February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 Carlisle and Cumbria United Independent Supporters Trust

Carlisle United Official Supporters Club Junior Blues Christmas Party Hi everyone, A special thank you must go to Paul Raven for donating the shirt he wore at Oxford United. I would ope you all had a great Christmas and New also like to thank all the CUOSC committee Year especially with the results we have H members that helped out before the party and on had! Before Christmas the Junior Blues had their the night. first Christmas Party, it was great fun and everyone enjoyed it. I even think some players enjoyed it All the photos taken on the night are now up in the more than the kids!!! All the players joined in the Supporters Information Boards around the ground games (except musical bumps because of the risk (the Paddock and East Stand) and if you would like of injury!) where some excellent prizes were won to order any of them then please feel free to contact including a signed shirt, lunch boxes, car kits, flags me. Photos will be charged at £1.00 each. and maths sets. Below is a selection of photos from the night. I would like to say thanks to Carlisle United for Claire Brown allowing us to use the Sunset Suite, Phil Holmes for Junior Blues Representative helping to organise the party and of course to Paul www.cuosc.co.ul/juniorblues Simpson and all the players who made the night even more special for the Junior Blues who got to meet their favourite.

WE ARE UNITED! Page 1 February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 CCUIST Update CCUIST / CUOSC - Dates for your Diary February 2004 Just a quick reminder of the www.buy.at/CCUIST Fri 13 Carvery, Cabaret and Dance including website. This is a special online shopping site where Grand Draw - Tickets £22 each every purchase made helps CCUIST. Typically between Tue 17 Cambridge United away day travel Sat 21 Macclesfield Town away day travel 3 and 5 per cent of each transaction goes to the Trust. March 2004 Thanks to Christmas and New Year sales, we have Tue 02 Scunthorpe United away day travel already made over £32 from purchases completed Sat 06 Torquay United away day travel through the site. With Valentine’s Day coming up, you (see info re weekend trip) can find some great deals at the buy. at/CCUIST shop, at (also day travel to Torquay Sat 20 Rochdale away day travel retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Thorntons and Teleforist. Remember to bookmark the site and use it for April 2004 all your online purchases. Although the amounts raised Sat 03 Swansea City away day travel Mon 12 Leyton Orient away day travel - from individual transactions may seen small, they will Easter Monday stack up the more people log on and spend their money Tue 13 Voting papers re players awards to be with us. sent out to members of CUOSC Thur 15 Forum in Sunset Suite If you visit the main CCUIST website at www.ccuist.org, Sat 24 Mansfield Town away day travel you will also find links to TOFFS (The Old Fashioned Football Shirt Company) where you can buy classic May 2004 Sat 01 Cheltenham Town at home United tops from the 60s and 70s. Again, we’ve already Supporters’ Club sponsoring this game and ball. benefited from people buying these shirts online as we Mascots from the Junior Blues Section. get a cut of the sale price. Any football top bought via the Sun 02 Fun Day - Inter Schools Football links on our home page will benefit us. So don’t feel Competition embarrassed to buy an old Man United or Liverpool shirt Sat 08 Doncaster Rovers away day travel as the only club to benefit will be CUFC! Sun 09 Awards Ceremony and Dinner July 2004 You’ll also find a form on the site to contact Alan Steel, Fri 09 CCUIST Golf Day at Eden Gold Course who is YOUR representative on the Board of Directors. Anyone interested in playing please leave We are very keen to improve and increase the levels of or give your details into the Paddock Ticket communication between the supporters and Alan. He is Office the first fan to ever get a seat on the Board and so this is Sun 11 CCUIST Dinner Dance at the Shepherds Inn a great chance for you to let him know what you feel More details to follow. about how the club is being run or to raise issues that you want him to address. Alan has already got a lot done by being run or to raise issues that you want him to address. Alan has already got a lot done by being on the Board but Weekend Trip to Torquay there is much more to come - please help him out by Friday 5 March - Sunday 7 March 2004 getting in touch via our site. £110 per person Remember those websites - www.ccuist.org and Staying at the Livermead Cliff Hotel www.buy.at/CCUIST RAC and AA 3*, English Tourst Board 4 crown Keep visiting and keep supporting CCUIST and the Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Cumbrians! Coach Travel from Carlisle and Penrith * Another reminder to all our existing members whose Coach travel to Torquay United v Carlisle United fixture membership expired on June 1 last year - those of you Anyone interested please contact the Away Day Travel who have yet to renew, please ask our representative for Office located in the a renewal form at the Paddock Portakabin or contact Paddock Ticket Office at Brunton Park CCUIST st the usual addresses. You can also download or telephone: 01228 527081 a renewal for on our website.We need ALL of you to renew and make your donations, either big or small, for the share fund to hit its targets. Our fund is now a vital Only a limited number of rooms left source of finance for the club and they will need every penny. There have been big changes at the club over the last 15 months or so, but CCUIST is now very much a permanent fixture and we will be doing all we can to help the club to future glory. Remember though that we can’t CUOSC Pin Badges do it without your help. £1.50 each Available from any of the Ticket Office Up the Blues!! Portakabins at Brunton Park

