Space Bee www.solwaybuzz.co.uk by Robbie AnsonSolwaySolway from Holme St Cuthbert School BuzzBuzz June 2013 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news FREEFREE PAPERPAPER Issue 115 Page 3 Sarah-Jayne helps raise £500

Page 4 It was all thanks to Les Don’t Miss Silloth Green Day

Page 6 Well done Jo 26th May Silloth Green Day is being held on 26th May on the Green. Hopefully, the sun will shine and it will be a on the Green in times past. day to remember. The event Adults and younger Page 7 is being organised by Friends people will be entertained by She’s a fair cop of the Green with strong music organised by the Music support from Silloth Tourist and Beer Festival Committee. Action Group. It’s also being Children from the school will supported by Anna Malina, also be performing and Moky the Community Engagement Fit will put on a session on Officer, whose role is to the trailer stage. Food demos support the development from John Crouch and and use of the Green. bread making from Carrs The event will give will be in the big marquee; local people, groups, also historical information Page 8 organisations and volunteers and photos, courtesy of the Now that is a car! an opportunity to showcase Holme St Cuthbert History what Silloth is and what the Group. town as a whole has to offer. The Carnival and Kite It is also a fun day out for Festival Committees will children and their families showcase what they are There’s lots of doing this coming year and entertainment for the kids. the Vintage Rally will be The Splash pad will be on bringing a few vehicles along and the programme includes on the day, to give people an Page 9 a Punch and Judy show; a advance glimpse at what they Once Upon a Time Magician; Kids DJ; Balloon are doing later in the year. Man; Face Painting and Information about Soldiers Glitter Tattoos, Donkey in Silloth will be available Rides and a Funfair. and the exhibition across Kids can feed the the road from the Green donkeys with carrots and will be open. The Roman Donkey Sanctuary Welfare Deja Crew will be telling Officer Pam Moon will be stories about Roman times on hand to answer questions and showing what would be Page 16 about donkeys and their involved in being a Roman Junior Golfers competing welfare. Donkeys are a real Soldier. There’s also a spinner, part of the Green’s heritage potter and metal jewellery and Stephen Wright, who maker from Roman times. co-authored ‘A Century They’ll not only demonstrate Around Silloth’ with Peter their skills, they’ll be Ostle is putting a display encouraging people to have together with old photos and information about donkeys continued on page 2 SOLDIERS in Silloth Open: Tues–Sun Toy Soldier Experience Admission: Under 16 - £1. Adults - £2 Family ticket (2 adults 2 children) - £5 NEW Fantastic for Families! Criffell St, Silloth, CA7 4BZ www.soldiersinsilloth.co.uk

