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Issue 63

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June 2016

INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE

Cllr Vs Bowler Egremont councillers took on the Egremont Bowlers. Page 3

Sport round-up Danni Wyatt heads to Egremont for our sport round up. page 23

Cumbria charity delivers aid to where it’s needed Siiboo chairty stretched a hand of friendship to one of the world’s poorest nations. Pages 12 and 13

MODERN ART MOVES IN TO WASDALE VIEWS

REPORT BY ALAN CLEAVER

Mokython

Music Motnhyl

Superheros gathered to dance for charity Page 5

Florence Mine rocks with two great bands. Page 11

MURDER IN ST BEES

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RITAIN’S favourite view Wasdale - has been improved.

Or completely ruined.

It all depends on your viewpoint and what you think about modern art.

A strip of yellow cloth 100 metres long has been draped from an oak tree on the screes to the Wastwater shoreline.

And like most works of modern art it’s divided opinion.

Pictures of the cloth on the screes has evoked many comments on Facebook including: ● “Garbage. Pretentious codswallop.” ● “Love it” ● “Well it’s stupid obviously and a total waste of limited finances.

However everyone is talking about. That’s ‘art’ for you.” ● “How is that art it looks stupid. I hope it gets thrown in the lake” ● Looks stupid, don’t need any silly ‘modern’ art crap in the Lake District the views are stunning and awesome enough, let nature be nature and get rid of the yellow stuff! ● Who the hell authorised the art anyways?

The artwork is the brainchild of Cumbrian artists Harriet and Rob Fraser and is just part of a number of artworks connected with six other trees in the county.

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A frightful night: Janette Drew NSPCC and the cast - photo by K Powell KEN POWELL becomes the detective for the NSPCC St Bees murder mystery night A body was found on Friday April 29 at Grindal Manor, St Bees.

Police quickly identified Lord Grindal as the victim - he is suspected to have been poisoned by someone who had close access to him.

Inspector Grim was quick to call on witnesses who were present at the manor at the time (around fifty people who were at a dinner party) to help with the investigation.

It became apparent that both employees and family members of Lord Grindal had motives for the crime most foul.

The butler and maid looked to gain if their miserly employer was “bumped off” while his wife and daughter were noted by some to be “more interested in his money than his well-being”.

Finally there was the daughter’s dastardly fiancé who, a source close to the family claimed, “was well-known for being a cad and a bounder”.

The question was however – which one of them did it?

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Don’t forget to vote

Here comes the sun

Whether you’re voting #strongerin or #brexit the important part is you not only vote, but you vote wisely.

Don’t be fooled by a politician’s initial comment on the subject, read in to what the effects of staying part of Europe or leaving really means to you, your job, business, community and the UK. It’s likely to be one of the most important things you will vote on, so do it with the confidence you know why you’re voting the way you are and if you think of leaving it to chance and don’t vote, you can’t complain if it doesn’t turn out the way you wanted.

In the UK we’re known to strip to as little clothing as we can as soon as the faintest amount of sun begins to show - but even in Cumbria you must be sun safe.

Often people forget or neglect to use sunscreen when the sun comes out and sun burn incurs.

I’ve heard people say they won’t use sunscreen because they won’t get a tan, this is wrong.

Using sunscreen prevents you from burning your skin not tanning it - even if you just use a low factor, it’s a lot better than having to be cooped up inside on a nice day looking like a lobster - be sun safe.

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Colour comes to Egremont: Chris Robson brings a touch of colour to Lowes Court Gallery, in more than his dashing attire.

A TOUCH of Orange is the rather enigmatic title of the May Exhibition at Egremont’s Lowes Court Gallery.

Certainly most of the watercolours have a touch of orange about them, but visitors will note that they are untitled.

St Bees artist Chris Robson wants his pictures to ask questions and perhaps continue to intrigue even if they have been hanging on a wall for months.

Why are those two old ladies heading towards the sea and what has produced that mass of smoke? Some of the pictures will have a space beside them so that viewers can add their own ideas. Chris has generated his own rather quirky style over many years, this is a good chance to go to Lowes Court and invent some titles for these interesting pictures. ● The Gallery is on Main Street, Egremont. ● The gallery is open Tuesday to Fridays from 10am to 2pm, and on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. ● Chris Robson explores a “Touch of Orange” at Lowes Court Gallery throughout May.

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Murder in St Bees continued from page 1.

Guests were permitted to interview the suspects between courses of a scrumptious meal as all did their best to assemble the evidence and unveil the murderer.

As an extra incentive, the NSPCC’s community fundraising manager for Cumbria, Janette Drew, offered rewards for the table who succeeded in making sure the killer was apprehended. For her pains it was agreed that all proceeds from the meal would go towards the NSPCC’s work on online safeguarding in West Cumbria – it is good to see some community benefit as the legacy of such a grisly death.

Inspector Grim (writer Gus Kennedy) is well-known for his playwriting skills having had performances of his work at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake and Edinburgh festival.

He admitted that this was the first murder mystery with which he has ‘been involved’.

Judging by the enjoyment of all the amateur sleuths present, it may not be the last murder the inspector is called upon to deal with.

As for Grindal Manor – also known as Hodgett’s Club and more commonly as St Bees Village Hall – Chairman Margaret Taylor assures E2D all traces of the murder are now gone Despite the grisly event, Mrs Taylor said: “It was a very lovely night and I really enjoyed it.”

Regular readers will be delighted to know that this reporter’s skills at noting the details meant his table succeeded in taking home the reward for uncovering the evil villain – it was, of course, Mr Hudson, the butler!

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Councillors take on Bowling Club

Time for a jumble: Egremont cllrs put their best bowl forward -Photo by Robert Haile EGREMONT councillors headed down to Egremont Bowling Green to take on the bowling club members for a start-of-season friendly.

Ten councillors split up and had a training sessions to before the match, on Sunday May 8.

Jacqui Smith, Cllr for Egremont Central, said: “We had a fantastic day and a lovely tea afterwards in the club house, put on by the lady's from the club. Sam pollen come joint 1st with Marjorie Persival. I'd recommend giving it a go, I can't wait for another game.”

The councillors played against the bowling club in an annual tradition that has been upheld - Betty Menzies, from Gosforth, explained that years ago the bowling club used to have a regular friendly against the police however it is sad to say this is no longer the case.

But the bowling club are always looking and welcoming new members.

Pupil goes the extra mile for police project

By Alan Willison YOUNG Isaac Sisson who attends Ennerdale Primary School certainly went the extra mile during a recent project at his school.

Pupils were asked to read a favourite book in as relevant a location to the book as they possibly could.

Isaac chose to read Cops and Robbers by Janet and Allan Ahlberg and guess where he asked if he could read it? Yes, that’s right, inside a police station.

It was arranged for Isaac to attend Whitehaven Police Station where he was met by PCSOs Alan Willison and Collette Harrison.

Isaac managed to read some of his book inside a cell at the station and one of the police vehicles.

He was then shown around some of the areas within the station and even had his fingerprints taken to keep as a memento, as well as the photographs that were taken.

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Modern art comes to Wasdale views continued from page 1.

Other trees that will be incorporated in some way include the Troutbeck Alder, Kentmere Rowan, Little Asby Hawthorn and Langstrath Birch.

Rob said: “We use photography and writing in our creative practice to respond to the natural world and the way humans interact with their environments.”

So what is the yellow cloth all about?

Rob said: “We have chosen to use the seven colours to transform our seven trees for a couple of reasons.

This being a project using photography, which is in the literal sense ‘painting with light’, the colour spectrum is an obvious point of reference.

The word ‘spectrum’ was introduced by Isaac Newton in the seventeenth century, when he remarked on the way that white light, when passed through a prism, reveals different colours.

Newton identified the seven colours of the spectrum – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet – the same colours that are seen in a rainbow and most of us learn as children, with the aid of simple rhymes.

“Many hundreds of years before Newton came up with his spectrum, the seven colours had been connected with energy points or ‘chakras’ in the human body by Indian philosophers; they are often referred to in yoga and meditation processes.

The colours and their vibrational frequencies can be used to symbolise different elements of (human) nature, life stages and wellbeing, beginning with the groundedness of the red base, or root, chakra.

The association of colour with human sensations and emotions appeals to us: it is an aid to exploring in more

depth our own personal processes as we journey through the year and through the land, and consider the way we as humans identify and respond to our environment.

We’ll be drawing on the colour symbolism in meditations at the trees, as well as in the art installations.

The colour yellow, which we are using in Wasdale, is linked with the third chakra and the solar plexus.

This is a centre for action. The association has found its way into common language – we all know what it means to act on your ‘gut’.

You could think of it as a meeting point between feelings (rising from the groin and the belly) and thoughts (arising in the mind).

The energy rising from the solar plexus is the fire that gets things going, that enables the translation of ideas into action; it is the point of spontaneous action resulting from a natural drive for survival.

Such action often follows the line of least resistance.”

All clear now? No, we didn’t think so.

But that’s art for you. It gets you thinking. Or angry.

The good news for the incensed is that the artwork is temporary and will only be there for two weeks.

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Art fair draws near

We’re so chuffed to share Cliff’s pictures

THE ever-popular Eskdale Art Show takes place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend.

The show raises vital funds for St Bega's Primary School at Eskdale Green (also the venue for the event).

It features the best of local artists including drawings, watercolours, paintings, photography and sculptures.

There is free admission for the show which takes place on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (May 28, 29 and 30) from 10am to 4.30pm.

On the Sunday and Monday, the village joins in the festival by opening many of its gardens to the public.

There is free parking but it can often be nicer to take the Ratty to Eskdale Green and walk up.

Calling all pirates and princesses FOR those who like dressing up as pirates (whatever your age!) Make a note of Saturday, May 28 when a Pirates and Princesses Day will be held in Keswick.

The event includes a best dressed pirate and princess competition, treasure hunt, free booty bags, face painting, stilt walking and much more.

