INSIDE IN THIS ISSUE... Letters Burton News and Burton Memorial Hall pg 2 SURVEYS PC News pg 4 We want YOUR views!

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Village Store pg 6 BURTON NEWS

Xmas Post THE VILLAGE NEWSLETTER pg 8 October 2017 Issue 274 Church pg 1 0

Historical Footnote pg 1 2 SCRUMPING Surveys SATURDAY pg 1 5-1 8 Saturday 1 4 October Swift Study Group 1 2 noon - 3pm pg 20 Apple-themed Stalls & Games Roger Cake Stall :: Toffee Apples Reports Cider, Tea, Coffee pg 22 Raffle & Tombola

Editorial Bring the Family! pg 24 Join in the fun! Burton Memorial Hall Community in aid of Hall funds Info pg 31

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2 THE MILLER RICHES TRUST For all your computer needs This Trust provides financial grants (usually up to the sum of £75) to needy Desktops supplied / built to order / spinsters and widows who have resided upgraded / repaired in the former County of Westmorland for Laptops supplied / upgraded / repaired no less than 5 years. Application forms Peripherals supplied / repaired if possible are obtainable from Holly English, Legal Networks (wireless & ethernet) and Democratic Services, Resources Backup systems to suit user and Transformation Directorate, Cumbria County Council, Cumbria Call Barry on 01 524 781 306 House, 11 7 Botchergate, Carlisle, CA1 Email: [email protected] 1 RD Tel: (01 228) 227354 and should be returned by no later than Friday 27 October 201 7. One of the great things about the tearoom is the extent to which it is, Iolanda Puzio indeed, a shared effort: this year Senior Manager smoked salmon was donated by Tim Legal and Democratic Services and Karen Parsons of Croft House, Akis produced yet another show-stopping cake, and Phoebe Ryan of Number 1 , The Little Cumbrian Tea Room The Square, provided amazing flower arrangements. Phoebe, who is new to I would like to thank all the people who the village, is developing a business in contributed to the success of The Little flower arrangement using primarily wild Cumbrian Tearoom on 2 September. and seasonal flowers and she's very We raised a magnificent £700 and good! This year four different pianists served tea, scones and cake to 65 played in the course of the day and people. I think that the raffle prize of a miraculously, in a summer of wet and beautiful picnic hamper, generously dismal days, the sun shone on us. donated by Kelly and Mo Witham made a big difference to our final total and I'd So thank you once again, and next year like to thank them especially. The raffle I won't run out of bread for smoked was won by Mrs Gill Allen of Bolton-le- salmon sandwiches! Sands, who declared she has never won a raffle in her life. Marion Plowright

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It was a story of two scandals at Other news: September's meeting. 1 . Phase 3a of the development brief Scandal 1 is the continuing lack of for housing on Green Dragon farm is action about the anti-social behaviour now available online at of youths from Burton and Holme www.southlakeland.gov.uk/developmen reported by PC Mandy Coleman. The t-briefs or phone 01 539 793388. The police have been monitoring the vision is a mixed use, well-integrated situation for several months. They addition to the community that helps to know who the offenders are and where meet local housing needs, and brings they live. ASBOs have had little effect. new employment opportunities to the Perhaps the time is right for tougher area. action? The PC discussed the situation but no clear action plan emerged. 2. A number of outstanding items such as improvements to Plain Quarry Scandal 2 is the failure of Cumbria facilities, the feasibility study for a County Council Highways Department footpath from Burton to Clawthorpe, to tackle the flooding caused by maintenance of kerbstones on Main blocked culverts around The Square in Street, funding reprinting of local walks Main Street. Two members of the leaflets and the B4RN initiative to public - Lynne and Chris Nolan who live improve internet connectivity, were at The Bakery - have decided to take deferred pending more information. the Highways Department to court for their inactivity. The PC have been 3. Councillors individually reported reporting this problem consistently for actions they have taken such as years and Roger Bingham has also digging out drains and repositioning the tried to get action. Councillors agreed Speed Indication Device (Alan Wren) to protest again and try to set up a site and noting the need to repair a broken meeting with council engineers to swing (Moira Rowley). explain how important it is to keep these culverts clear. Flooding from 4. Roger Bingham reported that he torrents of water coming down Boon would redirect any spare cash he can

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4 lay his hands on to improving signs around Burton and flood prevention around Tanpits Lane and Boon Town Lane.

The next meeting is in the Memorial Hall, 7.30pm on 1 9 October.

J.M.

Parking on pavements whereby no Logs of note for the Burton area access is allowed for a pushchair/wheelchair to pass on the 1 5/8 - Reports of a noisy car travelling pavement is illegal.What is the legal in the area, traffic officers have been position in respect of motor vehicles informed and will monitor the area. parked on pavements? What offences 1 8/8 - ASB reported in the area, 1 youth may be revealed? spoken to regarding this. 20/9 - Theft of 2 recycling bins. Proceedings for obstructing the 21 /8 - Damage caused to fencing and a highway could be instituted under the picnic bench at the School. Highways Act 1 980, Town Police 3/9 - ASB caused by 3 youths throwing Clauses Act 1 847, and the Road apples at a resident. Vehicles (Construction and Use) 5/9 - 2 x reports of tools being stolen Regulations 1 986 dependent on the from vehicles/house in the area. circumstances. 8/9 - A serious RTC was reported in the area. PCSO 5244 Mandy Coleman

Speeding in the area is becoming an issue. We have deployed the Speed Indicator Device and will be downloading the DATA asap.

