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February 2014 Issue 318 Donation £1 A very Healthy and Happy New Year help you. Please also mention to everyone and thank you for the Lookaround if you shop there, attend continued support. any of the events or use any Please continue to support local advertiser that appear in our pages. businesses and events. Help them to Dennis & Jacky Whicker

CLOSING DATES: ALL ADVERTS - 15th; ALL ARTICLES - 19th S & D Lookaround 13 Kings Yard, Sedbergh LA10 5BJ Telephone 015396 - 20788 e-mail: [email protected] ~ Web Site: http://www.sedberghlookaround.org.uk Ubcmf!pg!Dpoufout! Advertising Rates 85 Historical Sedbergh 16

Bed & Breakfast 79 History Society Wordsworth 8

Bus Time Table 80 Howgill Church Choir 60 Cartoon 78 Indoor Bowling - Dent 70

Crossword 77/81 KUTS 57

Diary of Events 86 Living Poppies 26 Groups 82 Michael Roberts BEM 27

Places of Interest 5 Mike Stoker 19

Religious Services 84 Nativity in Dent 36 Regular Meetings 5 neighbourhoodalert Spar 57

Sudoku 78 People’s Hall 11

72 Main Street 48 Photography Exhibition 49 Anglers 70 Rose Community Theatre 74

Art Society Jamie Barnes 45 Scouts Group 75 Art Society Julie Nash 15 Sedbergh Orchestra Concert 73

Bookworm 34 Sedbergh School Swimming Pool 32

Boxes of Hope 46 Settlebeck School Ofsted 30 Carol Singing in Garsdale 62 Settlebeck School Sports Kit 32

Churches Together 40 Sight Advice South Lakeland 33

Clutterbooks 9 Spring Show 45 Community Officer Report 76 Tim Farron MP 23

Councillors Corner 20 Town Band 63

Cricket Club 71 Vivian Shaw 18 CWT Romance 12 Weather November 44

Dent Pre School 31 Weather December 58

Dentdale Christian Fellowship 43 Western Dales Bus 10 Dr Gina Barney 38 WI Dentdale 55

Editors Notes 76 WI Howgill 50

Family Musings 47 WI Killington 51 Flicks in Dent 59 WI Sedbergh 53

Fraser Sproul 72 worship@peopleshall 43 Gardening 28 YDNP Nature Website 74 Page 2 Ubcmf!pg!Bewfsut!

Able Memorials 53 June Parker Acupuncture 29 Andrew Allan Video Transfer 45 Kay Whittle Chiropodist 16 Austin Brown Computing 67 Killington Marquees 74 Before the Sunset CD 62 KUTS 18 Bingo Night 14 Malcolm Sedgwick Carpenter 49 Bowling Club AGM 27 March 05 Tennis AGM 32 Brian Goad Funeral Services 29 March 06 Concert 71 Calendar Girls 1 March 20 Turnabout 61 Capstick Insurance Agent 51 March 29 Night in Venice 40 CDC Courses 23 Mark Barker Gardener 33 Chris Whelan Estate Agent 9 MB Designs Decorator 28 Clutterbooks 39 Medical Centre 59 Cobble Country Estate Agent 42 Medical Centre 39 Cross Keys Hotel 14/54 Middleton Head PH 20/21 Cumbria Stoves 47 MK Conversions Builders 50 Daphne Jackson Osteopath 35 Nicky Ross Plumber 35 David Evans Railsaver 38 Parkin & Jackson - Kevin Bateman 28 Dawsons Coal Yard 31 Paul Hoggarth Builder 34 People's Hall 44 Dentdale Designs 37 Philip Horner Fencer 37 Derek Hayes Gardener 55 Private Personal Assistance 15 Duncan Law Plumber 45 Qi Gong & Tai Chi 64 Edwin Middleton Carpenter 59 Robert Powell Web Design 59 Ellison Wood Supplier 29 Ryan Simpson Septic Tanks & Skips 36 Farfield Mill 25 Sam Konczynski Carpets 37 Firewood 52 Sedbergh Office Services 69 Fish Express 49 Sedbergh School 60 G J Baines & Son Builders 72 Sheila Shuttleworth Dressmaker 74 Garage Sale 8 Slimming Guru 57 Garsdale Design 68 Slovenian Holidays 66 Gary Allan Metalworker 46 Spring Show 13 Gavin Charlesworth Wood Supplier 56 SSAT Concert 11 Graham Bradley Builder 76 Stefan Kliszat Decorator 26 Graham Moffat Builder 72 Stephenson & Wilson Builders 28 H&M Craftsmen 38 Steve Hopps Handyman 47 Haddock Paddock 34 Stobars Hall Care Home 65 Hay For Sale 44 Stramongate Printers 10 Hayton & Winkley Solicitors 12 Swimming Club 41 History Society 19 The Chair 27 House For Sale 8 Tilk Wilkinson Builder 75 Howgill Upholstery 35 Tooby Electricals 24 Ian Higginbotham 44 Treadwell Carpets 22 Janro Designs 30 Trevor Gardner Plumber 17 Jenette Hardy Bookkeeping 48 Weavers Café 63 Jennie Davies Counsellor 44 Western Dales Bus 34 John Hawley Gardener 36 Windermere Windows 71 Josephine Lade Orthopaedic 36 Yvonne Cervetti Massage 43 Page 3 FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

Every month, there areB Children’s Day Name Age Birthday Vouchers to the value of 06 2 Amy JOHNSON 8 £10 awarded to a Child whose name appears on the11 Birthday 7 Lois LONGLANDS 3 Page. 03 12 7 Bethany COUSINS 11 The recipient this month is:- 03 14 9 Nurgul SEN 11 Nurgel Sen who is 11 years old on 9th February. 03 13 9 Zak BAINES 11 Please collect your 04vouchers from 11 Hannah KITCHEN 10 Sedbergh Office Services 06 12 Daniel HALL 8 13 Kings Yard, Main Street, Sedbergh12 13 Charlie SMITH 2 which can be used 08in any shop in 14 Evie DEAN 6 Sedbergh & Dent. 04 19 Chloe COWIN 10 09 20 Kristian PRATT 5 07 20 Isabella HUBBARD 7 09 22 Grace Louise HODGSON 5 12 23 Evie HAYGARTH 2 10 28 George SMITH 4 Nonagenarian & Over

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Page 4 Regular Events/Meetings PLACES OF INTEREST TO 1000 Every Sunday Free Entry to Locals FM VISIT IN THE AREA 1000 Every Monday Wild Goose Qigong URCR Bruce Loch, Busk Lane 1330 Every Monday Knit ‘N’ Natter DHC Cautley Spout, A683 towards Kirkby Stephen 1930 1st Monday Dent Parish Council DMH

1900 3rd Monday Chamber of Trade PH Community Office, 72 Main Street

Every Tuesday Casterton Baby and Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Community Office 0930 CS term time only toddler Group Dent Heritage Centre, Laning, Dent * 1300 Every Tuesday Howgill Toddlers HVH Farfield Mill, A684 Garsdale Road * 1300 Every Tuesday Knit & Natter FM Free to LA10 Residents on Sundays 1830 Every Tuesday Cub Scouts SHQ Friends Quaker Meeting House, Brigflatts. 1930 Every Tuesday Bridge Club WHC George Fox’s Quaker Pulpit, Firbank 1930 Every Tuesday T’ai Chi URCR

1400 2nd Tuesday Killington WI PH Golf Club, Catholes, Sedbergh *

1400 3rd Tuesday Sight Advice Group PH History Society, Community Office 1930 3rd Tuesday Ladies NFU PH Holme Working Farm, Middleton * 1000 Every Wednesday Coffee Morning URCR Holy Trinity Church, Howgill 1315 Every Wednesday Art Society URCR Jubilee Wood, Castlehaw Lane 1315 Every Wednesday Zebras SMCR

1730 Every Wednesday Sedbergh Juniors PH Langstone Fell, A684 Garsdale Foot

1730 Every Wednesday Brownies (term time) SMCR Methodist Church, New Street 1930 Every Wednesday Sedbergh Seniors PH Queen’s Gardens, Station Road 1930 1st & 3rd Wednesday History Society SHS St. Andrew’s Church, Dent 1915 2nd Wednesday Dentdale WI DMH St. Andrew’s Church, Main Street, Sedbergh 1930 2nd Wednesday Sedbergh WI PH 1400 3rd Wednesday Age UK South Lakes Library St. Gregory’s Church, Vale of Lune 1400 1st & 3rd Thursday Child Health/Baby Club PH St. John’s Church, Cowgill 1430 1st Thursday Toy Library PH St John’s Church, Firbank 1930 1st Thursday Howgill WI FCH

1200 2nd Thursday Lunch Club Red St. John’s Church, Garsdale

1915 2nd Thursday Royal British Legion WHC St. Mark’s Church, Cautley 1930 2nd Thursday Sed. Parish Council PH Sedbergh Embroidery, StAS 1330 Every Friday Dent Over 60’s DMH United Reformed Church, Main Street 1730 Every Friday Beaver Scouts SHQ Information Centre, 72 Main Street 1930 Every Friday Scouts SHQ

1400 1st Friday Age UK Dentdale Club DMH Winder Fell, above Sedbergh

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ALLEN Mellie would like to thanmk all who came to her 90th Birthday meal at the Fat Lamb, Ravenstonedale. Also for the cards, good wishes and flowers and a special thank you for the donations amounting to £440 for the Great North Air Ambulance. ======COWPERTHWAITE Happy 60th Birthday Col on Wednesday 12th February. With love TODD/POSTLETHWAITE from Mum, Ang, Marl and Families Happy 18th Birthday to a wonderful xxx Daughter & Sister ANGIE on 22nd ======February. Love Health and happiness HOOPER always. Dad, Mum Emma and Alf would like to thank relatives, friends and neighbours for their good Leanne. xxx wishes on the occasion of his 90th ======Birthday and wishes you all a Happy POSTLETHWAITE 2014. Happy 18th Birthday to a special ======Grandaughter Angie on 22nd LONG February. Love Nanna and I would like to thank everyone for Grandad. their cards, gifts and good wishes on ======my 99th Birthday. Bill Long POSTLETHWAITE ======STOKER Happy 18th Birthday Angie on 22nd Postman Mike would like to thank February. Love Gran. customers and friends for cards, gifts ======and kind wishes on his retirement POSTLETHWAITE also to workmates for the good times Happy 18th Birthday Angie on 22nd shared over the years. February. Best Wishes Linda and ======Wayne. TODD/POSTLETHWAITE ======Happy 60th Birthday to a great DAD & GRANDAD on 22nd February. Love TODD & best wishes. Janet James Emma Happy 60th Birthday to my dear Angie & Leanne and Linda & Wayne. husband Thomas on 22nd February. xxx All My Love Brenda. Page 6 PERSONAL & SMALL ADS £1