The Solway Buzz is a FREE community paper with a circulation of 5,500 copies for the area around Abbeytown, Skinburness, Silloth-on-Solway and Mawbray Page 2 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Yacht Towed to Safety Arthritis Silloth & District Support Pensioners Report by: Diana Shaw Group always do a great job. The What a wonderful Coffee raffle ticket selling was done Report by: Gladys Temple Morning was held in the by Doreen Mathews and Apologies were received Recreation Hall on Saturday Diana Shaw on the door. from Andrew our Speaker May 3rd. Soon every seat The kitchen staff worked who was unable to come was taken with our regulars hard going round with coffee to the May meeting, but and also visitors to the town jugs. Margaret Mattinson, we were very lucky to have enjoying our lovely milky Jennifer Ostle, Pat Bell Mary Heslam who came at coffee (coffee maker Pat Bell) and Maureen Irving with very short notice in his place. along with fresh home baked Margaret Durham and Unfortunately, Mary scones (Maureen and Pat) Teresa Hutchinson always Thompson is in hospital and and tasty blackcurrant jam - have their hands in the sink! our thoughts and prayers go truly scrumptious. The raffle prizes winners out to her. Never has the cake were: 1 Molly Mitchell, Chairman Christine stall been so heavy laden 2 Linda Grierson, 3 Graham Smithson welcomed Mary with home baked cakes Wilkinson, 4 Jean Clifford, and thanked her for coming (Robina Bond doing most 5 Audrey Winter, 6 Mrs at such short notice and of the baking) making a Graham, 7 Anne Fee, 8 Mrs everyone settled down total of £88.80 with Linda Ferguson, 9 Margaret Gate comfortably to listen to McCormack helping on the and 10 Mary Bragg. Thank Report & Photo by: poetry and tales mostly stall. The Bric a Brac was you to all the people who Sue Kent, RNLI Press Officer water. cold and wet but otherwise written by herself but also manned by Nan Crook and supported the event and who The yacht ‘Snap’ was unharmed” with others too. She began Doreen Carruthers who gave the raffle prizes. Silloth lifeboat launched towed back to its mooring in The lifeboat crew with the “Highwayman” and The event raised £222.80. to a stricken sailing vessel Port Carlisle by the lifeboat transferred the casualties went on with some to make Chairperson Maureen off Port Carlisle Saturday crew who are shown above to the Atlantic 85 B us laugh and others to make Irving announced that a trip afternoon 13th April. on their way to the incident. class lifeboat and took us think. Most were about will hopefully be organised There were two persons Steve Henderson (Senior them ashore to the the farm and also her family for the Pensioners sometime on board the yacht which Helmsman) said “The two awaiting Brough By Sands while others some of us Harrison was the lucky in July. was disabled and taking on persons on board were very Coastguard. could recognize the friends winner of the raffle. The next A special coffee morning mentioned and laugh with meeting will be on 7th June will be held on Saturday June them. when John Hamlin will be 1st to celebrate the Queens Christine thanked her for our Speaker then our Outing Coronation Anniversary. entertaining us so well as she will be on 2nd August to We will be serving scones Silloth Green Day always does. Ennerdale and a list has been with cream and jam, coffee, continued from page 1 perhaps also videos will to run some workshops Christine and Gladys made for anyone wishing to tea and biscuits - ALL capture images from events supported by the Town’s served the refreshments go. WELCOME. a go too. Silloth’s own throughout the year, and will Parks Committee, gardening helped by Margaret and RNLI will be on the Green as be uploaded to the Memories experts and other groups in Heather. As the relaxation well as the First Responders pages. None of the pictures the town, plus help from a CD would not work Mary and Christmas Lights folks, will be on sale, they’re only professional gardening team. agreed to entertain us with who all do such a great job there to view online. If The objectives are to develop more stories which were in the town and help make anyone wants to volunteer to a garden for the community rather poignant. Silloth a place to be really take photos or video events to own, relax in and enjoy; Congratulations were proud of. on the Green, please let for nature studies, education expressed to Mary Piele The Silloth Green Anna Malina know. There’s and conservation; and to on the birth of her great website at www.sillothgreen. a need for more volunteers have a real community grandson James. Mary co.uk has now been launched to help. There’s more owned garden that reflects and together with the Silloth information to come about Silloth’s rich Victorian Green Facebook page (link all the events taking place in heritage.” She indicated “You on top of website home page) 2013, so keep an eye on the don’t need to have a garden what’s on their doorstep. keeps people up to date Events Section. or previous experience A number of people in instantly with what’s going On another front, and you don’t need to be a Silloth already do a great on. Take part in the online Heritage Lottery have ring- gardening expert, you just job volunteering to develop competition that could win fenced a substantial amount need to have a bit of vision projects and events in the you free vouchers for use at of money to support local and come up with some ideas Town, however, there’s the event. All you have to volunteers in designing a of what you’d like to see in always room for more people do is ‘LIKE’ the competition ‘Community Garden’ on your own local community to get involved too, even in entry on the Silloth Green the Green, to be situated on garden. After that, parks a small way. Just look on the Queen Bee and her Workers Facebook Page and ‘SHARE the corner of Criffel Street folks, professionals and website at the ‘Get Involved’ by Sofia Fogg from it with Friends... and you’re and Lawn Terrace. The specialist gardeners will be section and get in touch if Holm Cultram Abbey School entered in the competition. main aim is for ideas for the on hand to interpret some of you want to volunteer or just Details of vouchers are on garden design to come from those ideas into a design that find out more. both sites. people in Silloth; and for fits with what is wanted.” Contact Anna Malina on The Good Companions Have a look also at the local people to get involved Anna says this is a real 016973 31816. Additional photos in the ‘Community in planting and care of the opportunity for people who contact details are on the Residential Care Home Memories’ section of garden over time. Anna feel they don’t always get Silloth Green website (www. Long & Short Term Stays in the website. Photos and Malina says “We’re hoping a chance to ‘have a say’ in sillothgreen.co.uk). 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We are always has been making moved by the creativity and brightly coloured passion we see from UK Report by: Above: Margaret puts her best foot forward Margaret Pickering Below: Sarah-Jayne is on the up and symbolic cut-out The Send My Friend to pupils and urge everyone teachers to represent the School campaign, organised to keep working towards Christ Church roof 1.7 million teachers missing by the Global Campaign this important goal. There needed fixing so……….. from schools around the for Education, is doing a are just two years to go …….. We decided to do world. wonderful job reminding now to meet the Education something about it by ‘Going On 24th May, Sir world leaders that education For All target. The global Ape’ in Grizedale Forest and Tony Cunningham will be is a right all children should professionally trained raising some money to help supporting our efforts and be able to enjoy. As a former teaching force must be pay for it! getting involved with ALL teacher I have a special expanded if we are to get 60 Saturday 6th April saw the school, from looking at interest in ensuring that million more children into my youngest grand-daughter class sizes to what makes the 60 million children who school, to be taught in decent Sarah-Jayne and me up in the a good teacher, and to tell currently do not have access sized classes by adequately treetops at Grizedale Forest. us about what it was like to primary education are not paid, well trained and The weather was perfect, for him going to school and only able to attend school but motivated teachers.” sunny but not overly warm compare it to those in Africa with just a hint of a breeze. It today. looked higher than we at first We hope that Sir Tony thought it would be but we will deliver the cut-out got kitted up with harnesses teachers to the Prime and, after going through Minister to remind the UK the safety procedures and government of their promise instructions, we set off on the to make sure all children great adventure. have access to primary The first stage was education by 2015. relatively easy with a rope to get my feet on the ground the rope ladders came Tony Cunningham ladder, easy crossing and again. With Sarah-Jayne a close second. And the said: “There are 1.7 small zip wire. The course shouting encouragement best bit? The zip wires million teachers missing in then progressed through from the tree in front, and a without a doubt. They were classrooms all across the the stages to very hard at couple doing the same from exhilarating, even the one globe and I am a strong stage six. Walking the plank the tree behind, I finally I dreaded most which was (swinging from one plank managed to reach the next very high, very long and supporter of efforts to ensure Library Bee universal access to primary by to another!), Tarzan swings platform where I could zip straddled the valley and the education is reached by 2015. Elle and zip wires all took on wire to the ground. At that road. The return zip wire from a new meaning as did the point I realised that it was was just as far but not quite Silloth Primary School rolling barrels, swinging logs not safe for me to carry on so high. I could see right COMPUTER PROBLEM? and rope crossings. We were to the final stage, nor would down the valley and waved going really well until stage I have been able to take care to people who had stopped to No Problem five when one such rather of Sarah-Jayne so we threw watch me go by. Wonderful! We are your local specialists for: long rope crossing proved in the towel and headed back Would I do it again? I don’t Internet Problems Printer Problems too much for me when my down to the lodge to get our think so but Sarah-Jayne arms gave up on me. Rather harnesses off. Initially, we definitely has high hopes Wireless Networking than landing on the platform were very disappointed at of making a return trip Computer Running Slow on the next tree, I gently not finishing but one young but needs an over 18 to Advice for New Computers rolled back to the centre of employee of Go Ape told us accompany her. Any offers? the cable hanging in space that we had done very well We think we have raised Mark Hansford Computer Services in my harness about 60 feet and that a lot of people don’t in excess of £500 for Christ 016973 32089 above the forest floor with no get past the first stage. This Church, Silloth to help Open Surgeries strength to proceed forward made us feel much better. pay for the roof repairs Silloth 1:30pm–2:30pm or go back! Ten minutes He gave us our certificates to and thank all our sponsors WILLIAMSON FENCING SUPPLIES Aspatria 6pm–7pm later (it felt more like an prove we had done it and we for patiently waiting since hour!) I was still ‘hanging headed for something to eat. October for us to get it done. GARDEN GATES Appointments at other around’ realising that I So what was the worst The church roof still needs & FENCES times by arrangement couldn’t be rescued and I bit? Undoubtedly hanging work done on it so if anyone Professional Installation 016973 20242 would need to do something stranded in space was else would like to support us for myself if I ever wanted horrendous but climbing we’d be very grateful! 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The organisation, help provide which is funded by Allerdale others with Borough Council and enterprise Britain’s Energy Coast, assists skills. entrepreneurs who want to Debbie become self-employed or Cosgrove, start their own business. Project Lady Cunningham, Manager for Allerdale engraved crystal chalice to who is the wife of Sir Tony Borough Council, oversees mark the occasion. Cunningham, MP for the WISE initiative. She Harry Dyke, Chief Workington, has worked said: “We are thrilled that Executive of Allerdale for WISE for six years. She Anne will be heading to Borough Council, said: “I am absolutely thrilled Buckingham Palace this added: “This award to receive this award. It is summer to collect this demonstrates recognition fabulous recognition of the award. We’re so excited for the commitment to hard work of the entire team that she has been chosen to local communities and our at WISE. Our work is client receive the honour. This is potential entrepreneurs focused, providing them with well-deserved recognition through the WISE team. information and practical for the entire WISE team. Allerdale Borough Council is Silloth Nursing Home and Luke for the generous for Les and the support of his support in preparation They work incredibly hard proud to have supported this would like to thank Jackie, cheque donated to the family is greatly appreciated. for start up or business and have achieved some project since its inception, Annmarie, Christine, Mike, home in memory of Mr Les Their kind donation development. I get huge fantastic results in helping along with our partners at George, Calvin, Ben, Abby, Laidlaw. helps us to continue the work satisfaction in seeing the hundreds of entrepreneurs Britain’s Energy Coast and Blaze, Josh, Domonic, Jack It was a privilege to care of the nursing home” entrepreneurs that I work realise their dreams of Copeland Borough Council. with make a success of their starting their own businesses The team’s work in local new careers. To be rewarded across communities in both communities across both in this way, for doing a job I Allerdale and Copeland.” Allerdale and Copeland love, is quite humbling.” Anne will be visiting has proved valuable and life Abbeytown Mothers Union The Queen’s Award Buckingham Palace on July changing to so many. I would Report by: Gladys Temple for Enterprise Promotion 23 with her colleague Eric like to warmly congratulate youngsters and so it goes on bottom to encourage root rewards individuals who Barker who nominated her both Anne and the whole Brenda Sim welcomed through life that the seeds we growth. Lesley began sowing have played an important for the award on behalf of team for the work that has everyone to the April sow count. She had brought seeds for the children at role in supporting the team. The award is for been undertaken over the Meeting of Holm Cultram seeds set in paper tapes and preschool groups then entrepreneurs. This could be life and winners receive an years of its existence.” MU. Apologies were received rounds to show how easy went to work at Bank Mill from Elaine Atkinson, it can be to sow seeds for and learned horticulture Bus Bee Connie Brown, Margaret your garden but warned not at college. Freda Garner by Alia Brooks Thompson, Lynne and David to over water the compost thanked Lesley for a very from Tembey. and make sure your pots interesting and informative Church and a list was put out Holme St Cuthbert Maureen Gibson led the are clean. It is cheaper to talk. Anita Norman and to pre-order refreshments. The School prayers and included prayers recycle plastic dishes which Judith Bryan served Summer Festival will be held at St. for Overseas members in have been cleaned but make refreshments then Joan Michaels Workington on 3rd June. Tanzania and Burundi and drainage holes in the bottom. Winter read the minutes of The next meeting will be on 20th also Hereford in England. You can use vermiculite to the March meeting. Freda May when we will have visitors and Lesley Reed then spoke cover the seeds and wrap Garner was presented with the Speaker will be Kathy Howe on on the theme of Gardens pots in bubble wrap to a gift voucher to thank her Street Pastors. reminding us of the seeds protect from frost. Some for the many years she was The Abbeytown May Market we sow. When children are seeds need to be kept cold Branch Treasurer. and Plant Sale will be held in the young they sow their wild in order to germinate and Tuesday 25th June the Abbey Coffee shop on Friday 24th oats and we set seeds in always water from the members are to visit Wreay May at 7pm all welcome.

