Eden and Lyne Buzz April and May 2017
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Eden and Lyne Buzz April and May FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF ROCKCLIFFE, CARGO, HARKER, BLACKFORD,WESTLINTON AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN “Ladies Lonning, Rockcliffe at its best – March 2017” Eden and Lyne Buzz EDEN AND LYNE BUZZ Use three random words to create a strong password, especially for email CONSTITUTION and banking accounts; Eden and Lyne Buzz is a community magazine run by Always download the latest software updates. unpaid volunteers on a not for profit basis. Don’t share your PINs and passwords; Eden and Lyne Buzz is run by a group of volunteer Listen to your gut instincts; Trustees who, for the time being are Mr A L Parrini Most of all, take five before responding to an (Chairman and Editor), Mrs Janette Fisher (Treasurer), unexpected email or phone call. Mrs Judith Twentyman (Secretary) and Mrs Ann Hay Stay aware and share these simple steps with your (Advertising Coordinator). friends, colleagues and loved ones. The Bank Account will be held by The Cumberland Building Society. All payments out of the account will be by Cheques WHAT’S ON signed by the Treasurer and 2 other Trustees. AND Legitimate expenses are available if requested by volunteers and Trustees if approved unanimously by FUTURE EVENTS the Trustees. 9th April – Daffodil Sunday at 2pm Eden and Lyne Buzz will be published 6 times per th th year. 14 to 17 April – Easter Weekend 1st May – Early May Bank Holiday Subscriptions and Advertising Rates will be set by the th Trustees in April each year based on the financial 4 May – Election of County Councillors for the Longtown Division results of the previous year’s trading. th The Trustees will invite all subscribers to attend an 7 May – Craft Fair – 10am to 5pm in Rockcliffe Centre (See Advert in this Issue) AGM in May each year to present the accounts and th agree the distribution of any surplus funds held. 13 May – Health Mela in City Centre (See advert in this issue) 29th May – Spring Bank Holiday ___________________________________________ th 29 May – Car Boot Sale at St Augustine’s (See Advert in this issue) 24th June – Armed Forces Day in City Centre Keep it simple to 30th June—Fashion Show - Rockcliffe Centre stop identity fraud. 2nd July – Garden Fete (Castletown) 28th August – Bank Holiday With 88% of all identity frauds being committed st online, we know that 1 October – Harvest Festival and Supper cybercrime and financial fraud are inextricably (Rockcliffe) 28th Ocober to 11th November – Poppy Appeal linked. th 4 November – Fireshow in Bitts Park 12th November – Remembrance Sunday Although both topics hit the news regularly, for most th businesses and consumers, it remains a 26 November – Rockcliffe Christmas Fair dry subject. When people are being bombarded with information from all angles, it can be easy IF YOU HAVE DATES YOU WISH TO ADD TO THIS LIST to miss essential security advice that can prevent you PLEASE SEND DETAILS TO becoming a victim. [email protected] HERE’S FIVE SIMPLE STEPS: 2 Eden and Lyne Buzz WELCOME TO THE EDEN AND LYNE steps forward to lay out the material more professionally in future. BUZZ It would also be great to have correspondents in BUZZ – an atmosphere of excitement and activity Harker, Blackford, Cargo, Kingmoor, Crindledyke as or to talk, often excitedly. well as Rockcliffe to keep their ears and eyes open for material suitable for the magazine. Help is also We have been without regular means of needed to distribute the magazine to new areas and communication amongst the villages north of the thus increase the readership. City for almost a year. A recent Parish Council The “Eden and Lyne Buzz” is a community magazine meeting sought to investigate the possibility of and we are seeking new articles and ideas to setting up a new magazine and this publication is the improve the publication and make it the best means first effort to try to fill the gap left since the previous of communication of events, services and local news magazine failed to appear. stories – so we need the community (YOU, THE Thanks to the generosity of 6 local people in READER) to feed information and ideas to our email Rockcliffe, this edition comes to you FREE OF address. CHARGE in the hope that you will like what you see We hope you like this first edition of the “Eden and and be willing to pay a new subscription for the next Lyne Buzz” – if so please be ready to pay a new 5 Editions through to March 2018. To make this subscription of £5 in early June when the next happen we also need advertisers to support the edition becomes available. magazine and for our readers to support the So please help us to make a success of our