Just remember that it’s a Bank Holiday Weekend so parking in Keswick might be a challenge. We advise all pirates to set off early to be sure of somewhere to dock their ship. Ooh aah!

OUR thanks once again to photographer Cliff Grimes for sharing with Egremont2Day readers some of his beautiful pictures. This picture shows the Lanthwaite Woods beneath Grasmoor.

You can see more of Cliff’s pictures and buy them by going to www.iscancumbria.co.uk

Smell the difference A S you walked down the gangplank from the ferry it hit you immediately.

This was definitely not Britain.

The waft of coffee and Gauloise were unmistakeable, this was definitely France, Britain was another land. And it’s no different now as you travel across Europe you instantly know that you’re in another country. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain or France each one of them has preserved that very special characteristic that belongs only to that country.

When we first voted to join the EU I was seriously worried that the tentacles of large multinationals would spread across the whole of Europe affecting conditions of employment and wages.

Nevertheless on balance I decided to vote in. Now many years later time really has moved on and multinational companies are absolutely everywhere in the world let alone in Europe. They dominate what we want, what they think we want and many of them have turnovers and profits to match a medium sized country. As

Alan Alexander gives his views on the in/out EU debate and vote on June 23

we’ve seen recently they also do their very level best to avoid paying taxes in the countries where citizens like ourselves help to make their profits. In other words we make a contribution, they do their best to avoid doing so. There’s no doubt that the two international conferences in London in May, one on tax avoidance and the other on money laundering will attract a lot of attention and many governments and companies will be watching eagle eyed . We can but hope that following on from the Panama papers revelations about the misdeeds of banks and multinationals that there will be a serious change in the way governments control commercial activities in their own countries. This result could be increased revenue to the various exchequers to the benefit of all of us.

So here we are again once more faced with a decision whether to remain in the EU or to step out bravely into the

unknown. I know that there are many things about my own country that I would like to change, things that the government carries out without consulting me. I’m sure some of us feel the same about the decisions sometimes made by the Council of ministers.

Personally I love Europe, I’m gratified that neither I nor my children have had to be called up to go to war in what was once a hotbed of conflict. I love the differences between the countries and the way in spite of all the interaction we still speak our own languages and do things in our own idiosyncratic way.

Over the last 30 years there has been increasing pressure by politicians in power and by companies to try and erode employees rights and make it difficult for trade unions to stand up for their members. Meanwhile under the EU umbrella we are protected at work, entitled to holidays and parental leave and are not allowed to work so many hours that we could harm ourselves or someone else. I’m convinced that if we go down the Brexit route there will be a rapid rolling back of our benefits as we try to indiscriminately attract companies to come to UK, we’ll become the sweatshop in the Channel.

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Fundraising the way to Tanzania CRCL student Emily Adair gets us up to speed on the charity’s events events.

THE Cumbria Rungwe Community Link (CRCL) is a cultural exchange charity between students from Cumbria and Rungwe, a district in the Mbeya region of Tanzania.

This summer 18 students from Copeland schools will visit Rungwe for a month to experience Tazanian culture as Tanzanian students did when travelling to Cumbria in 2015.

Members of CRCL raise money to fund the students’ exchange between continents.

A recent fundraising event the CRCL undertaken was the Cumbria Life Sausage Festival on Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1 at Muncaster Castle.

The charity set up a gazebo in the castle grounds in which students offered face-painting to children and adults alike.

The sunshine on the last day of April inspired many to give to the charity by mirroring the bright weather with bright face-paint designs, painted

by CRCL students.

Sarah Jackson, a CRCL member from Calderbridge, said: “Face painting is a great way to raise money for the charity. It’s fun; the kids love it and we love it”.

Many students also took advantage of the event by enjoying a famous Cumberland sausage for their lunch – cooked by event chefs such as Jon Fell.

CRCL is often welcomed by Muncaster Castle for fundraising events and will be attending Muncaster Festival from Sunday, May 29 to Tuesday, May 31 - with brushes and face-paints in hand.

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Superheroes show their dancing skills for charity

Don’t stop dancing: The group moky’d for two hours straight - can you spot our editor?

A GROUP of Batgirls and Wonder Women teamed up with all their superhero friends – even the Joker – to raise money for charity in Whitehaven.

Dozens of fundraisers, dressed mostly as superheroes took part in a

two-hour Mokython to raise money for Cash for Kids The event was organised by Mokyfit owner Shameem Arnold and took place at the Solway Hall, in Whitehaven on Sunday May 8.

The group raised about £2,500 through sponsorship and matchfunding.

Shameem said: “The Mokython was a great success.

“The atmosphere at the event was electric and we really had a great community feel to it with people coming together from across West Cumbria and beyond.

“Being a mum of twin toddlers it’s a charity I really wanted to support as they do so much good in our area supporting disadvantaged, disabled and poorly children.

“I want to say a very big thank you do all those involved in the Mokython.”

Shameem said she is very excited to start organising the next Crime fighting duo: Emma-Jane Taylor and Mokyfit fundrasing event.

Katy Taylor-Hamilton showed their power of dance for charity. -Photos by Robert Haile

The Spirit of Africa takes over at Florence Arts for charity THE spirit of East Africa will be alive in Cumbria, this spring, as an exhibition of Tanzanian batiks, kangas and traditional dress are heading to Florence Arts Centre.

The exhibition, which opened Saturday May 14, is a collaboration between Florence Arts Centre and The Cumbrian-Rungwe Community Link (CRCL) charity.

CRCL is a charity that was established in 1987 with the aim of linking two rural communities with similar, yet different ways of life - one in England and one in Tanzania.

Batik is a traditional method of creating colourful textiles using wax and dye, a technique which has developed into its own artform with the use of different wax solutions,

experimentation with colours and materials – cotton, paper, silk, leather.

The vibrant colours and exuberant stylistic flourishes can be seen in Tanzanian Kitenge (large sarong-type fabrics) and other traditional dress, examples of which will also be included in the exhibition.

Rebecca Crowther, chair of the CRCL, said: “As a charity we thoroughly enjoyed the chance to share

some beautiful, genuine pieces of artwork from Tanzania and to share ideas with local artists.”

On Saturday May 21, there will be an informal social event from 6pm to 8.30pm where all are welcome to attend.

During the evening they will be holding a CD Art sale, tombola including Tanzanian artefacts and a raffle - for one of the batiks on display.

All proceeds to go to the CRCL charity.

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Heritage funding turns cycle path to clean and tidy art trail By Alan Cleaver

You don’t ask you don’t get

THE cycle path between Whitehaven and Cleator Moor is to be turned into a heritage arts trail thanks to a grant by the Heritage Lottery fund.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of £859,300 to create a new industrial heritage arts trail along two sections of the National Cycle Network Sea to Sea (C2C) route that were once the lifeline of West Cumbria’s iron industry.

Overgrown platforms, a rusty iron ore crusher and a railway signal are historic reminders of the industrial railway past of these routes between Whitehaven to Rowrah, and Workington to Seaton, Siddick and Broughton Moor.

The tracks were linked to iron ore mines at Knockmurton and Kelton and

Student reporter Ailsa Cowen explains the attitude needed by an aspiring journalist

ironworks at Workington, Cleator and Distington.

Working with local people an organisation called the Tracks of the Ironmasters will restore the historic features and natural habitats along the traffic-free paths and tell the stories from a vibrant community linked to the railway.

The Tracks of the Ironmasters project (the local name for the old iron ore railway), will include a signed trail about the history and wildlife of the two paths and will work to develop the route as a wildlife corridor and linear park for the community.

Hidden stories along the C2C path the former railway is a key part of the C2C, which now attracts 15,000 people on bikes every year for the challenging

The cycle path at Cleator Moor

140 mile long distance ride between Whitehaven and Sunderland.

The path is also an important wildlife haven, attracting the nationally rare small blue butterfly, red squirrels, lizards, many types of bats and a very diverse range of wildflowers.

Over the last year the Ironmasters project held community consultations and workshops to investigate the untold stories behind the area’s industrial history and wildlife.

They also worked with local arts group Art Gene to gather hundreds of memories, artefacts, documents and photos which will help to create the trail.

Volunteers needed Cumbria Area Manager, Nikki Wingfield is appealing for volunteers

to get involved in the project: “The C2C is already a popular place for people to walk and cycle, but most people have little idea of the historic significance of the trail they are passing through.

“This funding will help us uncover the history of these tracks and their importance to the local community, as well as to the many animals and plants that now thrive along them.

“If you’re interested in local history or wildlife and would like to get involved there are lots of opportunities for volunteers, so please get in touch.” ● You can find Tracks of the Ironmasters on Facebook.

WITHOUT trying to sound cliché I’m going to open this column with the phrase: ‘If you don’t ask you don’t get’ – this was the attitude I had when I emailed my CV to Four Four Two in January.

In March I received a reply from Haymarket Media, who publish the magazine, offering me a week’s work experience at Four Four Two, April 18 - 22.

I was over the moon to have been given such an amazing opportunity and quickly got round to buying my train tickets.

On my first day I sat nervously waiting in reception, wondering what to expect.

The Digital Features Editor happily greeted me and took me up to the office. He gave me a list of all the possible articles I could have a go at doing during my week.

Let’s just say I had plenty to keep me busy.

They ranged from finding quiz questions to researching possible blast from the past games which could be featured in the next issue.

I enjoyed researching in the way I would if I worked for the magazine and experiencing the difficulties of finding football teams which have not yet been featured within the magazine.

I met numerous members of the team – the Social Media Executive, Writers and the Editor himself.

Everyone was very friendly and were happy to answer any questions I had.

I received some one to one feedback on my writing for the feature ‘In This Month’ in which I had to find out about a famous football match for the May issue.

After a packed week of researching and writing I was disappointed when my week came to an end.

