The beginning of April this year coincides with the Christian festival of Easter. The beginning of May in A.I. Carr/Sandy Julian Russell Fdsc.Arb this country is the General Election. Oil Gas LPG Tree & Garden Both the Anglican Archbishops and the leaders of the Services other denominations have put out letters suggesting the Plumbing issues that we – the voters – should ask of our All aspects of tree work large prospective elected representatives. There has been and small, No job too small much in the press about whether the church leaders including; pruning, felling, should be commenting but one of my favourite quotations is from hedge cutting and planting. Archbishop Desmond Tutu. ‘When people say that the Bible and politics Greenaway Crossings don’t mix, I ask them which Bible they are reading.’ Wandsworth Gardens A wide range of gardening I would be the last person to tell anybody for whom they should vote - Shap CA10 3PE services are also available. however I do think that one of the Easter images gives us much to reflect Free specialist advice and upon when we consider where we put our cross. It is the Cross itself. That quotations. iconic instrument of Roman torture is for Christians the symbol of Qualified, experienced, sacrifice. Jesus, God’s image in human shape, sacrificed his life, allowed Call Sandy on insured. himself to be killed, so that we would see the very worst humans could do 01931 716542 Tel: 01931 713108 and choose life instead, so that our hearts would be softened and we would turn away from all that would corrupt and damage. In that death of an innocent man Jesus drew compassion from people then and has done down Gillians the ages He took on the price of our human sins and failings as he hung in We will be celebrating 50 years as a hairdressing agony. It is an horrific image but it can be a very cruel and ugly world. business, which is a great achievement. Christians for over 2,000 years have honoured the cross shape. They have Please come along to help us celebrate on used it as an icon of the faith. They have let it remind them of Jesus’ Wednesday 29th April from 5pm - 9pm ish. sacrifice. All welcome for wine, nibbles & memories. th IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT NIGHT! On 7 May (or earlier if we have a postal vote) we will have the opportunity to use our cross. Will we use it as a sign of sacrifice or will we After 50 years we feel it is the right time to announce the start of our vote for those who we judge will put more money in our pockets. Will we NEW VENTURE consider the poor? the young? the disadvantaged? New salon, new name and introducing our new award-winning stylist Perhaps Easter is a good time to start to think – carefully about where we PAUL HASSALL. Paul has been guest stylist for Toni & Guy and finalist in L’Oreal Colour should be placing our cross. ‘He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and & Wella Vogue competitions, always upgrading techniques what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, with Vidal Sassoon, Trevor Sorbie, Toni Guy & Anne Veck. and to walk humbly with you God?’ (Micah 6:8) (NRSV) Paul will be demonstrating his skills so do come along and Our cross dedicated to his cross, to change the world ...now that’s a watch Paul work his magic and learn more about him. thought! If you would like to be a model for Paul, please tel: 01931 716635 or mobile 07554424318 Happy Easter Beverley Lock The Herald 100 years ago th March 1915: Raw; wild; blizzard (18 March). Some think the War’s artillery MOBILE FOOT CARE has unbalanced the climate and made it so wet. IN YOUR HOME th th The Fell Pony Committee met and fixed the shows dates 10 April – 4 May, or at th in six local centres; Shap’s is last, Tuesday 4 May. The Committee hopes to SHAP MEMORIAL HALL find new blood, ‘not the same old stallions like the one walked from Shap every Friday 9am – 5pm recently’ (no further details). The FPC is a private body of farmers etc., total 9; by appointment only includes Dr. Gibson from Orton. For a limited time only Tarn Farm Wanted by the Army, Shoeing-Smiths, Wheelwrights and Recruits. Recruiting Do you have toenails that you Vets are offering Meeting, Shap, Friday 19th, 7.30pm. st can’t cut any more? BUY ONE GET ONE FREE ON ALL Shap Workhouse will close on 31 March and its inmates move to Penrith ‘in CAESAREANS what we send them in’, with no extra clothing. Tramps through in late February, Do you have corns, hard skin or 23 (1914, 65). The Guardians (Workhouse Managers) met in the Workhouse for dry, cracked heels? Call us out for any difficult calving or th lambing, and if a caesarean is the last time on Wednesday 24 March; 13 inmates now, 26 tramps through, mid I can help with all th required, you will get the next March, down 35 on same in 1914. The House’s staff’s jobs cease on 30 April. these problems The guardians are also Shap RDC, and as such shelved the Blea Water Scheme caesarean for free* to improve water supplies. For an appointment *Term and conditions apply – visit Shap Agricultural Society AGM in the Kings Arms Hotel will be on Saturday please ring Carol on our website www.tarnfarmvets.co.uk 27th, 4pm; J. G. Lowis, Secretary. 