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Zen Shiatsu is a physical further refined by early blockage in a body’s energy therapy that supports and Shiatsu practitioners, flow, finger pressure (shiatsu) strengthens the body’s specifically, Shizuto will be used to clear the natural ability to heal itself, Masunaga. He incorporated blockage and restore free- Protect Your Family! working on the whole person special exercises to stimulate flowing energy throughout – not just the physical body. the flow of ‘Ki’, or energy, the whole body. Young people in Cumbria It originated in Japan from within the body to further Receiving Shiatsu can are being encouraged to traditional Chinese medicine enhance earlier techniques. also be a deeply relaxing protect themselves against with influences from more Today, Shiatsu can be experience and depending measles by making sure they recent Western therapies. found in many different upon the client’s reasons have received both doses of There are several types styles, each based upon a for seeking help from this the MMR (measles, mumps of Shiatsu and ‘Zen Shiatsu’ particular philosophical therapy, many people return and rubella) vaccine. is one such form. Since the approach whilst retaining simply for the pleasure of The call by Cumbria word ‘shiatsu’ means ‘finger the basic theories/techniques ‘winding down’ from busy County Council’s Acting pressure’ in Japanese, when from its original inception in lifestyles and to enjoy its Director of Public Health practising this therapy a Japan. For example, certain benefits. echoes advice from practitioner may use touch, practitioners may focus For further information Public Health England, comfortable pressure and/ more on acupressure, that on energy-based therapies, which is now responsible or manipulative techniques is, locating the acupuncture please contact Diane on for vaccination and to address a client’s health points on the body but 016973 32729 or immunisation programmes issues. However, existing instead of inserting a needle email: in the county. methods of diagnosis were to disperse a perceived [email protected]. This month has seen a number of measles outbreaks in different parts of England and Wales. Lonely Bee So far, only one case of by measles has been confirmed Atlanta Vailionis in Cumbria this year (2013) from and the number of parents Holm Cultram Abbey School protecting their children from the disease in the county is high (95 per cent). Despite the high take- up rates, several thousand teenagers in Cumbria will be unprotected because they were not vaccinated as children when concerns, later discredited, about the The most common children in Cumbria are MMR vaccine were widely symptoms are fever, cough, currently amongst the reported. sore eyes and a rash that highest in the country, Baker Bee Measles is an infectious develops three or four days there are still a number of by viral illness that is spread after the onset of illness, teenagers who failed to get Ella Baker when infected people cough starting with the face and protected when they were from or sneeze. It can have serious head and spreading down the younger. It is not too late Silloth Primary School complications and in some body. and no one, anywhere in cases prove fatal. Doses of the MMR Cumbria, should take the vaccine are usually given risk of catching measles at 13 months and between when a safe and effective the ages of three and four. vaccine is available.” However children of any Anyone who is age, right up to young adults, concerned or wants more should consider vaccination information on how to get if they missed out at the themselves protected should recommended ages. speak to their GP, Health Dr Rebecca Wagstaff, Visitor or Practice Nurse. Cumbria’s Acting Director of More information on Public Health, said: “While measles and the MMR is vaccination rates amongst available at www.nhs.uk Cumbria Caravan Supplies • Caravan Spares & Accessories • Tobacco & Confectionery • Stationery & Gifts • Newsagent We have moved to: King Street Newsagent, Wigton Tel: 016973 42428 Page 6 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Solway Woodcarving Gritting to Repairing

