War Memorial Holy Communion Parish Admin. Mrs Helen Banks [email protected] 20th November 4.00 pm. Informal Service Parish Magazine Mr Tony Furniss [email protected] 27th November 11.00 am. Holy Communion PCC Secretary Mrs Margaret Pinguey [email protected] 4th December 11.00 am. Matins PCC Treasurer Mr John Thomlinson [email protected] School Mrs A Armstrong admin@raughtonhead..sch.uk Readings Vicar Reverend Steve Carter [email protected]

Date Old Testament Epistle Reader 6th Job 19: 23-27 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-17 Mrs F Thomlinson

13th Malachi 4: 1-2 2 Thessalonians 3: 6-13 Mrs F Kaye 20th Jeremiah 23: 1-6 Colossians 1: 11-20 Informal Service Church Guardians 27th Isaiah 2: 1–5 Romans 13: 11–end Mr D Raffles th Begin Saturday evening. Get the key from the previous holder. 4 Isaiah 11: 1–10 Romans 15: 4–13 Mrs E Martin 29th October David Hallsworth 016974 76329 th Gospel Readings (to be read by the preacher) 5 November Stephanie Hewison 016974 76542 th Date Sunday Gospel 12 November Alan Jackson 016974 76345 th 6th November 3rd Before Advent Luke 20: 27-38 19 November Elizabeth Martin 01228 711817 th 13th November Remembrance Sunday Luke 21: 5-19 26 November Ina Monkhouse 016974 76462 rd 20th November Christ the King Luke 23: 33-43 3 December Rod Phillips 016974 76172 th 27th November Advent 1 Matthew 24: 36–44 10 December Heather Metcalfe 016974 76786

4th December Advent 2 Matthew 3: 1–12

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Date Prayers Flowers Cleaning Copy for the December edition of the Parish Magazine by Sunday 20th November 6th Mrs R Pigg Mrs G Furniss & Mrs L Phillips All emails will be acknowledged before final date for copy. 13th Mrs E Martin Remembrance Mrs E McQuillan If no acknowledgement, please contact: 20th Mrs C Raffles Tony Furniss, Keepers Barn, Raughton, , CA5 7AQ. th Telephone: 016974 76535 Mobile: 077633 70171 27 Mrs G Furniss Mrs S Sewell Mrs K Robinson [email protected] 4th The Bowman Family 15 2 Caldbeck Surgery Message Telephone - 016974 78254 November always seems such a dark month – the mornings seem to take forever to get The surgery will be closed in the afternoon for staff training on the following dates: started, the evenings are drawing in, bonfire night is upon us and we hold our bereavement Thursday 24th November and Remembrance Sunday services to remember those who are no longer in our lives On these afternoons the surgery (including the dispensary) will close at 1.00pm. because they have died. The Eden Valley Hospice also holds their ‘Light Up A Life’ Art in the Waiting Room this month by David Wood services that remember those who spent their last days in their care. For many, these Prescription Delivery service: we provide a delivery service (Tuesdays & Wednesdays) for services bring back painful memories, but they also help us to process our grief and to patients who have difficulty getting to the surgery to pick up prescriptions. Please express our sorrow in meaningful ways. remember that when you have requested a delivery, you must be at home to receive it or One thing that most of these services has in common is the use of candles or lights. There make sure that someone else is available who is authorised to receive it. is something comforting about a candle. The light a candle gives is a gentle light that www.caldbecksurgery.co.uk dispels the darkness around it. For some reason, our eyes are drawn towards it. Unlike other lights, it’s light does not blind us or hurt our eyes. It dances in front of us, and we become fascinated by it. From it seems to emanate a sense of peace and tranquillity. Perhaps that is why candles are such an aid to prayer. At our twice-monthly silent prayer meetings in Dalston, we always have a candle burning, and it can sometimes be a focus for our prayers, helping us to leave aside the cares of the day and allowing us to fix our minds on God. Dalston Medical Practice Telephone - 01228 710451 Prescriptions can still be ordered by leaving a message on the answerphone. Please phone between 8.00 am. and 6.30 pm. for an appointment. In emergency - 03000 247247 www.dalstonmedicalgroup.org.uk

