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The Old Courthouse, Shap Further to our article in the last edition of ‘Shap Today’ we are pleased to say that work on improvements to the building is making good progress. Glyn Jones In addition to the funders mentioned in the last issue of Shap Today we are very pleased to say that we have recently received a pledge from Funeral Directors Cumbria Community Foundation - Community Fund. We A Complete, Professional Caring are planning an art exhibition ‘Changes’ for the beginning of March. In Sympathetic Service, addition to this there will also be a display relating to the history of the All Areas Covered, building. We would like to hear from anyone who has memories, Private Chapel of Rest accounts or photographs from when the building was used as a 12 Battlebarrow, School, a Magistrates Court or a Youth Club. Appleby-in-Westmorland, Please contact Janet Wood, [email protected] or tel. 716273 Cumbria. CA16 6XS We will be organising some special events including Tel: 017683 51569 a talk by David Plant who will share his memories of policing in Shap

during the 1960s and 1970s. Look out for posters or visit our website Hugh and Lorraine Jones www.theoldcourthouse.org for details. Kevin Robinson HISTORY IN HOUSES by Jean Scott-Smith No 85 - Fell Garage Crafts at Wasdale with Mandy Parker - Come and have a go! Fell Garage was established before the first World War at the south end of the village by Mr and Mrs John T. Wednesdays 1.30pm - 3.30pm Houghton, they had a dealership for Royal Enfield cycles, 6th February & 6th March petrol pumps and a car for hire.

They built a bungalow named Leafield on site during the From the Parish Registers 2018 1930s, and following the death of Mr Houghton in 1943, Baptisms the business was bought by Ben Sayer and Morland Woof, who established motor repairs. They also ran lorries and a 16th September Jack Braithwaite taxi. Mrs Houghton moved into Shap and lived in the Marriages bungalow called Holmegarth.

15th September Mark Chambers and Katherine Burgess The garage continued to be operated by Mr Woof and then Burials various members of his family until 1987, when it was 4th January Derrick Holder purchased by Brian Crisp. During the 1990s it became less viable to sell fuel, and so it continued with repairs only. The garage closed in July 2018 following the 26th January Edna Brown death of the proprietor. 26th May Peter David Murphy 12th June Amy Miralda Johnson

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Tel: 01931 714213 Monday 25th February ‘Weather Lore’ Jean Scott-Smith Car, Van, 4x4, diagnostics. th MOTs, servicing and repairs Monday 25 March ‘Brougham Castle and Roman Fort’ to all makes and models Joseph Jackson

Unless otherwise stated, meetings are held in the Memorial Hall starting 7.30 pm LUN Visitors are welcome at any time, £3.50 per meeting VILLAGE Diary February Wed 6th 1.30pm Crafts with Mandy Wasdale We have some good news and some bad news……. Sun 17th 7.30pm Highlights ‘Landermason’ Memorial Hall First the good news! Despite the difficulties of last Thu 21st 2pm Mothers Union tba year we have ended the year in a better, more Mon 25th 7.30pm History Society Green Room March sustainable financial position than we have ever Wed 6th 1.30pm Crafts with Mandy Wasdale been in and have now appointed a local contractor to complete the work on Wed 6th 7.30pm Circle Dance Memorial Hall the perimeter wall in time for this year’s opening. We have some more new Wed 13th 7.30pm Circle Dance Memorial Hall features and activities planned this year which we hope to announce soon. Thu 21st 2pm Mothers Union tba Sun 24th 3pm The Herdwyck Consort St Michael’s The bad new is that at the recent AGM the turn out from potential Mon 25th 7.30pm History Society Green Room volunteers was dismal. We cannot continue to run the pool with the level of Sat 30th 10-11.30am Playgroup Coffee Morning Memorial Hall volunteers we currently have. We need to fill the following vacancies to Claiming Dates keep the pool operational: Chair, Secretary, shop volunteer coordinator, Sat 13th April 9.30am Bowling Club Coffee Morning The Bower Sun 14th April 2pm Bowling Club Open Day The Bower lifeguard coordinator, pool booking coordinator. Sat 20th April 10 - 11.30am Easter Coffee Morning St Michael’s The current committee all work outside Shap and these roles are Sun 28th April 9.30am Freegle Memorial Hall increasingly difficult to carry out unless you are contactable during pool Sat 4th May 7.30pm Highlights ‘Eglantyne’ Memorial Hall Sat 7th Dec Christmas Fayre Memorial Hall opening hours. We need new people to get involved in this brilliant little community enterprise. Full training and ongoing support will be given. We Events at The Old Courthouse are a friendly little team but we need to get bigger. Please help if you can. Reading Group - meets monthly tel 01931 716706 for details Please call Jeanette Morris on 07960 493 673 if you can help in any way with Thursday 14th February 7-8.30pm Poetry Evening , read or come to listen any of these roles, in full or part.

