Capon Tree Veterinary Centre
24 hour emergency service We aim to provide the highest standard of professional veterinary care with dedicated and caring personnel – in a friendly environment
Call: 016977 2318 www.capontreevets.co.uk [email protected]
The Village News
Please mention The Village News if you are Spring Edition using one of our advertisers.
Advertise Here March – May 2019 Reasonable Rates Covering Farlam, Milton, Kirkhouse, Contact the Editor - [email protected] ForestHead, Hallbankgate, Coal Fell, Tindale and Midgeholme
Hello and welcome to the Spring edition of The Village News. FARLAM CHURCH PLANT AND BOOK FAIR nd This 2 edition of our new format Village News covers the period March to SUNDAY 19TH MAY 2019 May, and we’d like to thank all those who have come back to us with positive feedback on the 1st edition. As we said, we aim to make this publication what you want it to be, and again invite you to submit articles and information that you would like us to share with those who live locally. This quarter we have asked our local advertisers to tell us a bit more about themselves and their businesses. To any new, potential advertisers out there, we extend the same offer, and for £25 you can have 12 months exposure in your local community, which does provide positive business results. Church service 10am We have included the first excerpt from Betty Dixon’s excellent History of Hallbankgate, which covers the local history of the parish over the Plant and Book Sale 11.30am to 1.30pm centuries and is packed with interesting facts, figures and insights of what went on in the past. We will be including sections of this over the coming months, and would welcome any other material others may have on local Come and join us for this annual fund raiser in aid of Farlam events over the centuries. Parish Church in Kirkhouse. For our next edition, we’d like to include a buy and sell section for our Plenty of plants and veg. to choose from, with a sale of cookery readers. If you have an item that you are looking to buy or sell between and gardening books, a raffle and café serving teas, coffee and £10 and £100 ONLY, then send us the brief details of the item along with a cakes, plus cakes for sale. contact name and a phone/email details. Please make it clear if you are looking to buy a particular item, or you have something to sell. If you’re For more information, see article on the event in this edition. having a bit of a clear out at this time of the year, we’d welcome your donations of any books on cooking or gardening for the Plant Fair (more details inside this edition). Farlam Parish Trust The next Trust meeting is on Wednesday 13th March at 6.45pm in As before, you can continue to contact us at: Hallbankgate Village Hall. Grant applications must be received one week prior to the trust [email protected] with any news, views or articles for meeting. Application forms can be downloaded from the Parish the next issue in Summer 2019, which will be hitting your doorsteps in Council website: June. Deadline date for this information is May 18th. www.farlamparishcouncil.com/Trust%20Application%20Form.pdf
Look forward to hearing from you For further information please contact the Trust Administrator Mr C Raine – [email protected] Paul and Claire Skeates, Kirkhouse.
Farlam Parish Council Benefice Page for March to May 2019 Eden, Gelt & Irthing Team Ministry Council elections MID-WEEK SILENT MEDITATION This year marks the start of another four year term for the Parish Council; Tuesdays in term time in Hayton Church: 9.30 – 10am elections are due in May. Will you consider putting your name forward?