While saying my goodbyes the team told me if I ever wanted to do some writing for them or have a placement whilst at university just to get in touch.

Ailsa’s five tips for young aspiring journalist’s: 1. Get out and get some work experience.

As obvious as it sounds this is your gateway to getting noticed.

2. Read the newspapers and watch the news.

All journalists need to have an idea of what’s going on in the world around them.

3. Sell yourself.

Journalists need to be able to stand up and ask the question nobody else wants to.

4. Have a specialist interest along with a lot of general knowledge in the industry.

5. Get involved within your local area.

Being involved in your community allows you to get an easy insight into local news and potential stories and make contacts which are vital for aspiring journalists

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Boot corn mill receives revitalising funding Amnesty International annual walk

THE West Cumbrian branch of Amnesty International held their annual walk from Whitehaven to St Bees.

Alan Alexander began the walk by reminding walkers about the case of a journalist imprisoned in Ajerbaijan for daring to expose corruption by the President.

-Picture courtesy of The Whitehaven News.

Report and photos by Alan Cleaver ESKDALE Mill & Heritage Trust has received funding to help it revitalise the corn mill at Boot.

The mill is a Grade 2* listed building and the last working water mill in the Lake District National Park.

Development funding of £67,000, along with match-funding of £5,000 provided by the Copeland Community Fund, has been awarded to help the Trust progress plans to apply for a full grant next year.

These irreplaceable buildings are now in urgent need of repair, including partial re-roofing and repair of timedamaged walls.

The project will conserve the mill and miller’s cottage, and restore the original machinery to full working order.

As well as building work information about the mill’s long history will be brought up to date, and there will be a programme of activities for visitors and children.

As part of a development plan, a group of volunteers are being recruited and a new resident custodian will be appointed when building work has finished in 2018.

Working locally with the National Trust and the National Park Authority, the Trust will offer guided walks and a wide range of activities for all.

A programme of working with schools will also be an important part

of the project, and for the first time, there will be a proper archaeological investigation of the mill.

Paul Pharoah, chair of Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust said: “Eskdale mill is a fascinating place which could be at the heart of what the valley has to offer to visitors.

Ten years ago, local people did a great job in securing the mill’s future as an attraction open to the public.

Now it is time to move on to the next phase of the water mill’s long life, by conserving the buildings and improving presentation of its story. We are absolutely delighted that the Heritage Lottery Fund and Copeland Community Fund are supporting us to make this possible.”

Disinheritance…Why allow it?

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OW much is ‘peace of mind and wellbeing’ brought about by financial security? I suggest that next to our own physical health it comes pretty high up the list. Indeed much mental stress and insecurity is brought about by worries concerning finances. Very often such concerns stem out of a failure to plan. Many people whom you regard as well off and comfortable are so because their parents, often even grandparents, took steps to ensure that there would be substantial inheritances passing down to their descendants.

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Lamplugh and District Heritage Society: A Most Remarkable Woman - a talk by Jacqueline Moore and Joseph Ritson.

A heroine’s life revealed: The story of Maud Olga Baudot

Report by Alan Cleaver OVER 40 people were given a most interesting talk on this “remarkable” woman,a heroine in the French Resistance in World War 2 at the last meeting of Lamplugh and District Heritage Society.

Her name is Maud Olga Baudot de Rouville, known to all as Olga. She was born in Paris in 1891, here father being a French lawyer and her mother Irish enabling her to be bi-lingual.

On leaving school she became a nurse and taught English in her spare time.

Following the outbreak of war she joined the French Army corps.

Her first taste of action was the Evacuation at Dunkirk.

The soldiers captured were marched away from the coast, from one town to another.

She decided to give what help she could especially trying to make them understood.

In one town her description is “We were 40,000 refugees in a town of 5,000 inhabitants. During those 2 weeks I ate almost nothing and gave everything”.

In Lille the wounded prisoners were put in a makeshift hospital, part of the Catholic University.

Olga rolled up her sleeves and helped the British doctors who were also POW’s.

Her work earned her great respect from the allied servicemen and strong friendships were formed, some of which carried on, long after the war ended.

Two of the notable people she kept in contact with were Dr John Heslop, a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps who was awarded the MC and Captain Michael Valentine Paul Fleming, brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond.

Captain Fleming died of gangrene after having his leg amputated and is buried in Lille cemetery.

Dr John Heslop’s parents lived at High Dyke, near Cockermouth.

At this time Dr Heslop and his colleague Dr Kimbell asked if they could put her in touch with the British Intelligence Service to assist with escape and evasion, she did not hesitate.

This was highly dangerous work, if she was captured by the Gestapo execution would surely follow.

The escape route was known as the PAT line after PAT O’Leary, it ran from Lille, to Paris, to Marseille, to Barcelona and on to Gibraltar.

She worked alongside various other operators, trust being of the essence.

One operator became a double agent, his treachery leading to 65 of Olga,s fellow agents being arrested and imprisoned, some executed.

Olga herself was more than likely betrayed and the German’s in their determination to capture her are reported to have searched every significant town in occupied France.

She moved to a “safe” house in Tolouse where she helped escapees including Charles de Gaulle’s nephew and Flight Sergeant Harry McWilliams from Whitehaven, who went on to resume active service.

He spoke fondly of her and later became a teacher at St Beghs school.

Again the Gestapo closed in and she decided to flee to Switzerland.

However having no papers or money she decided to get off the train in Northern France where she witnessed the Vercors massacre. She

fled to the mountains to save herself until mid August 1944.

She then returned to Lille after the war ended, where she found that the Germans had wrecked everything she owned.

At this time,being practically penniless and homeless, she contacted some of the POWs and applied for a visa to come to England.

A visa to come to England after the war were hard to obtain and she asked for help off her friend Pat O’Leary.

He arranged for her to be interviewed by MI9 and she was given a temporary visa. Her first place to stay was in Berkshire, with the parents of a prisoner she had befriended, then with Dr Kimbell and his wife in London.

A few weeks later she arrived in Cumberland, staying at High Dyke with Dr Heslop and his family.

Her visa was running out and a letter to No 10 Downing Street was to no avail. Back in France Pat was desperately trying to get some form of recognition for Olga in order for her to receive a permanent visa.

Pat recommended her for the Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star.

Back in England Dr Heslop with the help of local MP Fred Peart he was able to get Olga a visa.

She was soon back at High Dyke.

Things didn’t run smoothly and Dr Heslop, as well as running the farm had to keep the peace between Olga and his wife.

Dr Heslop’s son Tim remembers her “being a formidable woman who filled the room”. She stayed about 6 months before deciding to leave for Ireland to trace her heritage there.

She left in April 1947 for what the Heslop’s thought to be a short stay as she left all her possessions behind. Her nurses uniform, nursing certificates, photos,letters and other personal possessions she had struggled to keep all through the war.

No one knows why she didn’t return and she died in Quimper, France on December 9th 1979. “A truly Remarkable Woman”.

The Society’s next talk is “A History of Knickers” by Pat Martin on Thursday, May 26th at 7.30pm at Lamplugh Village Hall.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Fire station calls for retired names EGREMONT Fire Station are looking for retired members who served on the station.

The information required is name, rank and the year they started. This information will then be put onto a Roll of Honour board in recognition of service to the local community.

The closing date will be Saturday May 28. Contact David McDowell on 07727228718.

Rummage sale at Santon Bridge SANTON Bridge Village Hall are holding a rummage sale on Saturday 4 June at 1.30pm. There will also be refreshments with home made cakes and a tombola, with free parking. All proceeds go towards maintaining the village hall for the community.

The Bards big day at Florence JOIN Florence Arts Centre at Egremont for a day of free events to mark the anniversary of 400th anniversary Shakespeare death.

Florence Arts Centre will be joining the worldwide #Shakespeare400 commemorations with a special day celebrating the work of the Bard on Sunday, June 19.

In the Gallery will be work from the Barrow-based artists Trident Textiles whose latest exhibition Magic in the Web includes embroidery, silks, textiles, jewellery, fabric sculpture and mixed media in pieces inspired by Shakespeare's words and characters.

There will be an opportunity to meet the artists and see how they create their work and find out about their approach and inspiration.

To accompany the exhibition there will be live music from members of Harps NorthWest.

At 3pm there will be a free screening of Baz Luhrmann’s awardwinning and iconic reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo diCaprio and Claire Danes.

As with Luhrmann’s other films – including Moulin Rouge, The Great Gatsby – this is a treat for eyes and ears, hearts and minds.

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Beavers have a dam good time THE 3rd Cleator Moor Beaver group enjoyed an exciting evening at Whitehaven Police Station recently.

The visit had been organised by the group leaders and Community Officers from the station.

On arrival, the children were met

by PCSO Alan Willison who initially spoke to all the children and adults attending with them, explaining what the Police do and getting the children answering questions about thepolice.

PC Rob Thompson then attended and showed all present the equipment and uniform used by the Police and later showed the children one of the Police vehicles with its lights and sirens.

The children were also shown how a ‘Stinger’ is used to stop vehicles with PC Thompson giving a demonstration.

As well as all this excitement, the children were shown the custody area, including the inside of the cells to get an idea of what it was like to be in ‘Jail’.

They finally had their palm prints taken to keep as a reminder of the visit.

The group leader confirmed to the officers that this had been one of the most exciting visits the 3rd Cleator Moor Beavers had ever been on.

PCSO Willison replied that visits of this nature were extremely good, fun ways of introducing the children to the Police and what they do without any concerns or fears from the children.

Mike Starkie congratulated staff at Age UK Photo supplied by Copeland Borough Council

Ready for action: The Beavers were shown the different police vehicles used.

They fought the law and the law won: The Beaver group were shown into the cells.

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T has been a busy few weeks. From running the London Marathon for the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and supporting their work in Parliament, to fighting to help thousands of unaccompanied child refugees stranded in Europe; I am working across the country, and indeed the world, on your behalf.

