KENDAL RUFC are hosts to promotion-chasing Sedgley Park at Mint Bridge in National League Division 2 on Saturday (3pm). KIRKBY Lonsdale RUFC are also at home to Cockermouth in the North Lancs/Cumbria League (3pm). KENDAL Town FC have a quick rematch with
EXACTLY one year since Donald Campbell's Bluebird boat was recovered from Coniston Water, plans to rebuild the unique vessel and bring her "home" to the village are forging ahead. Both the team behind proposals to reconstruct the boat, and Coniston's
HELM Hill veteran Billy Procter used all his guile and experience to win the fifth race in the Kendal Winter League series from Under Helm, Grasmere, on Sunday. Procter turned with Kendal's Chris Doyle at the summit of Helm Crag and used his superior
KENDAL men's unbeaten run finally came to an end with a 3-1 defeat at Rhyl. With both teams chasing both promotion and the Division Six title in the NW League this was always going to be a hard game. The standard of hockey was high in an open game as
YVONNE Wilson and Dot Wilding's Town Crier has been showing good pre-season form and during the past week has won all three practise trails at Longsleddale. On Tuesday, in a field of 14 hounds, the Crook-based four-year-old finished in determined style
In the Westmorland League First Division, Coniston slammed in five goals at Shap without reply as they moved to within two points of leaders Wetheriggs United. Coniston were 3-0 up by half time, the first coming after 15 minutes when Stuart Walker rocketed
FOR the first time ever a Third Division side has reached the final of the Westmorland Car Sales Senior Cup. Having already taken the scalps of First Division opponents Greystoke and Windermere, Kendal Town Reserves made it a treble by beating title-chasers
KENDAL SQUASH Club's annual Club Handicap final pitted Mike McVey (off -24) against Duncan Precious (-19). Higher-ranked McVey knew his opponent's weight and range of short posed a threat and relied on extending the game into a third set to exploit his
THE Tenant Farmers Association has criticised the Government's planned Nitrate Vulnerable Zone legislation for displaying "a complete disregard for the needs of the farming community". TFA chairman Reg Haydon said: "I am extremely concerned that many
25 years Ago -March 4,1977 Two Americans have added a transatlantic flavour to lessons at two Kendal schools in recent months - they are teacher Miss Bobbie Brink, who is on attachment to Longland's Girl School, and Mr John Strangl, who is currently a
SIR, All over Kendal you meet cyclists ignoring the prohibition signs on Waterside, Gooseholme, Thorny Hills, Riverside Walk and elsewhere (Gazette, March 1, Aisle group block bike link'). They ride in areas closed to traffic, go the wrong way up one-way
SIR, I read with interest the response from Coun Rothwell to the earlier letter from Mr Thwaites regarding traffic-calming in Vicarage Park, Kendal. I trust Coun Rothwell had his tongue firmly in cheek when dismissing the concerns of the significant number
SIR, Many thanks to Dennis Aris for drawing attention to the removal of a successful red squirrel population at Foulshaw Moss; the official estimate of numbers on Foulshaw is 250. The Moss is one third of the way through the process of being 'returned
SIR, No Gazette reader can have failed to be shocked by the heart-rending pictures of 21-year-old heroin addict Rachael Whitear's corpse which had lain for three days in a bedsit after a fatal heroin overdose. If ever an image screamed out that drug use
Coming up with tasty recipes with an exciting twist is a tough task, so why not try some German dishes out on your next dinner guests. They're guaranteed to groan about Sauerkraut and Frankfurters but the recipes in a new book Modern German Food should
A Taste of Lakeland, Ambleside: Pickled Lyth Valley Damsons - ideal with cold meats and cheese - made to an old Westmorland recipe by Dianne Halliday of Country Fare of Mallerstang - £ 2.50 (456g). Also from Country Fare - apple & ginger chutney rhubarb
Cumbria County Council has been awarded £ 500,000 of New Opportunities Fund money to help transform public libraries into a web surfers' paradise, boosting public access to PCs and keeping the population abreast of new technology. The fund should more
A son has spoken of his anger following the death of his mother who spent 15 months on an NHS heart bypass surgery waiting list, despite the desperate intervention of her family and MP. Grandmother Pauline Jefferys, 68, who suffered from leukaemia and
