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Village Magazine NOVEMBER 2011 e l a c s a e S s t f a r K s ’ m i K © o t o h P ! MERRY CHRISTMAS ! 1st December to 23 rd December Three Courses £19.50 Starters Soup (V) Chef’s Cream of Mushroom flavoured with Tarragon served with Crusty Bread & Butter. Marinated Melon with Cassis Sorbet (V) STRANDS A Crown of Melon Marinated in Creme De Cassis & topped with Cassis Sorbet Ham Hock Terrine INN A Terrine of Ham flavoured with Sun Blushed Tomatoes Olives & Spring Onions served on a bed of leaves and Beetroot, Orange & Onion Chutney & Smoked Salmon Rose Smoked Salmon served on a bed of leaves BREWERY with a Lemon & Dill Oil Dressing Main Meals Traditional Roast Turkey & Seasoning Served with Seasonal Vegetables, u s Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce & Gravy Cod Steak n a An Oven-baked Cod Steak Topped with Onion, Tomatoes & Cheese served with a Garden Salad, Basil Oil & New Potatoes e Wild Mushroom & Asparagus Risotto (V) A Wild Mushroom & Asparagus Cake Topped with Mediterranean m style Roasted Vegetables Drizzled in a Balsamic Reduction & served with a t M Red Onion & Sun Blushed Tomato Salad Roast Loin of Pork s Roast Loin of Pork served with our homemade i Forcemeat Stuffing and a Redcurrant & Rosemary Sauce, e Seasonal Vegetables and Potatoes r r Desserts y Traditional Christmas Pudding h served with a Cointreau & Orange Sauce a Chocolate Mint Cheesecake C Our homemade Chocolate Mint Cheesecake served with Cream & a bitter Chocolate Sauce F Strands Sherry Trifle NETHER WASDALE With Walnuts and Served with Cream 019467 26237 Coffee & Walnut Gateau 2 served with Cream & Caramelised Oranges www.strandshotel.com PARISH NSEEAWSS CALE I am sure you all enjoyed our Indian Christmas celebrations will be on Summer while it lasted – it was good to 11 December starting at 3pm – see so many people on the beach and play please watch the notice areas. It was sad that the good weather boards and website for further didn’t last for the KiteFest – it was still information. We will have carols and good to watch but very cold. songs in the sports hall and have We are so proud of our firemen who were the promise of fireworks again. recognised for their bravery on 2 June We are hoping to have brackets outside the 2010. Along with Egremont firemen, they shops in the village for small trees and were given the Operational Excellence thereafter for flags during the Diamond Award at a ceremony held in Abbey House Jubilee celebrations in June. in Barrow. We are hoping the beach improvements The ladies from Seascale Bowling Club will be getting underway in the next few had a very successful year. Maureen Eccles months. won the Ladies Single Championship at Our village treasure David Morgan is not Seascale then went on to win the very well at present and we wish him well Champion of Champions and became and a return to good health. Single Champion of Cumbria. Maureen, Jenny Walker, Myrtle Harvey and Christine The newsletter team would like some Southward became the Champions of feedback from our readers. Letters would Cumbria and went to Leamington to be welcome whether it is to criticise, give represent the county. Maureen and Jenny us new stories or hints for the future. We won Over 55s County Competition and would like to print some of them. also represented the county at The team wishes you all the best for Leamington. Christmas and a prosperous and healthy Seascale cricketers also had a good year, New Year. staying in the top half of the league. Eileen Eastwood, Seascale Parish Council One of Andy Rutherford’s entries in the photo competition. 3 4 Another of Andy Rutherford’s entries in the photo competition for the Kitesurfing afternoon on Sunday, 16 October. CHESTER CHRISTMAS SHOPPER Saturday 10 December A diesel-hauled excursion with Standard class, 1st class and Pullman stock will be making a round trip from Carlisle to Chester and back, stopping at major towns, and Seascale, on our west coast line. It calls at Wigton, Maryport, Workington, Standard: Licensed buffet car available. Whitehaven, St Bees, Seascale, Millom, Barrow-in- 1st Class Plus: Morning coffee, danish pastries. Furness, Ulverston, Grange over Sands, Lancaster, Return traditional afternoon tea. Preston and then non-stop to Chester. Pullman: Champagne full English breakfast, light luncheon. Return: Champagne welcome on It will be picking up at Seascale at 08:37, board, 4-course Christmas dinner, ½-bottle wine and dropping off at 20:10. per person plus a port or brandy. Fares Promoted by HF Railtours: Adult: Standard £65, 1st Class Plus £109, www.hf-railtours.co.uk