Natural Health and Beauty Clinic Education Institute Arnside Berry's Garden Services General Garden / Grounds Maintenance Church Hill. LA5 0DF Lawn Cutting Hedge Cutting Remedial and beauty therapies including Planting Massage - Acupuncture - Waxing IPL (hair removal) - Electrolysis Contact Nick 07766 395595 / 01 539 583754 Contact Claudia [email protected] 01 524 762539 or 07881 667470 www.berrysgardenservices.co.uk (Also on Twitter and Facebook) www.naturalhealthandbeautyclinic.co.uk 5 THE VILLAGE SHOP Lottery facility cannot be transferred, players may play in advance prior to UPDATE shop closure but there are limitations on this aspect. As the temporary closures of the village shop and Post Office draw near, Dry cleaning cannot be accepted at the here are answers to questions which shop after the beginning of October. have arisen so far, regarding what will This service will resume when the shop and will not be available at the re-opens. Memorial Hall during this period. So what WILL there be in the village Although there will be no Post Office hall? Counter, a mobile Post Office van has been arranged to be on site at the Hall Daily newspapers will continue to be on Friday 20 and 27 October from available and delivered as usual by 1 0.1 5am - 1 2.1 5pm. The van is slightly Tom. However, it would be most helpful more limited in the transactions and advisable if you take a regular provided - please ask for advice. The paper, to alert the staff in advance of nearby offices of Holme and Carnforth, the shop closure, in order that your have already been advised of the favourite paper can be saved for you period of closure and will be prepared and avoid disappointment. Pre-ordered to face increased demand. magazines will be available as usual, along with a limited supply of weekly Mail will be collected from the post-box and monthly titles. as usual but, no collection from temporary premises. Home shopping There will be a small supply of general returns and parcel collections will be greetings cards. Whilst no frozen foods unavailable at the hall, as well as or alcohol can be stored in the hall, mobile phone, gas and electric top-ups there will be a limited supply of all and photocopying. First and second regular products including chilled items. class UK postage stamps will be on Plus basic groceries, household goods, sale at the Hall shop counter as usual. some fresh vegetables, sandwiches, tobacco, crisps and soft drinks. Payments by debit card will continue to be accepted, whilst the ATM facility will Given,the limitations of space and local be inaccessible, limited cash-back bye-laws, Gill and Akis have put in withdrawals will be available. The place as comprehensive a supply of Holme Works Handyman Nobody likes doing homework so let Holme Works do it for you! All Household & Garden work undertaken: Household: Painting ­ internal & external work; Gutters ­ cleaning, painting & repairs; Pressure washing ­ walls, pathways, paving, decks & fencing; General household repairs (non structural); Flat­pack assembly. Garden: Garden furniture refurbishing; Lawn cutting; Hedge trimming; garden clearance. Recycling and more besides, just ask! Give Neil a call on 01 524 7821 77 / 0771 2 475863 6 Village Store Dates

Monday 1 6 October - last day of transactions at the old Post Office counter. Mail cannot be accepted after 4.1 5 pm since there will be no further Royal Mail collection.

From Monday 1 6 October - The Village Store will be located in the Burton Memorial Hall Club Room.

During the period of our refurbishment basic groceries and services as is our regular telephone number is likely possible. to be unavailable for periods. You can try to contact us instead on 01 524 Please be reassured that they, with 7811 74. their dedicated staff, will be on hand and available to deal with any further Friday 20 October & Friday 27 October questions arising before and throughout 1 0.1 5 - 1 2.1 5 A mobile Post Office will the renovation period. visit the Memorial Hall. The mobile facility cannot process Car Tax Both Gill and Akis are indeed, most renewals; but remember you can tax grateful for your patience and your vehicle for November with us from understanding during this major the 5 October. upheaval. Wednesday 1 November - Shop & Post Whilst we, customers and residents of Office re-open. There will have been Burton, wish them a smooth transition many changes during this period so towards their vision of securing the please bear with us as we re- future viability of that great British acclimatise! institution, the village shop. Gill and Akis Joan Barkley

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7 Christmas the USA and Canada. We will still be operating normally for this date. Post Closer destinations are in November: It's that time of year again... Thursday 2 November A Note from the Post Office about Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Christmas Posting Turkey, Malta and Iceland

Unless you are a newsagent, a card Thursday 1 6 November stockist, or are planning a major Western Europe refurbishment, Christmas seems a long way into the future. The kids are only We will have re-opened for these (but just back at school and the weather, only just) so please be patient with us although cooler, is still often bright & on a new system! even sunny. However, I thought you would like to know how the last posting Remember that parcels sent outside dates fit with our planned closure. the E.U. need to have a customs form attached, these are available at the As always, the last posting dates for Post Office Counter. Also remember to sending Surface Mail (now called put your name and address on the top International Economy) are unseason- left hand corner of the front of your ably early; in fact for the furthest package; this will enable Royal Mail to destinations they were at the end of return your item should overseas September! customs authorities refuse it entry into their country. For parcels sent by Airmail there is no rush, you have until the beginning of The usual reminder about size and December for even the furthest weight for parcels sent abroad using destinations. However, if you are Royal Mail. planning on sending parcels via the slower, cheaper option of International The maximum total of (length + width + Economy the recommended last height) is 90 cm (approx 3ft), with the posting dates are: maximum single dimension of 60cm (approx 2 ft). Also, the maximum Thursday 1 2 October weight is 2 kg. South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore,

8 It is really easy to exceed these and then the parcel would cost a great deal more to send via Parcel Force. It is sometimes cheaper to split a heavy parcel and send two packets. Our Pre-Christmas Special event on Dangerous Goods Saturday 1 6 September turned out to To comply with national and be very special indeed, raising the international regulations governing the amazing amount of £1 050, taking our carriage of mail, and ensure that mail total fund-raising from April 201 7 to in transport does not present a danger £2626. Many thanks to all the people to the general public, Royal Mail must who took the trouble to support us on restrict or prohibit certain items from the morning. A big thank you to all our their network. helpers who worked really hard before, during and after the event. Thanks to So this year we will once again have to Akis and Gill for their continued ask you what are the contents of your support, and a huge thank you to our parcels; not just because we are being dear friend May for the amazing raffle nosy or looking for gift ideas ourselves, prizes and more. We need your but because there are restrictions on support, it is vital for Cumbrian children. items containing, for example, batteries, nail varnish, perfume, Barbara and Jack Winrow aerosols etc.

Lithium batteries (the type commonly found in mobile phones and laptops) Burton Village Store cannot be sent alone, and for international mail they must be & Post Office packaged in the equipment. Beware, Opening Hours Shop P.O. some countries do not permit the Monday - Friday 6am - 6pm 9am - 5.30pm Saturday 6am - 6pm 9am - 1 2.30pm import of lithium batteries at all. Sunday 6am - 1 2noon Closed

As always, come and ask us at the We now stock items from more local suppliers Post Office Counter for further advice. Burrows – Bacon & Sausages Dew-lay – Cheeses Gill Diggles – Cooked Meats Greenhalgh’s – Bread, Cakes, Cream Cakes, Pies James Baxter’s – Potted Shrimps Kendal Jacksmith’s – Flapjacks Sue Prickett – Marmalade & Chutneys

