25 Years Ago January 23, 1976 SOUTH Lakeland chippies could be facing another crisis because of the national potato shortage. One fish and chip shop owner warned that he might have to shut up shop temporarily if rocketing wholesale prices soar any higher
With a world of options for learning online springing up, why not get celebrity endorsements and charitable donations to get the site on the map? www.learndirect.co.uk - which aims to us the internet to make learning easier for adults, has set up a resolution
AN ONLINE recruitment and career development service has been launched with backing from the North West Development Agency. The website (www.cumbriaworkplace.com) covers the whole of the county and gives job hunters access to more than 1,500 vacancies
A WESTMORLAND farmer is set to take a Government minister to task over the mountain of paperwork faced by farmers. Tony Dixon, from Kitts Crag Farm at Selside, will meet junior minister Joyce Quin on February 8, to discuss the endless Government form-filling
Kendal Town 0, Farsley Celtic 2 The dismissal of keeper Greg Price for handling outside the penalty box cost Kendal dear as defeat plunged them closer to the relegation area. Early in the second half the Unibond League Division One game was still goalless
Spectre of past disputes IT IS probably too soon to dust off the Green Goddesses, those army fire-fighting machines trundled out in the 1970s when firemen went on national strike. But the dispute between Cumbria fire-fighters and the county council-run
Sir, I am sure that most of your readers who have given some thought to the current, emotionally charged debate about the proposal to ban hunting with hounds, must wonder why it has now become a major issue. At a point in the history of this country when
Tenor Saxophonist Tommy Melville made a rare excursion away from his own jazz club in Rawtenstall last week to bring his versatile quartet to The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. The quartet, who have built up a sizeable following, make regular appearances
Sir, I took George Gordon water skiing last summer. George has been looking forward to skiing for a couple of years. Every time I saw him the one question was: "Andy, just when are we going skiing." Well, last August on a rare sunny warm day we finally
Sir, The prosecution of a greengrocer in Sunderland for selling goods in pounds and ounces, followed by the vote in Parliament to ban fox hunting, will undermine the forces of law and order. Our police need the confidence and support of all sections of
Sir, Frankenstein is a name that the biotechnology industry hates to be associated with. Victor Frankenstein was, however, a model of responsibility. He is the only scientist that I have ever heard of, fictional or real, who had the vision to see his
IT MAY seem a somewhat unlikely beast, but I am assured that we have just come under the influence of a metal snake. That apparently is the correct title for the Chinese New Year, which began on Wednesday according to Chinese horoscope expert Peter Holme