WE ARE UNITED! Page 2 February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 Resume of The CUOSC Fans Forum 15.01.04 Carlisle United Official Supporters’ Club are very much indebted to BBC Radio Cumbria for their continued support of our Forums, their contribution, in Derek Lacey chairing proceedings and the technology via www allows us to transmit our forum to the world and not just supporters within the Radio Cumbria area. Once again those sharing the panel were Paul Simpson, holding the fort alone until joined by John Courtenay who had been delayed due to weather conditions on his journey from Dublin. Below is a resume of some of the questions asked:

Transfer listed players - had anyone expressed monies raised because of such a draw should be Q an interest. ploughed back into the club and not someone’s R No, Paul went on to say that he did not believe in pockets. embarrassing players and would assist in any way What type of midfield player was Paul Simpson he could in trying to get the transfer listed players Q looking for? fixed up with other clubs. One of the problems was R He recognised the midfield needs strengthening the type of contract they were currently on at and the type of player he was looking for was an Carlisle, the salary being too high for other clubs. attacking midfield player with the ability to score. Q Search for players from Conference teams who Question for the Netherlands asked about the may be suitable to Carlisle. Q position of Paul Arnison. R Paul Simpson stated that some of the players within R Paul stated he was hoping to sign him, he didn’t the Conference were on higher wages than Carlisle know if he was going to be available on a free or if were prepared to pay. they wanted money for him, suffice to say that he Paul was asked about signings and was money was here at the moment and wanted to play for Q available. Carlisle. R Money was available but he was continuing to Andy Preece connection to Blackpool would the experience difficulty in being able to sign players, Q club let him go. the majority did not want to travel so far north R Paul said that if a job came up and Andy wanted to preferring to stay in the centre of the country where go to Carlisle would have to respect that. What he there is a bigger choice of clubs. had at the moment was an agreement that anyone Is there to be a bookies (commission agent) in who wanted to talk to him had to come through Q the East Stand. himself (Paul) - Hopefully the message would get R Yes, its opening is imminent, it will be located where lost! the shop was under the East Stand. Q Goods available in the shop e.g. the watches - Supply of food in the East Stand. Brunton was there any plans to have a range of Q Pasties were in short supply at half time. merchandise for ladies? R Andrew Jenkins is looking into this - (he will be R Yes, John said that he would look into this. meeting a member of the supporters’ club Comments made by Ally McCoist re our position committee in the near future and Adam will report Q at the end of the season. back via the newsletter and web). The whole R John said that if we get to a game where we are catering and bar facilities at Brunton Park are safe, the TV has promised to televise it. He currently under review. There will possible be personally would wind Ally up and have him at the changes in the next few weeks. club. John went on to talk at length about our Pre-match entertainment in the Sunset Suite, survival in the league. He believed it could be done Q like old tapes of Carlisle. and will be. R Matches commencing at 12 noon were transmitted. From Leeds - Issues re the Evening News John felt that people would have a moan if you took Q and Star. a live match off the screen to show an old Carlisle R John explained the situation - which has now been United tape. resolved with an apology from the News and Star to Q John was asked about when he helps BBC both John and Paul Bell. Radio Cumbria on match reports. You will appreciate that the above only gives you a taste of R Derek remembered one particular match against some of the questions and short accounts of the replies Exeter, John then relayed the full story regarding his given; some were lengthy and very often amusing. comments over a penalty decision. This caused a great deal of amusement Date for your diary Q John was asked to comment on the prices being The next Carlisle United Official Supporters’ Club Forum charged by Northampton Town in their FA Cup will be held in the Sunset Suite on Thursday 15 April draw v Manchester United. 2004. By that time we will have 4 games remaining. R He didn’t blame anyone but was adamant that any WE ARE UNITED! Page 3 February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 John Evans Born Liverpool 1938 - Died Liverpool 2004 aged 65