FREE Fresh Vegetables Daily Valuations (orders taken - please enquire) And our Greek specialities Award winning Greek Olive Oil Other Greek Products: Balsamic Vinegar, Dolmades 1 0% off sales and letting fees Greek Yoghurt, Gigantes, Houmous, Olives, Tapanade with this advert and now Greek Wines. Carnforth Office: 01 524 737727 Caring about you and your property www.hackney-leigh.co.uk 01524 781828 9 Daily Bread Ministries, PO Box 1 , Vicar's Letter... Carnforth, LA5 9ES, or on-line Forever Love http://odb.org/subscription/uk. If you prefer you can receive Our Daily Bread "We don't have to live very long in this pages by e-mail or to your phone. world before it becomes painfully clear that nothing lasts forever. The car we And if you are longing for hope and were so proud of when we bought it is strength in times of trouble and you spending too much time in the garage would like a visit from someone on getting fixed. Those clothes we picked behalf of the local church then we have up on sale are now in the hand-me- a small team in the village who can be down box. At home, the roof eventually contacted through Yvonne Wilson on leaks, the appliances break down, the 01 524 781 504. carpet needs to be replaced. And relationships that we think will endure Sincerely often fall apart. Graham Burrows Nothing lasts forever - nothing but God's love, that is. Twenty-six times we St James, Burton & Holy Trinity, Holme are reminded of this inspiring truth in The Vicarage, Glebe Close, Burton Psalm 1 36. Twenty-six times the writer T: 01 524 781 21 0 M: 07740 622962 gives us something for which to praise E: [email protected] the Lord, and then he reminds us, "his W: www.achurchnearyou.com/ love endures for ever". burton-st-james

Think of what this means. When we sin and need forgiveness, His love endures TRANSPORT TO CHURCH forever. When our lives seem a jumbled If anyone will need a lift to either Burton mess that we can't control, His love or Holme church, please contact one of endures forever. When we can't find the Church Wardens. anyone to turn to for help, God's love endures forever. When each day is a struggle because of illness, despair or PRAYER REQUESTS conflict, His love endures forever. If you would like to request prayer for Whenever life seems overwhelming, we yourself or for anyone else, please can still praise the Lord, as the psalmist contact one of the Church Wardens. did - for God's love is always new and fresh. No problem can outlast God's forever love!"

The above is one page from a helpful booklet called Our Daily Bread which is posted out quarterly across the UK (and beyond) from an office in Sandside. The generosity of donors and local volunteers means that no payment is required - you simply need to tell them that you'd like to receive the booklets. Contact Our Daily Bread by phone - 01 5395 641 49, by letter at Our 1 0 St James' Burton St. Mary's R.C. Church SERVICES Yealand Conyers Sunday 1 October Mass Times: Sat 6.00 pm 11 am Morning Worship + Communion Contact: Canon J Gibson 01 524 732940 Sunday 8 October for further information 11 am Morning Worship Sunday 1 5 October Yealand Quakers Harvest Thanksgiving Yealand Meeting House 11 am Morning Worship + Communion 1 8 Yealand Road, Yealand Conyers Sunday 22 October Our normal Sunday Meetings for 11 am Morning Worship Worship are held from 1 0.30 - 11 .30am Visitors are always welcome Sunday 29 October We also meet on Wednesdays from 1 0am Joint Morning Worship at 11 .30am to 1 2.00, and afterwards share a Holy Trinity, Holme light snack of soup Sunday 5 November For more information call: 1 0am Joint Morning Worship with HC 01 524 781 601 or 01 524 782052 at Holy Trinity, Holme or 01 524 732336

Recent sermons can be listened to at www.buzzsprout.com/61 440 Warton Methodist Church Borwick Lane, Warton Services at our sister church, Holy Sunday Morning Service 1 0.00am Trinity Holme, are usually at 9am each Sunday Night Live 6.00pm Sunday. Various Connect Groups through the week ST JAMES & HOLY TRINITY All Stars 6-11 yrs Friday 6-7pm CHURCH TELEPHONE NUMBERS All Stars + 11 -1 5 yrs Friday 7.30 - 9pm Vicar: 01 524 781 21 0 www.wartonmethodist.co.uk Wardens (Burton): Tel: 01 524 732626 Michael Carr 781 283 George Flanders 781 729 Frances Roberts 781 943 Wardens (Holme): St James’ & Holy Trinity Neville Pereira 782075 Junior Church Richard Anson 781 294 Treasurer: We are delighted to include children in our Pat Whalley 782296 services and we don't mind if they make a bit Secretary: of noise or wriggle around! George Flanders 781 729 We have toys and other activity material Organist/Choir Leader: available and there is a room which parents Kath Mills 7321 94 and children can use when you need a break. Reader: For more information call 781 21 0 David Mills 7321 94 11 Westmorland is divided by thorn HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE hedges many of which do not contain by Roger Bingham half an acre. But from Milnthrope to Burton and from Burton to Kirkby Burton Groundwork Lonsdale both the farms and inclosures appear to be larger and it is not rare to see a few acres of wheat.' All the early commentators refer to the shape of Burton parish and repeat In 1 829 Parsons and White's History observations of variable accuracy about and Directory made the first of a history and geology. regularly repeated report, 'In 1 777 the inhabitants expended some hundreds Thomas Machell in c.1 694 mentioned of pounds in draining a large tract of the curiosity that the parish was split by marshy ground on the west side of the a tongue of land at Farleton which still town, the principal drain being between remains part of Beetham. He further two and three miles long. Under the soil reported that Burton extended from is a bed of whitish earth which it some straggling houses at everywhere abounds with innumerable 'Holmescales in the north to Heron Sike small shells of the periwinkle kind an in the south and from Dawkton (Dalton) such as appear sometimes in limestone in Lancashire in the East to Halemoss and marble. Many trunks of oak and fir in the west two miles broad. The soil is were found in the moss.' He also was blackish clay and affords woodland, impressed by the 'beautiful naked arable and meadow - neither very fertile limestone mountain of Farleton Knott nor very barren. Their fuel is peat which which resembles the rock of Gibraltar.' is fetched from a place called Burton At Curwen Woods 'the rock was rent Moss about a mile from the church.' with fissures caused by the ebbing of Elsewhere he noted 'the lordship of copious waters.' Burton has sandy soil and has much limestone in it, but no wood worth In 1 885 the Directory of Westmorland, speaking of.' equally impressed, asserted that it was after Burton's main geological feature A century later Thomas Pringle's report that had given its name Clawthorpe to the Board of Agriculture 'extolled' 'from the claw-marks which cover the limestone as 'a uniformly esteemed rock.' rock. The whole cultivated land in

