The Workington, Cockermouth, Maryport and Keswick Guide Magazine

ISSUE 28 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012

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Star line-up including, James Martin, Simon Rimmer and Jay Rayner.

September 29-30

Will My Make Up Last?

Expert Advice from Bridget Foster

At the heart of the Community

St. Michael’s Parish, Workington

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UTUMN… season of mists and mellow fruitfulness… and sweet and sour and mild and bitter, as the Taste Cumbria food festival, bigger and better than before, takes Cockermouth by storm at the end of September aided and abetted by a new beer festival to titillate our taste buds.

Famous faces and fabulous food, drink, produce and know-how are, as ever, all on offer and if you are remotely interested in great food and drink and what comes out of the county’s larder (and who isn’t?) then this is one not to miss; plus we’ve some cracking recipes inside from the chefs involved.

And this time we also take a rare (for us) backwards peep at Solfest and Cockrock. While we are talking music it’s the 100th anniversary this year of the birth of famous classical singer, Kathleen Ferrier. Inside Ross Brewster tells you how her all-to-brief career began and blossomed in West Cumbria before taking the world’s stages by storm and Vibrant Keswick artist, Venus Griffiths, is also featured.

Recently I spoke to automotive author, Malcolm Bobbitt, from Cockermouth, who has written dozens of authoritative books, for leading publishers, about famous motoring marques, from Rolls-Royce and Bentley to bubble cars… and his fascinating world of motoring unfolds in an interview inside.

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6 Taste Cumbria Food Festival 2012 10 Solfest and CockRock 2012 round-up 13 Keswick artist Venus Griffiths 14 At the heart of the community, St. Michael’s Parish, Workington

24 Barturn Developments 26 Make Up and Hair by Bridget Foster 32 Soprano Kathleen Ferrier 36 Recipes from James Martin and Simon Rimmer

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Our best food... their best chefs...

So we’d best go!

September 29-30

TV chefs James Martin and Simon Rimmer, along with BBC One Show food critic Jay Rayner are among the celebrities in the star line-up at this autumn’s Taste Cumbria Food Festival, in Cockermouth, September 29-30.

There’s also an impressive local line-up which includes Great British Menu finalist and Michelin Star chef, Simon Rogan, of L’Enclume, in Cartmel, who will be cooking at the festival’s first pop-up restaurant - a temporary L’Enclume restaurant, which will be set up at Dovenby Hall. Well-known chefs will also appear on various stages throughout.

Saturday Kitchen Chef, Martin, and Sunday Brunch Star, Rimmer, will be headlining the festival’s Cookery Theatre hosted by Jay Rayner who is also The Observer newspaper’s food critic.

James Martin will be heading the bill on the Saturday and C4’s Simon Rimmer plans to cook up a storm at a series of appearances on the Sunday. Both will cook using only Cumbrian produce and visitors will be able to pick up and recreate the fare because all producers will be exhibiting at the free Market Street area of the Festival.

There will be food and drink from over 100 of Cumbria’s best producers, hoteliers and restaurateurs and it features three stages, running over two days, of demonstrations, master classes and tastings.

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James Martin enjoying a copy of The Whitehaven Guide Magazine

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One Show regular and Observer Food Critic, Jay Rayner, will be recounting his hilarious account of “My Dining Hell: Twenty Ways to Have a Lousy Night Out.” The food loving jazz musician will also be bringing a band of the country’s top jazz musicians to perform food-inspired jazz standards to help make the weekend swing.

So if you fancy it there’s a vintage champagne afternoon tea on the lawns of the beautiful Trout Hotel, or an evening treat enjoying an evening of jazz with Jay Rayner and his passion for jazz piano.

There will be fun for the whole family, because children can also get a flavour of Cumbria by taking part in a range of activities such as the Vegetable Orchestra Master Class, and interactive cooking and baking.

The event hopes to see over 20,000 visitors visit the region over the two days of the festival, which is supported

by Jennings, who will also be hosting a Cumbrian Beer Festival on site.

• Access to the festival is free, however demonstrations and master classes are ticketed so visit www.tastecumbria. com to ensure your place and see what else is happening at Taste Cumbria Food Festival 2012.

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Raise a glass to the county’s brewers DID you know that Cumbria with more than 30 has the most breweries, per head of population, in the country?

So it’s appropriate that what has been billed as the county’s biggest beer festival will be running for the first time in tandem with this year’s Taste Cumbria, event in Cockermouth, on September 29-30.

CAMRA and Jennings are helping the Taste festival organisers in Cockermouth, on September 29-30, as part of the annual Taste Cumbria Food Festival.

Festival goers will be spoilt for choice with over 150 beers from breweries and microbreweries around the county including Barngates, Coniston, Ennerdale, Nine Standards, Foxfield and Jennings.

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Beer and brewing have a strong history in the region, and as we said there are over 30 breweries in Cumbria.

Gaynor Green, general manager at Jennings Brewery, believes the world’s most highly consumed alcoholic beverage is worthy of its own festival in Cumbria. “Breweries are one of thousands of local producers working hard to put great Cumbrian produce on the foodie map. Many of our techniques remain true to those introduced by John Jennings almost 200 years ago – we still use Lakeland water for brewing, drawn from our very own well.”

Taste Cumbria’s Food Tourism Manager, Mary Houston, says; “Introducing the Beer Festival this year at the Taste Cumbria Food Festival adds another dimension, we have a huge talent in the Cumbrian Brewing industry and this is a great opportunity to show it off.

The festival will be staffed by Cumbrian CAMRA volunteers who will be on hand to offer expert advice and recommendations as well as information about the brewing

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process and about Cumbria’s rich brewing history.

Chris de Cordova, Cumbria Area organiser for CAMRA added; “We are blessed with wonderful water for brewing marvelous beers in Cumbria and 32 breweries producing over 250 regular beers and many, many more seasonals and specials.

“We are delighted to help promote our beers and our brewers, of whom we are tremendously proud, and hope that everyone who visits the Taste Cumbria Beer Festival will enjoy the huge variety on offer and will want to seek out more of them, and the pubs in which they are sold.”

There will be food available, plus local music entertainment but the beer festival is not really suitable for families with young children.

Entry to the Beer Festival is £3 which includes a programme of all beers, with tasting notes, and a branded glass to keep.

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Sogfest outside… sunshine in

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UMMER did its worst but live music at its best rain didn’t let it spoil the party at Solfest.

Much mud didn’t do much to stop the thousands enjoying themselves as our pictures at the left show as they enjoyed Big Country, KT Tunstall, Adam Ant, Seth Lakeman, Billy Bragg and perhaps most of all, Mike Scott’s Waterboys, although they certainly didn’t see the whole of the moon that night.