Nomination forms will be available in mid-March from the Clerk of the NIGHT LIGHT MEETINGS council at the Brampton Parish council office in Craw Hall, Brampton. The The Night Light groups now meet fortnightly: first day for the receipt of nominations will be Monday 18th March and papers must be submitted to the returning officer in Carlisle no later than Juniors (years 4, 5 and 6) at Brampton Methodist Church 6 – 7.15pm. 4pm on Wednesday 3rd April. Being a Parish Councilor is not an onerous Seniors (secondary school ages) at the Green Door Centre 7.30 – task – we have just six meetings a year – but it is an essential part of local 9pm. government. As a councillor you will share responsibility for a variety of Dates for both groups: 1st March; 15th March; 29th March. aspects of Parish life, including setting the Parish precept. The minutes of all meetings (available on our website) give more details of the types of For further details contact Edward 01228 670 248 decisions made. or [email protected]
Parish precept 2019-20 HELP LINES
A precept increase was agreed at an increase of 20% which will equate to Victim Support approximately an increase of 50p per month for a Band D household. Including info. and advice for those affected by domestic violence Other bands will increase proportionately. An above inflation increase is Help line: 0300 3033 797 / 0300 3033 979 necessary as we are still affected by the historic low due to subsidy from Email: [email protected] Thompson’s quarry at Silver top, which the council no longer receives. Childline Counselling: 08001111
Dog Waste Samaritans: Free phone 116 123
There have been a number of instances recently of dog waste not being Farm Community Network: 07002 326326 picked up. This has been particularly along Park Terrace in Hallbankgate and in Kirkhouse but also in other parts of the parish. THE GATHERING rd th Please can we ask all dog owners to pick up any waste then dispose of the 3pm Sundays 3 March & 7 April in the Green Door Centre, bag appropriately. Dog waste should be placed in grey bins, never in Brampton (by the United Reformed Church). An informal gathering for green bins, and never simply left in places where it will not rot down. fellowship and exploring the Christian faith through discussion and reflection. All ages welcome – there is a group for children too. Unfortunately it is not possible for the Parish Council to provide and empty special dog waste bins, so please follow the simple rules above to keep our parish clean. Thank you. For further details of any of the above contact Edward 01228 670 248 or [email protected] LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES AND EVENTS Brampton Local History Group March 2019 to May 2019 Covering a wide range of local interest topics, these talks are given by local experts and you will always learn something new about the area. The group meets on the 3rd Thursday each month at 7.30pm at rd SUNDAY 3 ST MARTIN’S 10am United Benefice Brampton Community Centre. MARCH BRAMPTON Service (Holy Comm) Revd Edward Johnsen Here is a list of talks for the next 3 months: ASH HAYTON 7.30pm Holy Communion WEDNESDAY CHURCH BCP (Ashing optional) Revd 6th MARCH Edward Johnsen 21st March: Stone Circles in Cumbria th SUNDAY 10 TALKIN 9.15am Village Service th MARCH CHURCH Lay led 18 April: The Border Regiment SUNDAY 17th ST THOMAS A 10am Holy Communion 16th May: Lanercost Priory MARCH BECKET FARLAM Revd J. Murray SUNDAY 24th TALKIN 9.15am Holy Communion MARCH CHURCH Bishop Peter Ramsden SUNDAY 31st TALKIN 11am Holy Communion MARCH CHURCH (coffee from 10.30am) Revd P and H M Ferguson MOTHERING Janice Murray SUNDAY New and Used Cars th SUNDAY 7 TALKIN 9.15am Village Service APRIL CHURCH Lay led SUNDAY 14th TALKIN 11am Holy Communion Quality new and used cars, servicing and MOT APRIL PALM CHURCH (coffee from 10.30am) Revd SUNDAY Edward Johnsen Fell View Garage, Hallbankgate THlURSDAY 18th TALKIN 7.30pm Liturgy of Maundy APRIL MAUNDY CHURCH Thursday. Revd Edward THURSDAY Johnsen FRIDAY 19th LANERCOST 2pm– 3pm Good Friday Call: 016977 46244 APRIL GOOD PRIORY Service Revd Angela Hughes FRIDAY www.phmferguson.co.uk SUNDAY 21st ST THOMAS A 11am Holy Communion APRIL EASTER BECKET FARLAM Revd Janice Murray [email protected] DAY SUNDAY 28th ST MARTIN’S 10am Confirmation Service APRIL BRAMPTON Bishop James Bell SUNDAY 5th MAY TALKIN 9.15am Village Service CHURCH Lay led SUNDAY 12th TALKIN 11am Holy Communion MAY CHURCH Revd Edward Johnsen
th Hallbankgate WI SUNDAY 19 MAY ST THOMAS A 10am Holy BECKET FARLAM Communion
Revd Janice Murray Programme 2019: FOLLOWED BY
PLANT FAIR Thursday 28th March – Ian Kidd: “Carrs Biscuits” SUNDAY 26th MAY TALKIN 9.15am Holy
CHURCH Communion Thursday 25th April – Kate Lishman: “Circle of Life” Revd Janice Murray
Thursday 23rd May – Hazel Stephenson: “Land Girls”
Meetings are held in Hallbankgate Village Hall at 7.30pm.