I’m writing this column from Washington DC. I am here to meet with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in my role as an elected member of the UK delegation. We’re working on a wide range global issues and, as always, I am vociferous about promoting West Cumbria on this world stage.

The question on everyone’s lips relates to the upcoming referendum on UK membership of the EU. This decision could not be more important.

Everyone’s vote in the referendum is equal and I respect every viewpoint within the debate. I believe that it is critical for our local economic ambitions, growth and job prospects for local people that we stay in the EU. That’s why I invited former Home Secretary, Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, to launch Labour’s ‘In’ campaign in West Cumbria last month, and why I will set out the detail of my reasons for being passionate about remaining in the EU over the coming weeks.

Now is also a crucial moment in our efforts realise our ambitions for the

future of Health Services in West Cumbria. The Cumbrian Health Economy is experiencing the most prolonged period of intense pressure that it has ever faced. However, our best days are ahead of us and providers, commissioners, the Success Regime and the public and working to shape a Health Economy that works for us in this unique part of the world.

In order for us to fulfil our vast potential, it is imperative that Government step up to provide the resources and funding that we need to build the bright future we are capable of.

That’s why, last week, I secured a Parliamentary debate on Health Services in West Cumbria. I put a request out to constituents – send me your questions and comments on our local Health Services, and I will put them to Government in Parliament.

I called on Government to give the Success Regime the freedom to achieve its aspirations, I requested the release of funding for Phase Two of the redevelopment of the West Cumberland Hospital, and I challenged Jeremy Hunt to visit West Cumbria to meet staff and the community, to see for himself the challenges faced by our local NHS. Although time constraints prevented me from putting every question to Government, I will be tabling Parliamentary Questions and

writing to the Health Secretary to ensure that every one of your questions are answered.

There’s still time. Email me your messages for Jeremy Hunt and together, as a community, we will hold this Government to account.

Finally, my ambitious plan for West Cumbria, on which I have been working for over a decade, saw progression this week with the announcement of a £15m investment to create a National College for Nuclear to be based in Cumbria and Somerset. This funding, which I have fought for, will allow us to grow and retain the next generation of highly skilled nuclear worker. It’s an important step in my plan to develop West Cumbria as a Global Centre for Nuclear Excellence.

Mayor’s message of thanks Report by Ken Powell THE Mayor of Copeland, Mike Starkie, along with several borough councillors congratulated the staff and volunteers at Egremont’s De Lucy Centre for the “important role” they play in the community.

Age UK’s Health and Well-Being manager, Peta Leigh, invited the mayor to attend the centre’s open day on Friday 15 April to see just what goes on for older people and the services they provide.

She said: “Our aim is to increase the use of the centre and although we already have some fantastic volunteers we would like to recruit some more.”

The council’s new Social Inclusion policy was agreed on and approved earlier in the month and through the policy the council will be working with Age UK to help reduce the isolation experienced by many of the older generation.

The Mayor of Copeland was impressed by what he saw saying, “After spending the morning there talking to staff, volunteers and visitors to the centre I can see the important role a hub like this is for the community –

and the opportunities it provides to help more older people to benefit from more social activities, which in the long run can support independence and wellbeing.”

The De Lucy Centre hosts a number of regular sessions including IT, craft classes, games sessions and a community garden at the back of the building.

Peta Leigh added “As well as being used for IT sessions, our IT suite is used by Phoenix Centre to support unemployed people, also by Adult Education to run computer courses and it can be hired out for meetings.

“There are two other rooms that can be hired out for meetings and are used regularly by Credit Union and Citizens Advice.

Home Group also have a weekly drop in session for their customers and café area where people can drop in for a coffee with an information resource section.”

Over the whole of West Cumbria last year, Age UK dealt with 6,762 enquiries on their helpline, helped people claim back a total of £624,656 in additional benefits income and provided activities to enhance social inclusion for 8,373 older people.

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Egremont beer festival makes Five FREE must-attend Cumbrian festivals FESTIVALS have become a ● Langdale Charity Folk British summer staple, but with Festival - September 9 - 10 a return for second year increase in popularity prices can

EGREMONT rugby club has found the winning formula with its annual beer and music festival - and it returns again in June.

The event, which brings together ales from around the UK with the best in local live music, takes place at Egremont Rugby Union Club, on the weekend of June 17 and 18.

The event has grown in size each year since it was launched, leading to Egremont Rugby Union Club being named CAMRA’s Cumbria North West Club of the Year.

There will be more than 25 real ales and ciders on offer at a speciallyerected bar in the club’s small function room - the main club bar will also be open so that those who aren’t real ale lovers can still enjoy the music.

Karl Connor, organiser of the festival, said: “Winning that award is such a tremendous boost for us - it is a real fillip to know that you are doing something right and that people recognise you for it. Our stewardess and bar staff work really hard, alongside a team of volunteers from the club membership, in order to put the festival on each year and maintain the standards of how we keep our beer all year round.

“Five or six years ago our club didn’t sell any real ale at all, and a couple of us who were club members and also real ale lovers lobbied to introduce it. There was a reluctance, but when we did, it sold really well,

and we’ve never looked back. We always have at least one on, and usually two during the rugby season.”

Once beer had been established on the bar, club members pushed for something more.

Karl added: “Several of us at the club who like real ale knew we had always had to travel out of town to enjoy a beer festival, so we decided to put our own on, and see what the response was.

“The local CAMRA branch, and Bob Groat in particular, were really helpful, offering us advice on how to run a festival, loaning us equipment and teaching us how to make sure we serve beer in perfect condition.

They’ve always really supported us, while leaving us enough space to do our own thing.

“Last year’s festival was fantastic, but we have made a few tweaks and improvements this year so that we can grow it and make it even more successful.”

As with in 2015 there will be live music on both evening and this year organisers have introduced camping including 24-hour shower and toilet facilities in the changing rooms.

The Egremont RUFC Real Ale Festival will take place on the weekend of June 17 and 18. Entry is free at all times for CAMRA members. For tickets or information about camping phone 07871024686

By Rachael Grealish

increase, and affordability can be difficult.

So RACHAEL GREALISH has been on the outlook for five free festivals to attend in Cumbria this summer.

● Within the Walls - May 2829 Within The Walls is a brand new music event for Carlisle and will take place on the last May bank holiday weekend outside the Tourist Information Centre in the city centre. Hardwicke Circus and The Chadelics have been announced as the headliners for this inaugural event, and the organisers hope to grow this event year by year incorporating other live music venues within the walls of Carlisle and around the city, all working towards one big musical weekend on one programme of events.

● Dentdale music and beer festival - June 24 - 26 More than 25 artists will perform in the main stage marquee, and new to this year will be the open mic stage located in an undercover seating area.

As well as giving adults access to a wonderful time, there is a separate area on the festival field dedicated to younger visitors.

● Irton Hall’s Summer Lineup- August 5 - 6 Back for another year, Irton Hall’s Summer Line up promises a family-

friendly weekend of free live music with an idyllic setting. The Lottery Winners and Gus MacGregor are set to headline the weekend, but other local acts such as: Mylittlebrother, Thirteen Stars, Mama-Sang and the Robot, among others, are also set to take centre stage on the weekend.

● Grasmere Guzzler September 2 - 4 Now on its 10th outing, the Grasmere Guzzler Festival has grown from having 100 visitors sampling eight guest ales in 2006 to last year the festival brought over 4000 people into Grasmere Village, with more than 100 ales, ciders and world beers on offer and live music all weekend. This year the festival hopes to be bigger than ever as along with all it had to offer last year they’re a BBQ and are allowing visitors to camp in the gardens.

In the past visitors have come from as far as Australia to celebrate their love of real ale and music.

Langdale Folk Festival promises two full weekends a year of free music, real ales and stunning scenery - no matter what the weather.

Musicians from Cumbria and around the UK play music from noon to 11pm all weekend. One of the headliners is Daz Rice & Co. The Americana group from Cleveleys will be playing songs from past album as well as new original music. The festival is completely in support of The Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs and the Great North Air Ambulance and since 2008 has raised £38,500.

Mama-sang and the Robots are just on of the bands you can see for free in Cumbria this month

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E2D June music monthly REVIEW: Egremont has a LOL good time

Review and photo by Robert Haile of Manchester’s famous Lol Goodman IF you’re not a fan of rock and blues you may just be converted if you take a trip to see the Lol Goodman Band.

Manchester’s Lol Goodman and his band have been frequent visitors to this part of the world in recent years, and our reviewer caught their show on Friday Aprilhoping for another dose of lively blues.

The Egremont audience spent the night foot tapping and swaying to the

Manchester-based rock and blues Lol Goodman Band when they performed at Florence Arts Centre, on Friday.

The four-piece outfit has already earned a reputation as one of the country's leading rock and blues bands and this is surely only going to grow on the strength of this performance.

Fronted by Lol Goodman, whose trips into the crowd made the night for many, kept the night flowing with his skilled playing and singing, along with his casual stories about topics such as the pain all West

Cumbrians feel when leaving the M6.

The homage Goodman paid to his fellow bandmates with a song simply called The Guys to start the second set of the night made you thankful for the people that allow you to do what you do.

James Horrocks’ bass playing was a joy to behold as his wanderings around the stage showed that its not all about guitars.

The quiet man at the back, Phil Barrett, stole songs with his incredible speed and skill with a guitar, and when sat at his keyboard he provided Goodman with backing vocals.

Jon Firth playing the drums was not only the driving force behind the songs but in Water his haunting rhythms made the song - a song that they considered leaving out of their last visit to Cumbria, so soon after the floods.

The band has just released their third album and are well worth the trip to watch.

REVIEW: Vortigern get Egremont audience dancing

It was not all about the rock and RACHAEL GREALISH has a toetapping time at Florence in April. roll, with Paul Rudd masterfully leading a mournful ballad of an Photo by ROBERT HAILE UNIQUE four-piece Celtic rock group Vortigern weaved songs of old with modern classics as they entertained a capacity Egremont crowd.