BLOWN AWAY (twice): Cockrock, goers, right, were mostly

blown away by the music until Sunday when a gale took over.

With The Fun Loving Criminals and Tinchy Strider headlining on the Friday at Saturday and dozens of high quality local bands too, it was arguably the highest quality Cockrock yet and a huge success. We can’t wait for next year.

Photography by Jim Davis, Brian Sherwen and Liam Smith

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Venus in conjunction with art By Ross Brewster

Venus Griffiths

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ENUS Griffiths paints in vibrant, vivid colours that suggest she has a positive take on life.

But then, Keswick artist Venus knows what it’s like to have fought back from a darker place when her life was in the balance.

Several years ago she was seriously injured in a crash involving a lorry on the A1. She spent five days on a life support machine in hospital.

Venus, who hails from Yorkshire, has lived in Keswick since 1988 and her distinctive acrylics and watercolours are on display in several of the region’s top galleries.

At 13 she won a scholarship to Wakefield Art College, later becoming a technical illustrator until after her marriage when her time was devoted to another priority— raising her four children.

However Venus - the name comes from her maternal

grandmother - admits: “I can’t remember a time when I have not had the desire to draw and paint.”

She did a Foundation Fine Arts course at Trent College, Nottingham, while teaching art to full time and recreational students and running art workshops for the mentally handicapped, something she found particularly rewarding.

After coming to live in Keswick,Venus ran adult courses at Lairthwaite Further Education Centre and worked in the studio at home, capturing the local landscapes with her daring use of colour.

Venus soon found her art rising in popularity. That close encounter with death opened her eyes to a new world of artistic fulfilment and she said: “I stopped being scared.

After that every day was a bonus. When you nearly die you realise life is so much fun.”

Venus tries to put her feelings into her work and the result is some fantastic landscapes. She says: “When you have tasted death you love life. I have worked through a dark period and come out into the light.”

It’s a light full of vivacious colour which makes Venus Griffiths’ work stand out distinctively in any exhibition.

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St Michael’s Parish, Workington:

Rector of Workington Bryan Rowe

At the

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of the community By Corey Bedford

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SK anyone in Workington about the Parish of St Michael’s and you may get several different answers.

Throughout the church’s long history two devastating fires have occurred, one in 1887, and the other more recently in 1994.

Some will mention the devastating fire of 1994 and some the religious services and events; but most, will mention their enormous amount of work it does in the local community together with their well-respected charity efforts.

Since the seventh century there has been evidence of a church on the site of St Michael’s Parish Church, in Workington.

But a “church” is more than just a building and the Parish of Workington is also known for its profound charity work and for raising significant sums for charities such as the Church of England Children’s Society, Macmillan Nurses, and Harvest for the Hungry, The Great North Air Ambulance, Hospice at Home, and Cancer Research.

The parish also offers support to local schools such as Victoria Junior School and St Michael’s Nursery and Infants’ School.

However, the first documented building was its Norman Church, dating from 1150. You can still see elements of the church of yesteryear, with a marble plaque at the back of the church saying “Walter”, who was the first rector of the Church; the font is also believed to date from that time, and is now situated in the baptistery, after being rediscovered in 1930.

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Another arm of the parish helps the children of the community. The uniformed organisations, such as Beavers, Rainbows, Brownies, Cubs, and Scouts, all help youngsters to build self-confidence and recognise their positive role

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They help teach young people key skills important in later life, skills, such as teamwork, independence, and thinking logically, and the uniformed organisations also take part in charity work at both local and national levels.

The Parish of St Michael’s is vibrant, busy and firmlyfocussed but it could always use more help, so If you want to get involved in parish life its members will welcome you with open arms. To know more, call in visit between 9:30 and 16:30 on weekdays; T. 01900 604450, or email st.michaelsworkington@btinternet.com.

Canon Bryan Rowe is the latest in a list of 45 of Rectors of Workington, which parish records show date back to 1150. He’s been there since 2002.

Bryan was born and bred in Millom and is proud of his Cumbrian roots. His first connection with the church was as a member of the local Methodist Sunday School, during the early 1960s, and he went on to become a Sunday school helper.

He met his wife Sheila at Millom School and they married in 1973. After school Bryan became a marine engineering draughtsman at Vickers, Shipbuilders, at Barrow. He and wife were firstly members of the Methodist Church and they have two grown-up daughters. It was when their girls were little they began their involvement with local churches.

After joining the PCC (Church Council), Bryan was confirmed into the Church of England, aged 30, and both Bryan and Sheila became very active in church life, Bryan as the Churchwarden and Sheila as a Sunday school teacher.

Byran became a lay minister, assisting in worship and taking communion to the sick and housebound. One recipient commented: “you ought to be a vicar,” so Bryan rethought his future, during Lent 1987, and by September was training as a vicar.

He became a Deacon at Carlisle Cathedral in 1990 and moved to Kells, Whitehaven where he served his curacy under the guidance of Canon Jim Hyslop, Sheila again, taking an active role within Bryan’s ministry and leading the local Sunday school.

Three years later, Bryan was licensed as Priest-in-Charge of St Kentigern’s, Aspatria, and St James’ Hayton and in became Rural Dean of Solway and then an Honorary Canon of Carlisle Cathedral.

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Swim, cycle, run… but above all race!

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OME say they’re mad, others that they are a human version of trail hounds with the added ability to cycle, but whatever your opinion of triathletes it‘s merely water off their backs, as dozens of them descend on Buttermere, on Saturday September 15 for the second annual Buttermere Triathlon.

It involves swimming Buttermere, cycling up the challenging gradients of Whinlatter and Honister passes, and running the trails around the beautiful shores of Crummock Water.

This triathlon is possibly the most scenic in Britain, set amid the stunning backdrop of the Lake District mountains in the iconic location of Buttermere.

There’s a 1.5k open water swim from the north western shore of Buttermere which, with its crystal clear water, is one of the cleanest lakes in the country.

This will be the second running of the event after last year’s inaugural epic held in testing conditions, eventually won by Chris Joyce in 3hr: 05min. Entries are limited to 120 competitors and you have to be a least 18 years old to take part and. The event will be run under current British Triathlon rules Organisers are also staging an open water swim the following day in Buttermere. Distances are 10k, 5k or 1.5k, it’s quite unique as 5k is full circuit of lake around shoreline (10k two) circuits.

The Ennerdale Trail Runs take place on Sunday October 21 from the Scout Centre from 9.30am onwards involving 50k, 25k and 10k events To know more visit: www.highterrainevents.co.uk

Against a spectacular backdrop of dramatic fells and forest, that is followed by a 4k Road Cycle route taking riders over Honister and Whinlatter passes via Lorton and back to the transition and the 13k Trail Run. The run goes around the shores of Crummock Water on a relatively flat route with a great combination of off road running terrain. It then heads out of Buttermere, via Sourmilk Gill and Scale Force and follows the western shoreline at the base of Melbreak, before returning along the eastern shores via the base of Rannerdale Knotts.