Report by: Alison Robertshaw Cumbria County exceptionally wet summers – Transport, said: “It’s been Council’s highways team is with the number of potholes a challenging winter and On Saturday 30th March we held gearing up for an intensive traditionally peaking at this we appreciate that some an open day for the public to view our programme of road repairs time of year. people are concerned about woodcarvings in The Space (formerly the after one of the most testing the condition of the road Community Hall). winters in recent memory. network. It’s normal for the We also had stalls selling handmade New data from the number of potholes to peak items, many of which were also produced council’s fleet of 33 gritters at the end of the winter by our woodcarving members – what a shows that, although the season, and our highways multi-tasking lot we have! 2012/13 winter did not have teams will be putting in the There was crochet items consisting the severe, deep frost spells effort and the expenditure of beautiful cardigans, dresses, bags, experienced in the preceding over the forthcoming bootees, hairbands. Knitted mice, teddies winters, the county had the Overall the county months to make significant & rabbits. Felt crafted witches, angels highest number of freezing council will be investing improvements. The and ladybirds. Wooden hand–carved nights for seven years – with some £30 million in its Department for Transport decorative hearts. Cushions, bags, table gritters called out in the planned road repair recently recognised the runners, peg bags, pyrography plaques county for 108 nights, the programme in 2013/14, length of Cumbria’s road the list is endless……. but can’t forget the largest number since 2005/6. and a further £29.3 million network and the challenge cakes! Gingerbread, Easter cup-cakes, In total Cumbria’s gritters in 2014/15. Around £10.5 of maintaining remote iced sponge, cheese scones, carrot cake, spread over 36,000 tonnes million of this money will be rural roads with additional chocolate shortcake… we all returned of salt on a continuous spent in 2013/14 on ‘find and £6m funding for the next home sweeter! road length of over 175,000 fix’ repairs to tackle pothole two years, and now that we We held our ‘carve/decorate a miles this winter – the problems. During the year have this money, we will be wooden egg’ competition – which was equivalent of a gritter driving the council’s highways investing every single penny designed as a bit of fun for seven times around the team expects to repair straight into repairing and our club members. There Group had a cracking Easter Silloth Green Day which we circumference of the earth, and complete over 40,000 improving our roads. I would were no two eggs alike in any Saturday! Just wish more of will be attending. or driving from Kendal to reported road defects, with like to pay tribute to the way, all very unique. you would pay us a visit – it Weather and volunteers Cologne 375 times! the response times showing sterling work our highways Also, we had the pleasure was free admission. There pending…… we could have The conditions were a continued and sustained teams do in often challenging of one of our local MP’s were posters in various shops a busy year setting up our test for the county council’s improvements, so that the conditions. The new figures in attendance – Tony around Silloth advertising marquee on the Green at new in-house highways average time it takes to find, analysing the severity of this Cunningham with his son, our event. all of the organised summer team, which successfully fix and ‘close’ a reported fault winter show that the £7m who thankfully accepted our We have just received events going on in Silloth, ie. transferred back to the now running at just 11 days. the county council invested request to judge the entries. an invite from Wigton to Vintage Rally, Kite Festival, council from the contractor Cumbria has one of the in its new fleet, including the And the winner was….. take part in their ‘Windows Carnival Day…… come and Amey in April 2012. largest road networks of gritters, was money spent Jo with her outstanding Week’ again; also in May is take a look. Now that the gritting any English local authority, w i s e l y.” ‘Humpty Dumpty’ complete ‘season’ is coming to its end with nearly 5,000 miles This winter the county with wall! Well done! at the close of this month, of highways to maintain - council also launched its Surprisingly, I got second the same highways staff will serving both scattered rural live interactive gritting and third place with my be able to switch their focus communities as well as some information service at chick and weird eyeball! (I from gritting to repairing 40 million visitors to the www.cumbria.gov.uk/ didn’t blackmail the judge – and improving the county’s county. gritting which features a honest!). highways, which have taken Andrew Moss, Cumbria Twitter service and live map Along with all this going a severe hit from the harsh County Council’s Assistant explaining which routes are on we also supported ‘Help winter conditions and two Director for Highways and being gritted. the Heroes’ charity in the way of a donation bucket on display for our visitors. 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Tel Eric: 07736 774788 * Email: [email protected] local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Page 7 Fight Fraud with Say Hello to Lyndsay I would like to introduce myself as the Police Scamnesty this May Community Support Officer for Silloth. My name is Cumbria County There are hundreds of scams: conmen used sophisticated Lyndsay Tuck PCSO 5170 Council’s Trading Standards fake lotteries and prize draws, techniques and will often and I have transferred Service has teamed up with bogus health cures, dodgy deliberately target older or to Silloth from Wigton Citizens Advice to highlight investment schemes, pyramid vulnerable more residents. following the departure of the problem of scams, advise selling, phishing - to name We know that some people PCSO Hubert Wiosenski. I people how to avoid being just a few. New scams appear feel embarrassed about being have worked with PC Andy taken in and how they as more people become aware a victim of a scam but we Robertson as part of the can fight back against the of them and as criminals try would encourage people to Wigton Community Team scammers. to keep one step ahead. seek advice and report any for seven years. May 2013 is Scams Every year more than scams. Your actions may Some of you may have Awareness Month. The three million people in the help protect others from seen me out and about in the campaign which runs UK fall victim to scams becoming a scam victim.” last few months getting to throughout May aims to losing hundreds and even If you have been targeted know the community. My raise awareness of scams and thousands of pounds. It is by a scam, or know someone aim is to address the issues calls on consumers to drop estimated that nearly half who has then call Action raised by residents which scam mailings they have of people in the UK (48 per Fraud 0300 123 2040 www. include anti-social behaviour, received into designated cent) have been targeted by a actionfraud.police.uk. Action misuse of substances and ‘Scamnesty’ bins. scam and that £3.5 billion is Fraud is the UK’s national anti-social driving. I will also The closest bins are at: lost to scams every year. reporting centre for fraud focus my attention on the Age UK, Old Custom House, Members of the public and internet crime. visiting population, especially West Strand Whitehaven can take part and fight To report a problem around caravan park crime CA28 7L. Carlisle Civic back against scammers by to Trading Standards you prevention. I am already Centre, Rickergate, Carlisle. dropping any mailings into can contact the Citizens visiting schools in the area CA3 8QG. Workington a designated scamnesty bin. Advice Consumer Helpline and hopefully in partnership Library, Vulcan`s Lane The information collected on 08454 04 05 06. Trading with them and other youth Workington CA14 3SE. will provide valuable new Standards are responsible providers will encourage and Trading Standards Carlisle, intelligence and help inform for protecting consumers maintain good behaviour Carlisle East Community future investigations aimed and the community against from all our young people. Fire Station, Eastern Way at preventing others being rogue traders and traders I can be contacted on Information about under the heading Your Carlisle CA1 3RA. Trading scammed. Consumers can acting unfairly. You can get the new Cumbria Police non crime in the local area Neighbourhood. Standards Cockermouth, also drop into a Trading online consumer advice emergency number, 101, can be found on the I look forward to meeting Fairfield, Station Road, Standards office and take and information at: www. or by email: lyndsay.tuck@ Cumbria Police website you whether you are a Cockermouth CA13 9PZ. along their scam letters and adviceguide.org.uk. cumbria.police.uk . on the Silloth Newsletter, resident or a visitor. Scams are schemes to obtain advice. Cumbria Trading cheat people out of their Angela Jones, Trading Standards will also be money. Scams come in a Standards Service Manager tweeting on the topic of Graffiti Bee variety of ways: post, phone, said: “Scams can have scams. Follow us and join the by email, online, sometimes a devastating impact discussion www.twitter.com/ Jack Harrison with a knock on the door. on people’s lives. The cumbriats. from Holm Cultram Abbey School Wigton Local Links Wigton All Allerdale Borough a longer wait than usual. Council services are now Bill payments can also Registration Office available at the Local Links be made via Council’s online centre in Wigton’s Market service at www.allerdale.gov. Hall. uk/pay or over the phone Has Moved The office has had to by calling 01900 702666 (24 Cumbria County offices on Friday 17th May move since the reception hour automated service). Council’s Registration at 11am. area of the building, which Customers can also access Service in Wigton has He will also present housed its customer service other services, such as moved home to a new prizes to children from centre, was hit by a car on applying for parking permits bespoke office in the town’s St Cuthbert’s Catholic Saturday 4th May. or reporting problems which library. Primary, Wigton Infant The team has now need attention by Council The move from Station and Thomlinson Junior moved to an alternative staff, at www.allerdale.gov.uk. Road to the King Street Schools who won a painting office within the building so The Market Hall’s library is intended to raise and drawing competition all the usual services, such main reception area is now the profile of the service organised with the schools as bill payments, advice boarded up while the repair and strengthen partnership for the occasion on the and support, will now be work is carried out. It will working with the library theme of ‘New Beginnings’. available. However, because be reopened as quickly as service and with Wigton Services provided by the the Market Hall building possible. Signs are directing Local Links which has county council Registration is shared by a number of customers to the new provided a beautiful Service include registration different organisations, Council office via a door ceremony room in their of births and deaths; civil Allerdale Borough Council at the rear of the building building on Market Square. marriages and partnerships; customers are warned that and the customer services The new Chairman of naming ceremonies; renewal Cumbria County Council of vows and change of name they may need to queue team apologises for any Beeline outside and could experience inconvenience. will formally open the new deeds. by Kelsey Routledge from Holme St Cuthbert School

Sandra Hickebottom Local Transport SILLOTH MCFHP DipFHT MAFHP CARRS Services RUGBY CLUB Foot COACHES Community Available for Health Private Functions • Ecological Consultancy Coach & Bus Professional • Wildlife Surveys; bats, • Birthday Parties • newts, birds, etc. to Minibus Hire, Flexible Home Visits FOR HIRE • Engagements • support planning All Foot Problems Treated Tours & to Weddings • Christenings applications Corns, Callous, Ingrown Excursions • Fund-raising Dances • • Wildlife Conservation Groups Toenail, Verrucae, Diabetic work Tyres, Servicing & Repairs Comfortable, modern Lounge Bar Foot, Nail Cutting or Charities www.heskethecology.co.uk Control Tower • The Airfield Suitable for small or large parties Fully Qualified and Contact: Registered For 16 Years [email protected] Silloth • CA7 4NS Telephone Christine on: Dave: 016973 31785 016973 32299 Tel 016973 61440 Tel: 016973 31986 Tel: 016973 31276 Lawrence: 016973 31257 For further details or to book Mob 07951 312513 Mob: 07786 318302 Page 8 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Car Rally Visits Silloth Music on the Green

A total of 38 cars stopped off at Silloth Green after getting permission from STAG on Saturday 11th May so they could have lunch in the Silloth Cafe. They were taking part in the Leonard Cohen Memorial Tour which was Report by: Stephen Hart organised by Appleby Rotary Watch out for local SIDEWINDER and the last Club in memory of member Silloth Music & Beer youngsters RADIATION band on are highly rated Leonard Cohen who died in Festival are showcasing five local duo CINAMMON, Carlisle rockers 13 STARS. February this year. bands on the green on the Whitehaven’s up and In between sets the After leaving Silloth they 26th May from 12:30pm to coming indie popstars Moky ladies will be strutting continued along the coast 5pm as part of Silloth Green MISSARIOTY, veteran their moves and everyone is towards Carlisle. Day. Workington blues band, invited to join in.