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The first victory was against Westgate A The final game was away to champions who had no answer to the bowling of Silverdale. Holme bowled creditably to Lee Barnes (5-1 0) ably assisted by Alex restrict Silverdale to 1 25 all out with Ted Yates (3-1 2) as they were dismissed for Littlefair (3-1 2), Allan Strong (2-25) and just 55. In reply, Holme lost 5 quick Steve Gosling (2-1 5) being the pick of wickets before skipper Liam Teasdale the bowlers. Victory seemed to be there (24 not out) steered the side to victory for the taking as Magic Mike Hunter hit accompanied by little brother Ryan (1 5 49, but Holme were gradually pegged not out). back and despite Skipper Sam making 33 not out, the team fell 1 run short and The final game of the season saw had to settle for 4 points from a losing Holme entertain Netherfield 3rd XI. draw. Despite a competent start by Lee Barnes (50) and Paul Duckett (27), the As a result of the draw at Silverdale, innings faded to a below par 1 40 all out. Holme finished 5th in Division 4. This When Netherfield batted, wickets fell was a great achievement and a great steadily as Barnes (4-31 ) and Stu testament to the work that Sam Hunter (3-1 6) took a hold on the game Greenwood has put in to what can be and victory (and promotion) was finally an unenviable job at times. achieved with 4 overs to spare as Netherfield were bowled out for 1 20. So the season has ended but not the work as we hope to get the tea room, So, huge congratulations are in order bar & changing room area refurbished for skipper Teasdale in his debut during the close season. season. Now for a strategy to cope with Division 1 ! Andy Pickering

1 3 In aid of Burton-in-Kendal Playgroup LMMES Halloween Disco HALLOWE'EN NIGHTE! Friday 27 October, 6pm-8pm Ghost trains will run on Burton Memorial Hall 31 October from 5.30 - 8.30pm £2.00 per child Burger van on site! Plenty of refreshments on offer including hot dogs, tuck shop & Please feel free to dress up even a bar for the adults & remember your torches B Fancy Dress Competition! More info: 01 524 781 767 (after 2pm) Ghoulish games with prizes to be won! www.lmmes.co.uk Heaps of spooky fun for all the family!

Burton Recreation Trust Annual General Meeting Burton Pre-School Wednesday 4 October at 7pm Burton Memorial Hall Burton Memorial Hall Chair: Maddy Iddon Manager: Emma Taylor Everyone welcome! Offering high quality childcare for children aged 2-4 including government early education grants for 15 hours free childcare places for all 3 & 4 year olds OPEN CHURCH and eligible 2 year olds. Opening Times The Parish Church of St James is open for Monday 9am - 3pm visitors each Friday & Saturday throughout Tuesday to Thursday 9am - 1 2noon the year. Open times: 1 0.00am to 4.00pm. Friday 9am - 3pm In Winter the door will be closed earlier as Our regular activities include: dusk falls. All welcome. Phonics * Forest Schools * PE Lessons Gardening * Baking * Village Walks For any further information or to enquire about places Burton Children's Sports Committee in Pre-School please contact us Annual General Meeting Telephone: 0791 7 870001 Email: [email protected] Wednesday 4 October at 8pm Visit our website or join our Facebook page Burton Memorial Hall www.burtonpre-school.co.uk We are members of the Pre-school Learning All welcome! Alliance. Social Services & OFSTED registered. D.A.BELL LTD Plumbing & Heating Engineer Gas, Oil & LPG Installation, Repair, Servicing & Maintenance Bathrooms Fitted & Tiling Gas Safe Reg No 92436 OFTEC Reg No C3883 Tel: 01 524 781 973 Mob: 07831 231 492 1 4 Burton News Survey 201 7 Number Male Female Under 1 5 1 6-25 26-40 41 -60 Over 60 1 2 3 4 Please tick the relevant boxes above to indicate the gender and age of each person responding and in the form below use their number (1 ,2,3 or 4) to fill in the boxes. If more than one person selects the same box please put both numbers in the box. (Example Below)

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Well that is the 'what do you read in BN currently' done, and thanks to all who fill it in then send back to us (take to the Village Shop to go in the BN folder).

Now we would like to know if you read the paper version delivered to your door / collected from the Village Store, or the online PDF version with coloured photos etc. Please tick which version below, or if you read both, just tick both boxes.

Paper version Online PDF version

The next part is 'what else would you like to see in BN', and the other side of the coin 'what would you like to see dropped from it'. Please write your comments here:

The last survey done in 2008 had some very good ideas and changes were made from your input so it is worth putting pen to paper.

Now a bit about our online version: What do you enjoy most about the online version?

GOOD IT'S OK BAD

Reading it on a smartphone, tablet or PC

Seeing photos, adverts and notices in colour

Being able to access back issues easily

Have you experienced any problems using the online version? If so please describe what happened and whether you were viewing on a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop or a desktop PC.

Finally, if anyone has a burning desire to help produce BN then you would be very welcome to join the commitee. If you want to volunteer please add your name and a contact number or email below and we'll be in touch. Thank you for filling in this survey.

Tel or email: ______Name: ______Burton Memorial Hall Survey 201 7

Much has changed in the Hall since the last survey done in 2009 so the committee felt it was time to do another to gauge the support and feelings about the hall.

Q1 . Are you a hall user? Yes No (If not please tell us why not.)

Q2. What type of activities do you attend? (If not enough space continue in comments section overleaf.)

Q3. What are your views about the facilities provided by the Hall? (e.g. lighting, heating, acoustics, accessibility, notice boards, tables, chairs, storage, babychange)

Q4. What are your views about the individual areas of the Hall? (Main Hall, Reception, Club Room, Lobbies, Stage, Toilets, Kitchen, Car Park)

Q5. What other activities would you like to see take place in the Hall, and would you like to help set up and run an activity or group?

Q6. Do you make use of the free Wi-Fi in the Hall, and is it good enough coverage?

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Q7. Have you wanted to book space in the Hall and been unable to find a free slot? Please tell us whether this was a weekday or weekend, and whether it was morning, afternoon or evening.

Q8. Are there any services you would like to see using the Hall that are not doing so now? (e.g. Police drop in session, MP or councillor surgeries, etc)

Q1 0. Would you be interesting in helping with the running of the Hall, or helping with simple maintenance tasks such as painting walls and weeding the car park? If so please leave your contact details below and a committee member will be in touch with you.

Name: ______Tel or email: ______

That concludes the list of questions, please make your comments as detailed as you can in the space available (use the extra space below as well if you want to make other comments or suggestions.) Thank you for taking the time to fill in the BMH survey.

