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Visit a Real Jack Thurlow, 99 Not Out Swim for 10p Old Fashioned Solway Pet English Pub Supplies children won’t need to splash out to swim this summer. The Open: Allerdale Borough Tue – Sat Council is offering 10p 10am to 4pm entry to children at the Albion council-owned pools Local in Workington and For Traditional Ales Deliveries Cockermouth. in a Traditional Pub Wigton Pool will also be running the 10p swim 29a Eden Street Eden Street, sessions for the whole of Silloth August. Tel: 016973 31321 Tel: 016973 33118 Netherhall Pool will be closed for refurbishment but will reopen in September. Craft Barn Keswick Leisure Pool will not be participating & Gallery in the scheme during the summer. The 10p entry offer will run until Farmhouse Tearoom Sunday 4th September Serving Delicious Home Cooked Food at Workington and Story & picture by Lawrence Marshall Cockermouth, and until Wednesday 31st August Farm Park Jack, seated in the centre, with friends in the Good Companions garden Visit the rare breed farm animals & poultry at Wigton. Children under the age of 16 can Open every day 10:30am to 4:30pm Jack Thurlow of Esk Street celebrated his 99th birthday on Monday 25th July. swim for just 10p during Monday being luncheon-club day Jack was entertained on the Community Bus pulic sessions at the We are between & Beckfoot on the B5300, with his friend’s singing “happy birthday” on their way to lunch at the Good turn for Newtown, left through the village and we are on the left three pools. Tel: 016973 32020 www.gincase.co.uk email: [email protected] Companions. The Good Companions who kindly provide the lunches during the For opening times school holidays also had a sing-song for Jack. and other details, please Friends and neighbours visited Jack’s home in Esk Street throughout the day, contact the pools. including a visit from Alan Byrom, vicar of Christ Church. Normal pool rules will BALLOON MANIA Jack, who is a keen cricket fan said that having reached 99 not out he is going apply and entry may be to get his first century. For All Your Special Occasions denied if the maximum bather numbers are Weddings ~ Anniversaries reached. Birthdays ~ Parties NAP £1,000,000 Funding cont’d The pool numbers are: Workington 01900 Fantasy Clouds continued from page 1 gives the green light to economic, employment 61771, Wigton 016973 Balloon Clusters • An existing everyone involved in and training needs 42412, and Cockermouth Balloons in a Box Development & Training the various initiatives of Aspatria, Silloth 01900 823596. Exploding Balloons Centre in Wigton – The across North Allerdale. and Wigton and their Pearl Arches ~ Foil Balloons Family Centre Their projects can surrounding parishes Spiral Columns ~ Double Bubbles This funding now go ahead. One and for members of forms part of the has to remember, of the Partnership, this Fraudster Mary: 016973 32003 or 077 2473 0172 overall £1 million that course, that this overall latest funding success Elly: 077 2473 0170 NWRDA earmarked approval is only the first has been the result of a Caught to each of the Market step in a long process considerale amount of Towns Initiatives. A that will involve a lot effort and time invested Allerdale Borough preliminary expenditure of hard work. Each by the people involved. Council has successfully grant of just under project and scheme, Victoria Nixon, the prosecuted a man for £70,000 was approved whether in Aspatria, NAP Project Manager falsely claiming housing in the summer of 2004 Wigton, Silloth, or said, ‘NWRDA’s and council tax benefits. to allow for two pieces hinterland, will need commitment to the area Stephen Campbell, of feasibility work and a to submit further bids through the Partnership 33, formerly of Welton, master planning exercise and performance plans acknowledges the , was fined £125 to commence. These for approval, in order economic needs of this and £75 costs by Carlisle included: to draw down the community and will Magistrates after he • Solway Tourism cash for each phase of allow the Partnership failed to notify Allerdale Partnership Branding development. to continue its work Borough Council of a Study Along with many to attract funding for change in circumstances • The Gathering Place people I am delighted further projects. This is in relation to a benefits Feasibility Study, and at this result. This a very positive reflection claim. • Wigton Townscape outcome has been the of all the efforts put in by His application was Regeneration Masterplan result of co-operation the many volunteers’. granted in May 2004 and NWRDA has also and hard work on the the benefits continued to invested over £100,000 part of many people be paid until the Council to support the costs from the three towns received notification of a dedicated Project and surrounding area in on 3 September 2004 Manager and Project North Allerdale – their from the Department Administrator, and effort has now borne for Work and Pensions funding to purchase a fruit. NWRDA has that Mr Campbell building to secure the helped us consideraly in had commenced paid future of one of the key formulating this bid and employment on 21 June projects. throughout the process 2004. Gerald Sewell, we have been helped and Mr Campbell received Chairman of the NAP supported by Allerdale overpayment of benefits said, ‘This is very Council’s Regeneration of £479.79. satisfying outcome to Team’. A payment agreement all our negotiations to recover the money has Tam by with NWRDA over the The scheme of Connor been made between Mr past year or so. It sends projects submitted will from Campbell and Allerdale out a clear message and focus on addressing Silloth Primary School Borough Council.