Saturday 23rd February 10am – 12.30pm Writing Workshop Winners of the Shap Open Air Swimming Pool Christmas Quiz Join us as we let our writing respond to 'change' - whether it be in the world, the environment, the seasons, our communities, our lives or our relationships. First prize of £10 went to Lorraine Rogerson, Calthwaite Tuesday 26th February 10 – 11am ‘The Night Sky’ Rucksack of Rhymes, age 0-5 Second prize of £5 went to Philip Senior, Gaisgill. Friday 1st March 7pm – ‘Under Milk Wood’ visual recording, music and poetry for Thanks to everyone who took part and to Ellie Ramsey for compiling St David’s Day. The recording (2014) includes famous voices and faces intercut the quiz. with evocative imagery presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales. Do you want to earn money over the summer? Wed 20th March 1-2pm ‘Spring Sights and Sounds’ Rucksack of Rhymes,age 0-5 Friday 15th March 7.30pm – evening of live music and poetry including some Shap Swimming Pool are now recruiting lifeguards items based on local characters from ‘Beyond the Beacon’ Adm.: £5 Bar available. for the 2019 season – May to September. Saturday 30th March - Writing Workshop with Susan Allen, ‘Material Worlds’ If you are interested and are 17, or will be, by the 31st March Exhibitions 2019 please contact us at [email protected] 1st – 31st March ‘Changes’ artwork and display relating to the history of the building or on 07512 466 172 12th April – 5th May ‘Material Worlds’ Four professional artists whose practices Full training given. £7.50 /hr upwards, shift work on a rota include leaf work, ceramics, textiles, collage and painting using traditional techniques including weekends and some evenings to fit the opening and slow processes to conjure art. timetable and pool hire bookings 10th May – 2nd June ‘100 things of Shap’ - we hope you’ll be involved! Please visit our website for more details www.theoldcourthouse.org Deadline for applications 11th March 2019 SHAP PARISH COUNCIL We want all users to be able to enjoy the countryside and to help achieve this we ask that you do so with consideration for others and Eden Community and in a responsible way that helps to support British Farming.

Learning & Skills Dogs on Public Foot Paths:  A dog is considered a 'usual accompaniment' of a person on foot. Courses in February & March in Shap The right to walk with/without a dog along a public foot path is confined to the line of the path. The dog must be under close control. Allowing your dog to stray away from the Silk Fusion 09/02/19 10am-4pm £29 path would constitute a trespass. Fell Walking for Beginners 09/02/19 9am-5pm £28 Dogs on Open Access Land (Common Land): Hill Skills & Navigation 26/02/19 6pm-8.30pm £72  You can access some land across without having to use paths - this land is Silk Painted Scarves 09/03/19 10am-4pm £29 known as ‘open access land’ or ‘access land’ Try Stencil Painting 23/03/19 10am-4pm £29  You can use access land for walking, running, watching wildlife and climbing. I.T. courses—ask for more info  You must keep your dog on a lead no more than 2 metres long on open access land: Courses in Penrith between 1 March and 31 July - to protect ground-nesting birds Functional Maths and English, Confident Communication, at all times around livestock CV Writing, Effective Customer Service, Sugarpaste Easter Cake Why it is important to pick up your dog’s poo and routinely worm your dog  Dog poo can spread diseases that are harmful to humans and farm animals Toppers so the most responsible thing for dog walkers to do is to pick it up, bag it and bin it. Plus much, much more! Examples of parasites/disease spread by dog poo: Toxocara canis - a roundworm found in dogs faeces. T. eggs represent a risk to young For more info contact us on children if they are picked up from infected soil. If a single larva ends up in some delicate Tel: 01931716447 or structure like the retina, it causes permanent damage leading to visual impairment. Email: [email protected] Neospora – a virulent parasite found in dogs’ faeces. If they foul grazing land and Or check out our website: pregnant cattle or sheep ingest the parasite, it will cause them to abort or give birth to www. cumbria.gov.uk/learningandskills offspring that are infected for life. C.Ovis and C.Tenuicollis – The adult tapeworm can reside in the intestine of dogs, the larval stages of the parasite is then passed to the sheep through grazing infected pasture. Apart from liver condemnations, heavy infestation in lambs can cause Help Needed! Shap Scouts are looking for haemorrhages and peritonitis. Moderate to heavy infections can cause loss of appetite an enthusiastic new leader, to work with our team of the sheep, leading to longer finishing periods and impacting on costs. Sheep may also Full training and support provided. We don’t want to lose our Scout become weak and prone to other infections. Infection cannot be detected until animals are slaughtered. In some cases the whole carcase is rejected and binned. Group. If you can spare any time to help - it does not need to be every week - please contact Jackie Wright on 01931 716490. Message from Community Warden A dog fouling problem has been highlighted by residents of Shap in the area around Jackson’s Lane and the road from the Main Street Garage up towards the cemetery. Council would like to thank those dog owners who do pick up and to remind other Fund Raising Coffee Morning in aid of Bill Potter's Appeal dog owners of their responsibility to pick up after their dog(s) throughout Shap parish. and History of the Greenholme Stud Display Dog fouling is anti-social, irresponsible and a health hazard to humans. Eden District The Old Courthouse, Shap Saturday 16th February 10am - 1pm Council’s Community Wardens have been and will continue to patrol the area to try to Homemade Cakes Coffee Tea Live Music witness offences but if members of the public witness somebody failing to pick up after Raffle Books and Craft items for sale their dog or have any information which might help us to catch offenders, please contact Photo displays of the Greenholme Fell Pony Stud over the years and their us on 01768 817817. Karen Holmes, Community Warden, Environmental Services, Eden District Council, Mansion House, Penrith CA11 7YG www.eden.gov.uk history. For information/offers of help contact Libby Robinson: (Please note, I am not office based. Any urgent emails please send to Email:[email protected] or tel. 01768 897035. [email protected] or alternatively, call 01768 212490). Update from the Shap Policing Team January 2019 Incidents of Note - 1st to 7th January, two reports of damage to vehicles and one report of attempted Shap School Report January 2019 theft of a vehicle in Shap.