This survey is being done in conjunction with Burton News so the entire centre page spread with both surveys on can be pulled out of the magazine and taken to the Village Shop to be put in the BN folder. Comments and extra space for responses. BURTON W.I. Burton Children's Sports Committee After a successful day at the Westmorland Show the Burton Children's Sports Committee are members of Burton WI had holding their annual bonfire and the opportunity to see the star firework display on Sunday 5 winning exhibits which ranged from a November at the recreation ground display depictng Cumbrian Wildlife, (MUGA) behind the Royal Hotel. There Crafts, a Painting, Preserves and will be a pumpkin and guy competition Cakes. on the night with prizes to be won, and we will be serving hot refreshments Our speaker, Joan Bentley, then gave a such as soup, burgers and hotdogs on wonderful informative display of her the night. The bonfire will be lit at flower arranging skills as she blended 6.30pm with the fireworks starting at âShades of Autumn into five beautiful 7pm. Pre-school and under are free, arrangements.' others £3 each or £1 0 a family. This is set to be a great event which we hope The competition for Autumn Fruits was you will come along and support. won by Kath Hayhurst with Stephanie Micklethwaite second. The children's sports committee's Annual General Meeting will take place In the raffle Eileen Kirby, Margaret on Wednesday 4 October at 8pm in the Sayers, Christine Metcalfe, Helena Memorial Hall. The committee is made Nixon and Hester Willink each won one up of volunteers and like all other of the floral arrangements produced by committees we need both old and new Joan. members for these events to continue as successfully as they have done. At the next meetiing on the 1 2 October Come along and see what it's all about the speaker will be Matt Brown on The and what it is we actually do for the History of Sizergh. The competition will children of Burton. be for a candlestick.

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1 9 times to stay with us for the duration of the winter months. Also as I write, I am getting lots of Meadow Pipits and Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Linnets, Wagtails and others now moving through whilst doing their annual pilgrimage along with The Pink Footed Geese have been their young birds in tally. Most of these arriving on the West Coast and birds will go to the coast or further passing over the village, some have down the country to spend their winter, been heading to our coast and some some will even cross our boundaries will have been making the longer braving the seas to enter foreign lands. journeys possibly across to It has been lovely this year also to see Lincolnshire and Norfolk. Normally I the rare Whinchats and Wheatears get my first around the 1 0 September which have been stopping off on Holme but this year my first was recorded on Park Fell to rest and feed up before the 1 4 September passing over Hutton long journeys back to deepest Africa. Roof. They were followed by several Swallows have been great to watch and more skeins over the following days. I think this year they peaked on the 1 5 Also I have had the first wintering September which tied in with other Snipe up on Holme Park Fell on the 1 6 parts of the country, so from now on we September, I guess it won't be long might see odd birds still passing over now before we start to see the first the village but I am afraid it will be a wintering Woodcock, although most go quickly diminishing feature. off the old adage of "You see the Woodcock on the morning following I guess at the time our magazine is the first full moon in November" and dropped through the door we might just this usually bears true! be starting to see our winter thrushes arriving. I have already had a party of I am up with the larks! So they say, but six Song Thrush crossing over The that can't be right because most of the Roof on Monday 1 8 September larks have already left us to fly to their heading to the South West. It might be wintering quarters on the coast, but I worth listening out on still nights for the have still one or two which grace our Redwing with their drawn out seeeee-ip fields on the sides of Farleton and, calls and the Song Thrushes with their depending on the severity of the quick fire sip calls, although I think it will weather, have been known in milder probably get to the start of the second week in October before we see the Having a Clear Out?

We buy old wooden ladders, galvanised buckets baths and tubs, leather bags, old suitcases, travel trunks, hat and coat stands, old wire baskets old kitchenalia, old wooden crates and boxes small items of old wooden furniture Cash payment Pleasant service guaranteed Please contact Peter on 07539 290879 or 01 5395 62811 email: [email protected] 20 huge numbers arriving. Usually these well. Very unusual to get this and I did will be followed by the chacking of the manage to get a photo and mark it off Fieldfares which can come through with on the GPS to keep a check on it for the Redwings but more than likely will future years. arrive maybe a week or two later and when they do have been known to If you want to keep up to date with daily pepper the skies with the (rare) flocks records of the visible bird migration that can get up into the 500 plus in over Burton then why not check out my numbers! I'll never forget the morning blog I Love Arnside and Silverdale back in 2009 up near Whin Yeats when http://arnsidesilverdale.blogspot.co.uk/ I had over 20,000 thrushes pass over heading towards the North West, with Bryan Yorke some calling off to enjoy the feast of the fruits of the Lyth Valley. Burton Church Closure The most beautiful Autumn Gentian flowers have put on a great show this Because St James Church needs to year although it was very short lived, have its old lighting replaced the with the actual flowers opening up has building will be closed from Monday 23 been a very rare occurrence simply October to Saturday 11 November. because we have not had the sunshine During this period the church will not be and the flowers have in the main open to visitors as it normally would be remain closed during the recent wet on Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday weather. For those lucky enough to services will be joint 1 0am services in catch them on the few days when they Holme and funeral services will need to have opened will have had spectacular take place in Holy Trinity, Holme. The sights with not just the purple variety on churchyard will, however, remain open show, but also the rarer white variety, as usual. with both varieties having been seen at several places on Hutton Roof, Library Coffee Morning Newbiggin areas on Farleton and, probably the best area of them all, on Please note there will be no library Holme Park Fell. I was so fortunate to coffee morning for November due to have this year found a lovely plant holidays. The library Book Drop will which showed flowers ranging through operate as usual. all shades of colours between the purple and the white including blue as CHIROPODIST HOME VISITS

Ian McCutcheon MSSCh, Dip. Pod. Med., MBChA

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21 by opening up views towards the castle Roger Reports... ruins. Also, it was asserted that the From the County & District Councils area was 'common land' and no one had the right to park there. As a Car parking is a perennial and historian of the town I am prepared to frustrating issue. All villages in our be a witness in any test case to the use Lower Kentdale Division suffer parking of the area as a vehicle park since problems especially when pupils are before 1 91 4 without the owners being 'dropped off or 'picked up' outside challenged. This time around, health primary schools. Some Burton and safety arguments are being parishioners have wondered if the stressed in favour of removing the car current building expansion with an park though no accident figures have assumed increased in numbers might been produced. Health wise I cannot add to the difficulties outside Morewood think that a noisy and emission polluted School, although the new park would be conducive to physical or accommodation will be partly for infants mental well-being. Nevertheless, my who have previously used the Memorial main objections are based on what I Hall. Meanwhile road safety advice and think is an unfair removal of free reminders continued to be issued while parking used especially by rural I seek changes in road signs, check on workers who come mainly from villages the flashing lights warning, and the lacking convenient public transport. highways department consider further Moreover, as no alternative parking modification to white/yellow lines on the provision is planned, the ousted 200 or corner of Morewood Drive. so vehicles would worsen the town's existing congestion difficulties and add Even so, recent parking controversies to health and safety problems while are focused on Kendal. I am objecting inconveniencing of local people and to the county council's removing of visitors. disabled parking bays in Kendal Market Place. But the big row concerns the Meanwhile, I've checked on the renewed attempts by SLDC's county's figures on local parking administration to replace New Road car penalties. In August 327 penalties were park by a landscaped area at a issued, including 1 07 in Kendal, 1 6 in reported cost of nearly half a million Kirkby Lonsdale, 58 in Windermere, 22 pounds. When first proposed over ten in Bowness and one each for years ago the emphasis was on Grasmere, Sedbergh and Grange. At improving the appearance of the town the start of September 54% of the fines