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WANTED Tel. 21455 Good Quality Tape Recorder. Please ======does anyone have a good quality FOR SALE tape recorder they could lend for General purpose PC for Work & Play. recording articles and books for a Much Upgraded Fast Windows 7 PC partially sighted gentleman.. The for Sale - £300 ono. Intel Quad Core present one is not good. They are CPU @ 2.4 Ghz. Ge-Force 8800 GTX difficult to find now and he finds tapes Graphics. Newly re-installed Windows easier to manage than more modern 7. 120 Gb SSD Boot Drive AND Two devices. If you can help please large 1Tb Data Drives. Full Microsoft contact Sedbergh Office Services Office Suite (2010) Blu-Ray & DVD- 015396 20788. RW Drives. Windows Experience ======Index of 6.9 !! Also Includes: 19” LG WANTED Widescreen Monitor; Quality USB Greenhouse. Any condition considered. With or without glass. Speakers; Dell Keyboard and Mouse; Telephone Sarah on Dent 25212. Back-up media. Can deliver, setup ======and demo! Contact Andy McMullon DOMESTIC HELP REQUIRED for more info. Tel: 015396 20018. In private house. For 2 - 3 hours [email protected] Page 7 work. His sister, Dorothy, was a Garage Sale constant companion and helped him with his work. For instance the first Household items, tools account of daffodils by Ullswater and other equipment appeared in her journal. It was two 10am to 4pm years later before he wrote his poem Saturday 8th February on the subject. He constantly Brantrigg amended his work and that was shown by this poem. When first Winfield Road written it had only three verses but Sedbergh this was later extended to four. The notes he made during his life which SEDBERGH & DISTRICT formed the basis of his HISTORY SOCIETY autobiographical poem “Prelude” The chairman welcomed members again show considerable alterations. to the first meeting of 2014 on 15th January at Settlebeck School. He Jeff also distributed examples of informed them of the success of the letters written to Coleridge to give the website, run by Neville Allen, which in audience an understanding of the the last three months had received method of communication two 9412 hits. He then introduced the hundred years ago. speaker who was giving the evening’s After the talk Jeff answered talk. questions and said that letters found Jeff Cowton, the Curator of the recently showed that he had a loving Wordsworth Trust, spoke on the relationship with his wife, Mary. The subject of “Wordsworth in Cumbria”. chairman thanked Jeff for his most William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, lived interesting talk and said Wordsworth 67 years in the Lake District. His had connections with Sedbergh early years were spent in including sending two sons to Cockermouth from where he went Sedbergh School. Richard Cann away to school at Hawkshead Grammar School, lodging with Ann HOUSE FOR SALE Tyson. He attended Cambridge Detached House, 1 Main Street, Sedbergh. University and then spent time in Traditional style, stone built by Andrew Mattinson 1996. London and abroad. On his return to Well insulated, easy to run and maintain with low utility bills. the Lake District he lived in Dove Ground Floor: large Kitchen-diner, Study [or 3rd bedroom], shower room, utility room. Cottage, Grasmere, and finally in Upper Level : large Master bedroom, Rydal Mount. On his death his grave large single bedroom, lounge with gas fire, family bathroom. in Grasmere became a place of Front of house flagged with York stone, pilgrimage for literary enthusiasts. parking for 2 cars. The majority of Jeff’s talk was spent Price £285,000 considering original documents of his Telephone 015396-20195 after 5pm Page 8 CLUTTERBOOKS & CLOBBER shop at no. 86 but we will, of course, A NEW BOOKSHOP! have room to offer a wider selection As I’m sure many of you know the of clothing and all the other goodies Charity Shop is busy as ever making you so kindly donate. We would ask good use of all your donations and that all donations of items for sale raising money for local good causes. including books continue to be For some time we have felt the need delivered to no. 86 where we have for more space to display and sell a space to process them. greater proportion of the items we We hope to open the bookshop for receive, so the decision has been the same hours as the existing shop i. made to open a separate book shop e. 10am – 4pm Monday to Saturday using the unit currently occupied by so we will need the help of more Patch & Fettle. volunteers. If you have an interest in We look forward to taking over the books and/or music with a little time new shop from 1st April and will be to spare, please do get in touch, I will able to offer a much wider selection be very pleased to hear from you. of books, music and some toys and Thank you for all the support you games. A small selection of books will have given us. continue to be stocked at the existing Ellen Morrison (tel. 20209)

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Page 9 WESTERN DALES BUS Since last May, the Western Dales Bus has been running the 564A service on Saturdays to connect Sedbergh and Dent with Dent Station and Kendal, and up to the end of December it had carried 1,140 passengers. The bus is community run – all the drivers and the other people who help to keep it running are unpaid volunteers – but you can still use your stramongate press bus pass on it, just like on any other timetabled bus service. Local people printers catch it to go shopping – it’s possible to have three hours in Kendal in the middle of the day, and if you want to stay for longer, you can use your return ticket to come back to Sedbergh on a later bus. And because the bus connects with trains at Dent Station, if you want to go further afield you can have a day out printers in Leeds or Carlisle. The bus also brings visitors into this of area, and so in a small way it benefits the visitor economy. While some come just for a day’s walk, others to Sedbergh Lookaround come explore Sedbergh and Dent, and most of them are likely to visit a pub or a café during their visit. As the service is run by volunteers, we are always pleased to welcome new helpers. If you’d like to become involved in any way, please contact Stramongate Press Aynam Mills Liz Nuttall, our Volunteer Coordinator Little Aynam Kendal Cumbria LA9 7AH on 015396 25571. Jock Cairns phone 01539 720448 Chair, Western Dales Bus fax 01539 730253 e-mail [email protected] Tel: 015396 25655 website www.strampress.co.uk e-mail: [email protected] Page 10 PEOPLE’S HALL said “Oh I wanted one of those!” Well Redevelopment here is a second chance. We have As indicated in past Lookarounds, three new offers and if we can get to the Redevelopment Project ended 12 we can put two rows on the with about £10,000 over spend. The bottom. Information forms and Parish Council at its January donation forms are available 2014 meeting agreed to from the Craft Workshop and award £5,000 towards this Sedbergh Offices Services. shortfall. I announced at the Pick one up and return it meeting I would Giftaid the with £35, £45, £55 or £65 to remainder when the SOS (hopefully Giftaided) by retention monies became 31st March 2014. due in May. Thus the first The Diary and Bookings for three phases of the project 2015 for the People’s Hall in are complete and paid for. now available in Sedbergh Note we haven’t finished Officer Services including work yet – just pausing for breath. the updates Rates. Fundraising Dr Gina Barney, The Pie’n’Peas evening on 17th Hon Secretary20790 January attracted 60 people to an excellent evening with the pies and peas served the Hall Committee and Settlebeck School their helpers. (They were very nice. Ed.) The evening was made by the Senior Citizens performances of the Rawthey Rhythm a quartet of great talent, who ConcertConcertConcert entertained with foot tapping melodies and entertaining songs. Tuesday 11Tuesday 11ththth February (They were very nice too. Ed.) The 5.00pm – 7.00pm at evening produced a generous Settlebeck School contribution of over £400 to our redevelopment funds. Please don’t wait to be invited. The concert is for all local senior By the time you read this another citizens, you don’t have to have fundraising events will have gone by. grandchildren in school. The cycling Symonds’ return to the Telephone Settlebeck Hall on 31 January 2014 with another on 015396 20383 to book a place. There is no charge for this event bicycling adventure story. Proceeds to the redevelopment. Report next Two-course meal provided month. Transport available from various pick-up points Donation bricks (slips) Many of you will have seen the Settlebeck School, Long Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AL donations wall with its 66 slips and Page 11 CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST of some city centres later on a “Romance”, Courtship & Breeding in Saturday night. Red Squirrels, whose Wildlife - Valentine’s Day in Nature population seems to be slowly but There are many weird and surely increasing around Sedbergh, wonderful forms of courtship in have a much more restrained form of nature, just as there are in humans. courtship often involving one to ten Charles Darwin published his book males pursuing a female for the The Descent of Man and Selection in duration of the time that she is in Relation to Sex in 1871 which season. Occasional vocalisation may identified numerous ways in which occur and there are some reports of the rich pursuit of reproduction has males displaying. led to fascinating displays and More in tune with romance is the anatomies amongst wildlife. fascinating dance displayed by Great Mammals may show an aggressive Crested Newt males who fan their form of reproductive behaviour with pheromones (scent) towards the the autumn rut in Red Deer. This is female to entice her into exactly the particularly impressive starting with correct position to pick up his packet the vocalisation and then the very of sperm which has been deposited physical antler wrestling reminiscent previously. Other Cumbrian Together we are stronger...

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www.thwlegal.co.uk Page 12 SEDBERGH SPRING SHOW 2014 CANCELLED amphibians join in as well such as the Crayfish at bay; this invasive species Natterjack toad (approx 65% of the is threatening the native White UK population live in Cumbria) who Clawed Crayfish some of whose few serenades his mates with a distinctive remaining populations survive in call. Sadly the Natterjack toad is Cumbrian streams. The N. American threatened with the same chytrid female fires up the male by spraying virus as many other amphibians her urine which contains worldwide. pheromones. Scientists are working Extremely annoying is the at isolating the pheromones so that reproductive behaviour of many of the they can use them to disrupt natural Diptera, the true flies, including breeding in the invasive species. midges both biting and non-biting. Fish don’t miss out on courtship with The males form swarms to attract one well known example, described patrolling females. Such swarms are by Niko Tinbergen in the 50s, being often of immense size though smaller the Three Spined Stickleback. The swarms may be around a fixed point male invests in producing a nest called a swarm marker. Those of you within his territory from which he will who canoe or sail up at Killington will emerge to display with a zig zag know that it is almost impossible to dance in front of passing females, avoid breathing them in! Other who may be further impressed by the Insects that attract our interest with intensity of his red throat coloration. their breeding behaviour are the He then takes on sole parental care Dragonflies who are often brightly of the eggs and larvae. A contrasting coloured and while flying their mating behaviour is shown by jack males in dance appear to perform impossible the salmonids who avoid any aeronautics flying while linked investment at all prior to releasing together in a flight of love. their gametes next to a pair of Another twist on the tale of romance dominant adults. and courtship is a potential strategy Birds however are by far the most to help keep the N. American Signal varied and overt subscribers to Page 13 variety being the spice of life. The elaborate courtship displays of Great Crested Grebes include pairs raising Do you love and shaking their heads and approaching each other with weed in Bingo? their bills. Red Kites recently introduced into Grizedale pair for life Friday 14th February and each spring renew their vows is with the pair performing high circling displays, particularly in the early part of the day. They will often fly one BINGO NIGHT behind the other, with deep, 7pm for a 7.30pm start exaggerated wing-beats, followed by at the White Hart. a vigorous chase. They may pass Prizes include Vouchers, Wine, close together, twisting apart at the last moment, and will sometimes Chocolate and more! pass food between them. They often This event is a fundraiser for perform these flights above the wood Sedbergh Town Youth Band they are nesting in, calling to each

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Page 14 other and finally dropping into the SEDBERGH & DISTRICT canopy. In the rather humbler Robin, ART SOCIETY the hen solicits food from the cock by Despite a delayed start the uttering a sharp, monosyllabic call, by demonstration by Julie Nash on Dec partly lowering her wings and then 13th went very well and was much quivering excitedly. Her behaviour is appreciated. Holidays in the Rockies indistinguishable from a fledgling and other mountainous regions Robin soliciting food from their inspired her imaginative composition parents. Occasional visitor to of a snowy mountain scene with pine Cumbria, the Great Grey Shrike, trees. Using 300gm paper and heavy shows a behaviour where the female body artists quality chooses her male depending on the acrylic paints, Julie size of prey offered (frequently blocked in the dark impaled on a thorn ) – parallels here mountain shape in with taking a girlfriend out for a meal? purple on a pre- Lekking in Black Grouse occurs at prepared ground of dawn in the spring and the males a lighter shade, and strut around in a traditional area and then built up the structure with lighter display whilst making a highly tones using a painting knife. A fan distinctive mating call. brush was used to create the tree This brief overview of romance and shapes and a light snowy foreground courtship using Cumbrian examples completed the scene. may, or not, suggest interesting Some members welcomed new parallels in human behaviour as St insights to using acrylics and found Valentine’s day approaches. Our her home-made, light weight, stay- Slovenian friends in Zrece know St wet palette a useful suggestion. Julie Valentine as the patron saint of, brought copies of her book on among other things, beekeepers so painting animals and examples of her perhaps the Sedbergh Apiarists may be sending Valentine’s day greetings work, both landscapes and animals. to their hives! Myles Ripley M Copestake

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Page 15 HISTORICAL SEDBERGH me with some oral history memoirs of Having grown up in Sedbergh (and Sedbergh residents, some of which one day I may finish growing up) were printed in the Lookaround back there are certain places and in 2005. In them Uter Potter, Jack Hill, landmarks that have stuck very firmly Toy Winn and Freda Trott, along with in my mind. As a child I used to go other Sedbergh residents, reminisce and play on the People’s Hall playing about the many measures that were field and would climb on the concrete put in place in the area – sockets cast cylinders forming part of the boundary into Station Road to hold sections of fence, wonder what they were and railtrack to act as barriers, a why the fence was made like that. prefabricated steel machine-gun nest It wasn't until fairly recently that I in the fields behind Sedbergh found out. They were part of the School's all-weather pitch with a field complex plans for the defence of our of fire covering the road to Kendal, a country in the event of invasion Battle Training School at Baliol during the last World War. Numbers School, the Observation Post on the of these cylinders were situated at top of Castlehaw Tower. strategic points on the road network I still find it hard to grasp that all this and could be rolled onto the road, was considered necessary in such a thus hindering vehicular movement. small, out of the way place as Thankfully they were never used and Sedbergh, far from the front lines and were incorporated into the postwar from the centres of population. The development on Howgill Lane, I more I researched Britain's Home believe some of them were also used Defence measures the more their to reinforce the central pier of New meaning was brought home to me – Bridge. Another feature which I had often puzzled over is the series of shallow CHIROPODIST semi-circular depressions at the HPC Registered bottom of Tommy Winn's field at Kay Whittle Castlehaw, bordering on the hedge. MSSCh DipPodMed MBChA During childhood games I had often imagined them to be machine-gun Surgery emplacements, and I was amazed to Pedi-Care House, discover that that is exactly what they Howgill Lane, were, forming part of the same Sedbergh defence plans. Were it not for Elspeth Griffiths, Tel: 015396 22122 Diane Elphick and the Sedbergh History Society archives I perhaps Appointments 10:00 - 4:00 would never have discovered what Closed Mondays other memories Sedbergh is hiding. H.J.Hall “Softop” Socks up to size 15!! Elspeth was kind enough to furnish Page 16 how real the threat of invasion People’s Hall have been considering actually was, and all within living moving the concrete blocks from the memory. playing field boundary, and I believe It saddens me that these things that some are apparently of the aren't more widely known of and opinion that they should be disposed preserved. Of all those that I've listed of completely. I feel very strongly that (and there are many more) all that I they are not just a part of our town's am aware that remain are the recent history, but also part of a wider concrete roadblocks, the Castlehaw heritage which should be preserved observer post and ditches and the and remembered. Perhaps we could remains of the shooting range at the produce some sort of monument/ bottom of Crook. Apparently there is interpretive display of some of these less physical evidence in our country artefacts, maybe a guided walk leaflet today of our defence measures for showing their locations and purpose. the Second World War than there is Sedbergh is always looking forward, of the Roman occupation of Britain. always developing, but we need to It saddens me even more to learn remember where we’ve come from, in that our Parish Council and the order to shape where we’re going. Management Committee of the Andrew Allan TREVOR GARDNER & SON PLUMBING AND HEATING ENGINEERS 'WITH OVER 30 YEAR'S EXPERIENCE'