Florence Arts Centre hosted a special night on Friday as the band recorded a live show for their upcoming YouTube channel.

The magical fiddle and keyboard playing of Mark Rudd coupled with the powerful vocals of Roger Lomas made songs like Thin Lizzy’s Whiskey in the Jar and Steve Earle’s Galway Girl their own - the latter of which proved to be a real dance number for the audience.

outlaw along with strong bass playing.

Before playing Northwest Passage - an a cappella song by Stan Rogers about the a route across Canada to the Pacific Ocean - the band played song unheard of by most audience members, which turned out to be that Vortigern had just given a burst of life to a 400-year-old song.

The group - who are fast approaching the 10 year mark together - wowed audiences with fantastic songs sung in acapella, which was also a pleasant surprise for those who had not seen them before

and showed a trio of vocal talents and a fantastic ability to harmonise.

During the second half the small dance floor was inundated with couples and groups of women dancing along to the striking and energetic songs.

Finishing the night in the traditional way, the final song was The Bonny Bank o’ Loch Lomond, which the band made their own and had the audience singing and clapping along.

Paul Rudd commented on the evening, he said: “I think it was a fantastic show - the audience, as always, were fantastic and it’s always just such a compliment to see people dancing along. We just love playing at Florence.”

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It’s time to make the decision at the election box An opinion piece column by Ken Powell

Here comes summer: And with it the ticks!

Picture: Duncan Rawlinson

Hooray for summer

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F you've been keeping an eye on the electioneering in America at the moment you'll know that we now have a definite theoretical 50% chance of Donald Trump being the next president of the USA. I say theoretical – almost everyone is still saying he hasn't got a prayer against Hillary Clinton (assumed as soon-to-be Democrat's nominee even though Bernie Sanders is still in the race at the time of writing).

But I've noticed they're not saying it with quite the same tone of conviction as they did.

No one expected the outspoken businessman with zero experience in politics to have such a meteoric rise in just ten months.

No one expected that with all his gaffs and, frankly, extremist remarks that he would still be in the running.

Instead, he defied all the experts and his rivals fell swiftly and easily.

When our last general elections were looming, UKIP had worried the establishment considerably. David

Cameron had gone from calling them “fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists” to having to take Farage et al very seriously.

Similarly, Cameron's insults at Trump back when he looked like a nohoper now look set to bite him on the posterior region if the man really does make it to the White House. Calls for an apology from our PM have already been made – and, for now, dismissed.

But UKIP sank in the elections and ceased, for a while anyway, to be a viable threat in politics.

Perhaps Trump will go the same way? I'm still assured by American friends of mine who work in politics that he hasn't got a hope because most Americans deplore Trump and are embarrassed by how the world is looking on in horror right now.

My worry however doesn't rely on Trump making it to power. Far from it.

For me, the damage is done whatever the result.

Trump has received such overwhelming support from the

Republicans that it isn't inappropriate to surmise that a good number of the American public feel the same way about him.

Just as around 14% of people voted for UKIP in our elections, it means that there is a sizeable number (we won't know if it's a minority or majority until later in the year) who believe in Trump's views on women, immigrants and foreigners.

As regular readers know beyond doubt, I'm against anything which encourages an 'us and them' mentality.

While I know that the world is complex and easy solutions are hard to come by, I worry when wall-builders appear attractive and gain a following.

It seems we still prefer to hate than heal and that's very sad to see when we live in such a global village.

No wonder when asked what he thought about Western civilisation Mahatma Gandhi reputedly replied “I think it would be a good idea”.

It still is. Here's hoping.

T last the sun has decided to make an appearance! It is such a joy to be able to drive around the area between surgeries and farm or horse calls and enjoy the fantastic scenery that surrounds the practice area.

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Six plays set for Keswick Comedy comes to Egremont theatre’s 16th summer season FLORENCE is set to be in fits with the return of the Cheeky Comedy Night this month.

After the success of last month’s evening John Lebbon is heading back to Florence Arts Centre, on Saturday July 16 for a night of true cheeky comedy.

Headlining the June evening is the man with the best beard in Comedy (as said by Johny Vagas), Martin Mor. Martin is fresh from his climb of Everest, and is set to bring his 30

Preview by Rachael Grealish REHEARSALS are well under way as a Lakes theatre prepares to stage six plays across its famous summer season.

Theatre by the Lake, in Keswick, has 14 actors – seven women and seven men – rehearsing in preparation for the 16th full summer season since the theatre opened in 1999.

Each actor will appear in three of the six plays to be staged between the end of May and early November.

The theatre’s Rachel Swift said: “We think we have come up with a fine collection of contrasting plays for the 2016 Summer Season.

“There are plays to make our audiences laugh, to send shivers down their spines and to make them think. It’s a perfect mix.”

The 2016 company includes familiar faces from previous seasons, plus five actors who will be appearing at the Theatre by the Lake for the first time.

The Main House stages a mad farce, a famous thriller and a classic 18th Century comedy.

In the Studio, two plays by two of Britain’s finest writers sandwich a great Greek tragedy written 2500 years ago.

Artistic director Ian Forrest, now in his final year at Theatre by the Lake, directs Watch It, Sailor! by Philip King, and Falkland Cary, and The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Former associate director Mary Papadima is incorporating her knowledge of Greek theatre and also directs Iron by Rona Munro; and two returning freelance directors, Sara Punshon and Zoë Waterman, take on Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott and The Vertical Hour by David Hare.

Manchester-based Alex Phelps arrived in Keswick for his first season “with a huge mix of nerves and excitement”.

He appears in The Vertical Hour, Elektra and The Rivals, and he said: “I’m still getting used to the idea that after two weeks of rehearsals on one play, I’ll start work on another one.

“But I’m quite a focused person so I think I’ll be able to juggle the three.

My one concern is being on stage for one play and saying the lines from another.”

Alex camped with his girlfriend in the Lake District last year and was driven into a river by an angry territorial goose that objected to visitors.

He added: “Little did I think that exactly a year later I would now be living here. I just hope I don’t see the same goose.”

The Theatre by the Lake’s 16th full summer season is due to start in May and runs until November.

Details and tickets for each play, as well as season passes, are available from the box office.

years experience to Cumbrian stages.

As a professional performer, Martin has established himself as one of the UK’s most popular and indemand comedians.

Martin has performed successfully at events of all description; from the Hammersmith Apollo to a show for the inmates of an Italian prison, from comedy clubs to performing before members of the British Royal Family.

Said to be very much the comedian’s comedian, Martin has been the support act of choice for; Frankie Boyle, Jack Dee, Lee Evans, Jasper Carrot, Patrick Kielty, Johnny Vegas, Steve Coogan, and once Tina Turner Next up is Junior Simpson

Junior is a regular headliner at clubs all over the UK and is also in great demand internationally performing as far afield as South Africa and Australia. (Max & Paddy) (Love Actually one of the best headliners in Britain.

Junior is primed for a Northner audience after just finishing his mini tour in America.

Lastly, but not least, is Stephen Cookson - also known as a one liner expert.

For the entire evening the audience will be at in the hands of the Cheeky Comedy host, and local lad, John Lebbon.

John promises to bring his own brand of Cheeky Comedy to every stage he lands on.

The next Cheeky Comedy night is heading to the stage of Florence Arts Centre, in Egremont, on Saturday July 16.

Tickets are available from the venue box office.

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with Wendy Levoi

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REVIEW: A Shop of Horrors took up

By Ken Powell residence in Egremont

Wendy LeVoi reports on the wild side of life down at the Boggles

‘JACKDAWS have invaded the owl box!’

Brian emptied a bin bag full of twigs, branches, leaves, and wool into the brown bin! ‘We’ll have to block off the entrance.’

‘But what about Barney?’ Certainly there has been a barn owl visiting the box until recently, judging by the number of fresh owl pellets on the ground beneath it.

‘Apparently if you put baffles in the box, the jackdaws can’t get their nesting material in, so the owl should get his residency back.’

‘Who told you that?’

‘The Owl Preservation Society.’

But the jackdaws refused to be baffled by the baffles and had soon reinstated themselves. So it was back to the drawing board, or at least the Owl Peservation Society, whose next suggestion was to get rid of the accumulated debris in the box – namely years and years worth of owl dung!

‘It’ll be too low for the jackdaws to nest in now,’ my husband assured me, ‘and I’ve rearranged the baffles to make a tunnel, and then a sharp right hand turn; that should baffle them!’

The jackdaws were back within twenty four hours.

But where exactly has our itinerant barn owl gone, and why has he been ousted by the jackdaws? Has it taken exception to the giant scarecrow that has appeared on the near horizon, in one of its favourite hunting grounds, or to the huge drilling sites (part of the Nugen Moorside nuclear power station project) that have recently sprung up (and down), in another of his favourite

Don’t feed the plant!: The Little Shop of Horrors opens in Egremont for a week of stunning songs and performance.

Photo supplied by WTG

Picture: Jans Canon haunts, The Boggles. How can a barn owl be one of our ‘protected’ species, if its known territory isn’t protected?

A bird like a barn owl doesn’t just fly in and then fly out of a place, grabbing what it can before disappearing off to sunnier climes. No, a bird like a barn owl makes a home, and uses that home and the surrounding territory for year after year to breed and to rear generation after generation of baby barn owls whilst doing sterling pest control work. How often, in its simplicity, does nature gives us a clue about how to live our own lives!

Yesterday I took a walk down to St Bridget’s Church, just as dusk was falling. It was a lovely still evening, just the sort of evening that Barney would venture out into to hunt. Sure enough, on turning back towards home, I stood in awe as the ghostly white form of a barn owl came towards me, over the fields and hedges. Most likely one of last year’s brood, as it was quite small.

It veered sharply towards the church, disappearing into the cattle tunnel – a large black jackdaw (could have been a crow) hard on its heels.