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The new Electricity North West Emergency phone number is 105. 105 is a free service to report power cuts from anywhere in the UK. Dialling 105 will put customers through to their local network operator. It is no co-incidence then that Jesus is referred to as ‘the Light of the world’! That biblical

analogy was written many years before the advent of electric light, when the only source of light at night was candles or oil lamps. It speaks of a person who is able to give us a sense of peace and tranquillity in this busy and noisy world. Jesus enables us to see God without being dazzled or blinded. He is the expression of God that we can understand

because he chose to reveal himself in human form – a form that each one of us is familiar Raughton Head Young Farmers with. Yet his dance of life is fascinating to us because it is different from ours in that he Contact numbers for the following have changed and are now chose to live a perfect life without doing wrong. In fact, nothing dark or wrong could stand up to him. His very personality dispelled and continues to dispel the darkness of our Chairman Phil Potts 07599143901 world. Secretary Amy Blamire 07595413349 May Jesus, the Light of the world, brighten our world this November and right through the Treasurer Victoria Baker 075388 64327 winter. Steve Carter – 01228 710215 14 3 All Saints Church The Great Cumbrian Run Rose Castle Prayer Meeting – Tuesday 1st November in Rose Castle at 9.30 am. “Lydia Chapman, of Dalston (sic), was the first lady across the finishing line” Coffee Morning for R.A.B.I. - Saturday 5th November (please see opposite) News - 7th October 2016 Remembrance Day – Sunday 13th November 10.50 am. at the war memorial for a Well done Lydia. At least they spelt your name right. short Remembrance, followed at 11.00 am. by the usual church service. PCC Meeting - Wednesday 16th November at 7.30 pm. Christmas Fayre - Saturday 26th November in Primrose Hall (please see opposite) AGM Primrose Hall Tuesday 24th January at 7.45 pm. Evening Services – during NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY and All welcome. MARCH the Evening Service will be at 4.00 pm. Jackie Collinson – 016974 76590

Dates for your Diary Tuesday 6th December – Rose Castle Prayer Meeting in Rose Castle at 9.30 am. Saturday 17th December – Decorate the church from 10.00 am. Sunday 18th December – Carol Service at 4.00 pm.

Saturday 24th December - Christmas Eve Service at 11.30 pm. Sunday 25th December - Christmas Day Service at 11.00 am. Dalston Dramatic Society

Three short plays (two of which are dramas and one a comedy) about Brief Encounters. Harvest Festival “Last Post” and “Cupboard Love” by Jean McConnell and “Still Life” by Noel Coward. Directed by John Allen A big thank you to all who helped in any way to decorate the church, it looked lovely with Thursday 17h November, Friday 18th November, Saturday 19th November. all the flowers and donations of food. The perishable goods were welcome at the Hospice In the Victory Hall, Dalston at 7.30 pm. and the non-perishable to the food bank. This was helped by donations from Raughton Admission: Adults £6.00, Children and Concessions £4.00 Head School from their Harvest service. Family Ticket (2 Adults and 2 Children) £16.00 (Including interval refreshments) Margaret Pinguey – 016974 76279 Tickets are available from The Bakers and Dalston Pharmacy or on the door.

Sandie - 01228 711316 MacMillan Coffee Morning www.raughtonheadparishmagazine.org.uk/page3/page24/page24.html

