APPARENTLY I’m ex-directory. I said this to a friend last night and she said ‘Like, in life?’ So to clarify, I don’t mean I’m ex-directory in life - surely that would mean I’m a hermit? Or dead? What I mean is that I’m ex-directory with
Malcolm Wheatman, 83, recalls Sunday excursions in the 1940s JUST after the war, on Sunday evenings a popular jaunt was to visit Morecambe by train. This excursion cost a princely five shillings. The train terminus was opposite the wartime
A FORMER Kirkbie Kendal School pupil has received an award named after two teachers who have clocked up more than 60 years in the profession. Evie Garner, 19, received the new ‘Cater-Dawson’ Cup for out-standing work in media studies. The cup
THOUSANDS turned out to enjoy a sunny first day of vintage vehicles at a popular Easter gathering in Eden. Around 250 vehicles - including classic cars, military transport, buses and tractors - are on display today and tomorrow at seven rally sites
A ONE-STOP village shop has been created in a room at The Jolly Anglers pub in Burneside. Owners Rachel Partington and Dave Windsor created the store in six days since getting licensing permission from South Lakeland District Council. “We’ve
A SAFETY double has been achieved thanks to the efforts of workers at a division of the James Cropper papermill. Staff who work in the ‘converting’ subsidiary of the company at Burneside have gone a full three years without a ‘lost time’ accident
THE revered sounds of Gershwin, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leroy Anderson all play their part in the 50th celebrations of one of the region’s most popular ensembles. Kendal Concert Band raises a glass to five successful decades of music making tomorrow
TWO men and a woman have appeared in court charged with robbing the Cumberland Building Society in Silloth on Thursday. They are Kevin Docherty, aged 34, of no fixed abode; and Barry Doswell, aged 25, and Tanya Miller, aged 30, both of Eldon Drive
TWO long-standing friends have combined their professional expertise to form a new rural land agency covering Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Ed Hewetson and Edward Johnson, who have known each other for nearly 30 years, said they established Hewetson
A STAGGERING amount of musical talent is in the line-up for this year’s Ulverston International Music Festival. Headlined by virtuoso violinist Nicola Benedetti, the festival runs from June 6-15 and includes everything from guitar and piano recitals
A MAJOR national conference on the uplands will be held at Newton Rigg College next month. The event aims to address challenges thrown up by the current consultation on CAP payments and its potential impact on the way upland farms, moorland and
A TEAM from the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation were called to assist a pensioner who collapsed with chest pains at the top of Malham Cove steps yesterday (Friday). The 70-year-old woman walker was treated at the scene by paramedics before
THE revered sounds of Gershwin, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leroy Anderson all play their part in the 50th celebrations of one of the region’s most popular ensembles. Kendal Concert Band raises a glass to five successful decades of music making tomorrow