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING: ______th 7pm Thursday 4 April 2019, in Farlam ‘Gardening for the Soul’ Church This meeting is held to elect the PCC and to report on the life of the Monday mornings, 10-12 parish church over the previous twelve months. All residents of the parish are welcome to the first (and very brief) part of the meeting (the St Thomas a Becket Church, Kirkhouse Annual Meeting of Parishioners – traditionally known as the Vestry Meeting), at which churchwardens are elected. The APCM proper follows, reports are given, and those on the ecclesiastical Electoral From Monday 4th March 2019 we are starting a new community ‘Garden Roll elect members of the PCC. Club’ which will give those in the parish (and perhaps beyond?) a chance to get together and mix socially.
We’ll do a BIT of gardening, a BIT of chatting, a LOT of getting to know Farlam Festive Craft Fair Update each other AND we’ll have a bit of a snack LUNCH afterwards! You are welcome to join us every week …or once a month… or whenever you wish. The total amount raised at the Festive Craft Fair 2018 is £2,482.38. This amount is slightly down on the previous year by just £39.14. So, why not come along and give us a try, sharing your expertise with others or learning something new from them and find out what we will be If anyone would like to help with the 2019 Fair or apply to have a stall, doing? There will always be something you can do – either big or small. please contact Penny Raine on 016977 46107
All you need to bring is some light hand tools and a LOT of enthusiasm!
Forgiveness Save the date!
On Maundy Thursday the Church remembers the story of Jesus washing Hallbankgate Village Hall the feet of the Twelve. It happens the night of the Last Supper, the night Curry night that Jesus is to be betrayed by Judas. The next day he is crucified. Sometimes what we read between the lines of scripture can be almost as Saturday 6th July significant as what we read in them. For as Jesus washes his disciples’ Details to follow in the next Village news feet, he must be washing Judas’ feet too. In humility he kneels before the man who is to betray him to a cruel death. This is an act of forgiveness that powerfully witnesses to the integrity of all the teaching Jesus gave about forgiveness throughout his ministry. Geltsdale Decorators Could we ever picture ourselves washing the feet of those who’d harm us? Professional Painters and Decorators We live in a world where Gospel forgiveness is scandalous. The actor Liam Neeson has recently admitted violent and racist anger in his younger days. He has expressed not just his utter rejection of those vile feelings now, but Fully Qualified and Insured also said he was ashamed of them just a week after they rose up in him. But the wave of condemnation for him has not just been directed at the Free estimates Liam Neeson who felt those things back then, but at the man as he is now. St Paul, who before his own conversion connived in the murder of 20 years’ experience Christians, would presumably get similarly short shrift. It is so hard for human nature to believe in and embrace the radically Call: 07724286973 transformative power of forgiveness and redemption. www.geltsdaledecorators.com The narrative of Jesus’ passion in Holy Week, and his words from the cross: “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do,” reveal to us the depths of forgiveness in the heart of God, a forgiveness offered to us all. ______The forgiveness that is offered to us is also asked of us. In every church service, and in our private prayer, again and again we pray “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” CHAMBERS DORA A question to ponder in Lent: How much do we truly desire to receive forgiveness? The answer is probably – to the degree that we are prepared Sadly, Dora, aged 95 years, of Tindale Fell, Brampton, died peacefully to forgive those who harm us, and to hope, pray and act for their good – whatever that may truly be. at home on 14th December 2018. Beloved wife of the late Wilf. Edward Johnsen She will be fondly remembered by all.