A huge 'THANK YOU' to everyone who contributed to the coffee morning on September 30th. We raised a fantastic £350.00 which included £115.00 collected during a card party. We has a slight glitch with the cake competition in that the rub-off square to reveal the correct number would not rub off! I think it must have become damp. I contacted Macmillan for a number but they haven't got back to me so I put all the names in a tub and drew one out - congratulations to Margaret Pinguey your prize is on it's way. Kay Robinson – 016974 76463 Dalston Ladies Choir [email protected] Do you love singing? Are you looking for a new fun pastime? Why not do both – join Dalston Ladies Choir? Prayer Meeting We practice on a Wednesday, at Dalston Methodist Chapel, from 1.45 pm. – 3.15 pm. A time had been set aside each month to pray for the future of the Foundation. We are a friendly welcoming choir singing popular light classical and choral pieces. These prayer meetings take place at 9.30 am. on the first Tuesday of the month, We perform occasional concerts for various local charitable events. in the Rose Castle (1st November, 6th December, 3rd January) For more details please contact: Everyone is welcome whatever their faith or non-faith. Lynne Nightingale - 016974 76082 Steve Carter - 01228 710215 www.raughtonheadparishmagazine.org.uk/page3/styled-7/index.html 4 13 Community Lunch Remember, remember! The 5th of November, Sunday 6th November in Primrose Hall, Gaitsgill at 12.30 pm. Why, because that is the date of our Coffee Morning and home-baked goodies sale in aid An opportunity to get together with others in our community. Everyone welcome. of R.A.B.I. (The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution). Come and enjoy a lovely meal and a chat! Always on the first Sunday in the month This follows on from the All Saints Festival Farming theme and will be held in All Saints Ruth Bainbridge - 016974 76316 Church from 10.00 am.-12.00 noon on Saturday 5th November. All monies raised will go to R.A.B.I. to help with their work of supporting farming families of any age. There will be information about what the charity does, how to support them in the future and how to contact them should you, or someone you know, need their help. http://rabi.org.uk If anyone would like to help out on the day Kay Robinson - 016974 76463 [email protected]

CHRISTMAS FAYRE th Saturday 26 November

10.00 am. to 12.00 noon Primrose Hall, Gaitsgill. Mr & Mrs In aid of All Saints Church Date for your Diary…… Usual stalls, crafts, tombola, raffle, cakes, Mr & Mrs game show evening @ Gaitsgill bring and buy, refreshments th Any donations for the above will be most welcome. village hall, Saturday 19 November 7.00 pm. Tel. 016974 76279 We have the contestants, we have the host, we just