ohn’s early life was spent in the City of Liverpool. His early years were during the war and he remembered vividly the Jbombing of the area around his home. Because his grandmother had the foresight to allowed to touch the ball more than twice. It became strengthen the cellar the family were saved from a second nature to the squad to get the ball and give it. direct hit. Everything in their street was flattened. It Another saying of Dick’s was ‘’The ball is round, it’s made was only the constant shouts from his uncle that drew to round, so push it around’’ and ‘’It doesn’t matter which searchers attention to where their home had once stood. way you are facing, pass it to the nearest blue shirt’’. When he was about 4 years old he was evacuated to Those simple principles John said made a great team. Yorkshire, this was the first time John had seen grass When asked what it was like to play alongside Hughie and he made the most of country life. The family moved McIlmoyle - John replied ‘’a dream’’. Two touch football back to Liverpool after the war and John, having always was second nature, the team didn’t even have to think kicked something around (more often than not a piece of about it. Before the team went on the pitch Alan Ashman coal) decided that he wanted to play football. The family would give his team talk - Hughie McIlmoyle often fell were devout Evertonians so it was quite a shock when at asleep, but once he got on the pitch it was a different 16 John joined the ranks of young talent at Anfield and story we played simple easy effective football. started his career with Liverpool FC. In November of 65 John lost his first team place to Dave At 18 John went into the army. He was 5’ 3’’ and weighed Wilson. Jimmy Blain who had been at Liverpool with 8st 6lbs. Obviously the army did something; two years John had moved to Exeter and wanted him. John later he was 5’ 8’’ and 10st 6lbs. He returned to Liverpool regards his move to Exeter as a big mistake he often said and back to Anfield. he wished he’d stayed at Carlisle. Carlisle was known for John was transferred to Bournemouth but after being its discipline. You would not dare be late for the coach, there only six months the news came that Bill Shankly Exeter was a shambles the players did what they had taken over at Liverpool and all his old team mates wanted. The manager who had signed him got the sack were promoted to the senior side. He was gutted 2 weeks after John arrived, the trainer took over and although he was getting games at Bournemouth. His hated the managers signings so he wanted rid of them all career was almost over at Bournemouth because of an - John Evans included. His last move was to Barnsley. injury. The club doctor said he would be a cripple if he But there was salt in the wound when a couple of weeks played football again. A visit to Harley Street to see a later John returned to Exeter in a Barnsley shirt and specialist confirmed the findings of the doctor. That was scored the winning goal. never going to be the end for John. He left Bournemouth John’s career finished at Barnsley due to an injury and returned to Liverpool to work with his relations on the docks. Still with football in mind he returned to John and his partner Rose often came to Carlisle. he was Bournemouth and played non-league football scoring 39 a great supporter of Carlisle United, a member of goals for Salisbury in the Southern league. CCUIST and joined the Supporters Club’s pre season tour of Ireland even though his health was far from good. His next move was to Stockport County, having only The supporters will always remember John he would be played twenty minutes of a game an ex Carlisle United there with a helping hand if there were any functions he player, George Whitelaw, who had been a team mate at could attend and fly the flag for the club. Stockport, hit him in the air he landed badly and injured his shoulder, that was him out for six weeks. True to form Sadly on January 6 2004 John lost his fight against brain John got himself fit in much less time and was playing cancer, which had been diagnosed in August 2003. he again. That season he was their second leading goal was buried in Liverpool. The Order of Service card for his scorer with 31 goals in 51 appearances. The next season funeral mass had a photograph of a drawing by a Carlisle he was their leading scorer. artist Wayne Green of John in a Carlisle top scoring a goal with his head That showed the importance of After Stockport he came to Carlisle. Before Alan Ashman Carlisle United to John Evans. would sign him he wanted to know everything about him his character, enthusiasm and desire for training. If nothing else John was passionate about football and Obituaries trained hard. When talking about his time with Carlisle January sadly saw the death of three former United John had very fond memories of the 63/4/5 seasons. He players:- would talk about Alan Ashman being very quiet, George Whitelaw aged 67 who played for Carlisle United unassuming and capable but he really warmed to Dick during the season 61/2. Young. John often said of Dick that his training methods John Maxfield aged 84 who after his playing days worked were just unbelievable. He was light years ahead of his for British Rail in Carlisle. time. The techniques he used which included medicine John (Johnny) Evans who played for Carlisle United balls and workouts in the gym made Carlisle one of the during the seasons 64 to 66. fittest teams in all of the leagues. Another area that was sacred to Dick was the one touch football. No one was WE ARE UNITED! Page 4 February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 Carlisle United Official Supporters Club Grand Draw n behalf of the Supporters’ Club we would like to I don’t think there has ever been a draw in the history of Osay a huge thank you to everyone who has sold Carlisle United that has generated as many wonderful or bought Grand Draw tickets. No matter if you have prizes. There are over 100, all of which will be drawn on bought one or twenty one, every little helps. A special the 13th. You will see from the list of prizes contained in thank you to the following that have persuaded, pestered this newsletter that there are yet more additions this and browbeaten you into buying tickets at home and month. A full list of the winners, the prizes and hopefully away matches. At least after the Bury game you will not where or by whom the lucky ticket was sold will be have to run the gauntlet. available for the April Newsletter. If you are a lucky winner your prize will be delivered to you. Alternatively Yvonne (fox hat) Bowman you will be contacted as to how you would like to collect Louise Fawcett your prize. The double bed could be a problem if one of Tommy Coleman our members in Australia wins it - but we will cross that Ian Winter bridge if we come to it, I’m sure some arrangement can David McLean be made. Bob Lindsay Good luck to everyone who has bought a ticket. To date the Supporters’ Club have received two requests for the use of the money raised from the Grand Draw, one is from Neil Dalton and related to the provision of TechnoGym equipment, the other from Alan Steel who would wish the money to be used to purchase a ground CUOSC Grand Draw cover for Brunton Park. The successful bid will be announced at the Carvery, Cabaret and Dance to be held Carvery, Cabaret and Dance in the Shepherds Inn, Rosehill on Friday 13 February at the Shepherds Inn, Rosehill, Carlisle on Friday 13 February 2004 2004. 7.00pm for 7.30pm

