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HURD the WORD As Tina Turner once sang “What’s love got to do with it?”. Well as it Ash Hill Joinery happens quite a lot really if you are a Christian or follow a Christian lifestyle. Love they say makes the world go round, whatever that means, but the concept of love does play an important part in everyday life in some & Building form or shape, and it is at the heart of the Christian faith and message. Yet it is probably one of the most difficult aspects of our beliefs to truly live out Specialists in Building Restoration on a daily basis. Tarn Farm Vets -Shap Structural Timber work Week by week in church services we extol the virtues of the Christian life No Call-Out Fees and utter the words of Jesus himself to “love our neighbour as yourself” and Traditional Roofing. and of course one another. 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Although we are as the bible puts “in a state of sin”, meaning not in a relationship with God, we have the Woolbarn, Shap, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3NB opportunity to make a relationship by doing our best to follow Jesus as a disciple (a learner) and accept God’s love as our Creator, redeemer and sustainer. Shop & Mop Back in the sixties The Beatles sang “All you need is love” - if only it was that easy. The hippy, psychedelic dream collapsed as have many other ideals and philosophies down the years. As you read these meandering GROCERY DELIVERY AND thoughts it will be the time in the church calendar and general society when DOMESTIC CLEANING SERVICE many of our thoughts may turn to love through the day remembered on the 14th February, St Valentine’s Day. An opportunity perhaps for some to Shopping made easy make money and for others to genuinely express their love. Valentine died No computer needed for his faith supposedly for having conducted Christian weddings for Hand me your list and I’ll do the rest! Roman soldiers and healing his jailer’s blind daughter who he wrote to signing off with his name Valentine, amongst other things. Perhaps not so NEED A CLEANER? important as the story of Valentine is our belief that love is an important emotion and expression of our inner feelings whether for an individual or Call me to make an appointment to for our fellow human beings. discuss your requirements For those of us who profess to be Christians it is the bedrock of our very Contact Anne Mandle existence and should be the dominant focus of who and what we are. A 07841016506 cursory read of 1 Corinthians 13 can leave us in no doubt of that love is the Email: [email protected] greatest gift God can give to you and me. Perhaps you may have the time to read through this scripture from the New Testament part of the Bible and see what you think – so Happy Valentine’s and a happy read…. Alun 100 Years Ago - January and February 1919 Wet and wild. Shap celebrated New Year with a Fancy Dress ball in aid of the Blinded Soldiers Fund. The event was arranged by the local V.A.D. Mrs Nicholson A.I. Carr/Sandy (commandant), Mrs McCann (quarter-master), JG Lowis (Hon. Sec.), F.J.Leighton (M.C.), Mrs Tonge (piano), J.F.Smith (violin). Prizes: Ladies 1 Miss Rutherford, Oil Gas LPG Skirsgill (Night), Miss Richardson, High Murber (Gypsy), Gentlemen 1 Pvt J Lowis, Wreay ( in female attire), 2 W Dowthwaite, Copy Hill (Mexican rancher). Plumbing Arthur Caton Todd, 15, son of Mr and Mrs M. Todd (former master and matron of Shap Workhouse) is now organist of Claughton Parish Church, nr Lancaster. No job too small The gardens at Shap Workhouse (an outpost of Carlisle) are “ a model for the UK”. The Vicar of Shap is now also Rural Dean of Lowther. Married at Shap Church, Robert James Slack of Rosgill to Hannah Lowis of Keld. Greenaway Crossings Four Rosgill youths thought it would be fun to leave a cart unlit overnight in the Wandsworth Gardens middle of the road north of Shap. Fined 10 shillings each (now £40). Shap CA10 3PE From March 1916 – Christmas 1918 the pupils of Rosgill and Swindale schools have collected total of 7014 eggs for military hospitals. Eggs then cost 4d each (now Call Sandy on £2.40). Other eggs were donated via W.Fleming’s grocers shop in Shap. Their rep. Miss Barrow was cycling to Orton, via the Hause, with a friend on 16th February 01931 716542 when she fell off. The friend cycled back to Shap to get Dr Nicholson. He brought her back to Shap then summoned ambulance to take her to Carlisle Infirmary. 22nd February – Christopher Airey, Brackenber (he owned the farm) died, aged 75. As of 1919 the Airey family had been at Brackenber for 100 years. In 1540 Airey’s were tenants of Shap Abbey. 27th February – at Plane Trees, Marjorie Ethel, daughter of Florence Lillian Just, aged 6 months. Jeremy Godwin 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 - Westmorland 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 9th November Raymond Wilson Interment of Ashes 21st January Georgina Wilson . Stephen Skelton Newby End Farm, Newby Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3EX Shap Local History Society Tel: 01931 714213 Monday 25th February ‘Weather Lore’ Jean Scott-Smith Car, Van, 4x4, diagnostics. Monday 25th March ‘Brougham Castle and Roman Fort’ MOTs, servicing and repairs 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.