Happy Bee by Lucy Martin from Silloth Primary School www.solwaybuzz.co.uk Solway BuzzIssue 98 September 2011 Solwaylocal news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news BuzzFREE PAPER FREE PAPER Page 2 Much appreciated Choir First Fete a Success Fantastic 3 Days for Page 4 Having an adventure Skinburness & Chichester Hall Full report & pictures on page 9 Right: Lifeboat Crew instruct Lou on how to set off an emergency flare Below: Tony Markley opening the Fete and Chichester Hall weekend Page 6 Golden boy Thomas Page 8 The Queen in Abbeytown Abbeytown Page 9 Scarecrows Galore Carnival The Best Ever Page 11 Big hitter Ashley Page 15 They are all champions Moky Dancers keep everyone lively in the sunshine - Full report & photos on page 8 Don’t Miss These Events Page 16 26th-28th August – Solfest Well done Jimmy 29th August – Silloth Carnival 8th-11th September Silloth Music & Beer Festival The Solway Buzz is a FREE community paper with a circulation of 5,400 copies for the area around Abbeytown, Skinburness, Silloth-on-Solway and Mawbray Page 2 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you - local news Marilyn Choir Summer Concert Rainbow Princesses Amyes Memorial Walk On Saturday September 17th the Marilyn Amyes Memorial Walk takes place from Silloth to Maryport. All are welcome. Departure is at 8am from outside the Albion Inn, Eden Street. Transport back to Silloth is available. Report by: Gemma Pegram join at the end of the night if Report by: On Tuesday 19th July they wished. We would like to firstly Lawrence Marshall Photo by: Rhett Gayle received community hymn silence in memory of Ronnie for our last meeting of the It was a fun way to end thank Silloth Library for singing. Markley who was a member summer term, First Silloth another year of Rainbows, inviting us for the evening The summer concert on The popular soloists were of the choir for many years. Rainbows were invited to but a sad time also as we had but also a very special thank Friday 22 July was enjoyed Jim Brough singing ‘The Ernest Graham is the Silloth Library for a Princess to say goodbye to four of our you to the SOSCS shop for by a full audience. Rose’ and ‘Can it be’, also organiser and Lawrence Party. Rainbows as they have now providing us with a very Light refreshments Arthur Todd singing ‘In the Marshall is MC. Closing Fifteen beautiful turned seven and are moving generous grant to pay for were served at the start of Garden’. speeches were made by music Princesses arrived and had on to Brownies in September. new craft materials and for the show by the 13 choir Many prizes donated by director and pianist Bill Hall a wonderful time making We wish them all well and funding our trip to Mabie members. Rev David Tembey the choir and friends of the from Wigton followed by friendship bracelets, name are sad to see them go. Farm Park in June. welcomed everyone and choir made up a good part Rev David and Mrs Tembey the Disney Princess Game set the tone for an evening of the takings of £630 for who thanked everyone for and looking at the wide Buzz Beeby of light entertainment church funds. making it such an enjoyable selection of children’s books by combined with very well We observed a minute of evening. in the Library. The Rainbows Caitlin also learned about the from different types of books you Windermere find in a Library and were staying at Just Dance @ Kite Festival informed about the Summer Stanwix Holiday Park Report by: The children were all totally their second performance. Circus Reading Challenge, Sharon Weightman excited. Stavros spoke to The crowd that had gathered which they were welcome to each child individually and in the marquee would have On Sunday 31st July one autographed pictures for been enough to terrify some teacher, twenty four girls and them. There were lots of people but not these budding one boy from Silloth Primary photo’s of the children and stars, they could not wait performance. There was even School met on the green, Stavros taken, these will be for their turn. Before they a chance for everyone in the Pop Candy Bee they were given their passes available when we return to went on another surprise crowd to get up and join in by and a free pass was also given school. All the children were was awaiting them, Stavros with a couple of dances of James to one adult per child. Why I given a goody bag from the asked them would they like which were being recorded from hear you say, well they were Rotary Club consisting of to perform an extra dance for Youtube. Bridekirk taking to the stage at ‘Silloth drinks, crisps, sweets, etc to with him. The cheers could Finally the children Kite Festival’ to perform enjoy in the interval. be heard at the back of the joined Stavros Flatley on dance routines. In the first The children went back marquee and the reply was a stage and they were brilliant. section they danced to ‘Dirty to their families and spent definite yes. The children said it was the Disco’ and ‘Proud Mary’. time having fun on the green The children went on and best day of their life and more autographs this time on I know every parent, carer When the children watching kite displays and performed ‘Swagger Jagger’ they would do it all again, their arms and wrist bands. ,grandparent, etc were so went backstage there was a going on rides. and ‘Everyday I’m Shuffling’ Stavros told them they had The children take part proud of their child. I would surprise waiting for them, At half past three the and received deafening been amazing and could not in Just Dance after school like to thank the children Stavros Flatley had arrived. children met back up to do applause from the crowd. believe how quick they all club and a huge thank you for their hard work their The children all sat in picked up his dance routine. must go to Mrs Caroline outstanding performances a line in front of the stage There were three cheers Lightfoot for all the hours and their behaviour they The Good Companions to watch Stavros Flatley’s all round. The children got of her own time that she are a credit to our school, puts into things, so that their families and the whole Residential Care Home Estate events like today go so well. community. Long & Short Term Stays in HOPES Agents Single En-Suite Rooms SILLOTH AND SOLWAY COAST COMPUTER PROBLEM? 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Maybe now he will build Lifeboat Press Officer of various animals being and was flooding in quickly, When it comes to beach No job is too big for the another trailer for the town washed up on the shore. Eddie was also concerned cleaning nobody can touch heavy squad to handle, even to cope with the heaviest of Silloth RNLI lifeboat Recently there have been that the driver may get Ken Wannop and his team at a truck axle with wheels. jobs? launched on 20th July at two dead cows and a sheep stuck in the mud trying to lunchtime to a quadbike recovered from the sea at recover the quad on his own. and driver who were stuck Silloth. The lifeboat stood by and in the mud on the beach at Local Lifeboat the crew assisted with the Causewayhead WI Skinburness, Silloth. Operations Manager, recovery by using the lifeboat Report by: Pat Froggatt The Marsh Herd was Eddie Studholme, thought launching tractor, driven by member of the hive. He also aspects regarding bee- using his quadbike to search it necessary to launch the road to the scene, to winch On 13th July demonstrated how a hive is keeping which David was the beach for any livestock lifeboat to assist with the the quadbike out of the mud Causewayhead WI held their constructed and explained in only too pleased to answer.