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Cartmel Priory Wednesday Lent Lunches

10:16am Friday 12th February 2010

Lent Lunches, organised by the Mothers’ Union, will be served on Wednesdays in the Priory between 12.30 and 2pm. Home made soup, cheese and rolls will be served with profits being paid to Help the Heroes.

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Cartmel Primary School Quiz Night on February 25th

10:14am Friday 12th February 2010

Cartmel Primary School is holding a quiz night in the Cavendish Arms, Cartmel on Thursday February 25th at 8pm. Entries are required please by February 19th for teams of 4 maximum and the team entry fee of £15 includes a hotpot supper. Please book through Lisa Wilson on 015395 36565. Profits will be used to buy books for the school.

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Friends of St Peter's Field Broughton Social Night on February 19th

10:13am Friday 12th February 2010

The Friends of St Peter’s Field Broughton are holding a Quiz and Beetle Night in the parish rooms on Friday February 19th at 7pm. Tickets are £6 include a pie and pea supper and can be booked through Enid Garth on 015395 31611 by February 16th please.

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Cartmel Over 60s Club Meeting on Friday February 19th

10:11am Friday 12th February 2010

Cartmel Over 60s Club is meeting on Friday February 19th at 2.15pm in the village hall supper room. Ray Pickstone will be the guest speaker and there will be refreshments and a raffle. New members and visitors are always welcome.

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The River Eea to be discussed at Forum meeting

11:13am Friday 19th February 2010

A TALK about the River Eea’s declining fish numbers will be the focus of the next Grange, Cartmel and Lyth Valley Neighbourhood Forum meeting.

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Cartmel Peninsula Local History Society Meeting on February 18th

10:10am Friday 12th February 2010

Cartmel and District Local History Society is meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7.30pm on Thursday 18th February in the village hall, when Harry Hawkins will be speaking about Shap Abbey. New members and visitors are always welcome and more information on the society and its activities can be found on www.cartmel-peninsula-lhs.org.uk

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Kidnapped fibreglass sheep returned to Cartmel

5:03pm Thursday 4th February 2010

EWE-GENE is back after doing a disappearing act for more than a week.

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Church boasts new book and gift stall following £27,000 refurbishment

4:30pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

CARTMEL Priory has officially opened its new book and gift stall following a £27,000 refurbishment.

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Model sheep stolen from Cartmel trail

3:47pm Monday 25th January 2010

A FUND-raising project has been truly ‘fleeced’ after one of its star turns was stolen.

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History made on South Lakeland farm

4:50pm Thursday 21st January 2010

A FARM is celebrating making history after a foal was born as a result of an embryo transfer from their award-winning Friesian mare.

Prime minister's praise for three South Lakeland headteachers

4:41pm Tuesday 19th January 2010

THREE South Lakeland headteachers have been recognised by the Prime Minister for their work in making their schools some of the most improved in the country.

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Cartmel Village Society AGM

9:40am Monday 7th December 2009

In spite of the inclement weather, 18 members attended Cartmel Village Society’s AGM to receive reports from the officers. They heard how the constitution had been reviewed and how it was felt that the Society should be retained as an effective voice for the village on matters such as proposed development and the wind farm. The Society had also co-ordinated the entry for Cumbria in Bloom for which the village had been awarded a certificate. The Society’s finances had been transformed by a generous bequest and the committee proposed that there should be an annual competition to promote various aspects of the village and its environment. Funds might also be made available for specific projects to the general benefit of the village and its residents.

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Probe into something fishy in Cartmel Valley river

5:12pm Friday 4th December 2009

A PROJECT is being carried out on a river that runs through the Cartmel Valley to discover why there has been a dramatic decline in fish numbers.

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Biker, 47, died after hitting fell stone wall on Cartmel Fell

6:07pm Thursday 3rd December 2009

A BIKER who died following an accident on Cartmel Fell had lost control of his motorcycle, an inq-uest has heard.

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Judge agrees £25,000 revamp of Cartmel Priory book stall

4:30pm Saturday 7th November 2009

A PARISH priest has welcomed a court ruling which gave the go-ahead to a £25,000 revamp of a thriving book stall in a well-known South Lakeland church which attracts 50,000 visitors a year.

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Pensioner in serious condition after collision

10:35am Saturday 7th November 2009

AN elderly man is in a serious condition in hospital after his car collided with a wall and a parked van.

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Lecture projector grant

11:52am Monday 12th October 2009

GRANGE-over-Sands Lecture Society has been awarded £300 towards the cost of a digital projector by the Grange, Cartmel and Lyth Valley Neighbourhood Forum. They had requested £500.

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Crazy grant for youth project

11:40am Monday 12th October 2009

THE Grange Promenade Youth Project has been awarded £1,000 by the Grange, Cartmel and Lyth Valley Neighbourhood Forum to help create a crazy golf course.

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25,000 pour through Cartmel racecourse gates after all hands to the pump

5:02pm Thursday 3rd September 2009

THOUSANDS of race enthusiasts poured through the gates at Cartmel racecourse over the bank holiday weekend after ground staff pulled out all the stops to ensure the race meeting went ahead.