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Buttermere Valley

Take a walk on the wild side MOCKERKIN man, Alan Gane has written a new book about walking in the Lake District with an emphasis on watching the wildlife.

He has based it on a compilation of short magazine articles originally written for a Lake District magazine.

Walking with Wildlife will appeal to anyone with a fondness for the area and its flora and fauna.

Naturalist Alan brings his 40 years of such experiences to the fore and includes many suggested fell routes often departing from the more recognised routes and allowing the reader to see some of the best views and discover for themselves areas often overlooked by most walkers.

There are many informative references to birds, plants and animals to be seen en route…things often easily overlooked.

In an easy-reading style Alan injects lightness and humour describing some of his favourite walks in all seasons and encounters with plants and animals. There are 137 short chapters with 16 colour photos and eight poems.

Proceeds from the book are going to the Mountain Rescue service and Lamplugh Church.

More than a little odd…

NEW out, Paranormal Cumbria, by Geoff Holder is a follow up book full of fascinating tales and which is a follow-up to his previous title: The Guide to the Mysterious Lake District.

Again the folk lore lovers will digest it with relish but there’s much too for the casual reader, for visitors to the areas and for anyone intrigued by a good old-fashioned mystery. It has over 50 photos and illustrations and covers everything from monsters to mischief-makers.

Geoff quotes all his sources so readers can judge for themselves on such matters as The Croglin Vampire and Renwick Cockatrice, through Witchcraft, Magic and the Devil, to Fairies, Power of the Mind, mysterious wild animals, Carlisle’s, Cursing stone and The Solway Spaceman.

It also differs from the format of his previous book in that ranges all over Cumbria rather than confining itself to the so-called Lake District and the chapters are arranged thematically rather than on the place-byplace approach previously adopted.

Paranormal Cumbria is published by The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 2QG. www.thehistorypress.co.uk Price: £9.99 ISBN no: 978-0-7524-5412-2

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Community

Helping put lives back on track

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ITAL to the fight against substance abuse in West Cumbria is The Rising Sun Trust, a drug and alcohol charity, based in Fisher Street, in Workington.

But, with charity funding streams drying up in the economic crisis, five of the Trust’s eight staff faced unemployment in July and Mr Smith said that Trust now plans to concentrate more on preventative drug and alcohol education work with local schools and businesses.

The Trust was launched by Dave Smith as a result of the sudden and unexpected death of his young son, Ryan, in 1999. Initially the Trust tried to help in the care and counselling of young people with drug and alcohol problems and to assist their families in coping with the problems which come hand in hand with using alcohol and drugs.

But the Trust’s aim evolved into supporting people of any age with drug and alcohol-related issues.

It’s come a long way from the small surroundings of a spare bedroom belonging to a family trying to deal with

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the grief and devastating loss of a much-loved son.

Dave and his family have worked with the grief of Ryan’s untimely death to create a place that gives support to carers, family and friends of drug and alcohol misuses in friendly surroundings, in a non-judgemental way that helps people to deal with this chaotic life style and to progress to a more positive way of life.

The picture that the Trust uses as its logo was drawn

by Ryan the day before his death and it’s used in Ryan’s memory, in the hope that everyone who engages with the Trust will have the chance for a new start in life.

The Trust’s outstanding achievements can be judged by the number of people who it has saved from being lost, lonely and leading self-destructive lives and, to a certain extent, by the number of awards and acknowledgements it has received.

These come from people who have moved on to finding employment, self-worth, confidence and closure of parts

The Rising Sun Trust Logo, drawn

by Dave Smith’s late son, Ryan

of their lives they never thought they could escape.

The need for support is extensive and can include family and friends. For every individual that engages with the Trust, at least 10 others will be affected by their drug and alcohol issues.

The Trust operates a 24-hour helpline, called Signpost, available 365 days a year to give support and reassurance that can’t otherwise be found. It can give a caller the chance to talk when they feel at their worst and may have no one else. Those struggling with their addictions can call for a chat and parents in particular find it very useful when facing high anxiety.

New Horizons, the Trust’s drop-in centre offers a safe, warm place to go to; understanding and friendship; a non-judgmental atmosphere; trained staff / volunteers and practical help but its funding expires at the end of this year and a number of its support groups are also at risk meaning a move from Fisher Street to somewhere cheaper is necessary.

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Among others The Rising Sun Trust’s work is backed by the Nuclear Management Partners’ Community Fund from which it received £10,000 earlier this year, towards its Community Family Guidance Project and is in line for another £10,000 next year. In 2009 it received £3,250 from NMP towards its after-hours drop in service.

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Bursary funding at the Calvert Trust

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onceived in 1974, the Lake District Calvert Trust is an outdoor centre specialising in working with people with disabilities.

Based on the shores of Bassenthwaite Lake, our aim is to enable people with disabilities to achieve their potential through the challenge of adventurous outdoor activities in the countryside.

The Tylee family who visited the centre in July 2012, benefitted from the Calvert Trust’s bursary scheme. This funding enables guests who require financial assistance to be able to afford their Calvert Trust visit. The funds often support specific geographical areas around the UK or people with specific disabilities.

The Tylee family talk about the success of their visit….

Jonathon, the dad, said: “being able to all enjoy challenging outdoor activities together is a first for us...and the bursary has made a great difference – we wouldn’t have been able to book a holiday without it”.

The girls said this was “the best holiday ever” and the whole family agreed. As a family of six including Elouise, 20

who has both physical and learning disabilities, they were able to take part in a huge range of activities, which they found both challenging and fun.

Jonathon said “It was fantastic to be faced with such a range of activities and be able to include Elouise in all of them. Elouise clearly felt relaxed and confident in participating and this was largely due to excellent planning, preparation and support which the fantastic instructors were able to provide”.

If you would like help funding a trip to the Calvert Trust please contact us on 017687 71924.

The Trust relies on the generous support of the local community and companies. There are lots of ways in which people show their support such as, through bursaries, legacies and fundraising events. For more information on how you can support us please contact Louise Miles (Local Fundraising Officer) on 017687 72255 or e-mail LouiseM@lakedistrict.calvert-trust.org.uk 21

offer you can’t refuse

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HERE’S never been a better time than NOW to buy a new bathroom suite or tiles from Steve’s Ceramics, at Clay Flatts, in Workington.