Queen Bee Don’t Miss These Events by Scarlett McAvoy from Coming Soon Holme St Cuthbert School 26th May Abbeytown Duck Race 15th–16th June Silloth Vintage Rally

Sister & Brother Bee by Sienna Barnes Skinburness Residents from Association Silloth Primary School Would all members upon membership numbers We look forward to you please note that there will be and the level of help and joining us again and welcome no further coffee mornings participation that can be new members. or village fete at Chichester expected. Memberships for 2013 Hall. The committee will be Any future decisions on are now due, these are still considering future events activities will be reported in at the reduced rate of £1 per but these will be dependant the Solway Buzz. household per year. Peter Josef Skinburness Residents Association OPEN SUNDAYS Renewal / Application Form 10am to 4pm Name:

Address: Carly and Ellie Intro Offer: Cuts, Curled or Straightened, Blow-Dry Post Code: all £10 each Tel. 27 Eden Street, Silloth-on-Solway, Tel: 016973 31333

Email: Portraits and Commercial Photography Please pay your £1 subscription to the Treasurer: Photography by Peter Roger Blake, Greyholme, Skinburness, Wigton, CA7 4QY Tel: 016973 32180 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Page 9 Causewayhead WI Once Upon a Time Report by: Pat Froggatt neglected. It was truly a magical evening. On Wednesday 10th The vote of thanks was April Causewayhead WI given by Olga Hetherington held their monthly meeting who extolled the virtues of at Trinity Methodist, Silloth; this superb presentation. 1945 Vice President Margaret General business then Durham welcomed members followed giving dates for the and visitors. Birthday Party and Spring She then introduced Council Meeting. our guest for the evening, A card had been received Mike Angelo who gave us an from Janice, our President, audio visual programme on who stated that she is ‘Lakeland Life’. This proved progressing well. to be a very interesting Competitions: evening with some beautiful Flower: photographs of his travels 1st Olga Hetherington, around the Lake District. 2nd Ann Harrison He hoped the presentation Made in Cumbria: would show what a 1st Margaret Peach wonderful place the Lake 2nd Brenda Dowdell District is and stated how and low clouds depicted in Raffle: lucky we were to live in such some of his photographs. 1st Brenda Dowdell 2nd an amazing place of natural The Seasons were beautifully Dorothy Ross. beauty. The presentation portrayed especially with Tea Bread Competition was was backed by some music the autumn colours and the won by Val Lodge Back L–R: Marshall Robinson, ?, Wilson ‘Pop’ Carr, Liston Rule (District Bank), and poetry from sunrise to spring blossoms, together The show on the Green Bill Anderson, Rev George Ridgeway, Fred Armstrong, Bill Brown (Ritz Cafe) sunset - and how appropriate with the coldness of the on the 26th May requires Front L–R: Sally Greenway, Maggie Creighton, Mrs Wallace, Cynthia Pape, it was. winter scenes. Some of the members to set-up the stall Nellie Bosward, ?, Mrs ‘Pop’ Carr, Mrs J Baty We were all enthralled photographs showed ruins and also things to make Report by: Geoff Bland particularly with the mist of old farmhouses now sadly money. This was the “Welcome Home” committee formed to help returning servicemen back into civilian life in 1945. Puzzle Corner Join the dots from 1 to 56 to find an animal 1947

Silloth’s Solway Scout proficiency badges in the The Scout Hut was Group was formed on group. Camps were held between the Rugby Club and January 9th 1945. at Kirkbride, Keswick, the Bridge and was not in There were 117 Edinburgh and Lockerbie. very good order

Mr Charters and Traction Man by Mark Colin Parker from Holm Cultram Abbey School

Now - answer these questions What do you know about this animal? 1. Which country does this animal originate from? 2. How does the female carry its young? 3. Which of our Christian names is used to describe the male and female of this animal? 4. What name is given to a young one? 5. What do you call a group of these animals? 6. What is the top speed of this animal? 7. How does the animal move around? 8. Which of our sports is this animal associated with? 9. Can this animal move backwards? JCB Bee 10. How high can this animal jump? by Michael Stanwix from Answers can be found on page 15 Silloth Primary School Page 10 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news