Community Engagement - Shap Mini Police attended the Remembrance Service at St Michael’s in The children are all settled back in school after the November and attended Wasdale sheltered housing to sing carols at their coffee morning in December. Christmas break. We welcome Daniel, James, Winter Home Improvement Advice Hadley, Harper Rose and Harry into nursery and  Trading Standards advice - be sure you choose a trader with care know that they will soon feel part of our school family.  NEVER use cold callers who arrive at your property offering to undertake work We started the term with ‘Friendship Week’ and the focus was on  Get at least three quotes for the work – more if it’s a major project respect. Children worked in 4 mixed aged groups doing art, sport,  Look at a trader’s previous work. Note availability baking and problem solving activities all linked to an Aesop’s fable.  Look for trader registered with accredited trade bodies, check with Companies House  Get everything in writing. NEVER pay the full price upfront . We also had class workshops led by the NSPCC who also did a  For large-scale jobs, get a full contract. very informative workshop for parents on Internet safety. What to do if the work is unsatisfactory This term KS2 children’s topic is ‘From stone age to iron man’ and  You may well be able to get the trader to redo the job later on in the term we will be having a Stone Age day in school  Record details of your conversations when the children will take part in a variety of practical activities!  While withholding money can be effective but consult a solicitor for advice The KS2 children are also busy preparing for Young Voices in  If you want someone else to put the work right you should give the original trader reasonable time to fix the issue February at Manchester which is always a highlight of the year  Consider using an ADR scheme, such as an ombudsman. when our children join together with 8000 other children to perform  If you’re not sure what to do, contact Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 0345 404 0506. with a live band. Please continue to report anything suspicious via 101 or email [email protected] Early Years FS and KS1 children are looking at Superheroes this PCSO 5206 Karen Dakin and PCSO 5133 Larmour. Email: [email protected] or [email protected] half term! In Catbells there are lots of dressing up clothes for the children to turn into a superhero of their choice! The children are SHAP MEDICAL PRACTICE also looking at people in our local community who are also Peggy Nut Croft, Shap, Penrith Cumbria CA10 3LW superheroes. Tel: 01931 716230 Fax 01931 716231 Our new outdoor play area for Catbells is coming along really well Surgery times—8.30am - 6.30 pm Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 8.30am—1.00pmThu Thursday evening clinic at Orton from 3.30pm and the first phase is almost complete. We have had the old Dispensary Opening Times –9am-1.30pm and 2.30pm to 6.30pm Mon-Fri apart from surface taken up and the climbing frame with slide has been Thursdays when the dispensary is closed all afternoon from1.00pm installed on a super green safety surface. Den poles are in position Surgery times may vary during holiday periods. waiting for us to create all kinds of spaces for imaginative play! A Surgery is closed on public holidays and once a month for Protected Learning Time sessions for staff training. We will be closed for training on water wall will allow the children to have fun experimenting with Wednesday 13th February and Thursday 14th March. water. Once the remaining Tarmac has been laid the children will Emergency arrangements be able to enjoy learning outside in a fabulous new area! In an emergency please contact NHS 111 (just dial 111 from your telephone). Telephoning for Results Anne Maud , Head teacher Please phone for the results of tests or investigations one week later after 10am. Ordering medication Shap School 100 Club Winners You can hand in repeat prescriptions or you can now order medication on our website, www.shapmedicalpractice.co.uk Please allow two full working days notice. November Mrs P Wilson, Simon Bindloss, Alan Watson Child Health Clinic Health visitor Janice Loftas runs this clinic at The Old December Anne Maud, Alan Watson Courthouse, Shap on the first Thursday of each month 1.30pm to 3.00pm. Janice can be contacted on 01768 245615 if you have any queries in the meantime. If anyone is interested in joining the 100 Club, where the prize is £75 every two Eden Hearing Services- Hearing Aid Cleaning and Maintenance weeks, can they please contact Sarah Caton at the school - 01931 716274 10.30am to 12 noon 2nd Wednesday of the month Optician Clinic - for NHS eye test patients only - ring 017683 53199 for appointments Highlights at Shap Memorial Hall SHAP PLAYGROUP (at The Old Courthouse) Landermason Sunday 17th February 7.30pm Multi-instrumentalist Fiona Lander (vocals, piano, whistles, clarinet, recorder, Please support your local Playgroup. saxophones and occasional percussion) and Paul Mason (guitars, ukulele and vocals) Everyone welcome.