07841713152 or call the office for more details Shap UDC ordered the owner of Wreay Cottage to amend its insanitary state. Call 01931 716024 / 07734 458412 The Workhouse’s branch main from Springside is faulty – Guardians to fix it. Woolbarn, Shap, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3NB Mrs Corrie objects strongly to paying for the kerb along her frontage at West View (noted). More houses in Shap’s north end will soon be connected to mains water. If Shap’s annual input to a GPO telephone would be £23 p.a. minimum (now £1840), the GPO will make Shap Post Office a public telephone call D R BROWN Ash Hill Joinery office. (‘You may telephone from here’). Died at Sedbergh, Friday 19th, Mr. J. Conchie, late of Shap, 69. In the 1870s he DECORATOR was a granite-mason at Shap Granite Works (George Fenmay & Son), rising to SUNNYSIDE, SHAP & Building quarry-foreman; thence same in W. Cumberland till accident and illness. Is kin CITY & GUILDS QUALIFIED to Tom Conchie, the former champion guide racer (fell runner). DECORATOR Specialists in Building Restoration Died at Fothergill, Shap, 23rd George Lomax Topping, J. P., 82, funeral 27th, ADVANCED CRAFTS Structural Timber work 2pm, Shap. No flowers, please. PAINTING & 1865 William Hawksworth sued George Nicholson, Shap’s Highways PAPER HANGING and Traditional Roofing. Overseer for hiding the accounts from him. The Bench said ‘Not proved’ and All Joinery acquitted him. SPECIAL EFFECTS WORK GRAINING SPECIALITY and maintenance work undertaken April 1915: fine, cold, with frosty nights. Some rain, too. Special meeting of Shap UDC, to open the 3 tenders for the new Kern Spring INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Reservoir, to hold 6000 gallons – sharp words as two councillors disagreed – Contact DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL Steve Thompson lowest chosen, from Leighton and Hudson, £97.11s. 6d. (the Granite Works was dearest, £158). Approved GPO Penrith’s request to close Wickersgill PO, on 07718 742677 / 01931 717566 01931 716304 Ash Hill, Rosgill ,Penrith CA10 2QX Saturday afternoons. The badly-laid drain in Station Terrace was choked and Mob:07588578980 was what polluted the well in Unity Terrace. It’s now been sorted and the drain’s owner (Mrs. Dunderdale) will be sent the Council’s bill. SHAP MEDICAL PRACTICE In 1914, the County Council tar-grouted the A6 through Shap, but used poor, Peggy Nut Croft, Shap, Penrith Cumbria CA10 3LW dirty sand, which is now a dust-problem when traffic comes by; to write to Tel. No 01931 716230 Fax. No 01931 716231 Westmorland County council saying ‘Tar-spray it – it’s the only cure’. th SURGERY TIMES Last Saturday (27 March), the late Mr. G. L. Topping was buried in Shap 8.30 am - 6.30 pm Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri Churchyard. By 3rd April news had come that he’s left the Church £500 to buy a 8.30 am - 1.00 pm Thurs new organ to replace the small one given c. 1900 by Mr. & Mrs. Roper. His Surgery times may vary during holiday periods. The surgery is closed on public nephews Marsh Bros had originally promised to give an organ, but the Vicar holidays and for Protected Learning Time sessions for staff training. (not the present Vicar) persuaded them to fund the restoration (1899-1900) Thursday 16 April Wednesday 13 May instead. th Emergency arrangements Last month (27 March), James Millican, Shap, 58, was working as a In an emergency please contact CHOC on 03000 247 247 woodcutter at Catterlen when he dropped dead. Inquest heard that he’d kidney-blockage and heart-failure. Community Outreach at Shap Medical Practice Mr. Matthew Sarginson, Rose Cottage, joined the Oddfellows, Shap Abbey Alternate Wednesdays 10am - 2pm Lodge in late March 1855 and is still in harness there and beyond. He was Information & Advice Service elected Asst. Sec. in his first evening. Social & Leisure Volunteering Money Matters The Workhouse is being mothballed. The Guardians were taken aback by its Transport Local Services Home & Care scruffy state (the House Committee had hidden this, in its report).