DON’T feed the plant! Too late it seems as Whitehaven Theatre Group put on a production of Little Shop of Horrors at the end of April and let loose Audrey II at Egremont Market Hall.

Not an easy show to stage with the need for several hand-operated plants of various sizes (the last one is huge!) and one where good acting is needed or the comedy falls flat. I’m pleased to say the WTG succeeded very well.

In fact, they did more than very well.

On the opening night everything was on point and if there were first night jitters they weren't obvious to the audience.

The acting and singing were spot on and the lighting and sound completely free of the slips which can

often mar an amateur dramatic production.

The whole show ran as though the team had been performing it for weeks.

As usual with the WTG there were performers who I’ve come to expect to do well and there were new surprises too.

Chris Simpson, in the lead role as hopeless shop boy Seymour, gave one of the best vocal performances I’ve heard from him in a long time (despite battling illness, I’m reliably informed).

Aron Armstrong played the sadistic dentist Orin with his usual comic genius and took on several bit parts too with aplomb.

Dave Flitcroft (about whom I ranted in December for his role as the Beast in the last pantomime) was the voice of Audrey II – the flesh-eating plant from outer space – and was the perfect choice – what a voice that man has.

A new find for me (but not new to WTG) was Beth McGarry who took the female lead as Audrey. She acted well and her voice was just delicious – there wasn't a single wobble.

And just as I thought I’d seen everything of note I was going to, I caught a glimpse of a potential star in the making near the end.

Jasmine Smith was a part of the chorus but had one small solo singing part and – boy – was it worth it.

Her moment was too short to say anything for sure but the quality was so good I hope she snags bigger roles in future productions.

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REVIEW: Chris Ramsey asked Egremont if they were ‘All Growed Up?’

By Ailsa Cowen A NIGHT full of laughter and jokes about the number of takeaways on our main street.

Chris Ramsey took to the stage of Egremont Market Hal, on Friday April 15.

Chris Ramsey’s latest tour, All Growed Up sees him explore what it means to grow up, and the transition into fatherhood.

First up on stage was Ramsey’s supporting act, the not-sh*t (described

by Ramsey), Carl Hutchinson.

The Jarrow comedian had the crowd in laughter from the onset of his first joke: “Wow, you lot love the bar don’t you?” - as he commented on the late start due to the busy bar.

During the set he covered everything from family, school, underpants mishaps and annoying waiters.

A notable quote from him was when a waiter asked him once did he want spaghetti or garlic bread to which he responded “I’m from the North! I need two carbs with every meal.”

He definitely got the crowd going with his truthful, relatable comedy.

Chris’ set was introduced with a short slideshow of photos from his childhood up until the present day.

He started off his set, deterring from the material, by commenting on the amount of takeaways in the town and calling it, in jest, a sh*t-hole compared to his hometown of South Shields - the jeering and laughter implying this was taken well by the audience.

He was also amused and impressed the World Gurning Championships took place here which of course was another thing for him to joke about - not to mention him comparing the Market Hall to his Grandmother’s living room.

Later he did redeem his jokes about the town as her said: “It’s great to be somewhere where everyone is clearly proud of their hometown.”

He added: “You’re in a very beautiful place with beautiful countryside. It’s great to be somewhere where everyone is just up for a good night.”

Ramsey, introducing audience participation, picked on three members in the audience to ask if they thought they were a ‘grown up’ - to which all three replied ‘no’.

He then asked about their childhood career ambitions and if they were actually in these careers - again which they all replied ‘no’.

During the first half was his tale of a family holiday where he had to put up with an annoying child called Lawrence - he simply stated at one point: “We all knew a Lawrence.”

When asked how he thought the show went, Ramsey said: “It was an amazing audience and a really fantastic show.”

Talking about the show and the tour, in general, he said: “Growing up was a big thing for me. I like to give the audience a chunk of my flesh, you know, make an emotional connection with them. For example: I was on tour performing 10 days after my little boy Robin was born. The audience were like go home.”

It was a delightfully nostalgic and hilarious show that had the audience in fits of relatable laughter .

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REVIEW: A gothic theatre play to sink your fangs into

By Rachael Grealish

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T was a performance to sink your teeth into - Dracula’s Ghost captivated the Egremont audience with a night of gothic theatre.

Jonathan Goodwin of the “Don’t Go into the Cellar” Theatre Company wrote and admirably co-performed the original play with fellow actor Amy Bullock.

The play gives the audience an insight into the background of the Bram Stoker classic as it allows Count Dracula to tell his own story throughout history in a series of flashbacks.

The play opens with Florence Stoker (Bullock) - the widow of Bram Stoker, who wrote Dracula - having a meeting with Mr Leech (Goodwin).

The audience is given some insight into Leech’s true nature when he startles Mrs Stoker, because she does not see his reflection in a mirror - it then soon becomes obvious he is in fact Count Dracula and he never died like everyone thought he had.

The intimate space of Florence Dracula had been close with Bram Arts Centre, in Egremont, on Saturday and now looks after Mrs Stoker. night had the essence of black magic As the storyline develops we learn with vampire paraphernalia, skulls, much about the Count, from his maps and screens as it was transformed dealing with characters from Jack the into the Victorian home of Florence Ripper to Dorian Gray, to more Stoker. modern characters - and even

mentioning, and poking fun at, the modern vampire, Twilight.

The quality of the actors’ performance was fantastic - Goodwin is perfectly suited to this type of gothic role with an imposing stage presence and spindly fingers, perfectly cast in the long shadows that the lighting provided.

His overall performance was both charming and terrifying - and with just a twinge of a Transylvanian accent it wasn’t overkill.

Bullock showed impeccable talent not only playing the role of Mrs Stoker, but taking on all the parts mentioned during Dracula’s flashbacks, such as Jack the Ripper and an Indian Goddess.

The ending played well as Mrs Stoker passed away and Dracula explained his intentions to take down the Nazis, finishing with a dramatic monologue - however I feel the audience was let down as after the blackout the play continued for one more scene, which I don’t think was needed.

This was a show that kept the audience interested throughout, with enough shocks and surprises to keep the audience on their toes.

Talking about the venue and the show, Goodwin said: “Florence Arts is a smashing venue.

“The audience was warm and responsive, and the show worked really well in such an intimate performance space.

“We are already looking forward to Ghost Stories for Christmas in December.”

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Don’t pay the Euro penalty THIS year is a busy year for sport with the Rio Olympics in August and, first up, the Euro Football Tournament in France, but supporting your team doesn’t have to cost you the Earth!

It happens once every four years.

It unites the nation against any form of civil unrest for the month that it lasts.

And it generally raises unrealistic hopes in the hearts of anyone who vaguely understands the rules of the game. Yes – it’s the Euros!

By now, France will be positively bursting with football fanatics desperate to experience the buzz.

But you don’t need to travel across the Channel in order to get infected with football fever.

But how can we support our players whilst trying to save the

Julian Berkeley of Christians Against Poverty shares advice on spending wisely during the summer holidays pennies? CAP has five ideas for enjoying the games without shedding cash: Get togged up: Although you might want to demonstrate your patriotic support by wearing the team kit, you can reduce the cost by choosing the goalkeeper’s shirt, which is often cheaper, or wearing a ‘retro’ shirt from a previous tournament.

Alternatively, host a Euros party with ‘British’ themed fancy dress.

Playing at a big screen near you: If any England games are on a big screen in West Cumbria make the most of it!

So rather than standing in a crowded dingy pub, spending money on food and drinks and trying to control your

excitable children, why not take your own mini hamper or a picnic to the screen and make more of a day of it.

Then you can enjoy the sunshine while you cheer!

On the ground: If you are lucky enough to be travelling to France for the event, you’ll need to be streetwise in order to make sure you don’t fritter your hard earned cash unnecessarily.

Buy a sim card in France so you don’t rack up an enormous phone bill gloating to all your jealous friends back home; travel light – not only will you save money paying for luggage with certain airlines but it will mean you can be more flexible with transport once you arrive; agree taxi fares upfront so everyone is clear how much money is being exchanged.

Organise a local game: If you’re really keen, how about holding your own tournament in a park or open space local to you?

Coming this summer: Euro2016

Pop around the houses and schools in your neighbourhood, or post event and contact details through letterboxes.

It’s a great way of entertaining the kids and allowing the opportunity to get into the ‘fever’ without risking a rowdy pub.

And if you’re simply not interested in football … you could think about hosting an alternative Euro Party for those in your friendship group who are

equally indifferent to the sport.

Twister knock-out, anyone?

Managing debt is stressful.

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Guitarist: Ed Heslam

Take note WEST Cumbrian classical guitarist Ed Heslam will be performing at Lamplugh Village Hall on Saturday, June 4 from 6pm. He will be performing the traditional music of Cumberland and Westmorland but brought up to day with his own arrangements. There will also be some of his own compositions. Ed, who lives at Bridgefoot, has researched with his wife Fiona the traditional music of the counties and is keen to bring the music back to the attention of Cumbrians.

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A ball of a time for charity

Build the castle of the century FANCY taking part in a sand castle competition? Then take a bucket and spade to make your sandy creation on Whitehaven’s golden sands in just an hour on Bank Holiday Monday (May 30). The event runs from 1.30pm to 3pm wioth judging at 2.45pm.

To book call 01768 774649. See also www.nationaltrust.org.uk/whitehavencoast

Star of the future: Danica’s younger sister, Rihanna, took the mic and the stage with two performances in memory of her sister.

Take part in a seabird stroll TAKE part in a stroll along the coast and take in the seabird life at the same time The National Trust is hosting the walk on Sunday, May 29 from 10am to 3pm. it starts at St Bees beach cafe.

In places this is a steep and strenuous walk of approximately 6-7 miles. Bring a packed lunch for a picnic at Fleswick Bay. Free event but booking is essential, call 01768 774649.