There’s currently a fantastic offer of 0% finance on orders over £250 and Steve’s Tiles now has a new bathrooms showroom established, introducing a range of highly competitively-priced suites, fixtures and fittings from Phoenix, There’s also 20% off the prices of some bathroom accessories.

Elegant fashionable bathroom suits start from £439 and are part of the new and very attractive range and all of them are priced below £1,000.

If you haven’t been there for a while Steve’s Ceramics store has seen a big transformation in the past 18 months, now featuring more displays and showroom space than ever before which means that you can now choose everything for your new bathroom all in one visit.

Various options are on show and having selected your suite you can immediately compare the alternatives from the huge stock of ceramic tiles that Steve’s offers and in doing so be certain that Steve’s will be among the most competitively priced that are available.

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You can also be Photography by Jim Davis certain that you will get the best of attention and service from their extremely friendly and helpful staff because, together with its sister premises, Steve’s Paints, at nearby Annie Pit Lane, Steve’s Ceramics is a genuine family business, with the second generation enthusiastically following in the footsteps of its founder, Steve Williams, who today is chairman, heading a company which first went into business back in 1979, selling paint from a small shop next door to the Theatre Royal, in Washington Street, Workington.

Nowadays there’s also a Steve’s website, on which you can browse a selection of the ranges, and you can now order online to be despatched direct to you, at your convenience.

Steve’s Ceramic Tiles, 14a New Yard, Clay Flatts Industrial Estate, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3YE. Tel: 01900 51092

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Barturn Developments Ltd

It’s just a quickstep to the new ‘Cumbria’

by Chris Breen

Luxury, high-spec living has arrived in the heart of Workington

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t’s perhaps not what you’d expect to find in the middle of Workington, but Barturn Developments have thought “out of the box” for their latest project, Cumbria House, in Corporation Road.

It’s on the site of a former ballroom and it’s a stunning success. There’s one or two-bedroomed duplex apartments; six two-bedroom apartments four two beds with balconies and two penthouse suites. Each of the penthouse suites has a large front and rear balcony, with views across the lower town and out to the Solway Firth.

It’s the sort of property you would see in a revitalised city area and it sits so well in its central Workington location, within easy reach of the town centre and bus and rail transport links just a short walk away. There’s a car park to the rear and on-street parking to the front.

They’ll appeal to a huge range of people and are all offered at what I was going to describe as “highly competitive” prices, but frankly, there is no competition and little

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comparison to be made in Workington, given the high standards; the uniqueness and the location. Prices range from £85k from a one-bedroomed duplex (on two levels) to £175k for each of the two penthouses.

Estate agent Yvonne McKenzie, from Tiffen’s, Workington, who are handling the sale, summed it up when she said: “These are the highest spec I have ever seen in Workington.”

Cumbria House is on the site of, and takes its name from, the former Cumbria Ballroom, at Corporation Road, Workington, opposite the old town hall and provides everything and more that modern apartment living can offer. They are finished to the highest standards with contemporary interiors to suit all ages.

There are lifts to all floors, a top-of-the-range security system and it is insulated so well, to the latest standards, that its energy consumption is guaranteed to be exceptionally low, so… ultra-low energy costs.

So, with stylish kitchens and bathrooms; energy-efficiency; cutting-edge technology such as that which allows the lift to drop gently to the ground floor and open, in the event of a fault; plus the ability vet callers on display screens, Cumbria House has a great deal to recommend it. But don’t take my word for it… just go and see for CONTACT: Yvonne McKenzie, at Tiffen’s, 16-18 Finkle Street, Workington, CA14 2BB in the first instance. Tel: 01900 602777 or 01900 511549 yourselves.

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Developer George Turner also aims to keep maintenance charges to a minimum of around £250 a year, thanks to the latest extra long-life, low-maintenance exterior to the building and the opportunity for the residents’ management committee to make their own choices.

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Will my make up last?

Thats the most commonly asked question I get from clients. Especially when I am doing bridal make up that starts at 7am. Whether you wear a small amount of make up or a full face it’s what every client worries about. Over time I have worked hard at getting that staying power without my clients or models looking like they are wearing theatre make up.

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Lifestyle 1. Firstly understanding your skin type is essential when buying products for your skin. Ask yourself how your skin feels after cleansing and before you moisturise?

Cleansing is the most important part of your skincare regime. A good cleanser should be alcohol free and not strip the skin of its natural oils. Finding the correct skincare for you will help create the perfect base for your make up.

Personally I am a big fan of oil or balm cleansers for all skin types, including oily and spotty skin.

2. How do you prepare your skin before applying makeup?

Wearing a primer on your skin or a base on your eyelids will protect your skin and your make up will sit fresh on your primer rather than in your pores. Also this will prevent eye make up from creasing and slipping. Some silicone primers are good for crow’s feet around the eye as it fills the creases first.

3. How much foundation do you apply?

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Remember a concealer to cover blemishes, shadows and uneven skin tone. The use a foundation /tint to balance and give a finish on the skin. I had a friend who kept complaining about her make up sliding off and looking very oily at midday.

I took one look at her and said, “You’re wearing too much and once you perspire it will just add to the amount of product on your skin”. She now uses a concealer to cover and foundation sparingly to even out her skin tone. Much better.

4. Does your skin prefers a cream blusher or a powder blush.?

Cream is good for a dryer skin or a nice alternative during the winter when the skin is drier.

5. Do you set your make up with a loose powder?

This is the key to setting your make up in place all day.

Make sure you press the powder into the skin rather than sprinkling it onto the skin. The powder should sit on the hairs. A lot of clients worry this will give them a matt look.

An illuminating base followed by a loose powder will not look matt. The more sheer your powder, the better.

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“We have managed to achieve this goal and now we have people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds coming to our classes to enjoy exercise”.

The idea has been such a success that classes now go out deep into the community, being taught in local village halls, community halls and schools and All-Round Fitness now currently run around 25 classes throughout the Workington, Whitehaven and Maryport areas.

Mandy said: “So all of us at All-Round Fitness would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the amazing support and feedback that we have received over the past year. “We also teach Zumbatomic Dance classes in the local schools,” Mandy added.

Take the fun way to fitness…

“At All-Round fitness we only employ the best instructors in the area and currently we have Lianne Morley, Katie Roper, Jon Roper, Dayna Riley, Danika Riley, Shelly Coid and Emmerson Hancock working as part of our fitness team.

“It was our intention to bring fitness classes into local communities, and away from a gym environment, creating a unique atmosphere at our classes,” she said.

“We are currently running the following classes: Kettlebells, Kettlercise, Bokwa, Zumba, Zumbatomic, throughout West Cumbria and we are registered distributors of the Lifestyle Diet Managment plan, Herbalife.

