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www.solwaybuzz.co.uk Issue 165 Spanish Bee! bySolway Shannon Irwin from Silloth Primary School BuzzFREEFREE PAPERPAPER June 2018 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news It’s All Change at the Solway Buzz discuss this before going to print. New Size ~ New Qualityissue printed ~ just More after the staff were PagesNo doubt some will think the We had no plans to make changes informed, so we have had a chance to find smaller tabloid format is better, during the 17th year of producing the an alternative supplier. After discussions and many will consider it much Solway Buzz, but circumstances have with several print plants we have now worse, but let’s all be happy that forced us to do this. committed to having the Buzz printed the Solway Buzz is still going strong 2018 Events The first issue was issued for August at the Glasgow plant of Newsquest, but with your continued support. 27th May 2001 and was a simple black and white we found that most printers do not use eight page A4 publication. Thanks to your the size of paper we are Silloth Green Day enthusiasm and support, demand for the used to. As a result the Silloth on Solway Buzz just kept increasing, so we had to June issue is now slightly N E W S August 2001 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Issue 1 9th + 10th June move to a much larger (almost A3) size narrower than before for the August 2003 issue, although still in and quite a bit shorter as Silloth Vintage Rally black and white. well, it is also a slightly This is Issue One And the first issue is - what do you want to call it? For January 2004 we moved to having heavier grade of paper. We need your help to find a new name for We need a name that has a special I think the title should be: This has forced us to this a new newspaper. As this is your local meaning for everyone in this area. We are 16th June colour in the Buzz for the very first time, paper, it is only right that you should hoping to distribute the paper freely to _____________________ decide on a name for it. We have given it everyone in the area detailed below. the working title you see above, but the _____________________ change from six columns and we were informed that you loved it, so choice is not ours, it is yours. The paper will also be available to all the or, I would prefer to vote for one of the many tourists who come to enjoy this following options: for the past fourteen years the format has per page to five columns. There have already been 2,000 flyers special area with us. Abbeytown Family Fun distributed alerting everyone to the Silloth on Solway News impending launch of this exciting local Please send us your suggestion. Our advertisers will project. These have provided some A mystery prize awaits the winner and the Silloth on Solway Reminder stayed the same, with almost every issue suggestions regarding possible titles for chance to see her/his title printed every this new publication, but it has been month on our front cover. Silloth on Solway Informer decided to hold a competition to find this being sixteen pages. notice that the adverts The Silloth Buzz elusive new name, now we need you to get So get those thinking caps on and get your 24th to 26th August st involved. entries in.... Entries before 1 September please….. So, why the change to a new size now? are now a different Hand your vote into: The Golf Hotel, or Winters Newsagents, or post to: M-SMC, Freepost, Wigton, CA7 4ZZ Solfest For many years the Buzz has been shape, they are wider Issue 1 was produced and not so tall, however Where is this paper distributed? printed in Carlisle at CN Newsprint, part for August 2001 and was This map shows the catchment area we intend to receive the paper. Of course, where it is actually delivered to is down to YOU! of the Cumberland News, just recently all advertisers now have eight pages of A4 paper 27th August Apart from the printing, volunteers are doing everything else, and that includes distribution. slightly larger adverts in black & white the Cumberland News Group was sold A few people are doing a lot of work to try and get this paper off the ground. To survive we needs lots more volunteers, otherwise we will not Skinburness to Newsquest. Newsquest are the largest than before when they be able to continue. The more people there are prepared to deliver the Silloth Carnival paper, the easier it will be for each volunteer. Calvo Silloth Seaville newspaper publishers in the UK and check the paper area How much information is in the paper about your community is also down Causewayhead to the people in your village sending that information to the Editor. Blitterlees Although we are based in Silloth, we want to be relevant to every corner Kingside Hill also the largest newspaper publishers involved. of this fairly small catchment area. Please send as much information as bbeytownA 2nd September possible to Denise, the Editor, otherwise your community may be left out. Beckfoot Highlaws This has involved a Only you know what is happening in your locality, we almost certainly do Pelutho in the USA. They already have seven not. Newtown lot of work re-setting You now have a simple way of reaching everyone in your village as well Holme St. Cuthbert printing plants spread across the UK and as the neighbouring villages, very easily, each month. Mawbray Silloth Community Craft had no use for the relatively small plant every advert and we ask Remember - your help is important, whether for distribution, articles and news, or as advertisers. It is the advertisers who are paying for the printing of the paper, if we have more advertisers, then there will Show in Carlisle, so at very short notice they our advertisers to please be more space available for local news items. Please give us your support! Contact information is on page 2. decided it would close on 4th May and all be understanding that 6th to 9th September forty-seven staff were made redundant. there has been no time to Page 20 We were lucky to have the April Page 19 These Girls are Champions Pages 10 & 11 Go Golfing Girls Music & Beer Festival Page 9 These kids can entertain Page 8 John Crouch is Mayor Page 4 Let’s all go play in the sun Molly raises £356 for charity 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 Issue 165 Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you Diamond Wedding Guests Angie Fisher Takes Raise £400 for First Responders on the Lakesman On 1st January 2018 my swim in Derwentwater, followed beautiful and courageous cousin straight ater by a 112 mile bike L–R: Christopher Tyson, Sheila Wylie, Anne Morley, Harry Wylie, Amy Cowan Leeanne Cheng-Winter lost her ride, and to fifnish just in case you Harry & Sheila Wylie held a party to celebrate decorations by the Kandy Shop. They also received long battle with cancer aged 34 weren’t tired enough already a 26.2 their Diamond Wedding at the end of March in Silloth a message from the Queen for their 60th wedding years old. mile run. Leeanne replied ‘Angie RAFA Club. anniversary. It was tragic cancer took away you’re crazy!’ I am now doing this There were fifty guests and everyone enjoyed the Harry and Sheila requested no gits, but donations our gorgeous Leeanne who had event in memory of my brave music by ‘The 49ers’, there was also a lovely buffet by to Silloth First Responders, raising £400. Well done a big heart and a smile that lit up cousin to raise money for Cancer Shona Nichol, and a cake made by Mrs J Mellon, and everyone. any room. 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