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Tel: 01 524 784840 Mob: 07967 092 465 Email: [email protected] www.jcderbyshire.co.uk 22 had not yet been paid and I am asking system will add to democracy or, about the cost - and thereby the value - alternatively, to voter fatigue! of the penalties. Breaching parking regulations is no longer a criminal All the best, offence. Roger Councillor R.K. Bingham The Smithy, Ackenthwaite, More seriously, problems over youth Milnthorpe, LA7 7DH crime are worrying. The number of Tel: 01 5395 63694 crimes committed by young people in [email protected] the county has increased from 553 offences in 201 5-1 6 to 611 in 201 6-1 7. But there has been a reduction in Christianity Explored custodial sentences for minors, from 40 in 201 2 to 1 2 in 201 6. I have asked at What's the best news you've ever full council how far schools and referral heard? A friendly and informal group for centres are contributing to reducing those who would like to explore the youth crime. Christian faith and the man behind it all. A few Tuesday evenings beginning on Finally, all the political parties are 1 7 October. Please contact Graham making plans for next year's district Burrows for more info: 01 524 781 21 0 council elections. In 201 8 all SLDC [email protected] seats will be contested instead of the current arrangement of having a third of district seats up for election each year with county elections on the fourth year. A unique opportunity Ward boundaries will change. Our current Burton and Holme Ward which Please come along includes Hutton Roof, Lupton and Preston Patrick will be joined by On 8 October from 6.30-8.00pm at Holy Preston Richard (Endmoor), Sedgwick Trinity Church in Holme, John and and Stainton. There will be elections for Poppy Spens will be talking about their three candidates which, for example, charity The Brickworks which is helping could mean that if Conservatives, South Sudanese people made Labour, Greens, UKIP and Liberal homeless by a forgotten civil war and Democrats, all contest the seat voters sheltering in refugee camps in Uganda. would have to chose from 1 5 names on All welcome. the ballot paper. We'll see if the new

23 Editorial... No editorial column this month as we have so much else to bring you that Age UK South Lakeland will be having there isn't space for an Editorial too! an information table at the next Coffee We'll be back with one next month, all Morning on Monday 2 October at 1 0am. being well! Come and have a browse! Meanwhile, please do complete & Men's Sewcial - Gentlemen, would you return our surveys (see centre pages) - like to learn how to: sew on a button, both BN and the Memorial Hall turn up a hem, mend a hole in a pocket committees want to hear yourviews and or use a sewing machine? If so, then suggestions. come along to the Gateway Centre on Gillinggate in Kendal on Monday 6 &1 3 November from 2pm- 4pm and have a Anne & Barry go. All equipment and materials are provided. These friendly and informal sessions are free, but please book a place in advance. Please ring 01 539 St James' Church 72811 8 for more information. Please join us for If you would like further information Afternoon Tea about any of the above or any of the services which Age UK South Lakeland With a quiz or two and can offer older people, or if you would time to chat like to volunteer for us, please contact us on 01 539 72811 8. Wednesday 1 8 October 2.00pm to 3.30pm Burton Memorial Hall LIBRARY COFFEE MORNING

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24 What’s On at the comfort of Mole End to the grandeur of Toad Hall. GreenMatthews Touring. Heron Theatre http://www.greenmatthews.co.uk/shows Beetham /windinthewillows/

Registered Charity No. 5011 34 Thur 1 9 - Sat 21 October at 7.30pm Matinee Saturday 2.30pm Sunday 1 October 2.30pm Beyond Words THE MOWBSKI QUARTET theCompany present a brand new The Mowbski Quartet, a young and piece conceived and written by Ginny enthusiastic ensemble formed in Scott and Sammy Clarke. 'Beyond 201 6,comprising recent graduates from Words' is a celebration of words in all the RNCM, winners of the Hirsch prize their forms and explores the power of for chamber music. Performing works words - to entertain, to educate, to by Haydn, Ligeti and Schubert. amuse, to encourage and to inspire. Royal Northern College of Music This will be an evening of drama, poetry, prose, and song - all created by Friday 6 October 7.30pm some of our most brilliant literary The Other Side of Hope (Toivon figures. There will be scenes from plays tuolla puolen) (Finnish - subtitled) by Shakespeare and Shaw, Dylan (201 7) [1 2A] 1 00 mins Thomas and Alan Bennett and there This cuttingly poignant comedy, begins will be songs by great wordsmiths such with a young Syrian asylum seeker as Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim. emerging from a coal pile in Helsinki’s theCompany industrial port. Khaled (Sherwan Haji) has wound up here by accident, after EXHIBITIONS escaping violent persecution by Open for viewing on Fridays 1 0am - jumping aboard a freighter in Eastern 1 2noon and from 45 minutes prior to all Europe. Khaled, wanting to do things performances by the book, hands himself in as an illegal migrant, he checks in to a 1 September to 6 October Reception Centre and is grilled about Jill Colquhoun of Warton his journey to Finland from the rubble of "Tranquil Land” Aleppo. Kaurismäki manages to bring a smile back to our faces, let alone the 1 3 October to 11 November torrents of laughter, later on, that his Duncan Ibbotson of Morecambe film manages to unleash. “Pastel Reflections”