Explore the sea on a harbour safari Whitehaven Coast, Old Quay, West Strand, Whitehaven, CA28 7LY. Bank Holiday Monday 30 May, 11am - 12.30pm JOIN the National Trust Ranger at Whitehaven at low tide for a foray along the Harbour walls to discover marine life uncovered by the tide. Bring your wellies and, if you have them, a bucket and a net.

The free event takes place on Bank holiday Monday (May 30) from 11am to 12.30pm

Fun times with Phoenix youth CLEATOR Moor youth work sessions are held every Tuesday and Thursday, for both age groups (8-12 years and 13-19 years).

On Fridays there is another session called the Friday Night Project which is aimed specifically at 13 to 19-year-olds, where fun activities are organised for the young people to participate in.

In the past few months activities have included art/craft skills, cookery/baking, sporting activities, quiz nights, film nights and film/photography skills.

Young people have recently earned community tasks and points by participating in leaflet drops, litter picks, and supporting our community open evening and AGM.

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Audience in cheers and tears: Sarah Jackson performed the song she wrote for Danica, Stay Awake, which left the audience touched and cheering.

By Rachael Grealish and photos by Robert Haile ST BEES was was decorated in purple and with fond memories for the second annual Dream Ball.

The charity ball, organised by, Danica’s Dream Fund chairty, took place on Saturday May 14, at the Seacote Hotel, in St Bees.

Danica’s Dream Fund was set up by the family of Danica Maxwell who lost her fight with cancer in December 2010 - in her memory to raise money for children with cancer and their families.

Decorated in the colour of the charity, purple, the room with filled with beautiful reminders of the Danica.

The evening kicked off with music by NewtonSmith, then there was several stunning dance

performances from Step by Step and Alison Taylor dance troupes.

A special performance was given by Rihanna Maxwell - who at only 7 took up the stage for a dance performance of Snow White’s whistle while you work with a friend then a solo performance of Bruno Mars’ The Lazy Song - in the memory of her big sister who was also an avid performer.

Sarah Jackson, 17, from Calderbridge, played her song, Stay Awake, which she wrote for Danica.

John and Alison Maxwell, Danica’s parents, gave thankful speech to everyone who made the evening happen, from their friend and organiser, Caroline, and the guests, to the staff at the Seacote.

John Maxwell said: “The support is over whelming we feel the charity is going from strength to strength.

“We can't thank people enough for their continuous support - some people didn't even know Danica but have been touched by her story

“It's also great that they've already been asking about the next one. With this amount raised it will help so many families - it's hard to lose a loved one but to watch your child go through that horrible disease and then to lose the battle is unbearable.

“Her charity keeps us going because it's what Danica wanted and to help other families that's also helping us with our grieving.”

The night in total raised £1,790 for the charity.

This was from the various donated Staying strong: The Maxwell’s set up the charity raffle prizes and the in their daughters memory to raise money for auction. sick children

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Digital Photography – some more tips to help you get more out of your art Facial Recognition

Continuing with the digital photography theme Colin Cartmell-Browne takes a look at at Picasa, a free alternative to Photoshop.

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HOTOSHOP, with its wide range of editing tools, is the go to piece of software for many photographers.

However many of these tools are unnecessary for those who just want to improve their photographs slightly before printing. Many, including myself, need little more than the ability to zoom in on a particular part of a photograph (cropping) or make minor colour alterations.

Although there are plenty of, free, alternatives a personal favourite is Picasa from Google. Picasa has two main roles, a file management system and photo editing. This month I will look at the file management side of Picasa and cover the editing functions next month.

Getting started Although, technically, Picasa is no longer supported by Google it is still available for download. Just go to https://picasa.google.co.uk/ and chose the Mac or PC version. Once downloaded, follow the onscreen instructions to install the programme.

One slight warning- one of the options on the last installation window is to send anonymous stats to Google.

Figure One: Picasa’s set-up

Personally I think this is a bad idea and always untick this option before clicking the finish button.

The first time you load Picasa it will want to search through your computer to find all photos and image files. This is fine, except that it can take a long time and will add every image file it finds, including those used by other pieces of software. It is easy enough to remove these later.

November. There is also a number in brackets, this is the number of photographs in that folder.

One really useful function is facial recognition. Switch this option on and Picasa will go through every image and group together those it thinks are the same person. These photos appear under their own sub heading of ‘people’ See figure 2 (below).

The first time you do this it will group everyone under ‘unnamed’ but under each photo is a text box. Just type in a name and Picasa will then group together all photos with that person in. Any it is not sure about will get a little question mark underneath the photo. You can then select yes or not (tick or cross) to confirm whether that person has been correctly labelled.

The system is pretty good. I have only had a few false tags, and these were easily fixed.

Photo organisation Once Picasa has run the initial setup you will be presented with a layout similar to that in figure 1 (see top).

Photographs are organised by year taken and folder name. For example in my copy of Picasa I have a folder called Floods Nov 2015 under a heading of 2015. These were the photos relating to the floods around Egremont last

Figure 2: Photos which Picasa think contain the same person will appear under the ‘People’ subheading.

The first time you do this it will group everyone under ‘unnamed’ but under each photo is a text box. Just type in a name and Picasa will then group together all photos with that person in. Any it is not sure about will get a little question mark underneath the photo. You can then select yes or not (tick or cross) to confirm whether that person has been correctly labelled.

The system is pretty good. I have only had a few false tags, and these were easily fixed.

Adding/Removing Photos Adding a photos to Picasa is easy.

One menu bar just click File>Add File to Picasa. This will then bring up the usual windows explorer type box. Just navigate your way through your filing system until you find the photo you want and click ‘Open’. You could use the import option but this usually results in there being two copies of the same photograph on your computer's hard drive. However remember than any changes you make to the photograph are happening to the original!

One annoying issue with Picasa is that you can remove an entire folder from but not individual photograph. To remove a folder right click on the folder name and click ‘remove from Picasa’. This will not delete any photos but will remove them from Picasa.

(You could select delete from disk but this is a permanent deletion.

There are many other options not covered here, including the ability to geotag photos (say where they were taken) so you can also group by locations. Personally I’ve never used that function and prefer to give my folders location names like ‘Holiday in Blackpool’.

Like most things it’s probably best to play around with Picasa and discover for yourself what features you find useful. Just remember that you are playing with the original photograph so any changes may be permanent!

Next month: Taking a look at the editing side of Picasa

Craft Fayre will give Christmas events a boost ARE we really mentioning Christmas in June?! Fear not, it’s only to say that there is a craft fayre coming up with proceeds going to the Egremont Christmas event.

It takes place on Saturday, June 18 at Egremont Market Hall, starting at 9.30am. Tables can be bought for £10 by those wishing to exhibit and sell their wares. If you are interested ring Elaine on 07469037225 or e-mail woodburn.elaine@gmail.com. Sounds an ideal place to buy Christmas presents!

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ONGRATULATIONS to all those who recognised last month’s mystery location, which was Moor Row Working Men’s Club (pictured bottom). First out of the hat was Jamie Lee, of Wordsworth Close, Egremont and £10 is in the post.

This month’s picture (right) is another challenge. Send your entry to Egremont 2Day, c/o Lowes Court Gallery, 12 Main Street, Egremont CA22 2DW. Closing date is Wednesday, June 11th. First correct entry out of the hat wins £10.

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HE rules of the game are simple: each of the nine blocks has to POST CODE: contain all the numbers 1-9 within its squares. Each number can only appear once in a row, column or box. Have a go and send your completed coupon to Egremont 2Day c/o Lowes Court Gallery, 12 Main Street, Egremont CA22 2DW. Closing date is Please note that Lowes Wednesday, June 8th. First correct entry out of the hat wins £10.

Court is only a ‘letter box’ NAME: for Egremont2Day – not our ADDRESS: ‘office’. Please address any queries to E2D c/o egremont2day@gmail.com rather than the Lowes Court volunteers POST CODE:

Last month’s Sudoku answer…

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Fell lovers set for adventure These girls can in cricket with Danni to raise money for charity WEST Cumbrian fell lovers Louise Stewart and Gareth harrison are setting out on an adventure!

The due are taking part in a Five Valleys Sponsored Walk on June 22 and 23.

Jenni said; "After having my 71st birthday recently, I thought if I wanted an “adventure”, time to do something!

“With this in mind I persuaded my friend Gareth Harrison to act as Sherpa and dog Moss as companion.

“We planned a walk starting at Kirkstile Inn along Loweswater Valley, past Crummock Water and Buttermere over Scarth Gap to Black Sail spending the night at Lingmell House B&B in Wasdale Head. Next day, if we have any energy left, we

plan to climb Illgill Head to Burnmoor Tarn down into Mitredale then on to Eskdale and end at Irton Church via Irton Hall, hopefully to be revived with something cold and fizzy- not lemonade!"

The distance is about 22 miles.

They aim to raise money for charity at the same time.

Half of the money will go to help repair some of the stained glass windows at St Paul’s Church Irton.

The other half to help Mercy Ships UK a charity funding a ship equipped with operating theatres, dental facilities and health workers calling in at mainly African ports to reach those who have no other hope of treatment.

Girl power: Danni Wyatt showed any girl can take on any sport -Photo by Robert Haile

ENGLAND international Danni Wyatt came out west on Tuesday, May 10 to promote girls cricket.

Over 30 girls from all over Cumbria descended on Egremont Cricket Club for the training session, once they had all recovered from being star struck upon meeting Wyatt.

The session was split into three with the basics of bowling and batting being covered for the youngsters while the older girls had a master class in batting, bowling and fielding with Wyatt.

The session marks the start of the girls season with training at Egremont on a Tuesday night 6 pm - 7pm.

By Robert Haile

The wooliest festival ever is back so the interest is obvious. At Woolfest, we can have weaving demonstrations in progress and also show people the variety of tweeds available, visitors can meet suppliers and weavers to talk about the fabric’s origins and also learn about some of the unusual ways of using tweeds to create something unique. And, of course, it’s all wool!”