Children’s Centre Football Training Opening Hours: Silloth Football Club Dates for the Diary Monday 9:30am to 12:30pm fortnightly for the Eden Street Playing Field Childminders group also under 7 years May Jun e c o nt ’d July cont’d September cont’d Monday 1pm to 3 pm term time Wednesdays 4–5pm Tuesday 1pm to 3 pm term time 18th Crunch Service in 15th Silloth Vintage Rally 13th Crunch Service in 5th Silloth Music & Beer Wednesday 9:30am to 12:30 under 11 years Skinburness Road Car Park Skinburness Road Car Park Festival on Silloth Green for Tots n Toddlers Wednesdays 5–6pm from 8am to 9:45am 16th Silloth Vintage Rally from 8am to 9:45am 6th Silloth Music & Beer Open at other times when the Men’s Team Tuesday 8:30pm to 9:30pm 19th Plant, Produce & 20th Solway Plain Artists 19th Silloth Kite Festival Festival on Silloth Green rooms have been booked, if you Craft Fair in Mawbray Village Windows Displays wish to use the Centre please Men’s Team Hall from 10am to 4pm 20th Silloth Kite Festival 7th Anniversary Coffee call to make arrangements. We Wednesday 7:30pm to 9pm 21st Solway Plain Artists Morning in the Recreation are more than happy to show 23rd Solway School Prom Windows Displays 21st Silloth Kite Festival Hall with Silloth & District Open to boys and girls. people around, chat on a one in Stanwix Park Pensioners to one basis or in small groups. Membership forms available 21st Strawberry Cream 23rd Criffel Tea Dance in from all coaches. 24th Sir Tony Cunningham Tea at Silloth Nursing Home Westnewton Village Hall from 7th Silloth Music & Beer Contact Numbers: Secretary: Stephen Hart 32706 visits Holm Cultram Abbey from 2pm, admission £2 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie Festival on Silloth Green Silloth CC - 016973 31230 School at 1pm Robinson 016973 31553 Aspatria CC - 016973 22777 22nd Solway Plain Artists 8th Silloth Music & Beer Wigton CC - 016973 49555 24th Abbeytown May Windows Displays 26th Solway Shore Walk Festival on Silloth Green Market & Plant Sale in the meet at Mawbray Banks opp Karate Club Abbey Coffee Shop at 7pm 23rd Solway Plain Artists Bank Mill Nursery at 9am 11th Causewayhead WI Arthritis Support From Monday 9th January Windows Displays Book on 016973 21967 meeting in Trinity Methodist Silloth Karate Club will be 26th Silloth Green Day Church Schoolroom at 7:15pm Wigton Area Arthritis Support moving to Solway Community 24th Solway Plain Artists 27th Abbeytown Carnival for Ian Potts describing Life as a 26th Abbeytown Duck Windows Displays Professional Musician Group meet on School Hall. 1st Friday each month at Race under 12’s 6:30 to 7:30pm Loveday House, South End, 25th Solway Plain Artists 14th Crunch Service in Wigton @ 1:30pm, details from 12’s and over 7:30 to 9pm 27th Silloth Annual Town Windows Displays August Skinburness Road Car Park Gladys 016973 43964 NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Meeting in the Community Hall 2nd Chichester Hall from 8am to 9:45am For further details contact at 7pm - all welcome 25th Criffel Tea Dance Flowers & Frames Open Day, Stephen on 07811 761033 in Solway Community School Teas, Tombola & Raffle, Free 17th Criffel Tea Dance 28th Criffel Tea Dance from 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie entry in Solway Community School Silloth Tots/Toddlers in Solway Community School Robinson 016973 31553 from 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie from 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie 3rd Chichester Hall Robinson 016973 31553 Silloth Tots & Toddlers meet in Robinson 016973 31553 26th Solway Plain Artists the Children’s Centre, Silloth Ballroom Dancing Flowers & Frames Open Day, Windows Displays Teas, Tombola & Raffle, Free and is open to all children aged In Mawbray Village Hall every 30th Solway Shore Walk entry from 0 to 4 accompanied by a Wednesday from 7:30pm to meet at Mawbray Banks opp 26th Solway Shore Walk parent/carer. 9:30pm for both beginners and Bank Mill Nursery at 10:15am meet at Allonby Car Park opp 4th Chichester Hall October Sessions are on: Book on 016973 21967 Twentymans Store at 8:30am improvers, entry £2. Flowers & Frames Open Day, 1st Criffel Tea Dance Wednesdays: Book on 016973 21967 All welcome, Teas, Tombola & Raffle, Free in Solway Community School 10pm to 11:30am entry Telephone Gerry & Susan on 27th Solway Plain Artists from 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie term time only Robinson 016973 31553 Entry is £1 per family and this 016973 32956 June Windows Displays 6th Criffel Tea Dance in includes refreshments 1st Coffee Morning in the Westnewton Village Hall from 28th Solway Plain Artists 2nd Parkinson’s Group All Welcome Recreation Hall with Silloth & 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie Windows Displays Meeting in Wheyrigg Hotel at Call in for a friendly chat District Pensioners to celebrate Robinson 016973 31553 12:30pm for lunch then talk Kickboxing Club the Coronation Anniversary by Brian Irving “Solway Coast 29th Solway Plain Artists 7th Parkinson’s Group The Kickboxing Club is held Windows Displays Area of Outstanding Natural in Christ Church Hall every 3rd Silloth Town Council Meeting in Wheyrigg Hotel at Beauty”. All welcome. 016973 meeting at 7pm in the 12:30pm for lunch then talk by Abbeytown Library Thursday night from 6:30pm to 52527 Community Hall, all welcome 30th Solway Plain Artists Rosalind Downing “St. Bega’s Windows Displays Abbeytown mobile library 7:30pm. All welcome. Way”. All welcome. 016973 5th Coffee Morning in the will stop outside the www.solwaykickboxing. 5th Parkinson’s Group 52527 Recreation Hall with Silloth & Wheatsheaf Inn at 1pm for an webeden.co.uk Meeting in Wheyrigg Hotel at District Pensioners hour every Monday 12:30pm for lunch then talk 10th Crunch Service in by Gilda Wells “DEWODE”. All July Skinburness Road Car Park 7th Silloth Town Council welcome. 016973 52527 from 8am to 9:45am meeting at 7pm in the Kettlebell Fitness 1st Solway Plain Artists Community Hall, all welcome Christ Church 11th Criffel Tea Dance in Windows Displays 10th Silloth Catholic Kettlebell Total Body Blast is Westnewton Village Hall from Church Coffee Morning from 9th Causewayhead WI For Christ Church baptisms and at Silloth Sports Hall every 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie 1st Silloth Town Council 10am to 12 noon meeting in Trinity Methodist other church related business Wednesday night from Robinson 016973 31553 meeting at 7pm in the Church Schoolroom at 7:15pm please contact: 7pm to 8pm. Community Hall, all welcome 13th Holme Low Parish for Gilly Fraser to talk about Rev Bryan Rothwell Rapid results, Unisex, Suitable 12th Causewayhead WI Council meeting in the the Clydesdale Horses Migration The Vicarage, Wigton Road for all levels of Fitness. meeting in Trinity Methodist 2nd Solway Plain Artists Community Hall, Silloth from Skye Windows Displays Tel: 016973 31413 To Book Call or Text Gayle on Church Schoolroom at 7:15pm at 7:30pm 07725 99 00 62 for Creations in Stained Glass 12th Crunch Service in by Sarah Jackson 3rd Parkinson’s Group 20th Criffel Tea Dance in Skinburness Road Car Park Meeting in Wheyrigg Hotel at Westnewton Village Hall from from 8am to 9:45am Civic Amenity Sites 15th Crunch Service in 12:30pm for lunch then talk by 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie Louise Miles “Calvert Trust”. All Operated by Cumbria County Wednesday Bunch Skinburness Road Car Park Robinson 016973 31553 15th Criffel Tea Dance from 8am to 9:45am welcome. 016973 52527 Council. tel: 01228 606060 in Solway Community School Silloth Evangelical Free Church, 21st Solway Shore Walk Maryport Tip, tel 01900 66922 from 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie Eden Street Wednesday Bunch. 3rd Solway Plain Artists meet at Mawbray Banks opp Robinson 016973 31553 open daily 8am to 6pm at 5pm every Wednesday, Windows Displays Bank Mill Nursery at 6:30pm Wigton Tip, tel 016973 45617 (except in school holidays) Book on 016973 21967 25th Halloween Bonfire open Tuesday, Thursday, Fun, bible stories, quizzes, Ladies Fellowship 4th Solway Plain Artists & Fireworks Display on Silloth Saturday & Sunday, craft, games for 5-11s Windows Displays 23rd Solfest Airfield 8am to 6pm Silloth Evangelical Free Church, Eden Street Ladies 5th Solway Plain Artists 24th Solfest 29th Criffel Tea Dance in Fellowship starts Thursday, Windows Displays Westnewton Village Hall from Bridge Group 26th September at 1.45pm. 24th Solway Shore Walk 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie Production Team Thereafter alternate weeks. 6th Strawberry Tea in meet at Allonby Car Park opp Robinson 016973 31553 Meet on Wednesday evenings Warm fellowship, refreshments, St Andrews Church Hall with Twentymans Store at 8:45am Proprietor: Silloth & District Pensioners Peter McRobert from 7 till 9pm, at the Golf Club and good speakers. Book on 016973 21967 Barn Cottage to play Duplicate. Information All welcome from [email protected]. 9th Criffel Tea Dance 25th Solfest Skinburness, CA7 4RA in Solway Community School November Tel: 016973 32180 from 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie 26th Silloth Carnival Email: Whist Group Robinson 016973 31553 2nd Pre-Christmas Tea in [email protected] St Andrews Church Hall with Breastfeeding Group Age no barrier. Anyone 10th Causewayhead WI Silloth & District Pensioners interested please come along Editorial Content Mondays 10am to 11:30am meeting in Trinity Methodist September on a Tuesday at 1.30pm until Church Schoolroom at 7:15pm 4th Silloth Town Council This is down to you, we can Wigton Bowling Club, West 3:30pm, entry is £2 - if you for a visit to Lifeboat Station 1st Silloth Craft Show meeting at 7pm in the only publish items if you send Road, Wigton require any more information and Picnic Community Hall, all welcome them to us. Have a cup of tea and meet please ring Susan Kenny on 2nd Silloth Town Council When sending articles in, other breast-feeding mums. meeting at 7pm in the please supply a contact name 016973 32450. 12th Summer Concert with 6th Parkinson’s Group Support and advice is available Community Hall, all welcome Meeting in Wheyrigg Hotel at and number in case something christ Church & St Pauls Mens from trained Breast-feeding Choir at 7pm 12:30pm for lunch then talk requires clarification. Peer Supporters and from 3rd Criffel Tea Dance in by Annette Gibbons “ready We will accept letters or Health Visitors or Midwives. For Westnewton Village Hall from Salted”. All welcome. 016973 emails, but we do prefer emails more information call Wigton RNLI Shop Please note that 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie 52527 as we have to have your letters Health Visitors: 016973 66608 SHOP OPENING HOURS articles, letters and Robinson 016973 31553 typed out. virtually all content of 9th Crunch Service in Saturday 11am – 4pm Published by: the Solway Buzz are 4th Parkinson’s Group Skinburness Road Car Park Sunday 11am – 4pm Peter McRobert with the contributed by YOU, Meeting in Wheyrigg Hotel at from 8am to 9:45am support of the whole Copy date for the Monday 1pm – 4pm 12:30pm for lunch then talk Tuesday 1pm – 4pm the local community. by Dr John Morris, Consultant community and an army of July issue is: 12th Criffel Tea Dance volunteers. Wednesday 11am – 4pm The Editor reserves the Clinical Neuropsychologist. All in Solway Community School 1st June 2013 Thursday 1pm – 4pm right to control what is welcome. 016973 52527 from 1:45 to 3:45pm, Tel: Marie Friday 1pm – 4pm included, however, no Robinson 016973 31553 If your organisation has an Our shop is staffed entirely by responsibility whatsoever Do you have an event Copy event to promote or you volunteers and occasionally for the content of the in the area bounded by have something to say, we may not be open at the Solway Buzz can be Abbeytown, Mawbray, Errors do occur in Dates Date  please note the next copy advertised time. We do accepted by the Editor, Silloth, Skinburness, if for the Diary. Please check date. apologise for any inconvenience or the Publishers. before attending an event. that this may cause. so please let us know. local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Page 11 Letters Summer Reads Supported by Dear Buzz, Dear Buzz, Silloth Carnival weekend Why not curl up with a good book? Anne Carruthers, Cumbria Library Service as usual with a display of After a challenging few Philip and Amanda would paintings, all proceeds will months the May 2nd like to say thanks to family go to the Carnival fund. New large print titles election day arrived. ITV and friends for their love, There is a display of Leeds & NE had asked if care and support during Olive’s paintings in the The Good Father kid and Paul is convinced his they could film me out and the sad and devastating Silloth Cafe which is free by Noah Hawley quiet boy is not capable of about in Silloth on election loss of our baby son Alex to view. Dr Paul Allen is a well- murder. day as a continuation Ryan Scott who was born Once again, my grateful respected man. He lives a Overwhelmed by a from filming in the ward sleeping on the 21st March thanks go to Mr Tenby and happy, comfortable life with vortex of feelings, Paul at Sunderland hospital 2013. all who remembered Olive, his second wife and their embarks on a mission to prior to my operation for Special thanks to Margaret especially those relatives, family. Until the night when understand what happened the “Weight Loss Ward” Gate for the wonderful friends and neighbours a knock at the door blows his and why. Following the trail Documentary programme. service and to Hughie for their kind expressions world apart; a hugely popular of his son’s journey across My understanding is that Scott for taking good care of sympathy, letters and presidential candidate America, he is forced to re- this documentary explains of Alex. cards received during the has been shot, and it is examine his life as a husband my way of life before and We were deeply touched sad loss of a dear sister. considered that the young and parent, and every after the weight reducing by the numerous cards, man who pulled the trigger decision he ever made. operation. flowers, phone calls and Heather Wood is Paul’s son. Daniel, the only Selected for the Richard This been the first time visits we received. child from his first, failed & Judy’s Spring Book Club this ITV film crew had The acts of kindness and marriage, was always a good 2013. visited Silloth, they generosity made our loss Dear Buzz, thought the Town was more bearable. great and I think this was We were astounded at the I would like to say a big a great opportunity to amount of money raised thank you to all of you Red Sky in Morning promote Silloth and the at Alex’s funeral for the that voted for me in the by Paul Lynch cloud-swirling Eden, and a Solway Coast nationally charity SANDS (Stillbirth recent County Council pursuit across the wild bog when the program goes and Neonatal Death elections. Canvassing over Spring 1832, Donegal, lands of Donegal. Behind out early next year on ITV Society). We are sure the whole of the Solway north-west Ireland. Coll him is John Faller – a man channel 3. the money will be put to Coast area was very Coyle wakes to a blood dawn who has vowed to hunt Coll Next day I attended good use in research and enlightening. and a day he does not want to the end of the earth – in the Election Count in support care. I met quite a number to face. The young father a pursuit that will cross the Workington, waiting and We thank you from the of very nice people who stands to lose everything due Atlantic, and lead to greater watching patiently for the depths of our hearts. had concerns about a to his landowner’s heedless tragedy in the new American new political membership wide number of topics son. Although reluctant, frontier. to develop within Allerdale Philip Scott concerning the County Coll sets out to confront his Red Sky in Morning is and the County. Council and the area we The “Solway Coast trouble. So begins his fall a dark tale of oppression live in. from the rain-soaked, bathed in sparkling imagery Division” was the last Once again, I would like division to be declared, I Dear Buzz, to say thank you to all anxiously approached the those voters who made the rostrum to receive the My sister Olive Marguerite effort to vote for me, and results. I was extremely Wood died suddenly I send you my best wishes New talking books delighted to be informed on 16th April at the for the future. that I had won the seat Cumberland Infirmary, Citadel by Kate Mosse with a 477 majority. Carlisle and her cremation Mark Hansford I would like to thank was held at Carlisle Independent Candidate From the No.1 different battle is waged, everyone who supported Crematorium on 24th internationally best selling full of clandestine bravery, me with their vote, I am April. author comes the third treachery and secrets. As delighted to be Elected Olive was born on 31st heart-stopping adventure a cell of resistance fighters, as your Cumbria County March 1922 and has lived Dear Buzz, Council member for a at Skinburness Road for exploring the incredible codename, Citadel, fight for further four years. many years. I would like to say thank history, legends and hidden everything they hold dear, I would also like to Reverend Tenby held a you to my family, friends secrets of Carcassonne… their struggle will reveal an take this opportunity lovely service for Olive and neighbours for their Citadel is set in the far older, darker combat being to thank all my friends at the house while Mike get well wishes, gifts and south of France during fought in the shadows. and colleagues who ably Calvert spread her ashes cards since I had my stroke World War II. While war Packed with suspense supported and assisted me on a favourite flower bed in December. blazes in the trenches at the and romance… a thrilling with delivering leaflets, where she can always I am pleased to be back at front, back at home a adventure etc. to your homes across enjoy her daffodils and home. the new division. Without roses. Susan Calvert kindly Also a big thank you to the this assistance I could said a prayer for Olive staff at Carlisle & Wigton not have carried out this after the service. hospitals who cared for Walking Home important role. Olive was a prolific poet as me. by Simon Armitage Thank you again for well as an artist and her your continued support collection of poems has Nora Molyneux In summer 2010 Simon “modern troubadour” and I look forward to been donated to the Abbey Armitage decided to walk without a penny in his representing you all to in Abbeytown. the Pennine Way, the pocket, he stopped along the the best of my ability as I would like to reassure challenging 256 mile route way to give poetry readings the Solway Coast Division all that the art displays in from Edale in the Peak in village halls, churches pubs member of Cumbria the shop windows will go District to Kirk Yetholm, and living rooms. County Council. ahead as usual from 20th the other side of the Scottish “Armitage’s great gift is June to 5th July and our border; the other way round: his voice.” Tony Markley garden will be open during walking home, towards the Yorkshire village where he was born. Travelling as a