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ANDY COOK, from High Harrington, launched the All-Round Fitness company along with her husband, Graeme, in October 2011, after leaving her post as a fitness manager with Carlisle Leisure.

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Cherrytreefashions as a fashion accessory for those little girls who want to be stylish.

Affordable luxury that’s classical, trendy and altogether charming

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herry Tree Fashions offers quintessential British heritage, fused with upcoming trends and vintage charm.

We provide fashion and celebration fashion collections that are affordable and luxurious, with a vision to create and source fashions to make your day even more special.

Our wonderfully-crafted website which is updated regularly with our fashion ranges, offers you an e-retail experience that’s both interactive and a pleasure to use.

We offer a millinery fashion range of beautiful fascinators, hats and hat-fascinators and silk-flower creations, all of which can be created just for you and embellished to your exact colour and style requirements.

As one of few stockists in the area - our latest collection of Nigel Rayment’s hats and fascinators provides a mouthwatering array of colour, design and textures for the season. The stunning range offers about 25 different styles, all available in a palette of fabulous shades to give your special outfit that extra splash of glamour and elegance.

We have also introduced our own design ranges including: ‘Bee in Your Bonnet’ - a fascinator and head wear range which features one of our tiny bee charms inconspicuously added to each creation.

‘Cherry Too’ - a beautiful range of infant and child head bands for christenings, parties and celebrations, or just

‘Something Blue’ - for when you say ‘I Do,’ is a charm range designed of Swarovski crystal and pearls we have created to add a touch of bling to wedding bouquets or wear as a piece of jewellery.

Silk flower creations - we make bespoke corsages, fascinators, hair flowers, buttonholes and headbands using our gorgeous silk flowers which we adorn and embellish with a variety of beads, crystals and decorative additions.

We also have some unique fashion jewellery and gift idea ranges including: Our stylish Blowing in the Wind collection which features real hand-picked leaves, preserved with different finishes.

Each is hand-crafted, and unique. Finishing touches provide a variety of finishes including gold, silver, brass, copper, iridescent, vintage silver and rose gold.

The Rosie Fox collection embraces everything ‘vintage, glamour and gorgeous’, including beautiful florals, vintageinspired jewellery, statement hair accessories and new on-trend bags Bloom collection is a jewellery range young, vibrant and stylish, using acrylic to creatively design pendants, wrist cuffs, brooches, earrings, necklace sets and rings.

‘Cupcake Candy’ is our take on the well-known ‘Pandora Charms’ and is a fashion jewellery range of charms being introduced for Christmas, which is beautifully packaged in one of our special cupcake boxes.

We also have a wide range of fashion, prom, party and wedding accessories and bespoke hand-made silk flower creations include corsages, buttonholes, bride and bridesmaid head-dresses.

There are fashion jewellery ranges to appeal to all ages; evening bags with crystal embellishment and satin; evening scarves and shawls and unique Italian Wedding Favours and wedding gifts.

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A famous talent who blossomed in our city‌ By Ross Brewster

he sang in concert halls all over the world in a brief, but glittering career.

However soprano Kathleen Ferrier, who made famous songs such as What Is Life Without You and Blow The Wind Southerly, made her first professional appearance during a Harvest Festival service at a Cumbrian village church - and earned just one guinea (ÂŁ1-05p) for her performance! Ferrier sang at music festivals in Carlisle and Workington, prestigious events in their day, and made her professional bow at the church in Aspatria, in the autumn of 1937.

This summer, events in many countries have been taking place to mark the centenary of Kathleen Ferrier’s birth, among them a concert and exhibition in Carlisle.

This September she will also be remembered at events in New York, London and her native Lancashire where she was born the daughter of a village schoolmaster near Preston.

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international recognition and make her one of the most celebrated British female singers of the 20th Century.

It was a career that spanned just over 10 years, for she died of cancer in 1953, aged just 41. A Kathleen Ferrier Society was set up in 1993 after the 40th anniversary of her death and now has hundreds of members.

A talented pianist, she left school at 14 and went to work in the GPO in Blackburn. By the time she was 23 she had married bank manager Albert Wilson and they were living

in Silloth where he worked and she gave piano lessons to local children.

Photo courtesy of the Kathleen Ferrier society

The 1937 Carlisle Festival was the life-changer. Although she was entered as a pianist, her husband bet her one shilling she dare not enter the singing contest as well. She did and won the contralto solo class and was named best singer at the festival.

In 1938 Kathleen won the Gold Cup at the Workington Festival and a BBC producer, who happened to be in the audience at the Opera House booked her for her first radio broadcast.

She was still taking part in festivals the following year, because at Carlisle she became a pupil of one of the adjudicators, J.E.Hutchinson, a teacher of considerable reputation. During the war Ferrier joined CEMA(the Council for the Encouragement of the Arts) and sang in military camps, factories and other work places.

She toured the world, unlike today’s pop stars often alone and with no supporting entourage, and sang in leading concert halls under the baton of the leading conductors.

The great German conductor, Bruno Walter, said the greatest privileges of his life were to have known and worked with Ferrier and Mahler—“in that order.”

Her illness was kept secret from her fans until her death in London on 18th October, 1953, but for fans who remember her, that exquisite contralto voice is not forgotten.

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Words & Photography: Alan Spedding

Chocolate Cream Espresso

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ne of these days I`ll make something healthy for you all to try… that`s a promise.

Meanwhile it`ll all have to be about calorie-laden comfort food... it`s what I do best and I am more than sure it`ll get many more thumbs up than would lettuce leaves served five different ways.

Ok so this one’s a classic to try at home. It isn`t hard to make and all you’ll need is a 9-inch (23cm) flan ring or a deep-sided spring release tin. The base of this dessert is a hazelnut biscuit baked in the oven. The topping that goes on the biscuit is an unctuous, richer-than-rich Chocolate ganache and it`s finished off with a layer of set Espresso cream!

Take my advice and slice it up into small portions and then you`ll see where I am coming from when I say “Rich!”. Sliced up with a hot knife, this dessert will make about 20 portions.....Oh yeah!

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Food 100ml single cream 300g good quality dark chocolate (chopped) 100g good quality milk chocolate (chopped) 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract.

4 tbsp espresso coffee 2 tsp powdered gelatine 250ml whipping cream 4 tbsp icing sugar.

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 170 deg C / Gas 3. Process the butter, sugars, flours, salt and “half” the hazelnuts, quickly, until a crumbly texture is reached. Pat into the flan ring (on a baking tray or a foil base) or a tin, to form a flat and even base.

2. Bake in the pre heated oven until golden brown – roughly 15-20 minutes, then remove and reduce the oven temperature to 160 degC / Gas 2 1/2

3. For the filling, bring the creams to the boil together, remove from the heat and cool slightly before stirring in the chopped chocolate. Once the chocolate has melted stir in the beaten eggs, vanilla and a 1-inch teaspoonful of the coffee.