A radical rethink of the M6 - the region's main transport artery - is about to be set in motion. Residents and organisations across South Lakeland, Eden and Furness have been invited to make their mark on the future face of transport as part of a ten-year
The Bishop of Carlisle walked into a protest this week during his Lent walk, when supporters of troubled priest the Rev Harry Brown confronted him with placards. Holding signs that said "Where is the care?", "Is this justice?" and "Talk with us", around
A COUNCIL wants to boost the popularity of Kendal Museum and trim its annual £100,000 running costs. South Lakeland District Council is considering taking control of the museum from the Lakeland Arts Trust which has run the attraction on its behalf for
THE fight to save Appleby's historic Shire Hall has been stepped up by the formation of a residents campaign group and more pressure from the town council. Mayor Lance Thwaytes said it was "reprehensible" that Cumbria County Council was thinking about
People living in Ulverston and Low Furness are being urged to take an active role in shaping the future of their market town as the drive for regeneration swings into action. The Ulverston 2000+ Partnership is hoping to get the Market Towns Initiative
MARKET towns have long been at the heart of traditional rural life, although in recent years many have experienced decay and decline with employment and services being whittled away. In an attempt to breath new life and purpose to these towns, the Countryside
TWO workmen fought to stop a crushed car from toppling down a bank while fire-fighters rushed to the scene to free an injured couple trapped in the wreckage, reports Jon Taylor. The elderly couple, believed to be from the Staveley area, had been travelling
If you have a problem with 153 calls and want to make a request for reimbursement, BT suggests you now contact its Customer Services Department direct on 150. Alternatively, you can contact Oftel on 0845-714-5000 (calls charged at local rate), or by writing
BRITISH Telecom has mounted an investigation after telephone users complained of being billed for making repeated calls to International Directory Enquiries on 153, reports Ellis Butcher. It follows a campaign by The Westmorland Gazette which revealed
A PUBLIC meeting is to be held later this month in a last-ditch attempt to save this year's comedy festival in Ulverston, which attracts more than 5,000 visitors each year. Organisers are unable to stage this year's event during the first weekend in June
A MONTHLY fair is being held in the Victory Hall in Broughton-in-Furness on Sunday, March 10, from 10.45am until 4pm, to help the village to recover from the devastating affects of foot-and-mouth. There will be various stalls selling flowers, cards, clothes
VISITORS to South Lakes Wild Animal Park will be having a roaring time later this year with the arrival of some new animals - a pride of lions. The zoo in Dalton-in-Furness has been given seven African lions from a zoo in the West Midlands and is hoping
CUMBRIA Wildlife Trust is appealing for walkers and business people to help celebrate its 40th anniversary by supporting the Great Furness Walk and Country Fair. The sponsored walk is to be held on Sunday, May 19, and walkers have the choice of 12-mile
DEDICATED fund-raisers will be pitting their wits against one another in a marathon Lord of the Rings-style fantasy board game lasting 40 hours starting in Kendal tonight. The two-day game has been organised by Rick Mcleod, owner of Force Games, on Allhallows
A cancer information centre in Kendal is to close because of a lack of use from members of the public. The CancerBACUP information service, which has operated out of CancerCare's Lakes Centre on Blackhall Road since September 2000, is to close from March
Cumbria Police Authority is reviewing the opening hours of Kendal Police Station and is conducting a consultation exercise to seek the public's views. The authority has agreed additional funding to allow principal police stations around the county, like
A host of new opportunities have opened up for pupils at Kendal's Sandgate School with the arrival of its brand new minibus this week. The school has never had its own vehicle, and for years has had to borrow or hire a bus to take its pupils, who have
VISITORS are to be greeted by the message ' Welcome to Kirkland' as part of improvements to Kendal's Peppercorn Lane car park. The welcoming message will be written on a map case which is to be located at the entrance to the car park, close to the chip