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Preview by Rachael Grealish THE Wooliest festival around is heading baaaa-ck to the Lakes for it’s twelfth year.

Woolfest is taking over the Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre in Cockermouth and filling it with all things ‘wool’ Friday June 24 and 25.

With over 130 different stallholders selected from more than 200 applications and an exciting programme of events, demonstrations and exhibitions as this original British festival promises to its biggest and best yet.

Organiser Jean Wildish said: “Woolfest still seems to be the one big event that every wool-related business wants to be at.

“Every year we have to turn people away and it’s quite a balancing act between familiar faces and new businesses, fresh approaches and traditional crafts. We’re also keen to promote British wool as much as possible and to keep a cross-section of different wool crafts – not only knitting and weaving but also felt making, crochet, spinning and other emerging crafts.

“Hopefully, we’ve got the balance right for 2016 and visitors will have a great time.”

Woven with wool Tweed seems to be a theme among this year’s stallholders and they are coming from all over the UK. “As well as traditional Harris and Donegal tweeds, we’ve got businesses creating their own artisan tweeds, including Wool Clip member, Jan Beadle, people designing and making accessories, clothing and soft furnishings with tweed and a couple of businesses using locally-sourced Herdwick tweed too,” said Pam Hall, another of the Woolfest organisers.

“The Harris Tweed photography exhibition at Rheged near Penrith has been breaking all visitor records there

One of the things that marks out Woolfest is its focus on the local and rare breeds, fleece animals and raw fleece that are at the roots of all things wool.

For the first time, Woolfest 2016 was over-subscribed for breed societies wanting to take part and the organisers have had to select the 23 breeds that will be on show.

“Last year, we gave over more space to the livestock side of the event and several new breeds took part, including the very cute and popular Valais Blacknose sheep,” said Mary Bell, responsible for the animal area at Woolfest.

“This year, we’ll have all three Leicester breeds at Woolfest – Bluefaced, Border and Longwool – and Ellie Langley will be bringing along a few sheep from her cross-bred flock, bred specifically for fleece that’s good for felt making.

“And, for the first time, all three traditional Cumbrian hill breeds of sheep will be represented at Woolfest,” She continued. “Alison O’Neil, aka the Barefoot Shepherdess who farms near Sedbergh, is bringing not only Herdwicks but also Rough Fell and Swaledale sheep to the show.”

Carolyn Rawlinson Memorial Stall Each year, Woolfest organisers give a free stall to a new business in memory of one of the event’s founders, the late Carolyn Rawlinson.

In the past, this has gone to knitwear designers, artisan yarn dyers, accessory makers, tapestry designers and other but 2016 is a bit unusual and Liz Reed’s work should create a lot of interest at Woolfest as she creates driftwood characters with full wool knitted outfits - this is not one to miss. ● Woolfest will be heading to the Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre in Cockermouth Friday June 24 and 25.

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MAY SPORT ROUND UP * MAY SPORT ROUND UP * MAY SPORT ROUND UP * MAY SPORT ROUND UP * MAY SPORT ROUND UP ROBERT HAILE gives us the latest sports round up with Rugby Union, League and cricket - you can read more online!

Rugby League round-up

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Cumbria cricket round-up reply to Furness’s 118 while Cleator 1st beat Furness’s by 8 wickets after chasing down Furness’s 101.

Saturday, May 14 saw Seascale host Haverigg while Cleator 2nd travelled to Egremont.

Cleator hosted Whitehaven.

Batting first Seascale set Haverigg a target of 220 which they made by the 34 In for the swing: Egremont captain drivers through over with a loss Dalton in season opener. of 5 wickets.

IT was an exciting start as the 2016 The local derby between cricket season got under way on Egremont and Cleator 2nd gave Saturday, April 30 - Egremont 1st Cleator bragging rights as they bowled welcomed Dalton 2nd.

Egremont out for 100 before a Egremont batted first and with successful chase gave them victory.

Dom Chambers making 138 the home The fireworks were happening in team had 249 to defend. Dalton were Cleator as they restricted Whitehaven all out for 88. to 128 before opening pair Robert Cleator 2nd hosted Vickerstown, Mason and Tom Sharpe reached this while Cleator 1st travelled to in only 17 overs.

Workington. It was not a good start for Egremont 2nd travelled to either team as Cleator 2nd were all out Whitehaven 2nd for the first game of for 125 chasing Vickerstown’s 188 and their season - restricting Whitehaven Workington chased down Cleator’s to 193 Egremont must have been 163. feeling confident going out to bat, only Seascale 1st faced Kirkby-into be bowled out for 122.

Furness 1st. Batting first Seascale Sunday, May 15 saw Cleator start made 240. Kirkby in reply made 237 their 2016 journey towards Lords as and only needed 10 runs off the last 6 they faced Read in the Davidstow balls to win.

Village Cup. Saturday, May 7 saw Egremont Batting first Read set Cleator a travel to Vickerstown while both target of 214.

Cleator teams faced both Furness Carrying on from where they had teams. left off Cleator’s opening pair set off Seascale travelled to Workington at a quick pace and it looked as to face their 2nd team. After a Cleator would have another easy win. dominant home performance Egremont Read had other ideas and fought came up short against Vickerstown their way back into the game to set up only making 135 after bowling the a nail biting final few overs for Cleator home team out for 205. to come through for the win.

Cleator 2nd almost won away to Furness 2nd but were all out for 110 in

Diving for it: Egremont try to halt Siddal’s advances.

The season is now in full swing with the top and bottom of the league taking shape.

Egremont Rangers manged to get their first win of the season a 26 – 20 home win against Hull Dockers on Saturday, April 16.

A high flying Siddal side condemned Rangers to their fifth defeat of the season, second at home with a tough 6 – 18 victory on Saturday, April 23.

Rangers were the only fixture on Saturday, April 30 as they beat Lock Lane 24 – 22.

The away match with West Hull proved to be too much for a recovering Rangers who went down 24 – 8 on Saturday, May 7 and the home game with Rochdale Mayfield on Saturday, May 14 is one that many fans will want to forget with a score line of 10 – 52.

Wath Brow Hornets excellent start to the season seemed to be stuttering after

the 14 – 14 draw with Kells, the Hornets lost 22 – 10 away to West Hull on Saturday, April 16.

The Hornets winning ways returned with an away 12 - 24 triumph against Wigan St. Patrick on Saturday, April 23.

York Acorn provided a tougher test than many expected on Saturday, May 7 and the Hornets were lucky to send them away empty handed with a 26 – 24 home win.

The trip to Lock Lane on Saturday, May 14 provided a more convincing win as the Hornets were back on track with a 0 – 30 win.

Kells continued their season against fellow new boys Pilkington Recs with a 42 – 6 home win on Saturday, April 16.

An away trip to top of the table Leigh Miners Rangers followed on Saturday, April 23.

This tough encounter left Kells with another close 18 – 10 defeat.

A close home victory against Lock Lane by 19 – 18 followed on Saturday, May 7 before Kells lost 30 – 22 away to York Acorn on Saturday, May 14

This put Egremont in a promotion play-off against Littleborough of the North Lancashire league on Saturday, May 7.

This year sadly was not Egremont’s year as Littleborough proved too strong and ran out 35 – 3 winners.

Before this however a cup semifinal against Workington on Saturday, April 30 was to be dealt with.

A close match was predicted as the league champions came to Egremont.

The home team romped to an Running for the win: Egremont sliced through the Workington champions, on impressive 31 – 14 win and a final with route to final.

Furness.

AS the season came to an end for Cup final day was Wednesday, Egremont they came within a point of May 11 saw Egremont travel to Millom being champions after a 12 – 14 win with the Cumbria Shield the prize. against Carlisle Crusaders with the The Cup final went the way the match being played at Penrith as the league had with Egremont running out damage from the winter storms was 25 – 17 to end the season in style. still being felt.

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Start of Carers Week including ‘taking a cakie!’– see article on page 13

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Every Tuesday 1pm to 3pm: Age UK Link Up & Laugh (Quizzes & Games), at De Lucy Centre Egremont, £3.

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Every Wednesday, 10am to 2pm: Computer Drop In, at De Lucy Centre, Egremont.

Every Wednesday: 10.30 to noon Singing for the Brain sessions at St Mary & St Michael’s Church, Egremont.

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Every Thursday: 6.30pm to 8.30pm: Florence Art Group meets at Florence Mine. All levels welcome.

FRI

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Deadline for July issue of Egremont 2Day, 5pm

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King George IV Eskdale Beer Festival

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Dentdale Music and Beer festival June 24 - 26 (See page 10)

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6.30pm Guided walk at High Leys nature reserve (NY062181)

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6pm: Ed Heslam classical guitar at Lamplugh Village Hall

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Race Night

10am to 4pm: Craft Fair at Gosforth Hall

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King George IV Eskdale Beer Festival

9.30am to 1pm: Farmers Market at Egremont Market Hall

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Noon til late: Beer Festival at Egremont Rugby Union Club

Midsummer Shakespeare event at Florence Arts Centre, Egremont

10.30am to 5pm: Open Garden at Galesyke, Wasdale, CA20 1ET

10.30am to 5pm: Open King George IV Eskdale Garden at Galesyke, Beer Festival. Happy Cats & Wasdale, CA20 1ET

King George IV Eskdale Beer Festival

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SAT

Every Friday, 11am to noon: a walk with Egremont Amblers, meet at the De Lucy Centre,

EU in/out Vote

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Dentdale Music and Beer festival June 24 - 26 (See page 10)

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9.30am: Craft Fayre at Egremont Market Hall 7.30pm: Song writer Paul Liddell at Florence Arts Centre, Egremont Noon til late: Beer Festival at Egremont Rugby Union Club Dentdale Music and Beer festival June 24 - 26 (See page 10)

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