4. Pour the filling over the biscuit base and bake on the centre shelf of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes until `just` set but slightly wobbly at the centre. Remove from the oven and cool.

5. To make the topping, soften the gelatine in 3 tablespoons of water for a few minutes, heat very gently in the microwave to melt the mixture (Do NOT allow to boil ) then set aside.

6. Beat the whipping cream to “soft peaks”; sift in the icing sugar; mix in the gelatine and remaining espresso coffee. Pour the cream over the chocolate mixture and allow to set in the fridge.

To Serve – Slice with a hot knife and serve with the hazelnuts, chocolate sauce and mixed fruits. Then just eat without any feelings of guilt... Enjoy!

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125g butter (diced) 25g soft golden-brown sugar.

40g caster sugar 125g plain flour 1 1/2 tbsp cornflour A pinch of salt.

175g toasted, skinned and roughly-processed hazelnuts.

400ml double cream.

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Ingredients

Vanilla and Grasmere Gingerbread cheesecake with balsamic strawberries (serves 8) Celebrity Chef: James Martin Cheesecake 50g Readymade Grasmere Gingerbread slices 450g Cream cheese 250g Caster sugar 250g Crème fraiche 475ml Double cream 2 Vanilla pods scraped

For the strawberries: 200g Strawberries 2tsp Caster sugar 2 tsp Balsamic vinegar

Method:

Place the sliced gingerbread on a tray and leave out to dry overnight. When dry, put in a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs are formed then set aside.

Place all the other ingredients into a bowl and whisk to a smooth cream.

Place the cream mix into 2 inch rings, smooth over the top with a palate knife and set in fridge for 2 hours and then remove.

Sprinkle the crumbs over the top and bottom, remove the ring place on the plate and serve with the strawberries.

For the strawberries, heat a frying pan over a high temperature. Add the strawberries and sugar to the frying pan and fry briefly for a minute, then pour over the balsamic and cook for a further 30 seconds.

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Celebrity Chef Simon Rimmer

Chef on C4’s Sunday Brunch

Cumbrian Salt-marsh lamb loin with feta parcel Ingredients (serves 4):

2 x 225g Cumbrian salt-marsh lamb loin cannons 4 Sheets filo pastry 150g Melted butter 1 Caramelised onion 200g Crumbled Greek feta 100g lightly crushed pistachios 100g finely shredded spinach 1 tbsp. shredded mint Oil and butter to fry Cinnamon and tomato sauce to serve

Method:

Rub oil on the loin, season well and fry for about 6-8 mins on all sides, baste with butter and rest for 5 minutes.

Combine the feta, onion, pistachios and spinach and mix well.

Cut the filo into pieces about 6”X4”, lay some mix in the middle, brush with butter, roll up, butter and bake at 200c for 20 minutes. Serve with watercress, sauce and slices of lamb.

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Medley of Garden Vegetables Ingredients

serves 4 Method

Bunch of asparagus (blanched in hot water for 2 minutes) 1. Toss the warm asparagus and broccoli, Fench beans One head of broccoli florets (blanched in hot water for 2 minutes) and broad beans in the lemon oil and mix well.

Handful of French beans (blanched for 2 minutes) 2. Add sliced garlic, toss well. Add salt and pepper and spinach.

Handful of broad beans (taken out of their pods.)

3. Just before serving add sprigs of chervil and chives.

Lemon ginger oil (see recipe on page 23) Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

1-2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced Salt and freshly ground black peppercorns Jean-Christophe Novelli’s Tips Handful of baby spinach (raw) To serve hot, cover with cling film and re-heat for 30 Lemongrass honey seconds in the microwave.

Handful chervil - add just before serving To serve as a salad add cubed feta to the salad mix.

Chives - add just before serving The heat from the vegetables mix will wilt the spinach.

1-2 tbsp sesame seeds

www.jeanchristophenovelli.com

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The Derwent Lodge Hotel

Situated in the picturesque postcard village of Portinscale, it is a mere minute’s walk from the shores of Derwentwater and just over 1 mile from the market town of Keswick.

Offering bar meals, home cooked food and Sunday lunches, served all day 12pm - 9pm (Sunday only). Lunches 12pm - 2pm, Dinner 6pm – 9pm, also light snacks in the afternoon.

Comfortable lounge bar is the perfect place to enjoy informal drinks, with a varied selection of locally brewed ales. On fine days patios and garden terrace open for panoramic views.

Derwent Lodge Hotel, Portinscale, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5RF Tel. 017687 73145

Hundith Hill Hotel

Try something different… The Hundith Hill family-run country house hotel is known locally as the area’s premier venue for weddings and celebration dinners. They are now pleased to welcome you to join them for fantastic bar meals and evening dinners. The hotel’s Sunday lunches are very popular and great value, reservations can be made to avoid disappointment.

Being set among some of the most beautiful scenery in the country makes dining at Hundith Hill a real experience, dining out just got better.

Lorton Vale, Cockermouth, CA13 9TH. Tel: 01900 822092. www.hundith.com

White Horse Inn

The White Horse Inn is a quintessential Country Pub serving traditional food, open fires, local ales and a warm welcome. Located just outside the picturesque village of Threlkeld at the foot of the Blencathra and Sharp Edge, it is ideal for trekking, with paths to the mountains immediately from the beer garden. The Coast to Coast route snakes past the front door of the Inn which remains a popular stop for thirsty cyclists and walkers alike. Dogs are very welcome. Open 11am-11pm, food served between Monday to Friday 12-2pm, 6pm - 9pm, Saturday and Sunday - All Day. £12.95 for 2 courses from Monday to Friday. Hot drinks also served.

White Horse Inn, Scales, Nr. Keswick, CA12 4SY. Tel: 017687 79883 info@thewhitehorse-blencathra.co.uk www.thewhitehorse-blencathra.co.uk

Pumpkin Cafe,´ Keswick

At Pumpkin we aim to provide an interesting menu selection whether for enjoying in our upstairs café or to takeaway. Experience our premium freshly roasted espresso coffee, range of teas or refreshing fruit smoothies. We serve an interesting breakfast menu daily until 11.30am, or pop in for lunch and enjoy our variety of sandwiches prepared using home-made bread or freshly baked baguettes. We also have a range of toasted paninis and great light lunches. Our popular takeaway salad boxes lets you choose from a wide selection from the deli counter.

Choose from our variety of cakes baked here daily. Free WiFi available to our customers.

Open Monday-Saturday 8.30am-4pm, Sunday 10am-4pm.