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Page 17 Mr VIVIAN SHAW father was the first headteacher of Dear Editor Settlebeck) and my parents were Having had time over the Christmas friendly with Mr and Mrs Shaw. I period to catch up with a couple of remember Elizabeth and Christopher back issues of the Lookaround, I well. I was fortunate to be in Mr spotted the letter from Christopher Shaw's class (we had the same Shaw and then looked back to the teacher for several years in those 2007 copy to which he referred. days) and over the next few years, I remember Mr Shaw with great before going off to QES, I benefitted affection and it would be no from his wonderful, inspirational exaggeration to say that he enthused teaching. I remember being in the me with a love of poetry and drama play 'The Apostle of Canterbury' as that has stayed with me over 50 well as 'The Seven Wives of Calais'. years. We were all stage- struck when we My maiden name was Schonhut (my performed at the People's Hall,

Page 18 wearing proper stage makeup! In MIKE STOKER addition to the plays, Mr Shaw was a Thanks Mike ! poetry lover and we did a lot of whole On Christmas Eve, Mike Stoker did class performances of poems, the his final round as one of our superb most memorable being 'The team of "Posties", and retire after 32 Nightmail' by WH Auden which we years of loyal and dedicated service performed for the Sedbergh festival. I to the good folk of Sedbergh and can still recite it by heart! I believe district. Thanks Mike, for being a big that, somewhere buried among other part of this great group of people. papers, I may have a clipping from Always cheerful, never short of a The Westmoreland Gazette of our minute for a chat, ever watchful and class doing this performance. I will caring for those on his round, Mike scan it and forward it if I can find it. will be missed. Short in stature As a retired teacher myself, I am maybe, but a giant pair of boots to convinced of the truth that just one fill...Alex, take note! inspirational teacher can have Thanks from everyone Mike, and enormous influence for good in an may you have a long, healthy and individual's life. Mr Shaw inspired his happy retirement. All the Best mate! pupils and gave us confidence and a ADL love of learning which was invaluable. SEDBERGH & DISTRICT He was far ahead of his time in his approach to education and in his History societY belief in finding the potential in every Wednesday 5th February pupil. Lakeland Architecture The Picture appeared in the WG on through the Centuries 28th March 1958 and I believe the Illustrated talk looking at the whole names were:- range of historic buildings in the Lake District from Medieval times to the Back Row 20th Century Helen Schonhut; Jennifer Harper; Andrew Lowe Ann Collinson; Raymond Campbell?; Wednesday 19th February Susan Waters?; Brian Waters? Treasure Trove of Memories Middle Row A dip into the oral history archives for Susan Tinker; Dilys Whitfield?; Diane Dent, Sedbergh & Garsdale Hunter?; ?????; Michael Price? Anthea Boulton Stephen Pickles? All meetings in Settlebeck School, Front Row start at 7:30pm unless stated.

Linda?; Elizabeth Shaw; Ann Scott?; Everyone is most welcome to attend any Margaret Lazonby?; Jennifer Pratt?; or all of our lectures Raymond Campbell?; Barry Pickles?; Chairman: Richard Cann 20771 Secretary: Mike Beecroft 21878 Michael Dawson? Treasurer : Marlene Mason 20509 Helen Struthers Member Sec: Richard Cann 20771 Page 19 COUNCILLORS CORNER mandatory relief which can amount to Cllr Evelyn 100 per cent for properties which South Lakeland District Council is have a rateable value of £6,000 or urging small businesses to claim rate less. It reduces on a sliding scale for relief directly from the Council. Many those with a rateable value of £6,001 businesses are being plagued by cold and £12,000. Claiming is a simple calls from companies with a view to matter of completing a form. helping them claim Small Business Charities and registered Community Rate relief – for a fee based on any Amateur Sports Clubs are entitled to savings and future savings the 80 per cent relief where the property customer can make. And some of the is occupied wholly or mainly used for callers are none too subtle. One the charitable purposes of the charity phone pest, when I rejected her offer (or of that and other charities) or for replied “Well I hope you are happy the purposes of the club (or of that when HMRC doubles your business and other clubs).The local authority rates!” Ratepayers can avoid such has discretion to give further relief on charges by speaking directly to the the remaining bill. Council on 01539 793245. For other businesses SLDC has Small Business Rate relief is a discretion to give hardship relief in

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Page 21 kingfishers and otters and fewer non- locality budget of £1000 available for native species such as mink or distribution to those community based invasive plants such as Himalayan organisations which had a project Balsam and Japanese Knotweed. requiring “seed” funding to get it off Other people spoke up for better the ground. I still have £650 left in access whether on foot or by canoe. my own budget allocation which The fishermen wanted to see more needs to be spent before the end of fish return to the river. Many were the financial year. This, or part of it, concerned with the way the river could be yours if you satisfy the seems to rise ever more quickly approval criteria. I set out these adding to problems of erosion - criteria again below so that you can questions were asked about upland see whether or not you provisionally management which may contribute to qualify for consideration. faster run-off from the fells. 1. The payment must be at least The River Lune is a very special £100 river and Sedbergh is located at a 2. The funding must go to a parish/ very special place at the confluence town or community group, not an of the Lune with three of its main individual business tributaries, the Rawthey, the Clough 3. The granting of the funding is a and the Dee. It is at this point that I one-off and does not imply an on- should make my apologies for the going commitment by the council mistake that eagle-eyed Lookaround or have a revenue implication for readers pointed out in the last issue the council where I mentioned the River Rawthey 4. The project or activity promotes in Garsdale! I can only think I was communities working together mixing up the two road schemes connected with roads up the valleys - the collapsed A684 at Dandra Garth TREADWELL by the River Clough in Garsdale has now been repaired and work on the FLOORING A683 beyond Cautley Spout towards Kirkby Stephen alongside the River Suppliers, planners & Fitters of Carpet, Vinyl, Laminate & Wooden floors Rawthey will start shortly, with the good news that a single carriageway Quality in-stock carpets at Bargain Prices controlled by traffic lights will allow 1,000’s of samples to choose from. traffic to flow in both directions during the roadworks, albeit with delays. Carpet Upholstery Cleaning Cllr Ian Service at competitive rates Sometimes it seems difficult to give money away! In an earlier issue of Call Nicola or Gordon Sproul the Lookaround I explained how each Tel/Fax: 015396 21175 District Councillor now had an annual Page 22 and does not unfairly discriminate elections coming up in May. against people from different As always please feel free to contact backgrounds either Evelyn, Nick or myself as 5. The funding can be used by the follows: community group during the 12 Evelyn Westwood: months following receipt email [email protected] 6. As far as the Councillor is aware, Tel. 015396 20148 making the payment to the Ian McPherson: community group would not result email [email protected] in fraudulent or illegal activity Tel. 015396 20648 Please do not hesitate to get in Nick Cotton: touch with me if you would like to find email [email protected] out more and / or submit an Tel. 015242 71477 application. It only remains for me to wish all our TIM FARRON MP readers a very peaceful and happy It feels like a very long time since I New Year. For politicians of whatever last wrote in Lookaround. Of course ilk it is likely to be a busy one as we we have had Christmas and New have both District and European Year since my last column. I hope

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See www.sedberghcdc.org.uk for more information email:[email protected] Tel: 015396 21031 Page 23 you had a great time and that the over the coming 12 months. weather did not interfere with things 2013 was not a bad year for things too much. We had a bit of damage to happening, we nearly doubled the our chimney (fortunately we were number of apprentices that we have away with my wife’s family near working in South Lakeland, we Lancaster and so Father Christmas secured funding for new employment was still able to get down and deliver like the Steam Boat Museum on the presents) but otherwise things Windermere, we saw the arrival of the were fine and we returned home to a new eye unit at the Westmorland fine New Year celebration with some General Hospital and the friends. electrification of the Lakes Rail Line I was back into the office took a major step forward. The immediately after the New Year as challenge of 2014 is to “beat that”. those quiet days before everything On that front I have high hopes for gets back to work are some of the positive developments at the hospital few times during the year when I can over the coming months. It may seem pause a bit and have a think about like it has gone quiet but the proposal what we have achieved and to open a radiotherapy unit is moving importantly what we need to achieve in the right direction, we just need to

Page 24 push it along a bit faster. Over the you should expect to hear more on next few months we will hear the campaigns ranging from that to get outcome of the consultation over the potholes filled in, through our future organisation of Morecambe pressure on ministers to ensure that Bay Hospitals Trust and I am hopeful our local schools are well funded and that we will start to see the promise of that the University of Cumbria gets even more services in our hospital in the investment it needs, to pressure Kendal. on Cumbria County Council to try to On other fronts much of my work get some funds from the new over the next year will be focused on Government fund to encourage the trying to bring more well paid jobs to piloting of alternative technologies to this area. This will mean not just deliver broadband to remote rural trying to find more funding for plans locations. like that for the Steam Boat Museum I really feel that 2014 could be one but also continuing to press for the of the more exciting years since I was improvement of our transport, elected as MP. You can certainly rely schools, broadband and anything that on me to do all I can to make it so. can be done to encourage more All the very best for 2014 businesses to invest in this area. So Tim Farron

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SEDBERGH SCHOOL Swimming Pool The swimming pool at Sedbergh School has undergone a dramatic facelift over the past few months, and opened again for School and community use in early January. The works have included a major reconfiguration of the changing rooms, with the entrance moving to the Queen’s Hall side providing Settlebeck School would like to access all on one level. Heating and thank The Sedbergh Soap Company showers have been improved. and JMP Foodservice for sponsoring In addition, a new electric pool cover the School’s netball team and junior system has been installed which will boys’ football team respectively. Their help conserve the pool temperature donation has enabled the school to and reduce fuel wastage. purchase brand new kit for the teams. The project was 65% funded by The students at Settlebeck are very Sedbergh School, the balance grateful and look forward to playing in provided by a Sport England grant. In the new kit in the forthcoming busy conjunction with Sport England, the schedule of fixtures. School has agreed to widen Andrea Sephton community access outside scheduled School use. Hire of the pool would TENNIS CLUB be to groups incurring a modest charge to covering operating costs. AGM All hire sessions would need lifeguard 7:30pm cover provided by the hiring group. Wednesday 5th March Interested parties are invited to an Bull Hotel, Sedbergh information evening on Monday 10 All Welcome February between 5 and 7pm, in the People’s Hall Committee Room, when there will be the opportunity to see plans and photographs of the Page 32 SIGHT ADVICE SOUTH LAKELAND again Sedbergh Support Group In People's Hall at 2 pm. Our first meeting of the year The Committee Room is where we'll Took place in the Committee Room be Of The People's Hall - a pleasant Dunking biscuits, sabbling tea! place, So the final thing I have to do Light and airy with no trace of gloom. Is apologise to you Tea was served and came complete For this rhyming so unsightly With loads of 'goodies' there to eat - But then - I'm not Gitche-Manito the A sight to gladden our dim eyes, Mighty! A real treat and great surprise! © George Watson. 21.1.2014. Chair-lady Betty then decreed If you would like to know more about That the meeting should proceed, our group, please ring Jennifer on So we did our 'number crunching' 015396 - 25162. For more Whilst we practiced 'quiet munching!' information about SASL please ring Our best wishes we do send 01539 - 742633. George Watson To those unable to attend - May your ailments soon improve And you're soon 'back in the groove'. Then we had another pause - A brief respite for munching jaws - As each announced in accents clear My name is X and I am here. Next came 'Christmas Reminissies' Stories, poems and vulgar ditties - A most enjoyable way to spend An afternoon amongst 'good friends'. At the November Meeting which was So thank you all for being here the Christmas Lunch at the Fat Lamb, At our first meeting of the year. Ravenstonedale, four Volunteers Eighteenth of February we meet received awards for their services to Sight Advice South Lakeland. They were Winifred Howarth (15 years), Hbsefojoh! Betty Harper (15), Elspeth Griffiths (5) and Dennis Whicker (10). The main Design role with volunteers is to provide Maintenance transport for the members once a Ponds ; Summerhouses ; Pruning month and give support if, as and 25 years experience Local references when required. Mark Barker Again, if you wish to be a volunteer 01539 62 3239 and require any more information, 0770 99 77619 please contact the above numbers. Dennis J Whicker Page 33 BOOKWORM The Haddock Paddock What I have been reading this Takeaway & Café month : 015396 20468 1. 'Art and Life' by Jovan Nicholson acebook us - The Haddock Paddock f (non fiction)