Brampton Film Club This award winning club shows around 20 films a year, with a mixture of international hits, foreign language, classic and children’s. Membership is £6 a year from point of joining, which gives you reduced admission of £4 for each film, and a card that gives you your 7th film free when you have seen 6. Non-members can come and enjoy a film for £6. Accompanied children aged 16 and under pay £2 All films take place at Brampton Community Centre on a Saturday evening at 7.30pm, and full details can be seen on the club’s website www.bramptonfilmclub.org Films for the next 3 months
20th April: ‘Peter Rabbit’ - not quite Beatrix Potter, but great fun all the ______same 11th May: ‘In Between’ - a different life for a Palestinian woman. Local Choirs French, with subtitles We are blessed with a number of excellent choirs in the locality, who 1st June: ‘The Happy Prince’ - the last days of Oscar Wilde, with perform a wide variety of works in local venues, and fully deserve our Rupert Everett support. Upcoming events that I’m aware of include Brampton Chamber Choir: Ross Farrimond th Easter concert: Saturday 13 April - 7.30 pm at Lanercost Priory Garden Maintenance Summer concert: Friday 12th July - 7.30 pm at St Barnabas' Church, Carlisle Garden Maintenance, Grass cutting, Strimming, Hedge Trimming, Shed and Fence Staining, Pressure Washing
Logs/kindling for sale Check out the Wordsworth Singers events on www.wordsworthsingers.org.uk for information on their latest concerts Call Ross on 0753429570 If you’re a local choir and would like to promote your event, then please send in your details to us for June 2019 and beyond events. [email protected]
th Brampton Walkers are Welcome Sunday 9 June – Hallbankgate Open Gardens – 1-3pm
th Saturday 6th July – Curry Night, Hallbankgate Village Hall (more Guided Walk: Hayton Circular. Sunday 10 March 2019 details in next Village News) An easy walk over lovely fields and quiet roads. Friday 12th July 12 – Summer Concert, Brampton Chamber Choir 7.30 We walk from Hayton Church to How Mill Station, Cowran and pm at St Barnabas' Church, Carlisle Greenwell. Continuing along lonnings and Thieves Street we return to Hayton Church via Hayton Town Head.
6 miles of fairly level walking. LENT COURSE Meet at the Moot Hall at 10 a.m. or at Hayton Church at 10.15 a.m. for the start of the walk. Bring a packed lunch and a waterproof. "Into all the world - our place in God's Mission"
Walk leader: Pat Radcliff of the Ramblers A Lent Course with Bishop Peter Ramsden. 7.30pm in Brampton United Reformed Church ______Thursdays 14th,21st,28th March, and 4th, 11th April
Did you know? Bishop Peter writes, “Lent is often described as a journey. As we seek to follow Jesus more closely we do so in the company of Christians Written around 1957, this is part 1 of Betty Dixon’s ‘History of around the world whose insights & experiences can be a source of Hallbankgate’. We start with a piece on Tindale, talking of the buildings and their use at the time: strength to us."
“Tindale School was originally a small thatched building, and was Bishop Peter, an Honorary Assistant Bishop in this diocese, has supported in its early days by the owner of the zinc works, with the recently moved to live locally. He was formerly Bishop of Papua New aid of children’s payments. It was later enlarged and used for social Guinea. events through the years, as well as church services, and had its own canteen for school meals. With the closing of the coal mines and with LENT LUNCHES locals moving away, its fate is undecided. The children are now brought to Hallbankgate School by motor coach. “Wilderness Stories” The Co-operative stores are temporarlily closed. It’s a large building with 2 houses and a committee room attached to it, and was founded Lent Lunches 12 noon to 1pm by the people of Tindale itself, although the mine disaster of 1908 Brampton Methodist Church Hall meant it was taken over by the Hallbankgate branch. th th th rd th We have electricity and piped water, and the Methodist Chapel Wednesdays 13 , 20 , 27 March, and 3 , 10 April continues to flourish. Opened in 1888 the original chapel was A simple lunch of home-made soup, bread, tea or coffee from Midday. converted into a Reading Room, which was prosperous for a number Donations made go to Christian Aid or CAFOD. A talk is then given, of years but is a building now occupied by chickens! The Reading and the theme this year is ‘Wilderness Stories’. 1pm finish. Room had 100 members in 1894”. Dates for the Diary: Farlam Hall Hotel