VISITORS to Kendal Museum can find out more about mysterious monster sightings during two free events to celebrate National Science Week, which begins today (Friday). Discovering Sea Monsters offers youngsters aged eight to 12 fun activities to discover
SRPING bulbs, spongy cakes and perfect jam will be winning prizes at Cartmel Fell WI's Spring Bulb Show next Saturday. In 40 competitive classes, entrants can vie for recognition and prestigious awards including the Cartmel Fell Rose Bowl. For details
SHOPPERS and businesses in Kendal are being encouraged to support and sign up to conscience shopping as part of Fair Trade Fortnight. Supported by the South Lakeland World Development Movement, campaigners have been urging local shoppers to buy products
P NEW bus services linking Carnforth station to the surrounding villages were launched this week. Line one runs from the station though Yealand Conyers, Yealand Redmayne and Beetham to Milnthorpe and Ackenthwaite. Line two runs through Priest Hutton,
IT WILL be of little comfort to the Jefferys family of Kendal, but during the week they buried their mother, the Government announced a further raft of funding for heart operations. Sadly, the announcement came too late for Pauline Jefferys, who died
MOVES to slow traffic down to 30mph in the hamlets of Crook and Winster prompted no objections from the Lake District National Park Authority's development control committee. Residents feel the proposed 30mph speed limits are a priority as they are concerned
ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Adelle Leaver has been invited to pull the ceremonial cord when the World of Beatrix Potter unveils its special centenary clock tomorrow (Saturday). The youngster, who has relatives in Windermere, was chosen after providing the winning
WINDERMERE and Bowness Civic Society is hosting its annual meeting on March 21 when four vacancies on the committee will be up for grabs. Members are invited to attend the society's 29th AGM, which starts at 7.30pm, at The Ladyholme Centre, Lake Road,
MORE than 200 professionals from businesses across Cumbria attended a dinner hosted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors at the Rheged Centre, Penrith. The event, sponsored by Lloyds TSB and Capita, featured entertainment by circus performers
LAKELAND Limited has scooped one of the top prizes in the inaugural Innovations of the Year Awards, run by the Good Housekeeping Institute - the consumer research centre of Good Housekeeping magazine. The GHI asked readers to write in about genuinely
International people development company Impact Development Training Group has opened an office in Paris, France, as part of a concerted expansion plan in Europe. Richard Greaves, international manager, said: "Impacts experiential approach to people development
A specialist risk management company has expanded by opening a new office in Kendal, employing 10 staff. RM Consultants believes the new base to play a vital role in its expansion plans for the North West of England and southern Scotland. It expects to
SOUVENIR magazines and newspapers amassed by a "passionate collector of things royal" has come to light in time for the Golden Jubilee celebrations, writes Rachel Kitchen. The late Ethel Larnach, whose husband Joe was a policeman in Milnthorpe in the
As celebrations for The Queen's Golden Jubilee begin in earnest, this month we look at commemorative ware. Commemorative ware to celebrate British royal events was produced as early as the 17th century when plates were produced in honour of Charles II
KIRKBY Londale will be out to put the record straight in this year's Thwaites Cumbria Cup. Foot-and-mouth denied the Kirkby lads a tilt at the cup last season when they were due to meet Netherhall in the competition's semi-finals. Unable to find a neutral
CREIGHTON were late arriving at Dawes Meadow on Saturday and it was 3.15pm before a start could be made. Three Windermere tries in the opening 10 minutes set the pattern for the afternoon and though the visitors never gave up trying, the match became
VETERAN Darren Sharpe has answered Kendal's rescue call after the club faced going into Saturday's home match against Sedgley Park without a recognised scrum-half, writes Richard Daniels. Sharpe, aged 35, an ex-Kendal captain and leading light of the
DEDICATION paid off for athlete Claire Huck of Kendal AAC as she captured a silver medal in the Under-17 high jump at the AAA National Championships at the National Indoor Arena at Birmingham. Claire jumped the same height, 1m66, as the eventual winner