present a fabulous and varied show which combines both traditional and contemporary There will be NO SOFTPLAY SESSIONS ON MONDAY folk with jazz, blues, classical and other styles. Their own self-penned material is AFTERNOONS. We are changing to Monday mornings in the Courthouse interspersed with lively jigs and striking arrangements of traditional classics. Enjoy 10.30am-11.30am, starting Monday 4th February. music from their latest album ‘Stand Together’ and prepare to be energised, uplifted, Family sessions 0-5 years: Tuesday and Wednesday 9.45 - 11.45 am soothed and entertained! Children FREE up to 6mths, 6mths - 1 year £1.50, Tickets: Adults £10 Conc. £9 Child £5 Family £23 (2 adults plus 2 children, 1 adult plus 3 children) Bar available 1 - 5 years £3.00 (younger siblings £2) Tea/coffee £1 Call in for more details we will be happy to see you! Saturday 4th May 7.30pm ‘Eglantyne’ Tel: Playleader 01931 716484 or find us on Facebook

Anne Chamberlain performs an inspiring new play about the courageous and visionary Rhyme-time - Wed 13th February 10am-12pm life of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children. Rheged Sessions - Wed 30th January & Thu 28th February 1-3pm Tickets: Adults £10 Conc. £9 Rucksack of Rhymes - 26th Feb, 20th Mar see Old Courthouse Events Bookings for Shap Shows: Tel. 01931 716273 or online at www.highlightsnorth.co.uk Fri 22nd March Remi Harris Duo Orton Market Hall 7.30pm 015396 24732 Thu 11th April Family Wordship Crosby R. V. Hall 6.00pm 07584251352 Shap Playgroup Circle Dancing Sat 13th April Family Wordship Askham Comm.Centre 5.30pm 01931712187 th Mother’s Day with Anne-Lise Kryer Sun 28 April Travelling by Tuba Orton Market Hall 7.30pm 015396 24732 Coffee Morning Shap Memorial Hall 7.30-9pm Saturday 30th March 10-11.30am SHAP C E PRIMARY SCHOOL Wednesday 6th and 13th March Shap Memorial Hall ADMISSION TO SHAP SCHOOL NURSERY September 2019 Everyone welcome! If your child was born between 1st April 2016 and 31st August 2016 Everyone Welcome they are eligible to receive up to 15hrs free nursery education from September All children within the age range above, will be entitled to 15hrs per week however some children may be entitled to the full 30hr per week, depending on family SHAP YOUNG PEOPLE’S LOTTERY circumstances. Parents should view www.childcarechoices.gov.uk and may then be Playgroup/Swimming Pool issued with an Eligibility code, which should be passed to the school office along 16th November 14th December with their NI numbers £70 Muriel Lloyd £70 Marie Groves 15hrs entitlement per week = £35 Ethel Bentley £35 Georgina Parker You’ve got to be in it to win it! Contact Glenis if you would like to join tel 716484 5 mornings (8.45am – 11.45am) OR 5 afternoons (12.15pm – 3.15pm) 30hrs entitlement per week = (please ask at school) For children not eligible for the extra free sessions, we do offer places where a fee is SHAP YOUTH CLUB chargeable for hours over their 15hr entitlement. Please ask within school. This year Glenis will have run Shap Youth Club for 25 years, she The closing date for applications is 29th March 2019 has taken the decision to step down. We would like to take this Places allocated according to date of application Application form SA13 may be collected from the school or downloaded opportunity to thank her for all her hard work during this time, it from the Cumbria County Council website. Forms should be returned, is much appreciated by both children and parents. together with attached Parent Declaration form, proof of Date of Birth and address, to the school office. For further details please see Mrs Sarah Caton If anyone is interested in taking on the role as Youth Club Leader (School Office Manager), Shap CE Primary School, Main Street, Shap, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3NL