Friday 1 3 October 7.30pm The Wind in the Willows: Theatre & Music: A Folk Opera Join Ratty, Mole, Badger and of course Non-members - £1 2 the irrepressible Mr Toad, as they Members - £1 0 U1 8s - £5 embark on various adventures – on the river, on the road and in the dark and Film - £5 dangerous Wild Wood. Using traditional English folk melodies set to new lyrics, Doors open 6.45pm. Shows start 7.30pm. the four musicians paint a vivid picture 24 hour booking: tel: 01 5395 64283 of Grahame’s world – from the humble book online: www.theherontheatre.com or pay at the door 25 Holme & District Holme & District Photographic Society Meetings Local History Society Friday 6 October LCPU Print Folio 1 A Mansion Fit For Demolition the Story of Grizedale Hall Friday 1 3 October Summer Open Comp (Dpi) Speaker: Dr Suzanne Tiplady Monday 1 6 October 7.30pm Friday 20 October Moments in Monochrome Burton Memorial Hall Speaker: Neil Hulme Visitors welcome at indoor meetings Entries Autumn Open Comp http://localhistory.burtonweb.org.uk Friday 27 October BORWICK & PRIEST HUTTON My Favourite Images GARDENERS' CLUB All meetings start at 7.45pm Burton Memorial Hall Plants to Extend the Season For more information visit Speakers: Sue Gillon & Marguerite Hughes www.holmeps.co.uk or call Tuesday 24 October 7.30pm 01 539 564345 / 01 524 241 964 Borwick & Priest Hutton Memorial Hall Burton W.I. For more information please contact Diane Sunderland on 01 524 782111 The History of Sizergh Speaker: Matt Brown Holme & District Flower Club Thursday 1 2 October 7.30pm at Burton Memorial Hall Inspirations Competition: A Candlestick Speaker: Pat Crichton Hostesses: Margaret Sayers, Glenis Smith Monday 2 October at 7.30pm More info from Hon. Sec. Helena Nixon 01524 781048 Preston Patrick Memorial Hall Please contact Carol on 01 5395 61 454 The King's Arms, Burton (evenings) or Dot on 01 524 781 492 1 OCT ANNUAL ONION SHOW 1 7 OCT NATIONAL PASTA DAY Arts Society Lunesdale Italian Food Night from our specials board Formerly the Lunesdale Decorative & Fine Arts Society 20 OCT FROM 6PM Gilded Glories FISH & CHIP SUPPER NIGHT IN AID OF RNLI The Fascinating History of Gilding a donation from each Fish and Chips will be donated by us, please feel free to add your own donation. Speaker: Joanna Mabbutt

GREAT FOOD! GREAT BEERS! & GREAT ROOMS! Tuesday 1 7 October at 2.1 5pm 0 1 5 2 4 7 8 1 4 0 9 Borwick and Priest Hutton Memorial Hall 26 Burton Burton in Kendal Art & Craft Society Fellwalkers Walks Workshop: Fabraform (dimensional art) Gill Slater Sunday 1 October 1 pm Saturday 7 October 7.30pm Rosthwaite Heights 7 miles Leader: Cecilia Hunt May involve small extra charge for materials Wednesday 1 8 October 1 pm Friday Art Group Staveley *** Friday 9.30 am - 1 2 noon Leader: Clive Horsford Club Room BMH Saturday 21 October 8.30am Monday Craft Group Gaisgill Loop 1 0 miles 9 October Leader: Mary Bullimore 2.00pm - 4.00pm All walks: Club Room BMH Meet in the Memorial Hall car park *** less than 5 miles at a gentle pace Contacts for Info: Visitors £2.00 Kath Hayhurst, tel: 781 61 3 Membership £8 from Jan 1 st yearly & Paula Firth, tel: 781 984 More info from the secretary, Kath Kirkman, on 781 245 www.burton­in­kendalartandcraft.weebly.com or visit our website: http://fellwalkers.burtonweb.org.uk

AN EVENING WITH TIM FARRON

Come and hear Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, talk about his life as a Christian.

Tuesday 3 October Holy Trinity Church, Holme at 7.30pm

Free entry. All welcome.

Burton Independent Art Thursday Mornings 9.30am - 1 2 noon Burton Memorial Hall New members welcome! More information from Judith Ellis 781057

27 Ballet Be Fit LADIES BADMINTON Dance inspired shaping & exercise class Great toning and strengthening Ladies Badminton meets in the BMH All welcome every Tuesday from 1 .30pm - no previous ballet experience required 2.30pm. If anyone would like to join Every Tuesday 7.1 5pm - 8.1 5pm the group please ask for more details The Gatehouse, Tanpits Lane from Stephanie Micklethwaite on 781 073. Limited availability for our next 1 0 week block of classes, so book soon! £40 for 1 0 weeks For further info contact Laura Sandham [email protected] Kirkby Lonsdale Netball Club or book with Annwen Sisson 07785 954525 Queen Elizabeth School Sports Hall Circuit Training Thursdays: 7pm - 8:30pm For fitness or fun, competitive and Mondays 7.1 5 - 8.1 5pm non-competitive players. Burton Memorial Hall Main Hall All abilities welcome Wednesdays 7.00 - 8.00pm come along and try the first few sessions for free! HIIT Burton Morewood School Hall

Fridays 6.1 5pm - 7.1 5pm Kirkby Lonsdale Junior Netball Club Burton Memorial Hall Are you a budding player? Reception Room If so, then we would like to see you Improve your Strength & Endurance at our junior netball training! Cardio-Vascular System Thursdays: 6pm - 7pm Body Composition & Flexibility Queen Elizabeth School sports hall Kirkby Lonsdale For further info call John 01 524 781 707 Open to all players of all abilities Table Tennis between years 6-9 (please wear suitable clothing and trainers) Each Thursday the Table Tennis Club £1 0 membership fee for the full year hold two sessions. For more information contact: k.l.n.c1 @outlook.com Session 1 is for youngsters at 5.1 5pm till 6pm, this will be coaching. Bats and balls supplied. £1 per week Burton Crown Green Bowling Session 2 is for anyone who wants to give Table Tennis a go, no matter what We meet every Monday night from about standard. 6pm till 7pm. Bats and balls 6.30 until 8.00 (ish) from about mid- supplied. £2 per week. March, and anyone wishing to try their hand will be more than welcome. More Any enquiries to Martin on 07740 details from David Raynor, Secretary, tel: 933463. 01 524 734375. 28 HOLME SOCIAL CLUB Tel: 01 524 781 936 Friday 1 3 October ACOUSTIC NIGHT Burton in Kendal from 8.30pm Rainbows Brownies & All Acts Welcome Guides A Great Chance to try out new material Saturday 28 October If you or your daughter would like to Strawberry Fields know more about joining or volunteering please call Please see posters for more details 0800 1 69 5901 or visit Everyone most welcome www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested Come and support your local club

GUIDES HAS SPACES NOW! Opening Times: Sun – Thurs 8pm – 11 pm Fri & Sat 8pm – 1 2 midnight Entertainment Nights open at 7.30 pm Burton and Holme You can also come into the club even if you Youth Club are not a member and pay only £1 Open to Years 7-11 Meets Friday evenings during term time Clawthorpe Hall Business Centre from 7.30pm until 9pm