Regular: Hallbankgate, Brampton. CA8 2NG Staff Required Mondays: 10-12noon ‘Gardening for the Soul’ (Community Garden Club) – th St Thomas a Becket Church, Kirkhouse We are now putting in place the team for our 44 year at Farlam and require extra staff. When we moved here in 1975 many locals said that we would never stay as we were “Southern Townies” One offs: Little did they know that close family friends owned a farm and that we had all spent years closely connected to the farm – through good th Sunday 10 March – Circular Walk 10am Moot Hall or 10.15 Hayton times and bad and were totally happy with rural life. Church (6 miles) Also we were helped and welcomed by wonderful neighbours, Percy st Thursday 21 March: Stone Circles in Cumbria (Brampton Local History and Helen Ferguson, the Watsons, Brian and Maureen, David and Group; Brampton Community Centre. 7.30pm) Jenny, John Bell and Tucker Bell and their families and many others Thursday 28th March – Ian Kidd: “Carrs Biscuits” (Hallbankgate WI, for which we will be forever grateful. Hallbankgate Village Hall 7.30pm) If you would like to join the team at “The Big House” then please do get in touch. Saturday 30th March - Card Making Workshop drop in between 9.30-3pm (Hallbankgate Hub) £1 per card Sunday 31st March - Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea 1.30-4pm (Hallbankgate Vacancies Hub) £10 Housekeeping and Washing Up th Saturday 13 April 13 – Brampton Chamber Choir Easter concert: 7.30 pm Nights – Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 7.30pm to 10.30pm at Lanercost Priory
Thursday 18th April: The Border Regiment (Brampton Local History Group; Restaurant Brampton Community Centre. 7.30pm) Saturday & Sunday mornings 7.40am to 12.00noon Thursday 25th April – Kate Lishman: “Circle of Life” (Hallbankgate WI, Hallbankgate Village Hall 7.30pm) Saturday night 6.00pm to 11.00pm. Sunday 28th April – Table Top Sale – 10 -1pm Hallbankgate Village Hall. Tables £8 (booking essential) These are all regular hours with more available as the season gets Thursday 16th May: Lanercost Priory (Brampton Local History Group; under way. Brampton Community Centre. 7.30pm) You must be 18 years or over to apply – no upper age limit. Sunday 19th May – Plant & Book Fair – 11.30-1.30pm St Thomas a Becket No experience needed – we are very happy to train. Church, Kirkhouse Thursday 23rd May – Hazel Stephenson: “Land Girls” (Hallbankgate WI, Contact: Lynne or Helen on 016977 46234. Hallbankgate Village Hall 7.30pm) Talkin Trees
Professional Tree Surgeon
Fully Qualified and Insured
All aspects of tree work carried out specialising in Pruning, Thinning, Dismantling, Felling and Storm Damage
Call Dougie Bray - 07733612225 or 01697746046
www.talkintrees.co.uk
Hallbankgate Open Gardens The Watson Institute Stabilisation This year’s Open Gardens will take place on Sunday 9th June 2019 from 1 – 5pm (£3 for adults (children free)). Engineering project (WISE) The Watson Institute, which acts as Castle Carrock's village hall, is Tickets available on the day from Hallbankgate Hub (Community run 121 years old in 2018 and the time has come to undertake some Village Shop and Café). serious repairwork. A series of events are taking place to help raise between £7,000 - £10,000 towards the final cost of the project which All proceeds from the event will be used to support the future will be well in excess of £50,000. development of the Hub. Proceeds from plant sales will go to Farlam Church. Events include an 80s Disco Night (16th March); Curry Night (23rd March); Big Breakfast 97th April); Kinfolk in concert ((13th April); Gin Night (27th April); Village Sponsored Walk (6th May). See www.castlecarrock.com for more information.