Pullman Dining £199 email: [email protected] Child: Standard £50, 1st Class Plus £89, Booking agent: Pathfinder Tours Pullman Dining £199 Tel: 01453 835414 or 01453 834477 Fuller details on Seascale Parish Council website: http://www.seascale.org.uk PARISH COUNCILLORS Eileen Eastwood 28653 Andrew Woolass 28218 Elaine Dickinson 27288 Clerk Rodney Kimber 28723 Judith Kirkham 28449 Ken Mawson 29786 Copeland District Councillors John McElroy 28443 Eileen Eastwood 28653 David Moore 27674 David Moore 27674 Helen Pateman (website editor) 28131 County Councillor Steve Pritt 07792 109658 Sue Brown 01229 774666 Malcolm Southward 01946 66047 Other Useful Numbers Phil Taylor 28020 Cumbria Highways Hotline 0845 609 6609 Clive Willoughby 07741 007495 Copeland Direct 0845 054 8600 5 2ND SEASCALE NOVEMBER AND METHODIST BROWNIES DECEMBER IN I would like to welcome Zoe Scrugham and ST CUTHBERT ’S Genevieve Evans to our Brownie pack who joined us in September, and by the time this CHURCH , S EASCALE magazine is published should be well on their Remembrance Sunday way to making their promise and becoming 13 November fully-fledged brownies. We are going to be very There will be an Act of Remembrance at the busy brownies and leaders in the next few War Memorial outside St Cuthbert’s Church months as we are currently planning a wintery at 10.30am (after the 9.30am morning sleepover where I aim to achieve my sleepover service). There will be hot drinks in the licence. This enables me to take away the girls for Church afterwards. The Royal British Legion one night as leader in charge. Remembrance service this year will be at Hopefully next year sometime I will also be 3pm in St Bridget’s, Calderbridge. planning to gain my Pack holiday licence, which Christmas Fair allows me to take the brownies away for more Saturday 3 December than one night, but as you may be aware that The annual Christmas Fair this year is on there is a LOT of planning that needs to be done Saturday 3 December starting at 11am. The in preparation. Raffle will be drawn at 1pm. Please see We are currently working on selection of badges posters and the Church newsletter nearer that aim to increase self-esteem, self-image, and the time. confidence. We propose to do this because the Christmas Services media is having a huge effect on the girls and The Village Carol Service this year will be in how they think of themselves and each other. By St Joseph’s Church on Sunday 18 December doing clauses and challenges towards the at 6.30pm – everyone is welcome. badges hopefully we can turn these negative images into positive ones. There will be a Crib service for all the family at St Cuthbert’s on Christmas Eve at 4.30pm As a unit we are trying to establish the internet, and a ‘Midnight’ Holy Communion at as everything these days is on the net. It’s harder 11.30pm.The Christmas morning services than we first thought but we have managed to are 8am at St Cuthberts’ and 10am at St set up the internet banking system for subs, Peter’s in Drigg. which is becoming more and more popular. Messy Church This year we have decided that as an Messy Church is a joint venture by St organisation we would like to raise money for Cuthbert’s and Seascale Methodist Church Children In Need and our own brownie funds by on a Saturday once a month at 11am in St holding a Pudsey Bear Party. This will be held on Cuthbert’s Church Hall. It offers crafts, Friday 18 November and it will be open to worship and fun for children of all ages and children between the ages of 5 and 10. It will be ends with a simple meal together. All we ask at the Windscale Club in Seascale so please come is that all the children are accompanied by a along and support Children In Need. parent, grandparent or carer. Coming dates: Look out for the posters around the village for Saturdays 12 November and 10 December. more information. I also want to say a big thank you to the leaders – MARCH SEASCALE MAGAZINE Lynn, Jennifer, Joan, Maggie and Sarah S for all Closing date for contributions – editorial and their support and dedication to brownies advertising – for the March edition to be because without their planning and Tuesday published on the first weekend, is 14 February. nights brownies wouldn’t happen. [email protected] Sarah Huddleston 6 ST CUTHBERT ’S CHURCH FLOWER FESTIVAL 2012 Next summer will be a Summer of Celebrations, We hope that as many people in the community with the Diamond Jubilee and the London as possible will get involved and make this an Olympics, and to start it all off, St Cuthbert’s event for the village as well as the church. Church Flower Festival on 4-7 May 2012.