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Page 39 CHURCHES TOGETHER Meditation’. This combines the Celtic St Mark’s Church, Cautley Evening Prayer service, (compiled by (This information was submitted for the Northumbria Community), with a the December issue but missed by period of silent meditation. me in error. Apologies to all who We have been using this should have received it. Ed) combination for our Prayer and Our Carol Service this year will be Meditation at St Mark’s Church for on Sunday 22nd December at 2.30 several years now and find it to be a pm. As usual the Cautley Carollers great resource for spiritual and the Cautley Band will be taking refreshment. Why not come along part and there will be refreshments and experience it for yourself? after the service. Do come and join Services are held in the vestry during us! the cold months! Judith Bush Chameleons and BoF Linda Hopkins These two youth drama groups have Churchwardens flourished for more than ten years St Mark’s Church, Cautley under the leadership of Judith Bush, Our service at 2.30pm on Sunday Vic Hopkins and Stuart Manger. 23rd February will be ‘Prayer and Chameleons cater for 7-11 year olds

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Page 40 and BoF (Barrel of Fun) for the gathered at the graveside in secondary school age group. Both Sedbergh cemetery when groups meet at St Andrew’s Church immediately prior to the burial a low and are open to any local youngster flying F15 probably from RAF interested in drama. Lakenheath made its not so quiet As Vic will soon be moving to Suffolk entry into Sedbergh airspace from the we are looking for volunteers to join east making a spectacular sight as it the leadership team and so enable flew over the cemetery at exactly the the clubs to keep running. right moment giving an aviator’s Chameleons meet on Fridays during salute to one of its own recently term-time from 3.30 to 5pm. BoF deceased members. However, not all meet on Fridays from 5-6.30pm. God’s creatures were impressed by Anyone interested in helping out this amazing display of flying; namely with either group please contact Jack, the horse who took off on a Judith Bush (Tel: 20058) flight of his own galloping round his News from the Pews field several times when the aircraft came in his direction to make its turnabout and head for home its job in Sedbergh completed. Turning back to the end of the year I must make particular mention of Christmas Eve’s Nativity Play. Without doubt the Chameleons, This year is off to a flying start in joined by the older children from BoF more ways than one. (Barrel of Fun) performed the play, On a Friday in January a funeral written by Rev Vic Hopkins especially party headed by the Vicar was for the occasion beautifully. Vic put a

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Page 41 new slant on a story we all know so ambience and chat is also part of the well and the children brought it to our meal deal. Christmas celebrations in a most We look forward to welcoming you. memorable way. It was clear to see Susan Sharrocks they enjoyed telling the story and the Tony Reed Screen large congregation who had braved Churchwardens freezing hailstones to attend were Thought for the month very appreciative and Manna House, The festive season over, Christmas the charity in Kendal for the homeless decorations safely packed away, benefitted from their generosity. 2014 rolls on. Easter is still some Looking forward we extend an distance away, preceded by the invitation to join us in the Church season of Lent. Thoughts of Lent take Rooms on Wednesday 5th March me back to my infant school days. In (Ash Wednesday) as the Lent the late 1940/s, as an impressionable Lunches begin. Come along between five year old, I waited excitedly for the 12noon and 1pm for homemade soup 'Nodding Anger to appear in our and a roll followed by a choice of fruit assembly every Friday during Lent. each Wednesday during Lent. Lunch The Headmistress, a large, stately will cost you £3, the friendly lady, carried in the 'Angel' statue and

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One of the volunteers working with our charity’s major projects is the setting- Romanian partner-charity “People to up of a primary school for up to 175 People” in time for Christmas. children in a large and settled Having been involved with Roma community in Tinca. shoe-boxes for the last twenty This is very much a work in years and once we in progress. Cumbria had established We met some truly ourselves as an independent charity, I inspirational people during our trip to really felt the need to go and see for Romania, people who are dedicated myself what conditions are like now to improving the lives of the poor and and why shoe-boxes are still needed the marginalised – and we saw for after all these years. I was not ourselves the difference a shoe-box disappointed : we distributed the can make, not only to the individual boxes in a variety of situations, in child, but also in helping to establish school halls and churches, in and maintain links with communities communities more or less organised, who are living on the edge, so poor or poverty-stricken, sometimes THANK YOU once again and please simply stopping at the roadside and keep them coming! Pam Dent Page 46 FAMILY MUSINGS Happy New Year to all. 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Having challenging at times but very lovely our grandsons visit means a especially when we were actually all fireguard, a highchair and oh' joy, the together in one room. The memories toy box. Spinning top, jack-in-a-box, fit with those of many previous times things that chime and rattle, books of family get-togethers, creating a that make noises, oh I love them all. jigsaw of experience to look at with Bal is just getting interested in love. Soon we will be welcoming a Teddies and esp', as his mummy put new family member, baby woof due in it "the one that breathes at Grannys", March. she had to explain herself, means my One room in our house was in a real cat, Mitts who is ok with a little hand untidy mess one day, new flooring for giving a little pat but if that little hand the en-suite and a cot being installed fancies grabbing some fur she is not in the bedroom, so what did the 'lady happy. We have to keep an eye on of the house' do .. started sorting out the proceedings. 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The first Annual National Park at the end of 2012. The General Meeting of the CIO took Community Interest Company (CIC) place on 21 November when trustees was established to manage the were elected by the members. Community and Information Centre Sufficient funds have been raised to and volunteers recruited and trained purchase the building from the White to run it. The Community Office was Knights. Arrangements for the re-located to the ground floor to make transfer are now in hand and it is it more accessible. hoped that the purchase will be Added to this a substantial grant completed by 31st March. By this was received from the Lottery through date the CIO will have taken over the SOS Villages which enabled the role and functions of the Sedbergh installation of double glazing on the and District Community and Heritage ground floor, central heating Trust. throughout the building and a Looking to the future it is hoped that complete refurbishment of the first 72 Main Street will become floor offices. Sedbergh's focus for advice, At the same time the formation of assistance and resources for the the Sedbergh and District Charitable whole community in addition to its Incorporated Organisation (CIO) was role as a tourist information office. being negotiated with the Charity Through the CIO, projects will be Jenette Hardy BA (Hons) AICB CB.Cert

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Page 51 our programme with greater input were faced with the problem of from our own members. And didn’t it operating on a member of the hostile start well! Vicky Aspin, who, on the Chinese army who had a bullet quiet, is a very knowledgeable lodged in his leg. Failure would most plantsman (no- I utterly refuse to say likely have resulted in their deaths. ‘plantsperson ‘!), told us the Hence the title of the talk, Pass the fascinating tale of two early 20th Chloroform! Vicky’s presentation was century plant hunters, from our own fascinating and varied and our locality, Reginald Farrer from thanks, voiced by Valerie Cann, were Clapham and William Purdom from heartfelt. Ambleside. These intrepid men As it was a couple of months since travelled out to China to begin their our last formal meeting, there was searches exactly one hundred years much to discuss. We planned several ago. They travelled overland on the outings, museums in Manchester, trans-Siberian railway – London to lunch at Farfield Mill, to Lowther China in 13 days. Farrer, the posh Castle to celebrate 100 years of WI in one went First Class and Purdom, Britain, to be entertained by the less moneyed, went Third Class! At Houghton Weavers, lunch at one point on their explorations they Hawes…… We prefer to wear out

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Page 54 Smith. The latest in the 'No.1 Ladies' had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon Detective Agency' series. All agreed out with guess what. Yes, it was it was a suitable, light hearted read enormous portions of afternoon tea for the Christmas season though all round. some thought it too simplistic, too You are reminded that next months moral, too rosy or simply the meeting will be held in the unbelievable. However, Botswana, Methodist Church rooms where Steve where the novels are set, is one of Beattie will give us a talk on “Missed the African countries least affected by Cues”. So why not come along and the horrors that have beset many find out more about your local WI. other African nations. There were 7.30pm start. hints of darker things as the story Sandra Gold-Wood also contained tales of corruption and dishonesty but the overall picture DENTDALE WI presented was optimistic, scoring the Dentdale celebrated the Christmas book a reasonable 8 out of 10 on the season with a lunch at the Old Dairy readability meter. I'm sure it will come Widdale in December and it made the as no surprise to anyone that the perfect end to a really momentous meeting ended with tea and delicious year. So, a new year, a new cakes on this occasion provided by Sue Kernahan which were grateful chomped! Walking group member Anne Pitt popped off to Finland for a winter break but she was back in time to lead the group on their monthly walk. This trip was to the dizzying heights of Whitbarrow Scar starting just passed Gilpin Bridge Inn. Which may well have proved handy on the way back for a warming bowl of soup. Anne Petyt and Sue Kernahan were the January birthday girls and Christine Sheppey won the raffle. Sue Bateman reminded members to let Ruth France know of any members who are ill. Dorothy Gerard is now much better and is joining in with the book club once again. Those members who went on the pre Christmas trip to Country Harvest Page 55 programme and our first meeting in wedding style hat complete with January which began on a very white paper rose was a very gentle note with many of the professional attempt and came members absent for various reasons. second! The committee had arranged a During the business meeting, we games evening with all sorts of heard about the various outings and games to try out in groups. It brought workshops on offer in the WI News. out the competitive element in some We had received a letter from the with squeals of delight when the Dentdale Run Committee asking for winning move was made! There was our help and support with the a chance to catch up with fellow refreshments on the day of the run. members with tea served at the Coming up really soon on Saturday games tables. The competition was March 8th! for a paper hat and after the winner Next month, Dawn Redeyoff will be was chosen the hats were modeled. giving an introduction to Pilates to Catheine's three corner colourful which new members and visitors are creation had caught the eye all warmly invited to join us in the evening and was a worthy winner. Memorial Hall on February 12th. However, Sue's beautiful blue Pat Allen

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FLICKS IN DENT oversee the community use of the big Memorial Hall Matters. main hall out of school hours which is First, my apologies that we did not managed by the School Governors. have a family matinee in the Representatives of the two Christmas holidays for the flicks, one committees meet a few times a year idea now is to do a double-bill, a as the Liaison Group to discuss children's film in afternoon followed issues which arise and to work by another film in the eve. I just got together for the good of all users. As caught up in family things and so Chair of the Dentdale Memorial Hall were most people and we do have Trustees I am always willing to hear the problems with the sound quality what people think about it all, because there are no blinds/curtains obviously it is best when people are in the Hall. But there is a way around encouraging but all opinions are it, and we will endeavour to try if the valued, it is better to talk to me than problem persists. There will not be a to everyone else! My thanks to all Flicks eve (Dent) in Feb but hopefully who in small and large ways help with be back in March, and continue for a the running of the "Hall". few months. Sarah E Woof. Dent 25212 LONGTERM will be debated at the DMH AGM on Wed 19th March 7.30pm in the hall and members of SEDBERGH the public are invited to join the MEDICAL CENTRE Trustees at the meeting and bring will be closed for Training Purposes opinions/suggestions regarding all at 1pm on the following afternoons:- matters concerning the Hall ie letting charges, caretaking, cleaning, hire, Thursday 20th March Gala, and Flicks. The Trustees manage the Sedgwick & Haygarth Further details will be Rooms and toilets and kitchen which released when finalised. are separate to the school and Page 59 HOWGILL CHURCH CHOIR the murmur of running waters close circa 1850, by. from a letter from JULIA GREEN In shadow of the leafy tree-lings the VIGOUR, born 1844 peaceful graveyard was studded with If you came to The Gladly Solemn low-growing, solemn yews, guarding sound west gallery choir concert in the resting places of those gone Howgill church at the end of before. To the east oaks and November you will already have hear sycamores lined a shady knoll, this - but if you missed it, here is Julia through which meandered the beck; Vigour's account of the highly while between the woods, glen and esteemed 19th century Howgill choir. the church was a small mill weir "Picture a tiny ivy-clad church, with which formed a beautiful little dancing sunlight flickering through the waterfall. shimmering foliage of beech and Within, a two-decker Reading desk, other young trees, bringing out lights and a Clerk's desk were on the north and shadows on the heads of the side, while the little pulpit had a nook congregation. In summer the ever- to itself, reached by a tiny staircase. open door let in the sounds of the Three pews were honoured with songs of small twittering birds, and doors: one for the parson's family;