Pumpkin Café, 19 Lake Road, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5BS Tel: 017687 75973 cafepumpkin@hotmail.co.uk

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great guide to eating out September/October 2012

Slow-roast fillet of Cumbrian beef with wild Whinlatter Forest mushroom and smoked garlic pommes puree (serves 4)

Ingredients:

Whole Fillet of Cumbrian Beef – Medium Rare 150ml finished beef jus 800g mixed wild mushrooms foraged from Whinlatter Forest 2 shallots fine diced 2 sprigs fresh thyme 50ml olive oil

For the mashed potatoes: 900g (2lb) large Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and quartered 100g (4oz) unsalted butter 120ml (4fl oz.) double cream 3 cloves peeled smoked garlic Salt & pepper

Method:

Preheat the oven to 60C/140F/Gas ¼. Heat a frying pan until hot, and then add approximately 1 tbsp. of corn oil. Take the beef and sear until it is browned on all sides (approximately two minutes in total).

Remove the beef from the pan and allow to cool. Wrap the fillet tightly in cling film and place on a roasting tray in the oven. Cook for 50-60 minutes. The fillet can be left in the oven for 1 hour & 40 minutes (the fillet will not cook any more).

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Food For medium rare, the core temperature of the meat will be 57-59C (135-138F). Test the meat with a digital meat thermometer - if this temperature has not been reached, increase the heat in the oven slightly and return the beef to the oven for a further 10 minutes, before checking once more.

Remove the beef from the oven and remove the cling film. Heat a pan until hot and fry the beef in the hot pan for no more than 30 seconds. You will find that there is no need to rest the meat, because the proteins have not shrunk which is what neccessitates resting..

Pre-heat a non-stick pan over a medium heat, add the oil and add the mushrooms. Toss together then add the shallots and thyme, season and remove from the heat and set to one side.

For the mash potatoes, boil the potatoes in salted water until cooked, approximately 20 – 25 minutes, depending on size. Drain off all the water, replace the lid and shake the pan vigorously, which will start to break up the boiled potatoes.

Warm the garlic, butter and cream then add a little at time, while mashing the potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. The potatoes will now be light, fluffy, creamy and ready to eat.

Heat the beef jus through in a saucepan, ready to serve. If you don’t have beef jus, you can make your own by adding beef stock to the frying pan used to cook the beef fillet and cooking it over a medium heat until it has reduced, thickened and become flavoursome.

To serve, spoon the mushroom and smoked garlic pommes puree on to the plate. Place the beef on to the plate, spoon the mash alongside then finish with a drizzle of beef jus.

Celebrity Chef James Martin

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Vive la difference is Malcolm’s motto

Cockermouth author Malcolm Bobbitt turned a lifetime’s interest into a full time career, later in life, and is the driving force behind a nationally–published series of authoritative motoring books about classic marques, models and motoring. He also writes for national and industry magazines together with publications and local magazines and newspapers. Here our editor, Chris Breen, talks to him about his life-long fascination with motors and motoring topics... and perhaps things French.

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S a child in the Greater London area Malcolm Bobbitt, a confirmed, selfconfessed Francophile, fell hopelessly in love with a famous French beauty during 1955 …and it wasn’t Brigitte Bardot.

pension which is what had fascinated Malcolm and his dad.

When he first encountered her in the high street it was a Damascus moment. She swept passed him and his dad as they walked along the street and she stopped outside the post office. They were both immediately captivated, hurried after her, caught up and waited outside. They watched in awe and admiration as she drew herself up to her full height before making off gracefully.

The DS advanced car ride quality, handling and braking.

Citroën sold nearly 1.5 million of them and it came in third in the 1999 Car-of-the-Century competition and was named the most beautiful car of all time by Classic & Sports Car magazine so it’s hardly surprising that Malcolm and his dad, having read about the car, were enthralled.

Yes… it was the new and revolutionary Citroën DS, a car which a lifetime later, in 1991, was to help prompt Malcolm’s first in a series of over 30 books.

The Citroën DS (1955-75) was styled by Italian sculptor and industrial designer Flaminio Bertoni and the French aeronautical engineer André Lefèbvre and was known for its aerodynamic, futuristic body design and innovative technology, including hydro-pneumatic self-levelling sus44

When the DS engine is started the whole car rises on its suspension like a hovercraft before you waft on what seems like a cushion of air.

Thirty years and a life-long love affair later along came his book about the Citroëns built at the company’s British factory, at Slough, in Buckinghamshire (1926-1965) although Malcolm had previously regularly written motoring magazine articles and contributed them to various publications and to his own employers’ company magazine.

“I’ve really been writing articles since the school magazine,” he told me, “ and I suppose it was a natural progression”

Motoring As a result of the first book and his subsequent reputation having gone before him, a chance encounter with a book publisher in Gloucestershire, in the 1990s, led to his second book, about baby Fiats and to date Malcolm has been quite prolific, writing 33 books, published by various companies, on subjects as diverse as London taxi cabs, bubble cars, 1950s and 60s lorries and motor homes and post-war austerity motoring in Britain.

There are also more mainstream books about marques such as Karman / Karman-Ghia Volkswagens, the Rover P4, Hillmans, and various classic Bentleys and Rolls-Royces as well as histories of Rolls-Royce’s Derby and Crewe factories. He has also written a biography: W.O. Bentley, The Man Behind the Marque. Most can easily be found on major websites.

“It’s quite diverse and that’s the way I like it,” Malcolm said A member of the Guild of Motoring writers, he is also editor of the quarterly magazine of The Society of Automotive Historians and writes for national magazines and publications such as The Automobile and local newspapers and magazines. He is also a specialist automotive photographer and also broadcasts on local radio.

He moved permanently to Cockermouth in 1994 from Uxbridge, Middlesex, having first bought a holiday home in the town and spent many a happy holiday in this area after his wife’s family had moved to Maryport in the early 1960s, in connection with working the steel industry.

It’s no surprise then that Malcolm has owned a Citroen DS for 20 years and paintings of it and his beloved Bentley hang in his lounge.

He has no immediate plans to write more motoring books, “It’s very time-consuming and enough of that is taken up researching and writing magazine articles, some of which can be 20 pages long,” he said and I suspect he’d really rather be getting behind a classic steering wheel.

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Be careful with your caravan

A touring caravan is like a car...

Pardon?

To the extent that it needs regular servicing and although it isn’t subject to an annual MOT test, its best to have one done for your own peace of mind.

...Oh, I see!

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s Lee Armstrong, from North West Mobile Caravan and Motorhome Services, at Seaton, near Workington, says: “A Caravan is not just something you stick on the back end of a towing vehicle, every now and again, and just forget about.