Did you know? Katia Voet
Farlam Your LDC Driving Instructor
Is bounded on the north by Brampton and Denton, on the east by Mobile: 07502 411040 Midgeholme, on the south by Hayton, and on the west by Brampton. It comprises the townships of East and West Farlam and Midgeholme, the www.passwithkatia.co.uk last of which is now annexed to the recently created parish of Midgeholme. Lying near to the backbone of England, the surface of the Email: [email protected] parish is generally of a hilly character. Coal is found in the parish and is extensively worked by T. C. Thompson, Esq; limestone is also abundant, and is quarried on a large scale at Forest Head. The soil about Milton is light and gravelly, but in the neighbourhood of Kirkhouse and Farlam Hall is rich and loamy. The Manor of Farlam, or Farleham, anciently a fee of Gilsland, was given by Hubert de Vallibus to one Walter de Windsor, whose posterity took the name of Farlam. In the reign of Edward III., John de Farlam, having no issue, devised the manor to Ranulph de Dacre and Margaret Multon, his wife, through whom the barony of Gilsland came into the possession of the Dacres. The manor has ever since passed with the barony and is now held by the Earl of Carlisle; the following also are landowners: Major Thompson and Messrs. John Stephenson, Greensyke, and James Murray, Rochburn. East Farlam township contains a village of its own name, and the hamlets of Kirkhouse and Hallbank Gate. West Farlam contains the village of Milton, one and one half miles from Brampton Wood Fuels Brampton. Specialist suppliers of Eco fuels for open fires, wood and Extract from History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, T. Bulmer & Co., Manchester, 1884. Multifuel stoves. A wide range of compressed briquettes eco lighters and kiln dried logs for all your burning needs Bio Mass Boiler pellets—BSL registered This Quarter’s Cover Picture Wild Bird Food, Dog Food, Hen Food Baileys Horse Feed supplements Our cover picture this month shows the Roachburn Mining Disaster th monument at Coal Fell. On 28 January 1908 three men lost their lives Dave Robinson when moss, peat, sand and clay was deposited in the mine during wet Brampton Wood Fuels weather, trapping them underground. Their bodies were never found. 200 men were laid off, and the colliery finally closed in 1912. With 95% of the Unit 5C Town Foot Industrial Estate working population engaged at the colliery, its impact was devastating. CA8 1SW Tel 01697742536 www.bramptonwoodfuels.co.uk
Earn cash Plant and Book Fair
Sunday 19th May St.Thomas A Becket Church, Kirkhouse. 11.30-1.30. AND Church Service at 10am This event has increased in popularity since its move to the church in Get some bargains! 2017. Last year’s proceeds have meant the church has been able to commission a new vestry door to replace the damaged and rotten one that has survived for over 100 years. Please put this date in your diary, and if you can help by contributing some plants or books, or offering some time to set up or be involved in the day itself, then we would welcome your contribution. We will be setting up and pricing items on Saturday 18th May, so if you’d like to Hallbankgate Village Hall drop anything in on Friday or Saturday to Lowthian Hall opposite the church, we’d be pleased to see you. We’d kindly ask that you do not (Crossgates Road, Hallbankgate) bring items on the day itself. We look forward to seeing our many friends from other local parishes, Table Top Sale who come over and support this day in such good numbers. We hope to see you all again this year and please bring your friends with you as well! th Sunday 28 April 10.00 a.m. – 1.00p.m. In terms of books, we are going to focus on gardening and cookery books only for 2019, so check those shelves during your spring cleans to see if you’d like to thin a few out! Tables just £8 We will again be offering tea and cake from 11.30, with a cake stall and Booking essential. raffle in addition to a wide variety of annuals, perennials, and veg to Set up from 9.00 a.m. adorn your gardens for the summer months.
To book a table phone Penny on 07732343468 or If you’d like any more details on this major parish event, then please email [email protected] contact Paul Skeates on [email protected] ______Entrance only 50p – children free Carlisle Fairtrade Group Refreshments available Quiz Night
Why not come along and enjoy the fun Come as a team of 6 maximum Licensed Bar at the Café Friday 1 March 2019 7.30pm start Doors open 7pm £2 per person at Cakes and Ale CA3 8SY (Book with Cakes and Ale – 01228 529067) Hub Highlights Meet the Advertiser
Synergy Home & Energy
Synergy Home & Energy has been providing homeowners the very best installations of high quality products since 2013. Our commitment to quality has shone through the last six years with our reputation in Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea Sunday 31st March Cumbria going from strength to strength.