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Page 14 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Wigton Spring Empty Property Fling Loan Scheme A loan scheme has been be over 18 years of age and An Arts Festival Showcasing launched which will help be the owner of the property. make more homes available A loan will not be paid for Local Art, Craft, Music, Drama across Allerdale and bring refurbishments that have empty properties back to life. already been undertaken, and Literature Empty property owners work must be completed Wigton Windows showcasing work by a can apply for funding from within six months and the Week, where all the shops cooperative of local artists Allerdale Borough Council property must be available are given over to displays of and crafts people” to renovate properties in for rent or sale within four Cumbrian craft work, has This year’s Wigton order to bring them back weeks of the completion been a popular spring event “Spring Fling” kicks off at into occupation - either to date. in the town for some 15 2:30pm on Saturday 18th live there themselves or to Clients can borrow 75% years. However, over the past May with Melvyn Bragg at make them available to sell of the cost of the works, up to three years it has grown into the Market Hall: a personal or rent. The Council also a total of £7,500, though the something rather bigger. appearance to introduce runs a matchmaker scheme, owner will be required to pay Organiser Brian his latest novel “Grace and putting property owners 25% of the price of eligible Campbell says: “In 2011 Mary”, a brand new story set in touch with prospective works. we put on an Open Art in Cumbria. purchasers and vice versa. Cllr Carni McCarron- Exhibition in the Market Tickets £5 from 12/62 The Council has been Holmes, Executive Member Hall. This proved so popular Cafe and The Fountain awarded £226,217 from the for Housing, said: “It is with both artists and public Gallery Wigton or Bookends Homes and Communities wrong that properties that we have repeated it, bookshops (Carlisle & Agency (HCA), and has should be standing empty and then gradually added Keswick). contributed an additional when there is a shortage in other events. It also led Ticket price is £113,109 to the scheme. of affordable housing in directly to the opening redeemable against purchase According to the HCA many areas of the borough. of The Fountain Gallery, of the novel at the event. funding criteria, eligible This funding will give properties must be in residents more opportunity OTHER EVENTS: Maryport or Cockermouth, in the housing market. WINDOWS WEEK have been unoccupied for The Council’s officers are FRIDAY 24th MAY to SUNDAY 2nd JUNE six months or more, and always available to provide Magnificent free show of unique Cumbrian Arts & Crafts could include commercial advice about work that displayed in all of Wigton’s shop windows properties which are being may be needed to bring an WIGTON 3rd ANNUAL OPEN ART EXHIBITION converted into living empty property back into SATURDAY 25TH MAY to SATURDAY 1ST JUNE accommodation. use, as well as offering the Original paintings by scores of local artists in Wigton Market The loans can be used to matchmaker service to put Hall, Solway Suite (entry via 1262 Cafe). To be opened by bring the properties up to owners in touch prospective Lee Sherriff, City Councillor for Harraby and prospective a decent standard, as well purchasers. Officers can also Parliamentary candidate for Carlisle. as improved security and provide information about Open daily 10am – 4pm Admission Free energy efficiency. All loans the Green Deal and Cumbria will be secured with a legal Warm Homes energy FREE BRASS BAND CONCERT SUNDAY 26th MAY, 2pm in ST MARY’S CHURCH charge against the property initiatives. I would urge The ever popular Carlisle Concert Band, sponsored by The until the funding is repaid in anyone who has an empty Fountain Gallery, Wigton. (Collection for Charity). full, but there are no fees to property to get in touch to pay to receive the loan and see how we can help.” GRAND CRAFT FAIR no penalty charges for early To find out more contact SATURDAY MAY 25th to MONDAY MAY 27th repayment. the Council’s Housing and Wigton Market Hall, 10am – 4pm daily, Admission free There are terms and Health team on 01900 JOHN PEEL THEATRE PRESENTS IN TWO MINDS BY conditions to the loan, 702570 or email housing. RICHARD HARRIS however. The applicant must [email protected]. TUESDAY MAY 28th to FRIDAY MAY 31st Daily 7:30pm Tickets £ 8 / £7 from Station Road Garage/Christies CONCERT BY WIGTON CHORAL SOCIETY FRIDAY 14th JUNE 7:30pm Wigton Methodist Church: Music for a Summer Evening: For Sale Madrigals and Part Songs Tickets from Members or Croft House