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Page 60 one belonging to the Great House; miles away, at other churches. and one dedicated to the singers, In those times they had retained the which had seats all round, and a ancient custom of the men singing stand for books in the centre. The the air and the women taking the singing was quite unaccompanied, tenor, but the choir was gradually harmoniums and reed-organs being augmented by incomers or older things of the future. children of the residents who were Above the singing-pew was the pronounced sufficiently 'tuneable'; gallery, where the young men and however altos were entirely unknown boys of the hamlet gathered, being until the introduction of a blind fiddler too shy to occupy the body of the and singing-master, who, in annual church with the womenfolk and sojourns of a month or two, when elders. funds allowed, brought the choir to an Before service - after the manner of even more up to date musical their kind - they hung round the reputation. church door until the Clerk, who rang His violin playing was fine and his the bell, stopped suddenly; and the teaching good beyond the ordinary. sound still echoes in the ears of the He was said to be partly of Negro narrator, of the almost simultaneous extraction; his hands were small, clatter of the men's feet up the stairs, as the vestry door opened and their pastor went to his place. For each psalm the old Clerk conscientiously trudged down the whitened stone aisle to the 'Singing'. He was the only one to rely on for giving the starting-note, which he did with a curious old sliding 'pitch-pipe' on which were marked the notes of the gamut. There were times when he made a mistake, sometimes guided by guess more than by the score: after struggling through one verse there would be a gravely whispered complaint, 'Nay, nay, ye mun try again - we cannot strike it at all', and he would have to try again. The choir was the only local one with a reputation causing it to be sought elsewhere, and on great occasions it was no uncommon occurrence for it to be invited to help Page 61 white, and refined; and his soul was the choir, enjoying all as much as the entirely in the music, his temper rest. uncommonly short where he Then the old blind singing-master observed carelessness or inattention. fades from the scene: how, when, or No-one envied his fourteen-year-old why cannot be told. There came the son, to whom, besides the duty of purchase of a second-hand leading the old man about the harmonium, which at first caused a country, fell the task of copying out great sensation; but, there being no the parts of the tunes newly available organist within several miles introduced. it was long before the old Choir practices were usually held in unaccompanied singing quite died the little school, and for months out." afterwards the improvement in the David Burbidge church music was marked. About this time a railway was being made within CAROL SINGING IN GARSDALE a mile or two, and more than one of The weather favoured us on all the navvies - fine powerful fellows three nights of Carol Singing this with voices to match - got drafted into year. Grateful thanks to all who gave Page 62 so generously and to those who sang attempting to outshine all other so heartily. It’s good to have the sections in panache and volume. ‘young ones’ joining us now - Well The popular Christmas numbers Done. comprised ‘Rocking Around the We raised £332 for Action for Christmas Tree’, ‘Mistletoe and Wine’, Children - an excellent amount. ‘Frosty the Snowman’, ‘White Thank you once again to Auntie Christmas’, ‘Let It Snow’, ‘Have Agnes and David. We wish you all a Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’, very Happy, Healthy and Peaceful ‘The Christmas Song’ and ‘Last 2014. Christmas’, ending with all time William & Mary Airey favourite and most appropriate ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’. New to SEDBERGH TOWN BAND this area of music was a compilation Christmas Concert piece ‘Christmas Cracker’ in which As was the case last year the the audience were challenged to Band’s Christmas Concert was held identify as many of the included in St. Andrew’s. The audience, numbers as they could. Also combined with the two bands, senior receiving its first public appearance and youth, meant that close on 350 was the beautiful ‘Winter’ movement people filled the church. The concert truly fired the opening salvo of the Christmas season in Sedbergh. The programme structure that has developed over previous years was adhered to, so consequently a mixture of favourite carols and popular festive tunes dominated the occasion. Although provided with the words and encouraged to give voice, in the past the audience has been rather reticent in its singing. This year was different: the tentative start with ‘Hark the Herald’ was soon eclipsed by splendid renditions of the carol’s ‘Once in Royal David’s City’, ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ and ‘Good King Wenceslas’. Compere Stuart Manger organised the audience into appropriate groupings before the singing of the final carol and each section responded magnificently in Page 63 from Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ most the audience were refreshing skilfully arranged for brass. themselves with tea, coffee or mulled Prior to the interval the Youth Band wine. More substantial sustenance took the stage and impressed the was provided by mince pies, either audience with their playing of ‘Rudolf’ made by members of the Band or and ‘Jingle Bells’. So delighted were once again most generously donated the audience with their second by Dennis Pratt to whom we extend number, ‘Jingle Bells’, that they our sincere thanks. demanded and received a repeat. Before the second half of the As the Youth Band completed their concert commenced Band President programme Father Christmas Douglas Thomson stood before the announced his arrival with a audience to award the annual vigorously shaken hand bell trophies to those who had made the accompanied by a beguiling, most significant progress in the assistant fairy and proceeded up the course of the year. To popular, aisle and handed out largesse to all enthusiastic acclaim Keith Wood youngsters in the audience and received the Senior Band award, and bands. The raffle was drawn whilst David Storey was the recipient of the Page 64 Junior award. Ben Morgan received together with the opportunity to the ‘Good Egg’ award for all his purchase cakes, jams, books, toys, selfless contributions to the Band. bric-a-brac and raffle tickets those The Band’s December 2013 who dropped in were hugely On Wednesday 4th December entertained by five players from the following the Christmas Concert a Band who accompanied the nursery group from the Band participated in class as they vigorously shook their the Late Shopping Evening. A range tambourines and sang a variety of of Christmas music was played to carols. The beaming faces of some add to the entertainment of the twenty toddlers could not have more crowds who packed Main Street and aptly signified the spirit of Christmas. enjoyed the hospitality of the Morrison’s on Friday 20th was the Sedbergh shops. second of the Kendal stores to be Saturday 7th saw members of the visited and a positon just inside the Band occupying the Birdcage in main doors proved a more than Kendal treating the shoppers to a adequate location to entertain the wide selection of carols. shoppers. Friday 13th did not live up to its Sadly this was the last of the carol superstitions worst: indeed, quite the sessions as the final projected one at reverse. A select group from the Band were delighted to entertain members of the Sedbergh School STOBARS HALL domestic, bursarial, estates and catering staff at their annual party in Care Home

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March Remembrance Sunday – Sunday 9th Workshop 2 – URC – Sunday 9th November – 11am March Concert of Remembrance – URC - Garsdale Church – Wednesday 30th Tuesday 11th November – 7.30pm April – 7.30pm Christmas Concert Practice – St. Sedbergh Gala – Saturday 17th May – Andrews Church - Monday 1st 12.45pm December – 7.30pm Dumfries – Sunday May 25th – Christmas Concert - St. Andrews Wednesday 28th May Church – Tues 2nd December – Sedbergh Music Festival – St 7.30pm Andrews Church - Wednesday 4th Fundraising Events June – 7.30pm Bingo - Friday 14th February 7pm Country Harvest – Wednesday 9th White Hart Club July – 7pm Coffee Mornings Hardraw Festival – Sunday 14th Wednesday 12th March September Wednesday 17th September Middleton Church – 17th September - Wednesday 17th December 7.30pm Page 69 INDOOR BOWLING SEDBERGH ANGLERS This takes place on 2 or 3 The 2013 season for trout and sea Wednesday evenings per month in trout closed on 30 September and the Memorial Hall at Dent, on our first that for salmon on 31 October. night back this year we had two mats Fishing this year has been very mixed in use and 7 people playing. New with periods of high fast flowing water people will always be welcome. followed by low levels. Based on Sometimes we meet once a month on returns submitted sea trout numbers a Sat morning (ie this month, Feb) were up and this was confirmed by and the coffee morning is open to all . sightings in the rivers throughout the Over the years that the bowling has season. Salmon catches have been taken place a few hundred pounds very low, that is to say one. has been raised for Memorial Hall Sadly members and guests once funds, the DMH bought the again have not been very responsive equipment and the trolley for storage when it comes to sending in returns. when we started. We play for FUN, It seems to be a pattern that only do join us. A list of dates can usually about 25% of ticket holders send in a be found on the DMH notice board / return. This year the number of nil kitchen window. SE Woof. returns has outnumbered the number

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Page 70 recording caught fish. The low proportion the number of unmarked number of returns does have an fish has continued to rise indicating impact on the ability to manage the an underlying improvement in the fishing effectively and without full state of wild fish. figures assumptions have to be made Future fishing continues to be when it comes to considering the potentially threatened by 3 restocking of brown trout. Indeed for hydroelectric schemes being the 2013 season it would appear that proposed for the Lune. Even the only a handful of stocked fish were smallest impact of these could have a caught. One could say therefore that significant deleterious effect on there is very little point in stocking the salmon populations for the future. It river, as 99% of fish caught are should be remembered that the Lune apparently wild. Over recent years is one of 3 index rivers in England the number of stock fish introduced where special measures may need to each year has fallen, largely on be taken to conserve stocks. This is account of cost. All introduced fish becoming increasingly important in are sterile and thus cannot interbreed view of low catch returns. with wild fish. All stock fish are The Annual General Meeting of the marked on the underside. As a Association will take place on Wednesday 26 February 2014 at 7.30 SEDBERGH ORCHESTRA pm at ‘The Club’ (upstairs in the Cricket Pavilion) at Sedbergh School. conductor Peter Crompton The new season begins on 15 leader Sue Armstrong March 2014. Tickets will be available Thursday 6th March from Premier Express from early 8.00pm doors open 7.45pm ST ANDREW’S CHURCH March. Fees remain unchanged. http://www.sedberghanglers.org.uk ‘Musical Coincidences’ Dr David Wright

Mozart Overture ‘Impresario’ SEDBERGH CRICKET CLUB Weber Concertino for Clarinet Wagner Siegfried Idyll Sixteen young cricketers from + + + + + Sedbergh CC will be having a full Sibelius Pelleas & Melisande day's coaching at the splendid Järnefelt Praeludium facilities of Sedbergh School by 2 Light refreshments will be available in the interval coaches from Pro Coach Yorkshire,

Any proceeds will be added to the Alison Armstrong the coaching wing of Yorkshire CCC, Pepperpot Fund which supports the work of in the half term holiday on Tuesday Sedbergh Pepperpot Club with Sedbergh Orchestra and young musicians locally February 18th. The funding is coming