The total amount of money raised will be announced in EntertainmentJohnson by the fantastic group the next newsletter together with photographs of what the money will be spent on. Not Many Tickets Left Tickets £22 per head

The following people and companies have kindly donated prizes to our Grand Draw which will take place on 13 February 2004. Tickets are now on sale priced £1.00 each. If you have any tickets to return please hand them into the Paddock Ticket Office or return by post.

Name Prize Description Andersons (Denton Holme) Limited Vogue Silver Bed 3’ value £70 Alan Steel Off Road Driving Day Armstrong Watson Business Services Bottle of Whisky Anonymous Donor CD Player Bernie Stephenson Bottle of Gin Billy Atkinson, Currock Filling Station 3 bottles of Wine Broombys Tool Chest Bari (Contemporary) Meal Voucher to the value of £30 Jazza Boyle Personal CD Player John Brough Agricultural Contractor Bottle of Whisky Ricky Brown Bottle of 20yr Old Whisky Jean Brown Tin of Sweets Carlisle Leisure Limited Family Ultimate Card worth £660 Castellum Pair of Sports Binoculars

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Cumbrian Newspapers Limited £100 worth of vouchers to be used against a weekend break for 2 persons travelling with Cumbrian Newspapers Readers Travel Department Chivers Sports £25 gift voucher Carlisle Glass £200 worth of Bosch power tools CUFC 2 season tickets 2004/5 Cumbrian Co-operative DVD Player Carlisle Racecourse Company Two County Badges for a meeting of the winners choice in 2004 Charme Beauty Salon £25 Gift Voucher Cumbria Bearings Signed Arsenal Football CFM Goody Bag from CFM Cambro House (David Mason) Overnight stay for 2 Cumbria Building Supplies 18v Cordless Drill & Case Denton Holme Working Men’s Conservative Club 1.5 Bottle of Vodka Derrek Huddart Painters & Decorators Bottle of Whisky & £25 Martin Hurst Bottle of Whisky Doug Graham - Urban Driver Training Group 5 Driving Lessons Dalston Hall Hotel Sunday Lunch for 2 Persons Dodd & Co Chartered Acountants DVD Player Eddie Stobart Hospitality for 8 Persons at Brunton Park for a home game Susan & Keith Elliott 4 x £25 cash Mr John Evans (former player) 36 piece Dinner & Tea Set (Marks & Spencer) Eric Martlew MP Bottle of House of Commons Champagne Eddie Gilbertson - Golf Vacations UK Bottle of Malt Whisky