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STANWIX PARK Clothes Steamer Commercial quality Holiday Centre 016973 32666 steamer with dual power options, 7 months old. www.stanwix.com Silloth, CA7 4HH Tel: 016973 32180 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Page 15 Local Plan Affordable Consultation Housing Survey Have your say about the responsibility for planning A survey is to be carried more than 90% of these are new Local Plan, Allerdale policy, said: “This Local Plan out in towns and villages in for households in need of residents are being asked has been developed through Allerdale to investigate the social rented housing, with to give their views on a a series of consultations need for affordable housing. the remainder needing low document which will over recent years, and Allerdale Borough cost home ownership. determine planning strategy extensive evidence gathering Council’s Housing Needs Cllr Carni McCarron for the next 15 years. by the Council. Putting Officers will be carrying Holmes, Allerdale Borough Allerdale Borough the document together out the consultation across Council’s Executive Member Council has launched its is a lengthy process - it is the district of Allerdale for Housing, said: “This consultation on the next hugely important that we Busy Bee throughout May 2013. is an important issue and stage of the new Local Plan. get it right as it forms the by Brooke from Workington, Maryport the provision of affordable This ‘pre-submission draft’ basis for planning decisions Holm Cultram Abbey School and Keswick and their homes is one of Allerdale will form part of the final over the next 15 years. We surrounding parishes Borough Council’s priorities Plan, covering the area have to get the balance right have been surveyed in in its Reducing Poverty the Council administers in this document. It must recent months, so the new Strategy. We want to try to planning for, but excluding give us scope for the right consultation will include limit the situation which the area inside the National developments, of the correct the other main towns of affects so many towns and Park Boundaries. scale, to be made in the best Aspatria, Cockermouth, villages in Cumbria where The Local Plan will locations, so the towns and Silloth and Wigton, and their families, particularly the set out a 15-year strategy villages of Allerdale can outlying villages. younger generations, are to meet the needs of local flourish. However, it must The purpose of the forced to move away because communities for housing, also protect the rural and survey is to assess the need they simply cannot afford employment, retail and built environments, ensuring for affordable housing in rental prices or to get on leisure, while balancing the they are attractive places to each parish over the next five the property ladder in the need to protect the natural live, work and visit.” years, and try to alleviate the communities where they and built environment. Further information on current situation where high grew up. This survey aims to The Council now needs the Local Plan and how to house prices and low levels produce an accurate figure on members of the public to submit comments can be of affordable housing mean the type and size of housing give their opinions about the found at www.allerdale.gov. Beehave Beegood Bee that many local families that is needed in a parish and content of the document. uk/localplan. Copies of the by Abigail Mossop from cannot afford to live in their will be used by the Council All the comments received Local Plan can also be viewed Silloth Primary School community. The anonymous to shape future housing and will be submitted with the from 3 May at libraries in questionnaire will be sent planning policies. Without Plan to the Secretary of Aspatria, Cockermouth, to all households in rural the evidence provided by State for Communities and Maryport, Silloth, Wigton All comments must parishes, Aspatria and Silloth the return of these survey Local Government for public and Workington, as well as be submitted in writing, Puzzle and a randomly selected forms it will be difficult for examination. at Council offices in Wigton, preferably, using the percentage of households in Allerdale Borough Council Councillor Mark Fryer, Cockermouth, Maryport comments form, or Corner Cockermouth and Wigton to ask for affordable housing Executive member with and Workington. alternatively by email or and will examine the type of to be built in the district,

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