Adults £6.00 18 & under Free from the Yorkshire Ridings Society Tickets from Sedbergh Pepperpot Club tel 21196 and a Yorkshire cricket supporters e-mail [email protected], message board, The Corridor of Orchestra members or at the door Uncertainty. Page 71 The aim is to promote cricket and indeed Yorkshire cricket in a far

corner of the traditional West Riding

of Yorkshire. Though Sedbergh and

Dentdale are administered by

Cumbria, they are historically and BUILDER properly part of the Yorkshire. Dick PLASTERER Gorst, the Sedbergh juniors coach, is ROOFER liaising the coaching at Sedbergh. Our thanks to him and to Sedbergh QUALITY WORK School for kindly allowing use the use Tel: 015396 20907 of their marvellous indoor facilities. Michael Pulford FRASER SPROUL Local student Fraser Sproul, age 9 during the summer took part in the BOFRA (British open fell running association) series. To qualify, Fraser had to compete in 8 of the 15 races. The 1st race being Sedbergh gala which he won, he went on to win at Kettlewell, Hawswik, Helm, Kirkby in Furness, Ambleside, Farleton Knott, •Project Management Arncliffe and •New Builds Reeth. He was presented with •Extensions the BOFRA u12 •Roofing boys trophy and •New Fitted Kitchens also presented with a shield for 'the most outstanding •Ground Works runner ' across all the age groups. •Plant Hire Fraser was also nominated as •Drains Sports Person of the year by the Lakeland sports promoters Unblocked/Cleaned/Repaired association in recognition of his Contact George on: running achievements this year and Tel: 015396 21287 was presented with a Trophy at the Mob: 07977514229 recent presentation held at Kendal Email: [email protected] Golf Club. Well done Fraser on all Web: www.gjbainesandson.co.uk your running achievements. Nicola Sproul Page 72 SEDBERGH ORCHESTRA violinists as they braved the highest CONCERT reaches of the fingerboard. On a Thursday evening in late Saint-Saëns' 2nd Symphony November I attended the Sedbergh opened the second half of the Orchestra's 'Musical Triumphs' concert. What stood out was the ease concert. Guest conductor Tom Newall with which the main melodies were told the audience that the orchestra's passed between the different sections regular conductor had left them with a of the orchestra. There were some particularly challenging repertoire tricky exposed passages, but each before heading off to Indonesia on movement started and ended with musical business. It became clear, conviction and any wobbles in tempo however, as the orchestra tackled the were soon steadied. It was good to pieces with confidence and spirit, that see Mr Newall beaming with delight they had been left in skilled hands. at the glorious descending melody in The concert opened with Weber's the final movement and to hear the Overture to 'Oberon'. The orchestra second violins (who don't often get a soon warmed up; gentle fairy flutters moment of glory) enjoying their in the wind section made way for a chance to shine with the tune. sumptuous melody from the lower The highlight of the evening was strings. The contrasts in mood were Shostakovich's Waltz from Jazz Suite clearly conveyed, from the dramatic no.2, which was presented with stormy passage to the beautiful, elegance and poise. The piano part lyrical clarinet tune, which was played was played with great gusto. with great sensitivity. Sedbergh even managed to provide the required accordion player! The The orchestra then moved on to catchy, syrupy tune did indeed capture the jaunty opening March of possess the 'haunting beauty' Britten's 'Matinées Musicales' (an promised in the programme, and I arrangement of pieces by Rossini), found myself humming it as I walked followed by its dreamy Nocturne and home. lively Waltz. The percussion section In short, it was a thoroughly uplifting showed off their talents, adding evening. The orchestra sensitively character with a range of light- captured changes in mood and style. hearted effects, from woodblock to Sympathetic accompaniments tambourine. The flutes in the allowed melodies to flourish. The Pantomime movement were neat and musicians attacked difficult passages light and the violas provided a string- with courage and delivered unison crossing accompaniment with sections with precision. It is exciting impressively few bumps. Britten's that a town of Sedbergh's size can closing musical joke, an arrangement produce an orchestra that can put of vocal exercises, presented such great masterpieces before an perhaps the greatest challenge for audience, for our enjoyment. the orchestra; I did not envy the poor Naomi Lidiard Page 73 THE ROSE COMMUNITY THEATRE Yes folks, RCT members old and new are into rehearsals for this year's spectacular production. As you will know, each year is a little different for Traditional, Frame and Mini Marquees Rose Theatre. Just like the Furniture Hire Why not hire a marquee or furniture for that special occasion. performances, no two nights are ever Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events the same, despite the rehearsals. Tel: 015396 20602 Anyone who was at last year's Spar [email protected] Wars show will testify that the www.killingtonmarquees.co.uk incredible sight of the full size (slight exaggeration!) replica of the Millennium Falcon spaceship flying People's Hall on Thursday March the length of the People's hall justified 20th, Friday March 21st or Saturday the oohs! and aarhs! from stunned March 22nd. Three evening shows at audience members. By now I'm sure 7.30pm, together with a Saturday most of you will be out of counselling afternoon matinee at 2.30pm. and ready for this year's offering, Tickets will go on sale in early which will be 'Turnabout Abbey'. Any March. The RCT would also like to resemblance to a popular Sunday thank everyone who has kindly evening Drama Series is purely co- donated fabric, curtains, sheets, incidental! It is a tale of fortunes won hats, caps, brac-a-bric, and even and lost, of romance and fame, with lovely dresses to make sure that the tepid love scenes, semi-heroic deeds, cast are properly attired for this a quartet of ghosts (rising in number spectacular show. during the show!) and of course Sandra Gold-Wood plenty of catchy songs, sixteen in all. Well, folks it's our stated aim to YORKSHIRE DALES entertain and put the fun into fund NATIONAL PARK raising, so we hope to see you at the A wildlife website launched in 2013 by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has attracted more than 12,000 visits. Called ‘Nature in the Dales’, it is the Made to measure website of the Yorkshire Dales Skirts, Dresses, Suits, Biodiversity Forum and was created Bridal, Ball Gowns, etc. for anyone interested in wildlife and Also alterations undertaken All made to the Highest Quality by wildlife conservation in the National SHEILA SHUTTLEWORTH Park. Early on it won praise from TV Tel: 015242 - 74322 presenter and environmental Page 74 campaigner Prof David Bellamy, who described it as “a fantastic window J. E. WILKINSON onto one of the most beautiful corners BUILDING CONTRACTORS of Britain”. Quality Craftsmanship The website – at www. New Builds
Renovations natureinthedales.org.uk – is hosted Roofing
Plastering
Stonemasons by the National Park Authority, which Lime Plastering & Pointing also funded the design work, and its WINNERS content has been written and YDNP BEST BUILDING DESIGN AWARDS 2010 illustrated by a wide range of NEW BUILDING CATEGORY organisations and individuals. Tel: 015396 25531 Mob: 07989 197580 It showcases local information about 150 of the species and 14 of the The start of a New Year must have habitats found in the special inspired the leaders because every landscape of the National Park, section has included the 'Health and accompanied by 300 stunning Fitness' challenge or badge within images, many of them generously their program for the next term. The donated by local naturalists, Beavers will also be developing their landowners, visitors, academics and creativity and imagination skills while conservation professionals. the Cubs celebrate 100 Years of Cub In addition, it contains details of Scouting by designing badges to conservation projects pioneered in represent this fantastic achievement; the National Park, 18 of the best exploring their scientific places to see wildlife, the Biodiversity understanding through building Forum’s Species and Habitat Action robots, growing crystals and finding Plans and a wide range of out about the world around us and opportunities for people to get beginning to learn navigation skills to involved in looking after their natural be developed later this year. The environment. Nick Oldham Scouts meanwhile will be aiming high with some climbing and abseiling SEDBERGH SCOUTS GROUP activities planned to complement the Thank you from the Group traditional scouting skills they enjoy Sedbergh Scout Group would like to so much. thank everyone for their support and For information about joining fundraising through the Christmas Beavers, Cubs or Scouts please contact Bill Mawdsley, Trish Woof or Post. In the weeks leading up to myself (details on Page 82). Christmas Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, During term time, Beavers takes Explorers, Parents and even some place on Friday 5.30 - 6.30 and Grandparents helped to deliver nearly Scouts on a Friday 7.30 - 9.15 and 1,500 cards and raise over £300 for Cubs Tuesday 6.30 - 7.30. the group! Toby Hubbard Page 75 EDITORS NOTES COMMUNITY OFFICER REPORT Thank you for the continued support Incidents in November: of Lookaround. 20th: A Burglary was reported at a Every month, I make hundreds of Business premises in Sedbergh. a transactions and have an average of white S02 SOLARIS caravan was almost 300 e-mails and dozens of stolen along with around 8 bags of pieces of paper with information so I coal. will make an error or two. In 23rd: A Burglary was reported at December, I made a few errors. Sedbergh School. 13 victims had Page 80 saw the misspelling of laptops, I-Pods, I-Phones and cash Nela’s Surname as Guer when it stolen. Enquiries are still ongoing. should have been Geuer. Apologies Incidents in December: for this but on a monthly basis, I also 5th: On Fairholme it was reported that have my name 2 males in High Vis jackets were spelt wrong as seen looking suspicious in a vehicle. Denis, Denise, The registration was passed and Wicker or Whittaker so I officers sent to the scene. The vehicle know how you had been involved in two drive offs feel. (filling up of petrol without payment) Page 92 had in the Greater Manchester Area and the wrong Dialing at Prizet near Kendal . The vehicle Code in WW1 Casualty was then seen parked up. The driver Commemoration report but hopefully was arrested and charged with the you saw that one. offence. A good spot by one of our Also apologies for omitting the residents! Cautley Carols article which was 14th: Between £300 and £400 was submitted but missed by me and now stolen from one of the main street appears on Page 40, albeit late. shops from the staff areas. Dennis J Whicker 17th: A red VW Transporter Van, Registration Number DE05 NNM was stolen from Dent. 18th: £400 worth of damage was GRAHAM BRADLEY caused to 2 Security Lights at BUILDING & JOINERY Settlebeck School.

23: A quad bike was stolen from a

farm in Dent, this was taken out of the

Condor Barn, Dent, Cumbria LA10 5QT farm yard. Mob: 07778 874855 31st: A digger bucket was stolen from [email protected] the car park at The Moor Cock pub at Garsdale.

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Residents inspired by all the interesting things that have taken place in Sedbergh in the past few weeks.

Page 78 BED & BREAKFAST Proprietor Address Phone (015396) Mrs S Sharrocks ...... Holmecroft; Station Road, Sedbergh LA10 5DW (2013/11) ...... 20754 1D; 1T; 1S; TVL; CH; NS; NP*; P; DR Web Site: www.holmecroftbandb.co.uk Mrs A Bramall ...... Summerhill, 7 Highfield Road, Sedbergh LA10 5DH (2013/11) ...... 20360 Sleeps 6-8 3D (1ES), 1T (PB), TVL, CH, NS, DW, DR, VB, CB, DFB e-mail: [email protected] Miss S Thurlby ...... 15 Back Lane, Sedbergh LA10 5AQ (2012/12) ...... 20251 1D; 1T; TVL; CH; DW; P; DR; VB e-mail:- [email protected] Free Wi-Fi available Mrs J Hope ...... The Old Joinery, Garsdale, Sedbergh LA10 5PJ (2012/12) ...... 20309 F/D (4 poster); 1S; ES; CH; TV; P; NS; DW; CW; DR; DA; VB* e-mail: [email protected] Ms D Wood ...... Daleslea, Station Road, Sedbergh LA10 5DL (2014/06) ...... 21789 1D(ES); 2D/F(ES); TV; CH; P; NS; VB; CW Mrs S Gold-Wood ...... Number Ten Main Street, Sedbergh LA10 5BN (2013/02) ...... 21808 1D (ES); IT/F(ES); TV; NS; CH; P; CB; VB; DFB: e-mail: [email protected] Mrs J Postlethwaite ...... Bramaskew Farm, Howgill, Sedbergh LA10 5HX (2013/09) ...... 21529 1D(ES); 1T(ES); CH; TV; P; NP; Di; VB; EM; CW ------CAMPING, CARAVANNING & SELF-CATERING Sycamore Cottage, Lunds, Sedbergh LA10 5PX (2013/09) ...... 01969 667356 Sleeps 2; D; CH; TVL; P; NS; DW Mrs A Bramall ...... Summerhill, 7 Highfield Road, Sedbergh LA10 5DH (2013/11) ...... 20360 Self-Catering Sleeps 6-8 Mrs Tallentire ...... Ingmire Hall, Sedbergh (2013/02) ...... 07944 859456 D & PB Flat; £395 pcm; References & Deposit required ------KEY F = Family Rm; D = Double Rm; S = Single Rm; T = Twin Rm; ES = En Suite; PB = Private Bathroom CH = Central Heating; L = Lounge; TV = TV in all Rooms; TVL = TV Lounge; P = Parking; DA = Disabled Access; NS(B) = No Smoking (Bedrooms); NP(*) = No Pets (* by arrangement); DW = Dogs Welcome DR = Drying Room; Di = Dinners; VB = Vegetarian Breakfast; CB = Celiac Breakfast; EM = Evening Meal CW = Children Welcome; TL = Table Licence; DFB = Dairy Free Breakfast Page 79 BUS SERVICES