Please come and join us for a Mother’s Day afternoon tea 1:30 - 4pm which will include a Mother’s Day gift for every afternoon tea purchased. Price £10 Being an early adopter of the Guardian™ Warm roof, a light weight booking essential - please ring to book your table 016977 46060 retro fit tiled conservatory roof system, we were one of the first companies in Cumbria to offer this fantastic transformation to your conservatory. By replacing your existing glass or polycarbonate roof Card Making Workshop Saturday 30th March with the Guardian super insulated, light weight and tiled roof, your conservatory becomes more of an extension which you can use all We’d love to welcome you to our children’s Mother’s Day card making year round. It’s warmer in the winter, cooler in the summer and workshop on the 30th of March. Drop by anytime between 9:30am - 3pm £1 drastically reduces the outside noise while lowering your heating bills. per card. Compared to knocking down your conservatory and building an extension, the Guardian Warm Roof is an affordable option and can be done without planning permission and completed from start to finish Open Gardens Sunday 9th June within a few days. The popularity of the conservatory tiled roof conversions has seen us become one of Cumbria’s leading installers of After last year’s success Open Gardens will be taking place in Hallbankgate the Guardian roof system. In addition to our uPVC windows on the 9th of June 1-5pm. There will be a raffle and plants to purchase in installations, automated roller shutter garage doors and more recently the Hub. Pop into the hub to purchase your tickets and map. our kitchen makeovers where we reuse your existing kitchen carcasses and replace the doors, drawers and worktop we transform your old and tired kitchen into a stunning looking kitchen at the fraction Easter is just around the corner so do keep an eye out for further events of the cost of a new kitchen. Our aim is to offer affordable home and workshops held in the Hub advertised locally and don’t forget we are improvements without compromising on quality. on Facebook too! @hallbankgatehub
We offer free quotations and guarantees on all our work. If you are considering having some work done to your home, why not either visit our website www.synergyhome.co.uk or give us a call on 01228 523 331.
Future of the Play Area (Hallbankgate) Farlam 100+ Club
A copy of the 2018 Play Area Inspection Report is on the information table in December Winners: the Hub and is also available as a PDF on the Parish Council website home page www.farlamparishcouncil.com The play area was installed in 2008 and 1st Prize £25: No 83 Rachel Bell as the report states it is showing signs of wear. 2nd Prize £15: No 2 Anna Bell 3rd Prize £10: No 158 Charlotte Fletcher Whilst the wear in the chains and bushes is of concern they can be purchased and replaced without having to use Playdale. By far the greatest December Bonus Draw Winners: concern is the fact all the timber items are displaying the effects of their very wet environment with a number of fencing panels having been replaced 1st Prize £50:No 43: Richard Hicks along with one main structural post due to rot. 2nd Prize £25:No 153: Angus Murray Deterioration of the main structural supports, not helped by contractors’ strimming around the base of them to remove the grass will be by far the 3rd Prize £15:No 70: Brian Murphy greatest expense. The Council spent over £500 in February 2017 to No 118: Raymond Woodhouse replace one post and some smaller worn items. Note:- the post was No 37: Mrs Conway supplied under guarantee so we only paid for installation £295. 4th Prize £10:No 99: Vicky Reed The play area is entering into the latter stages of its useful life and some No 41: Eileen Bowman safety standards have been updated. No 164: Joan Bell No 9: Kathleen Smith I think that if the community wishes to retain a play area then serious No 89: Peter Arndt consideration should be given by MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY to form a GROUP to raise funds to revamp the area with particular attention being January Winners: paid to installing modern equipment on a proper play area base NOT A SOGGY FIELD with grass that cannot be cut or the moles kept out. 1st Prize £25: No.21 Emily Stobbart 2nd Prize £15: No.96 Matthew Taylor If a group is not formed to raise funds then unfortunately the Parish 3rd Prize £10: No.148 Audrey Barron Council will have no option other than to remove the items as they become beyond the Parish Council finances to repair. February Winners:
The long term future of the Hallbankgate play area is in the hands of the people of Hallbankgate. 1st Prize £25: No.45 David Lawson 2nd Prize £15: No.135 Alison Cheetham 3rd Prize £10: No.83 Rachel Bell If anyone wishes more information please email:- Ray Hinton at [email protected] and I will give all the help that I can. Please contact Claire Skeates: [email protected]
th or 016977 46947 Ray Hinton Cllr. 30 January 2019 Farlam Parish Council