Eden Golf Course Golf Lessons with Steve Harrison and a round of golf for 2 persons

Foxy’s Restaurant Meal Voucher value £30

Golden Pheasant Sunday Buffet for 2 persons David Graham Refrigeration Meal for 2 at Dalston Hall Mr & Mrs Hagger Bottle of Whisky Michael Hodgson Newsagents, Carlisle £25 Argos Voucher Ink Truck Free Printing of all tickets for this raffle Ian Metcalfe - Right Rider Motorcycle Training Compulsory Basic Training Course (value £95) Ibis Carlisle 1 nights Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Jack North - Try Scaffolding Ltd Whisky Jewellery by Mike King Pair of Gold and Silver Fox Earrings Mrs Vi Johnston Whisky Lord Clark House of Lords Whisky Malcolm Wilson Limited edition ‘M-sport a documentary of a rally team’ (signed) Mercury Lounge - Tony Scougal Case of Tetley and Carlsberg Beers McVittie Group (Carrs of Carlisle) Box of Biscuits David McLean Case of Cider Pat McLean £50 WE ARE UNITED! Page 6 February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4

Name Prize Description

Donald Marks (Carpets) Quick Dinner Food Warmer Lindsay Nicholson (Holistic Therapist) Treatment up to the value of £25 Nestles Selection Box Nicholson Consultancy £100 worth of Top Man vouchers T.G. Norman Limited Garden Centre Outdoor Thermometer Pirelli Tyres Limited 4 Pirelli tyres made in Carlisle Pioneer Foods £100 of vouchers for the Pioneer Food Hall and a meal for 4 persons in the Auctioneer PMS Fabrications Limited £250 Kate Rowley Cuddly Toy Royal Bank of Scotland Sports Bag & Pique shirt RBS Robert Lindsay Investigations £50 Ristorante Michelangelo £30 voucher Solway Daf Jacket Sealy UK Sealy Double Posturepedic Bed (value £500) Geoff Spedding Bottle of Malt Whisky Supporters’ Club St Nicholas Galleries Arsenal Cuff Links Story Construction £300 worth of Marks & Spencer vouchers Simpson the Builders One hour flight for 2 around Carlisle Barry Stephenson Years supply of Fosters Lager Telephone Connexions Limited 3 x BT Relate 250 Telephones The Bowman’s (Fox hat) £25 Next Vouchers The Swallow Hilltop Hotel 2 Months Free Leisure Club Membership Titterington Coaches 2 day London Trip for 2 persons Thomas Graham & Sons Makita Cordless Drill Upperby Mens Institute Bottle of Brandy and Bottle of Whisky UNISON (Cumbria County Branch) Half a Case of Wine Viceroy Restaurant - Sukur Ali £40 Meal Voucher Vallum House Hotel Bar Meal Voucher valued at £20 Virgin Rail Pair of 1st Class Tickets to anywhere on the Virgin Train Network Warner Village Cinema 4 Cinema Tickets Michael Walsh Funeral Directors Bottle each of Glenfiddich and Grouse Whisky Window World (Cliff Spooner) £100 Williamson Construction £25 Dick Young Case of fine selected wines

In addition to the prizes above there are 30 excellent prizes given by anonymous supporters and 10 surprise prizes