Contact for more information: Mark Elliott on 07592 08021 8 1 st Burton-in-Kendal Junior Section or e-mail [email protected] meets on Thursdays 6pm-7pm at Burton Morewood Primary School Milnthorpe Library Come along! For more info, tel. 781 445 Opening Hours Monday: 2pm - 6pm Tuesday: Closed all day Rory McLeod in Concert Wednesday: 2pm - 6pm Thursday: Closed all day A one man soul band, poet and storyteller Friday: 1 0am - 1 pm & 2pm - 5pm Saturday 4 November 7.30pm Saturday: 1 0am - 1 2.30pm Holme Parish Hall Phone no: 01 5395 63040 Tickets £1 2.50 email: [email protected] by phone 01 524 582394 or from Holme Post Office Phone ahead before visiting in case of or via www.lyonevents.co.uk/ unforeseen closures. 29 Burton in Kendal Parish Council Meetings 3rd Thursday of every month 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall ADVERTISE YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS FOR FREE Meetings: Members of the public are always 3 lines max. per person per issue welcome to observe. Each meetings includes an OPEN FORUM where Swap Shop or For Sale adverts are included parishioners may raise matters of subject to available space & must include a phone concern to them. number. Text for advert should be put into a sealed envelope marked BN Sales & Swaps & be left at Planning applications: the newsagents or may be emailed to us. Parishioners are asked to ensure they notify the PC as well as the planning Age UK South Lakeland authority of any comments or objections they have about any planning BURTON LUNCH CLUB application within the parish. The Burton Lunch Club meets on the Agendas, Minutes & Contacts: 2nd Wednesday of every month in the Are available on the PC notice board Kings Arms, Burton. outside the Memorial Hall, on the PC The club is open to anyone aged 55 or website, or on request from the Parish older. To join the club and book your Clerk. lunch please contact Website: Mrs Margaret Prady on Documents relating to the PC may be 01 524 7811 95. downloaded or read online here: www.burton-in-kendal-pc.gov.uk Meals on Wheels For further information, contact: This service has been available for The Clerk - Christine Davidson on many years and offers 3 meals a 01 524 782694 week, on a permanent or temporary basis, delivered by a group of Next Meeting: dedicated volunteers, all resident in The next Parish Council Meeting will Burton. be Thursday 1 9 October at 7.30pm in the Burton Memorial Hall. If anyone would like further information on the service please ring Cancer Care Cafe Stephanie Micklethwaite Last Friday of every month (Co-ordinator) on 01 524 781 073. at Slynedales, Slyne Rd, Lancaster (beside Beaumont Bridge) Open for Tea and Coffee List your event or group in BN for free! 1 0.00 am - 1 2 noon Send the details to Free Parking. Everybody Welcome! [email protected] Further details from 01 524 381 820 30 Burton-in-Kendal Civil Registration Services Voluntary Car Scheme Births, Marriages, Deaths

If you need transport to hospital, doctor, Registration of Births and Deaths is dentist, optician etc please contact Lynne overseen by the Kendal Registrar’s Herd on 781 905. When she is away Office, based in County Hall, Kendal. please contact Peter or Kathryn Smith on Telephone 0300 303 2472 or email 7821 98. (If you could spare some time [email protected] as a driver you would be most welcome, please contact Lynne or Peter for details.) Registrations may also be undertaken at Milnthorpe and Kirkby Lonsdale Libraries by appointment only, contact Child Health Clinic the Kendal Office to arrange an 1 st Wednesday of each month appointment. To arrange a marriage 1 0.00 -11 .00 am contact the Kendal Registrar. Opening times Mon - Fri, 9.00am to 4.30pm. No appointment necessary Health Visitor: Shirley Bennett 015395 64887 SLDC Recycling Information OUT OF HOURS PHARMACY SERVICE Andy Vickers Ash Trees Pharmacy Customer Contact Centre Market Street, Carnforth on 01 539 733333 or by email to: Monday to Friday 7am to 11 pm Saturday 8am to 6.30pm [email protected] Sunday 8am to 6pm Waste Collection Dates Tel: 01 524 727877 - Fax: 01 524 730421 www.southlakeland.gov.uk/ bins-and-recycling/collection-calendar/ Cumbria County Council Highways Hotline 0300 303 2992 HELPLINES & LINKS to report road, lighting or pavement problems BULLYING: 0808 800 2222 www.bullying.co.uk (at work, school, online) Useful Phone Numbers www.kidscape.org.uk (childhood) CHILDLINE: 0800 1111 (under 1 8's) Burton News Editors 01 524 781 306 NSPCC: 0808 800 5000 Burton Post Office 01 524 781 828 www.nspcc.org.uk (children at risk) Morewood School 01 524 781 627 SAMARITANS: 11 6 1 23 Dallam School 01 5395 651 65 www.samaritans.org QES, Kirkby Lonsdale 01 5242 71 275 SHELTER: 0808 800 4444 CrimeStoppers 0800 555 111 england.shelter.org.uk/ (homelessness) STONEWALL: 0800 050 2020 Police non-emergency 1 01 www.stonewall.org.uk (LGBT+) Kendal Library 01 539 71 3520 Kendal Hospital 01 539 732288 Lancaster Hospital 01 524 65944 See us online with colour photos! Council Switchboards Burton News Website Cumbria CC 01 228 606060 South Lakeland DC 08450 504434 www.burtonnews.org.uk 31 ADVANCE DIARY DATES

Annual Onion Show, Sunday 1 October, King's Arms Burton Rec Trust AGM, Wednesday 4 October 7pm, BMH Children's Sports Committee AGM, Wednesday 4 October 8pm, BMH Scrumping Saturday, Saturday 1 4 October 1 2noon - 3pm, BMH Parish Council Meeting, Thursday 1 9 October 7.30pm, BMH

Don't forget that clocks go back an hour at 2am on Sunday 29 October!

Rory McLeod in Concert, Saturday 4 November at 7.30pm, Holme Village Hall Annual Bonfire and Fireworks, Sunday 5 November 6.30pm MUGA WI Coffee & Mince Pie/Mulled Wine Morning, Sat 1 8 Nov 1 0am-11 .30am BMH Xmas Bingo, Thursday 23 November 6.30pm, BMH Xmas Bingo, Thursday 30 November 6.30pm, BMH

Christmas Cracker Coffee Morning, Sat 2 December 1 0am to 1 2noon, BMH Children's Xmas Parties, Sunday 3 December BMH Xmas Bingo, Friday 8 December 6.30pm, BMH Xmas Bingo, Friday 1 5 December 6.30pm, BMH

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