RNLI September ‘Train One Save Free Entertainment for All the Family Many’ Success Page 10 Children Under Raising Money for Charity Their Main Charity
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Mr Been by Matthew Forsyth aged 13 from Torry Academy, AberdeenSolway Buzzwww.solwaybuzz.co.uk October/November 2007 Solwaylocal news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news BuzzIssue 59 FREEFREE PAPERPAPER Page 2 Big Wild Read Page 8 Silloth Carnival It’s a Knockout Page 16 Oldtimers Challenge Page 9 Beer & Music Festival on Silloth Green Sat 29th & Sun 30th RNLI September ‘Train One Save Free Entertainment for all the family Many’ Success Page 10 Children under raising money for charity their main charity. Captain Chris Institution is constantly Solway Village Gardens 14 will take part on and the organisers There are just a few Puxley, Chairman of the striving to provide and Saturday 29th from 1pm. Silloth Festivals Ltd plus team places left, To enter Silloth Lifeboat Station maintain a modern fleet Adults will compete on Silloth Rotary Club and a team of 8-10 people Management Committee of lifeboats, along with Sunday 30th from 1pm. S.O.S.C.S. are adopting please contact Lorna is delighted to report that well trained volunteer Most teams are the Air Ambulance as Winter on 016973 32622. at the closure of their crews. 12 month fundraising The new Silloth plus many smaller events are happening between now appeal they have Lifeboat is to be Page 14 surpassed their £20,000 named “Elaine and Craft Show Report and Christmas, see Dates for the Diary on Page 4 target and reached an Donald Wilkinson”, amazing £26,000. it is currently under This magnificent construction and due achievement is entirely here in April 2008. She due to all those generous will be one of a new Alzheimer’s Memory Walk people and organisations generation of RNLI Step out for the Silloth at 2:30pm, going supporting this year’s who donated money, fast inshore lifeboats Memory Walk and a across the road and along Memory Walk campaign raised sponsorship, or known as the Atlantic record breaking year the seafront, around to help thousands of gave time and effort 85 Class. Equipped with Actor Kevin Whately Grune Point and back people with dementia towards fundraising the latest navigation and is urging Silloth residents to Little Acre. The route and the millions more ideas. We will now use lifesaving technology, she Page 15 to step out for the covers about 5 miles, who care for them.’ that funding wisely, in will replace our current Rugby Golf Champion Alzheimer’s Society’s with children through to Memory Walk is the order to prepare and lifeboat, the “Spirit of biggest annual fund grandparents among the leading fund raiser for train our volunteer crew Cumbria” which will raiser, Memory Walk, on people already signed up people with dementia and shore helpers for be transferred to the Sunday 23rd September. to take part. This is just and their carers and their lifesaving work on RNLI reserve fleet based The star is calling on one Memory Walk out raised more than the Solway Firth. at Poole, and used as a support for Little Acre of hundreds taking place £176,000 with the help of The volunteer lifeboat temporary replacement Care Home as they hold that day and anyone more than 7,000 walkers crew of men and women, around our coastline, for their first-ever Memory who would like to join is in 2006. More than who are called out in inshore lifeboats that are Page 16 Walk, to raise money for welcome. 10,000 participants are all weathers and at any taken out of service. Motorcycle Champion people with dementia Kevin, an expected to join in this time of the day or night, Thank you to all who and their carers. A Ambassador for the year. deserve the best possible support Silloth Lifeboat record 10,000 people are Alzheimer’s Society, As a charity, the training, coupled with Station and the RNLI, turning out across the says, ‘I know from Alzheimer’s Society, the safest available and our thanks also go country. personal experience depends of the generosity means of carrying out to our “Train One Save The Little Acre the devastating of the public, for more their often dangerous Many” Appeal Patron, Memory Walk leaves impact dementia information visit www. work. Here at Silloth Cumbria’s own celebrity the car park at 82 has on everyone it alzheimers.org.uk/ the publicly funded cook and “Woman of the Skinburness Road, touches. That’s why I’m memorywalk. Royal National Lifeboat Year”, Annette Gibbons. The Solway Buzz is a FREE community paper with a circulation of 5,000 copies for the area around Abbeytown, Skinburness, Silloth-on-Solway and Mawbray Page 2 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news RNLI Presentation Learning Navigation The Big Wild Read Teenagers from the Edinburgh Awards. Bowness-on-Solway The event was area spent a day out on organised by rangers Some of the children who took part in ‘ The Big the Burgh Marsh being from Cumbria County Wild Read’ held during the Summer holidays at shown how to read a Council’s Countryside Silloth Library. map, use a compass and Access team and The winner of the bicycle and the £10 will be follow a route. Mobex Cumbria published in the next issue. Well done all ...... Six young people - a young people’s aged between 14 and personal development 16 took part in a day of organisation. orienteering, crossing The aim of the ditches and bridges and day was to improve finding their way on the navigation and give marsh to help them work the young people the towards their Duke of know-how and to stay Presentation of a framed special letter of thanks from the safe when walking on RNLI & Silloth Lifeboat Station, to Mr Phillip Watts Concert Bee footpaths and in the day out safer and more by Outside Silloth “Train One Save Many” shop and at Winters countryside. enjoyable.” Lauren Byrne Lifeboat Station on Appeal, Phillip came up Newsagents in Silloth. Ranger Geoff Fewkes Howard Knudtson aged 10 Friday 24th August 2007, said: “Cumbria’s weather from with a plan to compile Sales of the DVD have from Mobex said, “The Silloth a framed “Special Letter and produce a DVD so far raised over £1,000 can change rapidly group had a great day Primary School of Thanks” was presented containing copies of over towards the Appeal, during the day, being out. They have gained a to Skinburness resident, 200 historic postcard which closes next month. able to find your way lot of confidence using Mr Phillip Watts. The views, from his own They will continue to be on the hills, moors or maps and finding their letter is to acknowledge extensive collection of available after the Appeal mosses will make your way in the countryside.” the appreciation and cards. This fascinating closes and would possibly grateful thanks of the DVD, advertised here make an excellent RNLI and especially of in the Solway Buzz, is birthday or Christmas Silloth Lifeboat Station, retailing at £10 per copy, gift for Silloth residents for his brilliant and novel and is available at both and visitors, past and fund-raising idea. the Lifeboat Station present. 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This takes place on Saturday year Tim Barker who October 13th in the Golf comperes the event on Hotel. behalf of the Rotary Club Entry is free and hopes to show off his own anyone can bring along new publication “Whatt a short piece of new Fettle, Mun!” which he material in dialect to says is a non-serious look compete or simply to at dialect and things keep the afternoon Cumbrian, particularly going along. There’s a aimed at visitors who section especially for aren’t familiar with how young entrants. As well we talk. as providing a feast of Dialect Society After meeting while Bridge, visiting the spoken dialect, the event publications and books cycling, I jokingly asked Baltic Mill then through is becoming a showcase of local interest will John Beaty, (a new the Pedestrian tunnel for local writing. also be available. The resident to Skinburness crossing and coming Last year John competition starts at Rd.) a retired local back via the cycle tunnel. Graham brought 2pm, all are invited and farmer if he was Reaching Tynemouth copies of his recently tea and biscuits will be practising for the Coast we returned to the published “Johnny Liar” provided.