please contact Lisa Bindloss on 07889 908077 or Rachel Rudd on Tel: 01931 716274 [email protected] 07824 875116 for further information . CHURCH NEWS METHODIST CHURCH Thank You! From St Michael’s PCC to If you do not already know, The Methodist Church no longer worship in  those who supported Val’s Fruit and Vegetables Quiz which raised £203 The Abbey Café. It was felt the time was right to join our friends at  all who supported St Michael’s Christmas Fair and Dominoes raising £1045.20 for church funds St. Michael’s Church, where we have been made most welcome. We  Shap School - the offertory from their carol services, was divided would like to say “thank you” to all who have supported us in the past. between St Michael’s Church, £29 and NSPCC, £30. Shap School also Thank you to all who attended the Carols by Candlelight Service in the collected £147.13 for the NSPCC at the performances of their Nativity Plays Memorial Hall. The offertory amounted to £180 and was divided  The Kings Arms Hotel for their hospitality in hosting the Carol Singing. between the following charities; The Children’s Society, Action for We made up the collection to £135 and sent it for ‘Hospice at Home’ Children, Cenacolo Community UK.  those attending the Crib Service. The offertory was made up to £130 for JIGSAW at Eden Valley Hospice. ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH  those who decorated the church so beautifully for the Christmas season 3rd February 10.30am Lets Praise 10th February 10.30am Holy Communion and to the school for their inspiring artwork. 17th February 10.30am Holy Communion 17th February 4.00pm Church in School 19th February 9.30am Morning Prayer Sunday 17th February, 17th March 24th February 10.30am Morning Praise 4-5pm in Shap School Hall 1st March 2.00pm Women’s World Day of Prayer Service – see advert Family friendly, informal worship 3rd March 10.30am Morning Service with Rev David Milner ALL WELCOME 6th March 10.00am Ash Wednesday – Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes 10th March 10.30am Holy Communion Women’s World Day of Prayer Service 17th March 10.30am Holy Communion 17th March 4.00pm Church in School ‘Come – Everything is Ready’ 24th March 10.30am Morning Praise 26th March 9.30am Morning Prayer in St Michael’s Church Friday 1st March 2.00pm 31st March 10.30am Service for Mothering Sunday All are welcome to attend this interdenominational service that has been Wednesdays 10.00am Holy Communion followed by Coffee & Chat prepared by the women of Slovenia 4th Thursday 2.00pm short service followed by tea and a chat at Wasdale 28th February, 28th March St Michael’s Church St Michael’s Church, Shap ST.CATHERINE'S R.C. CHURCH, PENRITH Sunday 24th March 3.00pm Sunday Mass 8.30am 10.30am ( with Children's Liturgy ) Shrove Tuesday Quiz Night Holy Days of Obligation 9.15am and 7.00pm Tuesday 5th March 6.30pm The Herdwyck Consort presents Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 9.00 - 10.00am in Shap Memorial Hall For fuller information of all services and events, updated weekly, please see our ‘I Sing of a Maiden’ website: www.stcatherinepenrith.org.uk Adult: £2 Child: £1 music for the Annunciation from the ******** Middle Ages to the present day, (up to 6 per table) Rev. Sandra Ward is making steady progress following her fall in including works by Duruflé, Grieg, November and her licensing service at Loweswater has been rearranged Admission includes Praetorius and Bruckner. for Monday 25th February at 7pm. A coach will leave Shap at 5pm. Pancake refreshment Tickets: Adult £8, If you would like to book a place on the coach please contact Angela Tel 01931 716273 for details Student(16 and over) £4, U.16 FREE Milburn at Orton, tel 01539624382 by 10th February. includes light refreshments