need the audience. Tickets are £2.50 each and there is

a bar and a raffle. For a great evening out get your

tickets from Catriona 016974 76947 or Lesley 016974

76172

5 12 Raughton Head W.I. – September 120 Winners Jackie welcomed 16 members to our September meeting. Our speaker for the evening was October Draw Ian Beattie, from Blood Bikes, Cumbria. Ian was welcomed to the floor by Jackie. Ian is now their Treasurer, but when he first joined, he was a rider and in fact still performs this 1st PTA Donation 22 role as well. Blood Bikes is a Registered Charity. Everyone is a volunteer, there are no 2nd PTA Donation 72 staff, no offices and no expenses or payments are made. All drivers and riders have to 3rd PTA Donation 21 have advanced driving qualifications. Blood Bikes Cumbria first met in May 2014, in a pub which as Ian said, an appropriate meeting venue, for bikers! This was followed by their Inaugural meeting in June 2014 and became operational in July 2014. Two months from idea to being operational. There are 38 Blood Bike groups across the UK and the Cumbria group are a member of the NABB (National Organisation of Blood Bikes). From Stockdalewath Weather – September 2016 the name, it could be presumed that they deliver blood on bikes. Of course this does The best description of September 2016 is warm and damp. It was also a record breaker, happen, but their role goes further than this. It is not just bikes, they also use cars. They do with the Average Minimum for the month of 10.21º. This is a full 2.5º higher than the deliver blood and blood products, but they also carry samples, scans, x-rays, surgical average. It is also about 0.2º higher than the previous record, which at 10.02º was set in instruments. In fact anything they can. 365 days a year they deliver blood and plasma to 2006. Such a temperature can only be set with a mild airstream and such it was with the The Great North Air Ambulance and the only time they have been unable to dot his, was wind coming from the West or South-West for the majority of the month. This led to when Storm Desmond hit Cumbria. They are part of a service which is affectionately damp days with relatively low sunshine levels and mostly cloudy and damp nights, known as The Pony Express, whereby, a delivery from Scotland is passed to Cumbria who keeping the temperatures up. The Average Maximum reflects this as it was also above pass it onto Lancashire, where it is again passed to the next recipient until it reaches its average but in this case by a degree. We did see one day where the temperature exceeded destination in the south. As this is all voluntary, it a great saving to the NHS. Blood Bikes 25º (26.0º on the 6th). Though not that rare, it is the first time since 2011 that such a Cumbria now have their own training unit. All drivers wear High Visibility Jackets with temperature has been recorded. the word BLOOD clearly marked. The bikes are yellow and red, and though they cannot use ‘Blues and Twos’, they request that you do pull over if you see them and let them The rainfall (89.225), not surprisingly, was above the average (68.39) though a third of pass. Great North Air Ambulance saves £40,000 a year due to the Blood Bikes and are this fell on 2 days – the 21st and the 29th. able to transfuse at the scene if needed which may just be the difference between life and death. A great service. In the prevailing conditions, the total sunshine level was quite low. We saw sunshine for A vote of thanks was given by Penny on behalf of the group. in the region of a third of the possible hours. Only 4 days, the 11th, the 14th, the 17th and the Jackie thanked Cynthia, Shirley and Marian for their work in organizing the Supper Trail 22nd had low cloud levels. and all their efforts to make the evening a great success. It was agreed that everyone enjoyed themselves. Considering the wind direction the month was not especially windy with only the 24th & The business of the meeting was carried out. Members were asked if they would like to the 29th producing strong winds. have a Proxy Vote for President and Committee members if they are unable to attend the AGM in November. Statistics The competition was judged by our guest, Ian Beattie and the results were: RAINFALL 1st Anne Ludlam, 2nd Cynthia Ebbatson and 3rd Ina Monkhouse. Total : 89.225 mm Average: 68.39 mm Wettest Day: 21st (15.9 mm) Days with Zero rain: 9 Next month our speaker is Dennis Donald talking TEMPERATURE about tracing his Family History. Maximum: 26.0º (6th) Days above Average Maximum: 18 The competition: An Old Family Photo. Average Maximum for 2016: 18.73º Days with Maximum above 20º: 7 The hostesses are Sheila Mobey and Anne Ludlam. Average Maximum since 1989: 17.72º Days with Maximum above 25º: 1 Vote of thanks will be given by Marian Collins. Minimum: 4.7º (21st) November will be our AGM. Average Minimum for 2016: 10.21º Average Minimum since 1989: 7.65º Marian Collins – 016974 76903 Days below Average Minimum: 8 Days with Frost: 0 [email protected] Ewan Preston – 016974 76277 11 6 Raughton Head C of E Primary School Garden Tools Sharpened September and October have been busy months. We have had our harvest festival held at Garden tools sharpened, proceeds to All Saints Church. All Saints Church and also a wonderful community lunch which was very well supported. Alan Craig - 016974 76547 We had our grand opening of our play area and teddy bear’s picnic and were blessed with glorious weather. Our open day was held on a Saturday this year and was a great success; it was lovely to The Workhorse (established 1984) meet new families in the area. For home, garden or paddock. Equestrian and canine specialist for fencing, gates, paving, All the pupils have had lessons in Futsal, a Brazilian style football, and have thoroughly walling and timber structures. National Diploma in Horticulture enjoyed it. David J. Harrison – 07768 106557 or 01768870205 Mim and Alan, the children and families workers for the Methodist Church in Wigton www.theworkhorse.co.uk [email protected] circuit, came to school and led a prayer spaces in school workshop. The children had a variety of opportunities to explore ‘Big Questions’ and respond in various ways. We hope to be able to offer this again in the future. Mole Control The next half term promises to be a busy one too. We are holding a messy play session for For mole control contact children aged 0-4 years on 8th November between 2.00 pm.-3.15 pm. This is a free event, Russell Temple - 016974 76754 or 07519372741 but we ask that you contact school to book a place so we know how many to cater for. Our pupils in Y3/4 will be having a series of lessons delivered by a player from Newcastle Falcons Rugby club. Mark Edmondson Dry Logs for Sale We will be performing our nativity on Wednesday 7th December commencing 2.00 pm. Car Mechanic - all makes and models. Dumpy bag loads. and on Thursday 8th December at 6.00 pm. After the evening performance the school and Servicing, repairs, diagnostics, wheel alignment 016974 76317 sports councils will be holding a Christmas Fayre. If you would like to come along to and air conditioning. Raughton Head 078844 28535 either performance, please contact the school office to book your place so that we can 078844 28535 ensure we have sufficient seating for everyone. Once again Mrs Barnes will be cooking our Christmas Lunch which this year will take place on Tuesday 13th December at 12.00 noon, if you would like to come and join us for this popular event then please book your place with the school office; places are limited to Chiropodist/Podiatrist 50 guests, so book early to avoid disappointment. th Professional, friendly service in the comfort of your own home. HCPC Registered We will also be holding our Carol Service on the last day of term, 16 December, in Zoe Davison BSc (Hons) pod.McHs – 079502 89994 All Saints Church at 9:15 am. followed by coffee and mince pies back at school. [email protected]