Sedbergh to Blackhall Rd, Kendal Blackhall Rd, Kendal to Sedbergh via Oxenholme via Oxenholme Depart Arrive Depart Arrive 0740 (C) 0817 M - F 564 GPS 0825 0858 M - F 564 GPS 0938 (H) 1010 M - F 564 W 1030 (H) 1058 M - F 564 W 1002 (C, H) 1044 M - S 564 GPS 1055 (C) 1128 M - S 564 GPS 1015 (L, H) 1045 Wed 564B W 1300 (H) 1330 (L) Wed 564B W 1050 (L) 1125 Sat 564A WDB 1330 (H) 1358 M - F 564 W 1238 (H) 1310 M - F 564 W 1405 (C, H) 1443 M - S 564 GPS 1425 (H) 1500 (L) Sat 564A WDB 1310 (C) 1347 M - S 564 GPS 1625 (C) 1658 M - S 564 GPS 1545 1620 M - S 564 GPS Kirkby Stephen to Sedbergh Sedbergh to Kirkby Stephen 0705 0740 M - F 564 GPS 0855 (L) 0932 M - F 564 GPS 0935 1002 M - S 564 GPS 1125 (L) 1202 M - S 564 GPS 1235 1310 M - S 564 GPS 1440 (L) 1505 M - S 564 GPS 1510 1545 M - S 564 GPS 1655 (L) 1732 M - S 564 GPS Kirkby Lonsdale to Sedbergh Sedbergh to Kirkby Lonsdale 1215 1248 (L) Thu 567A W 0945 (L) 1018 Thu 567A W Dent Station to Dent Sedbergh to Dent 0950 (CG) 1000 Wed 548B W 0825 0840 Sat 564A WDB 0910 0925 Sat 564A WDB 1330 1345 Wed 564B W 1020 1035 Sat 564A WDB 1500 1515 Sat 564A WDB 1615 1630 Sat 564A WDB 1650 1705 Sat 564A WDB 1740 1755 Sat 564A WDB 1840 # 1855 Sat 564A WDB 1930 # 1945 Sat 564A WDB Dent to Dent Station Dent to Sedbergh 0840 0855 Sat 564A WDB 1000 1015 Wed 548B W 0950 1005 Sat 564A WDB 1035 1050 (L) Sat 564A WDB 1345 1355 CG Wed 564B W 1630 1645 Sat 564A WDB 1515 1530 Sat 564A WDB 1755 1810 Sat WDB 1705 1720 Sat 564A WDB 1945 # 2000 Sat WDB 1855 # 1910 Sat 564A WDB Last Update: June 2013 L = Sedbergh Library H = Via Westmorland General Hospital (Request Only) C = Via Kendal College CG = Cowgill W = Woof’s of Sedbergh WDB = Western Dales Bus GPS = Grand Prix # = British Summer Time Only Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the times shown are up to date, they can change at short notice. All times from Sedbergh are from and to For Comprehensive up-to-date information ring :- Thorns Bank unless stated (L) Traveline 0871 200 22 33 (Open : 7am - 8pm Daily) Page 80 Dent Station Western Dales Bus Saturday Service 564A Train connection From Leeds 1016 1611 1923 Train connection From Carlisle 0905 1732 1920 Buses leaving Dent Station 0910 1020 1615 1740 1930

Buses Arriving Dent Station 0855 1005 1530 1720 1910 Train connection To Carlisle 1016 1611 1923 Train connection To Leeds 0905 1040 1540 1732 1920

Page 81 Organisation Update Contact Tel: 015396 Age UK South Lakeland 08/13 Mrs Greensmith 01539 728180 Allotments Association - Dent 02/14 Mrs Owen Dent: 25505 Allotments Association - Sedbergh 02/09 Mr Atkins Sed: 20031 Angling Association 01/09 Mr Wright Dent: 25533 Art Society - Sedbergh 09/08 Mrs Leigh Sed: 20794 Badminton - Sedbergh 10/08 Mr Wheatley 07816 437500 Beaver Scouts 03/13 Mrs Woof 07890 302038 Beekeepers Association 01/09 Mrs Whitton 015242 72004 Bell Ringers (StAS) * 02/14 Mrs Sharrocks Sed: 20754 Birdwatching 02/09 Mrs Foott Dent: 25453 Book Group 01/09 Mrs Dodds Sed: 20308 Bowling Club - Queen’s Gardens 01/09 Mr Killops Sed: 20279 Bridge Club 01/09 Mr Estensen Sed: 21060 British Legion 12/08 Mrs Pease Sed: 21575 Canoe Club - Sedbergh 01/09 Mr Hinson Sed: 20118 Caving Club - Kendal 01/09 Mr Teal Sed: 20721 Chamber of Trade 12/12 Mrs Sayner Sed: 20935 Chameleons Drama Club 01/09 Mrs Bush Sed: 20058 Christian Aid 01/09 Mrs Hannam Sed: 20897 Conservative Association - Sedbergh 01/09 Mr Beck Sed: 20336 Cricket Club - Dent 01/09 Mr Hyde Dent: 25503 Cricket Club - Sedbergh 01/09 Mr Hoggarth 01539 731140 Cub Scouts * 02/14 Mr Hubbard Sed: 20028 Cumbria Wildlife Trust 01/09 Mrs Garnett Sed: 21138 Dentdale Choir 11/13 Mr Steele Dent: 25054 Dent Memorial Hall 01/09 Mrs McClurg Dent 25446 Dentdale Players 01/09 Mr Duxbury Dent 25535 Dent School - Friends of 03/13 School Dent: 25259 Dog Training - Sedbergh 01/09 Mrs Robertshaw Sed: 20316 Farfield Mill Arts & Heritage Centre 12/10 Ms Last Sed: 21958 Firbank Church Hall 09/11 Mr Woof Sed: 21343 Fire Service (Tuesday Evenings) 01/09 Mr Packham Sed: 20302 First Responders - Dent 01/09 Mrs Pilgrim Dent: 25589 Football Club - Dent 01/09 Mrs Mitchell Dent: 25432 Football Club - Sedbergh 06/09 Mr Kirby Sed: 21214 Gala Group - Sedbergh 06/13 Mr Kernahan Sed: 20733 Garsdale Village Hall 01/09 Mrs Scarr Sed: 20502 Golf Club 12/08 Mr Gardner Sed: 21551 Good Companions - Dent 01/09 Mrs Woof Dent: 25275 Help Tibet Northern Branch 01/09 Mrs Howarth Sed: 20090 History Society 01/09 Mr Cann Sed: 20771 Howgill’s Harmony 01/09 Mr Burbidge Sed: 21166 Howgill Harriers 03/11 Mrs Shuttleworth Sed: 20907 Howgill Toddlers 01/09 Mrs Alderson Sed: 22050 Howgill Village Hall 01/09 Mrs Stainton Sed: 20665 Page 82 Kent Lune Trefoil Guild * 12/13 Mrs Gilfellon 01524 781907 Killington Parish Hall 08/13 Mr Mather 015242 76333 Killington Sailing Association 12/08 Dr Ripley Sed: 21101 Ladies National Farmers Union 12/11 Mrs Sandys-Clarke Sed: 21246 Liberal Democrats 12/08 Mrs Minnitt 015242 72520 Lunch Club 11/10 Miss Gladstone Sed: 20438 Methodist Church Hall 01/09 Mrs Jackson Sed: 20530 Over 60’s - Dent 02/09 Mrs Burrow Dent: 25203 Parent Support Group 01/09 Mrs Goad Sed: 20402 Parish Council - Dent 07/12 Mr Stephenson Sed: 21487 Parish Council - Garsdale 01/09 Mrs Donaldson 07967 972160 Parish Council - Sedbergh 10/08 Mr Robertshaw 01539 730597 People’s Hall 01/09 SOS Sed: 20788 Pepperpot Club - Sedbergh 01/09 Mrs Smith Sed 21196 Pistol and Rifle Club 01/09 Mr Middlemiss Sed: 20662 Playground - Sedbergh 10/09 Mrs Rice Sed: 22100 Playgroup - Sedbergh 01/09 Mrs Gunning Sed: 20226 Playing Field - Sedbergh 10/09 Mr Longlands Sed: 20885 Pulse Gym 03/10 Mrs Gold-Wood Sed: 21808 Red Squirrel Group - Sedbergh 02/09 Mrs Foott Dent: 25453 Residents Association - Sedbergh 01/09 Mrs Capstick Sed: 20816 Scouts 01/09 Mr Mawdsley Sed: 20723 Settlebeck High School P.T.F.A. 01/09 Mrs Storey Sed: 21593 Sight Advice South Lakeland 12/10 Mrs Levitt Dent: 25162 South Lakeland Carers Association 01/09 Mrs Woof Dent: 25212 Squash Club 09/10 Mr Thomson Sed: 21747 Swimming Club 01/09 Mrs Thexton Sed: 20574 Tennis Club 01/09 Mr Robinson Sed: 21014 Town Band 01/09 Mrs Waters Sed: 20457 Toy Library 11/09 Mrs Osborne 015242 61029 White Hart Sports and Social Club 01/09 The Committee Sed: 20773 United Reformed Church Rooms 01/09 Mrs Haworth Sed: 20428 Westmorland Gazette Correspondent 01/09 Mrs Gold-Wood Sed: 21808 Women’s Institute - Dentdale 02/11 Mrs Smith Dent: 25688 Women’s Institute - Howgill 04/13 Mrs Hoggarth 01539 824663 Women’s Institute - Killington 01/09 Mrs Sharrocks Sed: 20754 Women’s Institute - Sedbergh 12/13 Mrs Kernahan Sed: 20733 Young Cumbria 01/09 Mrs Hartley 01524 781177 Young Farmers Club 12/09 Mrs Wilson Sed: 20238 Young Kidz 01/09 Mrs Baines Sed: 21287 Zebra’s Baby & Toddler Group 08/12 Ms Gardner Sed: 20570 * = Latest Amendments If there are any Groups missing and/or contact details are incorrect, please supply details to the Lookaround Office Page 83 CHURCH SERVICES FEBRUARY St. Andrew’s 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 8.00 am HC BCP HC BCP HC BCP HC BCP Family 10.30 am HC BCP Sunday School HC CW Service 6.30 pm EP EP EP EP

Wednesday 5th 12th 19th 26th

11.15 HC HC HC HC

St. Mark’s 2nd 9th 16th 23rd

9.30 am HC MP HC

2.30 pm M&P

St. John’s 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 2pm 10.00 am Ecum HC HC MP HC Low Smithy LUNE PARISH SERVICES 2nd 9th 16th 23rd Holy Trinity Church Closed February & March Howgill St John’s 10.30 am 2.00 pm 2.00 pm 2.00 pm Firbank MP HC HC HC All Saints @ Killington @ Firbank @ Killington @ Firbank Killington DENT & COWGILL PARISH SERVICES 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 10.30 am 10.30 am 10.30 am 10.30 am St. Andrew’s HC HC * HC United Communion 9.00 am 2.30pm Service @ St. John’s HC EP Dent Methodist Church worship@peopleshall 2nd People’s Hall 1030 HC = Holy Communion SS = Sunday School BCP = Book of Common Prayer MP/EP = Morning Prayer/Evening Prayer CW = Common Worship M&P = Meditation & Prayer PC = Parish Communion Page 84NSV = New Sedbergh Version Religious Services in Sedbergh CHURCH OF ENGLAND Enquiries for the following services, St. Andrew’s Parish Church please ring the relevant telephone number Sunday 08.00, 10.30 & 18.30 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Wednesday 11.15 CHURCH OF ENGLAND Cautley & Garsdale Rev. A. McMullon Tel: 20018 Rev. A. McMullon Tel: 20018 Church Wardens: Church Wardens: Tony Reed Screen 21081 Cautley: Judith Bush 20058 & Susan Sharrocks 20754 & Linda Hopkins 21455 www.sedbergh.org.uk/churches/anglican Garsdale: Mary Grant 20573 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ & Bill Mawdsley 20723 ROMAN CATHOLIC Firbank: Colin Wilson 20952 St. Andrew’s Parish Church & Jean Dixon 20435 Sunday 12.00 Howgill: Mary Stainton 20426 Holy Days 19.30 & Dorothy Parker 20493 Killington: Jennifer Thornely 20444 Rev. Dr. P. Campbell Tel: 20918 & John Mather 015242 76333 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ METHODIST CHURCH Dent & Cowgill New Street Rev. P. Boyles Tel: 25226 Sunday 10.30 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Rev. H. Stuteley Tel: 20329 METHODIST CHURCH ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dent; Dent Foot; UNITED REFORMED CHURCH Cautley; Fell End; Main Street Garsdale Street; Garsdale Low Smithy; Hawes Junction & Frostrow Sunday 10.30 Rev. H. Stuteley 20329 Rev. C. Marsden Tel: 22030 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ SEDBERGH CHRISTIAN CENTRE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS 5.30 pm People’s Hall every Sunday QUAKERS Tel: 20588 or 20503 Brigflatts www.sedberghchristiancentre.co.uk Sunday 10.30 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tess & Philip Satchell Tel: 20005 worship@peopleshall ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 10:30 am 1st Sunday each month Beth & Sandy Roy Tel: 20785 DENTDALE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UNITARIAN & FREE CHRISTIAN CHAPEL Rhumes, Dent LA10 5QJ Market Place, Kendal Every 4th Sunday 1900 Sunday 11.00 Sarah Woof Tel: 25212 Wednesday 19.30 Rev. G. Jones Tel: 01539 722079