efforts advertisers by using their services and mentioning and let’s get the airways “buzzing” with news and “The Eden and Lyne Buzz”. details of events. HELP REQUIRED This first edition is being laid out and printed Trustees commercially and whilst efforts are being made to Mrs Ann Hay, Mrs Judith Twentyman, get “the best deal” for future editions, it would Mr Tony Parrini and Mrs Janette Fisher certainly help if someone who can use “Publisher” EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] NEXT COPY DATE DISCLAIMER It is hoped that the Eden and Lyne Buzz will be produced 6 times a year at the start of the even The Eden and Lyne Buzz is produced for months residents in the Rockcliffe, Kingmoor and Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct and Dec. Material can be sent at anytime to Westlinton Parish Council areas. The magazine [email protected] seeks to serve the local community by including local community events, advertisements and The final date for material for the Jun/ items of local interest. Inclusion of such material Jul Edition is WEDNESDAY 17th MAY in the magazine does not imply that the Trustees 2017. endorse everything that is mentioned, nor are they responsible for any inaccuracies in the PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS AND information supplied. MENTION “Eden and Lyne Buzz” when you do. 3 Eden and Lyne Buzz BLACKFORD W.I. BLACKFORD PCC 10 members and one guest, Joan, met on St John’s Church, Monday 13th March. Blackford – Flower Apologies were received from Rota 2017 Christine and Isabelle. We held a minutes silence We have very skilled flower after hearing of the death of Nan Weightman who arrangers who will be happy had been a member of Blackford W.I. for many to arrange flowers in Church years. on your behalf. If you would The Secretary read out the minutes of the last like to supply flowers or ask meeting of 13th February and these were approved the flower committee member to buy them on your and signed. Everyone had their copy of the County behalf for a special commemorative day please News so we had a read through the relevant parts. contact the committee member on the rota to Members attending the meeting at Cummersdale discuss your needs and prices. Please contact: on 12th April were given a reminder. April: Mrs P Faulder- 525983 May: Mrs J Forrester The Secretary informed us that our annual joint 792775 June: Mrs C Hewson 674699 meeting with Longtown W.I. is now to take place in November instead of July. Suggestions regarding our July meeting were requested. We have had a reply from Walton W.I. to confirm DO YOU NEED SOME they are joining us on 8th May. EXTRA GROWING Linda then introduced our speaker - Isabel Ferguson SPACE?? of Acorn Bank to do her presentation on paper craft. The table was laden with her lovely flower creations, mushrooms, boxes and jewelry. Isabel The Heathland’s explained all about the different papers she uses Community Garden and that it is a bit like Japanese style flower making near Rockcliffe has plots and polytunnel spaces called origami. We all then had to make a flower available. Now is the time to get started for this under her supervision. It was very clever the way 4 year’s crops. paper squares were transformed into a lovely No annual rental, joining fee £25. flower. We all enjoyed it and Barbara gave the vote Contact Tony on 07809-154999 for further details. of thanks. Isabel then judged the competition for a pretty birthday card and Mabel won this. Refreshments were then served and the free raffle was won by our visitor, Joan. As the school will be closed next month for Easter we will be arranging to have a meal out somewhere and we are all to meet at the School at 6 pm. 4 Eden and Lyne Buzz Blackford and Rockcliffe PCC’s Craft Fair in The Rockcliffe Centre CAR BOOT SALE on Sunday 7th May 2017 th 10.00am to 4pm SPRING BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 29 MAY Craft Stalls St Augustine’s Church Grounds Blackford Church Stall (Opposite Morrisons) Rockcliffe Church Stall Gates open for sellers at 7am Coffee, Lunches, Teas, Raffle TO BOOK AND FURHER DETAILS CONTACT MI- Please come along, support this even and CHAEL enjoy delicious homemade food ON 07796-102996 WANTED FOR FUTURE EDITIONS: GOOD QUALITY LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHS 5 Eden and Lyne Buzz Todhills Sloe Gin Competition Well, what a year this turned out to be for the New Year’s Day Sloe Gin competition! A record 48 entries, up from 31 in 2016, faced this year’s Sloemaster (judge) Councillor Val Tarbitt. Splendidly attired for the occasion in a much- admired and somewhat Bohemian Tuxedo suit, the Sloemaster adopted a new methodology, setting about the task in hand by sampling the entries in batches of four.