Dates for your Diary November Feathers Health & Beauty 8th Messy Play for 0-4 years old (Please book with school office) th Wednesday: 2.00 pm. – 7.00 pm. Thursday & Friday: 10.00 am. – 6.00 pm. 11 Remembrance service at Cenotaph Saturday: 10.00 am. – 5.00 pm. Appointments outside these hours can be arranged 11th PTA social event th Wythmoor House, Stockdalewath, Carlisle, CA5 7DN 18 Parents’ Assembly 016974 76360 [email protected] December 7th Nativity performance (matinee 2.00 pm.) 8th Nativity performance and fayre (evening 6.00 pm.) Roseberry Floral Design 12th Pantomime at The Sands Centre th Flowers for all Occasions - Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries & Funerals. 13 School Christmas dinner 9, The Square, Dalston, Carlisle, CA5 7PJ. Delivery Service also available. 16th Carol service 9.15 am. and last day of term 2.00 pm. finish Contact Sally - 01228 711641

Andrea Armstrong – 016974 76291 [email protected] www.roseberryfloraldesign.co.uk [email protected] 10 7 Stockdalewath Free Church Operation Christmas Child - Shoebox Appeal 2016

“Let the children come to me, and do not Operation Christmas Child stop them, because the Kingdom of God Shoebox Appeal belongs to such as these” Thank you for the beautiful filled shoeboxes already donated.

Thank you to all who have been coming along to the Shoebox Mark 10:14 Workshops or who have donated gifts (many handmade). They are always rewarding sessions - sorting gifts, wrapping boxes and then filling them with all the lovely things. We are having a great time DIARY and have already got a lot of boxes filled. You can still be involved - Last workshop: Thurs 3rd Nov. Sundays 11.00 am. 2.30 pm. Any other filled boxes can be dropped off at the Primrose Hall in the Primrose Hall By Sun 6th Nov please. 6th November Morning Service Thank You. Sp. Mr Bruce Beattie The warehouse will be open during November to collect, check and Followed by Community Lunch store boxes from the Carlisle area, before they set off on their journey 13th November Family Time with “Puppetual Fun” to reach the children in time for Christmas. 20th November Morning Service Sp. Mr Les Kerr https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/ 27th November Morning Service Sp. Mr Ken Fearon & friends 4th December Morning Service Sp. Mr James McCallum Followed by Community Lunch

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Drop in @ Chapel Saturday 12th November 7.30 pm. - 9.30 pm. For Games

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Host Room at the inn? Charity HOST is seeking friendly people who could volunteer to offer an invitation to adult international students for a day, weekend, or four days at Christmas. Tractor Driver? Learn about other cultures, welcome a guest far from home, and make the world a little Who was the tractor driver on the front of October’s Parish magazine? friendlier! To be put in touch with your local organiser, visit www.hostuk.org or call www.countrylife.co.uk/country-pursuits/top-5-vintage-tractors-72743 Kimberley Brough - 020 7739 6292 Tractor number 5. 8 9