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Single Column x 1" = £7.50 All enquiries to Single Column x 2" = £10.00 Single Column x 3" = £12.50 13 Kings Yard, Sedbergh LA10 5BJ Single Column x 4" = £15.00 Adverts by 15th of every month. Double Column x 2" = £15.00 Double Column x 3" = £20.00 Can all adverts please be Double Column x 4" = £25.00 accompanied with the correct money B & B and Camp-sites = £2.00 at the time of submission. Personal & Small Ads = £1.00 Postal per month = £2.00 Articles etc. by 19th of every month Postal Overseas = £4.00 Last Price Update August 1999. Page 85 DIARY OF EVENTS Dates are held up to 17th December 2014 FEBRUARY 17 St Patrick’s Day 1 1000 Dutch Exhibition till 21/04 (25) FM 19 1000 Coffee Morning Christian Aid URCR 1 1900 Flicks in the Fells - Gravity PH 19 1930 HS High Bank House, Barbon SSAT 5 1930 HS Lakeland Architecture (19) SSAT 19 1930 DMH AGM DMH 6 1930 WIH Cumbrians in the Arctic FCH 20 1300 Medical Centre Closed for Training (59) MC 7 1330 Dent Over 60’s History of Lookaround DMH 20 1900 Turnabout Abbey (61) PH 7 1930 Killington Sports Domino Drive KVH 21 1900 Turnabout Abbey (61) PH 8 1000 Garage Sale (8) Winfield Road 22 1000 Pepperpot Coffee Morning URCR 10 1700 SS Swimming Pool Facility (32) PH 22 1430 Turnabout Abbey (61) PH 11 1400 WIK Salvation Army PH 22 1900 HS AGM SSAT 11 1700 SSAT Senior Citizens Concert (11) SSAT 22 1900 Turnabout Abbey (61) PH 11 1930 FCH Domino Drive FCH 26 1000 Coffee Morning Utd Ref Church URCR 12 1930 WIS Missed Cues SMC 26 1930 Wildlife & Environmental Policing SSAT 13 1930 Calendar Girls (1) PH 29 1200 Spring Show CANCELLED 14 St Valentine’s Day 29 1930 PH Dance PH 14 1900 Bingo Night (14) WHC 29 1930 A Night in Venice (40) StAD 14 1930 Calendar Girls (1) PH 30 Clocks March Forward 15 1930 Calendar Girls (1) PH 30 Mothering Sunday 17 1930 Domino Drive GVH APRIL 19 1930 HS Treasure Trove of Memories (19) SSAT 1 1000 Dutch Exhibition till 21/04 (25) FM 20 1930 Calendar Girls (1) Staveley 2 1000 Coffee Morning NW Cancer URCR 21 1930 Domino Drive KVH 3 1930 WIH Hearing Dogs FCH 21 1930 Calendar Girls (1) Staveley 5 1900 Flicks in the Fells PH 22 1930 Calendar Girls (1) Staveley 8 1400 WIK “Holhirdiana” PH 26 1930 CWT Wild Shetland SSAT 9 1000 Coffee Morning Ladies NFU URCR 26 1930 Sedbergh Anglers AGM SS 9 1930 WIS The Lost Community of Mardale PH 26 1930 NWA Concerts (*) APH 13 Palm Sunday 24 1930 FCH AGM FCH 16 1000 Coffee Morning Garsdale Village Hall URCR 27 1930 Sedbergh Bowling Club AGM (27) WHC 17 Maundy Thursday 28 1930 Tattie Pie Supper & Domino Drive HVH 18 Good Friday MARCH 21 Easter Monday 1 St David’s Day 21 1000 Dutch Exhibition Ends FM 1 1000 Dutch Exhibition till 21/04 (25) FM 23 St George’s Day 1 1900 Flicks in the Fells PH 23 1000 Coffee Morning StAS Mission URCR 4 Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day 26 1930 PH Dance PH 5 1000 Coffee Morning Rose Theatre URCR 30 1000 Coffee Morning - WIS URCR 5 1930 Tennis Club AGM (32) Bull Hotel 30 1930 CWT Mountains in the Sea SSAT 5 1930 HS Transport over Shap Fell SSAT 30 1930 Town Band Concert StJCG 6 1930 WIH A Career in Ruins HVH MAY 6 1945 Musical Coincidences (71) StAS 1 1930 WIH Guiding at Dalemain HVH 11 1400 WIK So you think you can stitch? PH 3 1900 Flicks in the Fells PH 11 1930 FCH Domino Drive FCH 5 May Day 12 1000 Coffee Morning Town Band URCR 7 1000 Coffee Morn Dent & Sed Oral Society URCR 12 1930 WIS Singing my Travels PH 12-15 Christian Aid Week URCR 16 1930 NWA Concerts (*) APH 13 1400 WIK Resolutions PH

The S & D Lookaround is edited, published & distributed monthly by Dennis & Jacky Whicker and is printed by Stramongate Press. The content of The Lookaround does not reflect the views of the Editors. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that information is correct, the Editors cannot accept any responsibility for any inconvenience caused through errors or omissions. Copies are available from Sedbergh Office Services, Green Door, Premier, Howgills Bakery, Post Office, Dent Stores & Barbon Inn. Page 86 1 1000 Coffee Morning Firbank Church URCR 2 1930 WIH AGM & WI Advisor COVER PICTURE 4 1900 Flicks in the Fells PH Entrance to Dentdale from Sedbergh 7 1400 WIK Sing! Penguin! Sing! PH By Dennis J Whicker 8 1000 Coffee Morning Utd Ref Church URCR 8 1930 WIS Decorating a Sponge Cake PH 11 0930 MS Table Top Sale PH 14 1000 Coffee Morning Christian Aid URCR 15 1000 Coffee Morning Christian Aid URCR 14 1930 WIS Resolutions & Jacobs Join PH 18 1400 Jumble Sale PH 16 SIA Great British Fish & Chips Event 18 1930 PH Dance PH 17 1200 Sedbergh Gala Sedbergh 22 1000 Coffee Morning Bowling Club URCR 19 1930 WI Group Meeting PH 26 Clocks Fall Back 21 1000 Coffee Morning TBA URCR 29 1000 Coffee Morning Garsdale Church URCR 26 Spring Bank Holiday 31 Halloween 28 1000 Coffee Morning TBA URCR JUNE DIARY KEY 1 - 15 Music Festival Sedbergh APH = Appleby Public Hall 4 1000 Coffee Morning Howgill WI URCR BF = Brigflatts 4 1930 Town Band Concert StAS BVH = Barbon Village Hall 5 1930 WIH Jubilee Flotilla FCH CDC = Community Development Centre 7 1900 Flicks in the Fells PH CO = Community Office, Main Street 10 1400 WIK Trees PH CTiS = Churches Together in Sedbergh 11 1000 Coffee Morning Garsdale Church URCR CWS = Craftworkshop 61 Main Street 11 1930 WIS Lumps, Bumps & Wobbly Bits PH CWT = Cumbria Wildlife Trust 16 Father’s Day DCMH = Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes 18 1000 Coffee Morning WIK URCR DCP = Dent Car Park 21 1930 PH Dance PH 25 1000 Coffee Morning Firbank Church URCR DMH = Dent Memorial Hall JULY DMS = Dent Methodist Schoolroom 2 1000 Coffee Morning Utd Ref Church URCR FCH = Firbank Church Hall 3 1930 WIH Members Evening HVH FM = Farfield Mill 9 1900 Town Band Concert Country Harvest GVH = Garsdale Village Hall 8 1400 WIK Outing to Howarth PH MC = Medical Centre 9 1000 Coffee Morning Middleton Church URCR MiddC = Middleton Church 9 1930 WIS Wedding Myths & Magic PH HS = History Society 16 1000 Coffee Morning TBA URCR HVH = Howgill Village Hall 23 1000 Coffee Morning TBA URCR IRC = Information Resource Centre 30 1000 Coffee Morning Garsdale Village Hall URCR JLCP = Joss Lane Car Park AUGUST KLI = Kirkby Lonsdale Institute 6 1000 Coffee Morning Howgill Church URCR KVH = Killington Village Hall 7 1930 WIH Laughter, the best medicine FCH 13 1000 Coffee Morning StAS Mission URCR L = Library, Main Street 13 WIS Summer Outing LHCP = Loftus Hill Car Park 20 1000 Coffee Morning NW Cancer URCR PH = People’s Hall 25 August Bank Holiday RD = Rhumes, Dent 27 1000 Coffee Morning Beekeepers URCR SASL = Sight Advice South Lakeland SEPTEMBER SMC(R) = Sed. Methodist Church (Room) 3 1000 Coffee Morning Garsdale Church URCR StAS/D = St Andrew’s Church, Sedbergh/Dent 4 1930 WIH Ladies of Holker HVH StJCG = St John’s Church, Garsdale 6 1900 Flicks in the Fells PH SHQ = Scout Headquartes 9 1400 WIK Nurture your Artistic Talent PH SSAT = Settlebeck School Academy Trust 10 1000 Coffee Morning - A&LP Lookaround URCR SS = Sedbergh School 10 1930 WIS Makeover Magic PH STO = Sedbergh Tourist Office, Main Street 14 Town Band @ Hardrow Festival Hardrow URC(R) = United Reformed Church (Rooms) 17 1000 Coffee Morning Town Band URCR WID = Women’s Institute, Dentdale 17 1930 Town Band Concert MiddC 24 1000 Coffee Morning TBA URCR WIH = Women’s Institute, Howgill OCTOBER WIK = Women’s Institute, Killington WIS = Women’s Institute, Sedbergh Page 87 PUBLIC INFORMATION

DENTAL SURGERY Sedbergh Medical Practice Main Street 20626 Ben Houghton, Ian Dawson, Wendy Thompson, 01539 718191 Dawn Douglas & Sarah Boum (Hygenist)

Monday to Friday 0900 - 1700 01539 718191 (Option 1) 24hr Prescription line Saturday * Surgery and Dispensary Opening Hours SEDBERGH LIBRARY Main Street 20186 Monday 1700 - 1900 Monday – Friday 8am – 6.30pm Wednesday 1000 - 1230 1400 - 1700 (Doors open at 8.15am) Friday 1400 - 1700 Saturday 1000 - 1230 Doctors Clinics DENT LIBRARY Main Street 01539 713520 Tuesday 0900 - 1900 Monday – Friday Saturday 0900 - 1400 SEDBERGH TOURIST OFFICE Open Surgery – 8.30am – 10.00am Main Street 20125 (No appointment necessary) Open Monday to Saturday 1000 - 1600 Late Morning – 10.30am -12.30pm (By appointment only) Sunday 1200 to 1600 Afternoon – 2.30pm – 6pm www.sedbergh.org.uk/booktown/dlbc.html (By appointment only) COMMUNITY OFFICE 20504 Monday to Friday 1000 to 1600 Surgery by appointment only – Thursday 1000 to 1300 Early Morning Tuesday & Thursday e-mail: [email protected] Late evening Monday & Tuesday www.sedbergh.org.uk RURAL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU Dent Surgery by appointment only - Monday There are no local facilities www.cabsouthlakeland.org.uk/ Practice Nurses Clinics PENSION SERVICE SURGERY

Stricklandgate House every Tuesday 1400 - 1600 Monday – Friday – 8.30am -6pm 01539 795000 or 0845 6060265 (By appointment only) Age UK SL @ Community Office Baby Immunisations/Travel Clinic – Wednesday 1st Wednesday every month afternoons (By appointment only) 10 am to 12 noon Dressings Clinic – Friday afternoons 01539 742627 (By appointment only) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Settlebeck Cottage Tel: 21031 Blood clinic www.sedberghcdc.org.uk POLICE Monday – Thursday – 8.20am – 12pm 101 or 999 (By appointment only) PUBLIC TOILETS

Please telephone the surgery to make Main Street, Sedbergh appointments for all the above clinics. Main Street, Dent VETERINARY SURGERY See our website www.sedberghmp.nhs.uk 14 Long Lane for further details 015396 20335 (including emergencies) Mr N. Preston & Mr J. Bramley When we are closed please contact Dispensary Monday to Friday 0900 - 1300 CHOC 03000 247 247 or 999 if appropriate 1400 - 1700

Consultations Monday to Friday 0900 - 1000 * Collinge Optometrist Friday only 1400 - 1500 * 0900 to 1300 by appointment only. Other times by appointment only * MARKET DAY WEDNESDAY HALF-DAY CLOSING THURSDAY