Talk of the disposal of unwanted plastic and the problems that this disposal creates set me thinking about the days before plastic. In the Thirties and Forties, the item that was present and well used on all farms was the Hessian sack or bag as we often
A South Lakeland traveller was amazed to be able to re-enter Britain from foot-and-mouth infected African states with no sign of disease control measures. David Newell, who lives in Kendal and works at Field and Track outdoor shop in Ambleside, said he
A RECORD number of entries took part in the Westmorland Agricultural Society' s annual silage competition last month. Big bale silage was included for the first time in the competition, which attracted a total 25 entries from 19 farms. Results. Beef silage
TEAMS from Crook and Kent Estuary YFCs will compete at the county finals of the YFC entertainments competition at Keswick after coming first and second in the southern area finals. Judges praised Charles Geldard of Kent Estuary for his portrayal of Elvis
NORTH West MEP and Penrith farmer Lord Inglewood has given 60 copies of the book Foot and Mouth, Heart and Soul to members of the European Parliament's inquiry into the epidemic. Caz Graham's book contains first-hand accounts of the impact of the crisis
Memories and personal experiences of the foot-and-mouth could soon be collected for posterity in a scheme launched this week, writes Farming Reporter Justin Hawkins. The "For the Record" project will give individuals and communities affected by foot-and-mouth
RENEWED calls for vaccination to be used to tackle any future outbreaks of the foot-and-mouth have been made by Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins. Mr Collins urged government ministers to make ready vaccination plans should the disease revisit these
SIR, I recently attended the exhibition at Ambleside Library of the Ambleside Environmental Enhancement Schemes and, whilst the term 'environmental enhancement' would stretch credulity beyond normal bounds, I have to say that this seems another example
SIR, Having read about Sam Davies and his parent's battle for inclusion in mainstream school, (Gazette, March 1, ' Sam lives in the real world'), I felt a need to redress the balance. I am pleased Cathy and Dave have achieved their goal and wish them
A Taste of Lakeland, Ambleside: Pickled Lyth Valley Damsons - ideal with cold meats and cheese - made to an old Westmorland recipe by Dianne Halliday of Country Fare of Mallerstang - £ 2.50 (456g). Also from Country Fare - apple & ginger chutney rhubarb
THE Lake District National Park Authority looks set to take a tougher stance on off-road driving, writes Jennie Dennett. After two years monitoring the use of so-called green lanes by off-road drivers and scramblers, the authority is considering strengthening
RUBBISH is set to be a hot topic in South Lakeland this spring. With landfill space running out and tough government recycling targets just around the corner, environmentalists say we will have to take a long hard look into our refuse sacks if we are
A town's long-established grammar school is to close after 276 years in business and the site redeveloped by its prestigious neighbour. Governors of private boarding school Bentham Grammar announced on Monday that the site had been bought for an undisclosed
AS PART of the drive to push local authorities into better waste disposal practices, the Government has introduced a funding scheme known as tax credits. There are two different types of scheme designed to act as 'carrots', encouraging authorities to
A South Lakeland traveller was amazed to be able to re-enter Britain from foot-and-mouth infected African states with no sign of disease control measures. David Newell, who lives in Kendal and works at Field and Track outdoor shop in Ambleside, said he
Some of the Lake District's leading hoteliers have united with hospitality and tourism organisations to champion Kendal College in the hope of encouraging schoolchildren to pursue careers in the industry. The recently-formed South Lakes Kendal College
COUNCIL tax bills for householders in north Lancashire are set to rise by 8.7 per cent - an increase of £17.45 for an average Band D property. Lancaster City Council, which received a "disappointing" settlement from the government, decided to increase
THE accident on the A595 in which an 18-year-old Foxfield girl was killed has also claimed the life of her 16-year-old brother, writes Zoe Casson. Rebecca Rossiter, of Inglewood Terrace, died after her car was in collision with a Mercedes camper at the