WE ARE UNITED! Page 7 February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 CCUIST / CUOSC Contact Details CUOSC - Away Day Travel News: Games Coming Up CUOSC will be providing travel to the following games coming up over the next few weeks DEPART PRICES MATCH Brunton Penrith Railway Adult Concession Non - Members Park Station Members Members Cambridge United 12.30pm 1.00pm £19.00 £16.22 £22.00 Scunthorpe 3.00pm 3.30pm £12.50 £9.50 £15.50 Torquay - day travel 6.00am 6.30am £25.00 £22.00 £28.00 Rochdale 10.30am 11.00am £10.00 £7.00 £13.00 Swansea 6.30am 7.00am £24.00 £21.00 £27.00 Leyton Orient 6.00am 6.30am £24.00 £21.00 £27.00 To book and pay for your seat please call in a the Paddock Booking Office on Matchday’s. Alternatively, you may contact Kate Rowley on 01228 527081 (home) or 07968 498941 (mobile) On the Road with the London Branch Bay. Granted, its not Hawaii, but if you wear a wetsuit, ignore the weather and the long walk to the sea, and make sure you One thing Carlisle United can be sure of is good support wear a rash vest so that you don’t get sand burns, you can away from home whenever they visit the South of England. catch some decent waves. The reason for this is that the London Branch has exiles spread The big one this season will be the trip to Doncaster for the last from Cornwall to Yorkshire. Take Bristol for example (I wish game of the season. Whatever United’s position it is traditional someone would!), the London Branch had the majority of their for as many London Branch fans as possible to make the last 200 + members at the game travelling from as far South as game of the season, not matter where it is. This season the Falmouth in Cornwall and as far North as Stoke-on-Trent to get Doncaster game could be vitally important. We will be there. there. This is the reason that the London Branch always nominates a meeting pub before the game as people converge Looking forward to meeting you on our travels. from the four corners of the country to have a crack and cheer Malcolm Fawcett on the Blues. ([email protected]) Over the years the London Branch have got to know the towns and cities United play in and now have a comprehensive list of Question Time the best meeting places in each. An annual event for the Programmes - The accessibility of programmes inside the London Branch is the weekend in Torquay. Traditionally, we ground is being addressed by the club. It has been stay in a variety of B&Bs across to town, largely because the acknowledged that it is sometimes difficult to purchase year we all stayed on the same place things got a bit exuberant programmes outside the ground and impossible inside. The and we nearly all got thrown out so nowadays we tend to matter is receiving attention. spread the risk. The tradition extends to meeting for a meal on the Friday and Saturday nights and then visiting one of The purchase of the ladies strip was a question asked at the Torquay’s numerous night clubs until the early hours and if the recent forum. John Courtenay agreed to look into the provision lads can pick up three points on the Saturday afternoon all the of ladies items for the Club shop. better. Things don’t always go to plan, however, a couple of Catering facilities -Recent developments at Brunton Park seasons ago United played at Torquay on the Bank Holiday have resulted in the club contracting out the catering and bar Monday and it was advertised in all the newspapers as an facilities at Brunton Park. A member of the supporters’ club is to evening game. Many of the London Branch members who meet with Andrew Jenkins in the near future regarding the descended on Torquay for the long weekend didn’t bother to match day supply of hot food from the cabins and under the check and found out on Monday evening that they had missed East Stand. Adam will report in the next newsletter the game that was played in the afternoon! Luckily I rang the developments in relation to this matter. club and asked what time the game was on. ‘’What time can you get here?” was the jokey reply . . . Via the web site Adam has received more of your questions. These have been sent to the CCUIST representative on the Whilst Cambridge is hardly a favourite venue (its always cold, Board of Directors, Alan Steel. Sadly at the time this newsletter there are no decent pubs near the ground, the Supporters Club went to print no response had been received to the previous has seen better days and they always seen to cram us into the questions asked of him. We will keep you updated. most decrepit part of the ground) it is usually well attended and this year will be no exception. We have arranged an eleven-a- Address:- CUOSC, 19 St Edmunds Park, Carlisle, Cumbria. CA2 6TS side game against the Cambridge Supporters Club before the Website:- www.cuosc.co.uk match and hope to better our 4- 4 draw at Oxford. E-Mail:- [email protected] The one place no one likes to go is Swansea. It always seems Telephone Number:- 07968 498941 to be further than you think its going to be, the natives are hostile, the pubs are dodgy, the ground is overlooked by the Address:- CCUIST, Warwick House, Allenbrook Road, Rosehill, Carlisle Cumbria. CA1 2UT prison, in fact it doesn’t have a lot going for it. Even so, the Website:- www.ccuist.org London branch has managed to turn trips to Swansea into E-Mail:- [email protected] something more enjoyable by having a night out in Mumbles (a Telephone Numbers:- 07968 741128 and 07968 498941 bit further down the road) and then Sunday surfing at Rhossili

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