Eden District Council has refused to help pay for The Queen's Golden Jubilee garden party in Cumbria. Cumbria County Council is hoping each of the county's six district councils, South Lakeland, Barrow-in-Furness, Allerdale, Carlisle, Copeland, and Eden
A 22-YEAR-OLD Ulverston man has died while on holiday in India. Lee Stables, of Clarence Street, died on Sunday in Goa. It is understood he was on a backpacking holiday when he was involved in a motorbike accident. The Foreign Office, in London, confirmed
A South Lakeland resident has claimed a company tried to take over her electricity supply twice within a year without her consent. Elizabeth Jenner, a TXU Energi customer, contacted The Westmorland Gazette after a story last week highlighted concerns
A son has spoken of his anger following the death of his mother who spent 15 months on an NHS heart bypass surgery waiting list, despite the desperate intervention of her family and MP. Grandmother Pauline Jefferys, 68, who suffered from leukaemia and
A PARLIAMENTARY pressure group is undertaking a survey in the Furness area to find out whether there are care home beds available for patients who are stuck in hospital. The Forum of Private Business, which represents 25,000 privately-owned businesses
FURNESS MP John Hutton officially opened a £ 390,000 extension at a school in Ulverston for youngsters with severe learning disabilities. The investment in Sandside Lodge School was provided by Cumbria County Council. The extension includes five new classrooms
People living in Ulverston and Low Furness are being urged to take an active role in shaping the future of their market town as the drive for regeneration swings into action. The Ulverston 2000+ Partnership is hoping to get the Market Towns Initiative
QUINTUPLET lambs have been born on a farm near Ulverston. It is incredibly rare for five healthy lambs to be born to one mother, but Carol Benson of Gamswell Farm at Pennington said the mother and all five offspring were doing well, reports Justin Hawkins
PLANS to re-develop Kendal Auction Mart at a site close to junction 36 of the M6 have been temporarily withdrawn. South Lakeland District Council's planning committee was due to consider the company's application to relocate the livestock market to a
TWO-THIRDS of young smokers wish to stop smoking but often find it hard - particularly if they are 'secret' smokers. To ask for help, advice and support may seem impossible. With this in mind, Cartmel Priory School is to hold a non-smoking day on March
VOLUNTEERS are needed this weekend to "muck in" and help prepare Heron Corn Mill and Museum of Papermaking, at Beetham, for the coming season. People who may be interested in water mills or old buildings, or just want some hands-on recreation work, are
COUNCILLORS in Carnforth want to talk with planning chiefs about a controversial proposed housing scheme in the town. Members of the town council are hoping to have a site meeting with a planning officer from Lancaster City Council to discuss the plan
P A HOT new festival of music and dance is set to inject additional warmth and colour to Morecambe - outside of the main holiday season. Lancaster City Council is currently organising a two-day Latin American Festival, which will incorporate a huge variety
RESIDENTS in Windermere can have their say on proposals which could see changes to junctions on the A591. Changes are proposed to Elleray Road and High Street/Rail Station access, as well as alterations to traffic flows in the northern end of the town
PARENTS and friends joined the Coniston Crusaders to celebrate the Christian youth group's 21st birthday. Coniston Parish Council helped mark the occasion by donating a trophy to the group, to be awarded annually to the Crusader with the best attendance
Time it met its Waterloo... APPARENTLY this year's Waterloo Cup was a mudbath and the hare coursing-country set had a simply awful time getting to the premier event in the hare-coursing calendar. The Countryside Alliance is reported to have said: "It
YORKSHIRE Building Society has been named best national lender over both five and 10 years, in the 2002 What Mortgage Top Lenders Awards, which compare the actual costs to borrowers. It is the fifth consecutive year that the Yorkshire has held the title
A NEW firm of investment advisers opened in Grange-over-Sands this week, creating four new jobs. Independent Investment Associates Limited aims to provide quality, independent investment advice to individuals, and expects to create three more jobs within