“There’s gas appliances such as the cooker, fridge and blow heater, to consider as well as taps, toilets, piping, brakes, wheel and tyres and even dampness to consider,” says Lee, who has undergone the course run by the Mobile Caravan Engineers’ Association (MCEA).

Particular attention is paid to testing gas appliances and fittings and gas competence is part of the MCEA training that Lee has undergone.

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As part of his servicing procedure Lee can also take readings to detect any dampness penetration and can attend to any leaking seals, which can be common faults on caravans. Parts can all be supplied and fitted and a full valeting service is also available.

So, in a nutshell, Lee delivers quality service at a competitive price, added to the convenience of mobile servicing and repairs at your home, storage-site or pitch.

North West Mobile Caravan and Motorhome Services covers a wide-ranging area, ranging from Seascale to Silloth and inland as far as Keswick and also offers an emergency call out service, which is particularly useful to short-stay visitors to the area who encounter any problems.

Motoring

Make sure you are able to choose Greta

...our name is our guarantee

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reta Motor Body Works, Keswick, has been a family-run business since being founded 51 years ago.

In all that time we have prided ourselves on the quality of our work and we continue to do so today.

But as in everything in life, quality can come at a cost. Insurance companies don’t care for cost, so they drive prices down, but into that downward spiral can go good quality workmanship.

So, beware, because the insurance companies’ approved repairers do not always give you the best quality and instead can have repairs to your pride and joy carried out as cheaply as the insurers insist.

Often, without the customers’ knowledge, the insurers insist that the repairer uses non-genuine parts.

Many motorists don’t realise, when they come to renew their insurance policies, that there choices can severely restrict their choice of repairer in the aftermath of an accident which in turn can have a big bearing on the quality of workmanship carried out .

So It’s important to bear in mind three things when renewing your policy and future possibilities:

1. Check that you have the right to choose who repairs your car.

2. Make sure you are not financially penalised if you do so 3. Choose Greta Motor Body Works!

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A more rugged look…

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he iconic Land Rover Defender now has even more rugged appeal with the launch of the Defender XTech Special Edition.

Orkney Grey and Nara Bronze with contrast Lunar stitching. The Land Rover logo is embossed on front headrests while carpet mats have the Defender logo woven in.

Offering customers the same assured breadth of capability, the Defender XTech stands out from the crowd in Orkney Grey or striking Nara Bronze, which is unique to this special edition, with contrast Santorini Black roof and wheel arches and black chequer plate along the bumper and sills.

To harmonise with the exterior of this special edition, the central switch panel matches the body colour of the vehicle with the same paint finish.

The XTech Special Edition comes with a high level of standard equipment, including Air Conditioning, Anti-Lock Brakes with Electronic Traction Control, central locking with remote control and heated seats and windscreen.

A special ‘DEFENDER’ decal sits above the rear LED lights while the front lights are enhanced with Santorini Black headlamp surrounds in contrast to the body colour.

This distinctive front end design is complemented with a body colour grille and gloss black Land Rover lettering on the bonnet. A rear step bumper assembly aids entry, exit and loading. Gloss Black Saw Tooth 16-inch alloy wheels and MTR off-road tyres complete the look giving the Defender XTech a powerfully strong and purposeful stance.

A pure Ebony part leather interior complements both the

With a choice of the 90 Hard Top and 110 Utility Wagon, a range of standard options and accessories are available to add even more capability and character to this iconic four-wheel drive vehicle.

Powered by the 2.2-litre diesel engine with six-speed manual transmission, the Defender boasts 360Nm of torque for effortless towing and excellent driver refinement whether on or off-road.

The Defender XTech Special Edition went on sale in July, starting at £27,995.

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Comets turn misfortune into triumph Words: John Walsh Photography by Paul Robinson

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ORKINGTON Comets bagged their first piece of silverware of the season when a familiar trophy landed on the sideboard!

The Comets have won the Premier League Best Pairs title on numerous occasions when Carl Stonehewer was in his pomp and they landed the prize again at Somerset ahead of the British Grand Prix.

Rene Bach and late replacement Adam Roynon were the winning duo on this occasion and afterwards team manager Tony Jackson dedicated the win to injured Proud to support

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riders Kenny Ingalls and Kyle Howarth.

Roynon had been brought in to take the place of skipper Richard Lawson who had suffered a back spasm and the pair rode superbly throughout the meeting.

Jackson said: “We had been runners-up at Somerset in 2011 and it was terrific to go one better this time. It was so timely, too, with two of our riders both forced to miss the rest of the season.

“We particularly thought about Kenny who broke bones in his back, as well as his arm and shoulder in an horrific

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“It was perhaps fitting that we rode against Scunthorpe in the final and before they went out it seemed appropriate to say to the lads, let’s win it for Kenny.”

The lads winning the Pairs has given everybody at the club a lift after the recent injuries we have suffered.

Flying Danish rider Bach had to use a bike borrowed from Newcastle’s Ludvig Lindgren after he suffered an engine failure in his last ride in the heats.

“I think it shows what great guys these speedway riders are that they were able to help-out like that,” said Jackson.

He added: “The lads winning the Pairs has given everybody at the club a lift after the recent injuries we have suffered.

“We are still looking at ways of bringing in replacement riders, because we won’t be able to go to the end of the season with a guest at reserve and rider replacement for our number four.”

It could be the best season ever for the Comets as they have reached the semi-final of the League Cup, where they will take-on Ipswich, and the semifinal of the Knockout Cup where they are set to face Newcastle home and away.

The Comets are also lying a handy third in the Premier League table and should make the play-offs involving the top six clubs – where more silverware is on offer.

Owner Keith Denham said: “It’s been awful to lose both Kenny and Kyle to injury but the Pairs win cheered-up everyone and now, if we can find the right replacements, we have still plenty to look forward to in the last two months of the season.”

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September 14 Somerset (A) Premier League 15 Glasgow (H) Premier League 20 Ipswich (A) League Cup semi-final 22 Ipswich (H) League Cup semi-final 29 Open meeting (H)

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Reds director Alec Graham and David Hewson

REDS NEED TO SETTLE

Words: John Walsh, Photography by Steve Durham

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HREE games into a new Blue Square North season and Workington Reds had used 20 different players.

Hardly surprising there were mixed results for the west Cumbrians who opened with a splendid 4-1 home win over Stalybridge; showed a lot of spirit in a 1-0 defeat at title favourites Chester and then crashed 5-1 against another of the fancied teams, Halifax Town.

Five of the players have been added after the first game when Reds could manage only four substitutes, including unused second goalkeeper Shaun Routledge. Four of those arrivals are on loan – Will Vaulks (Tranmere), Josh Todd (Carlisle) and the Macclesfield pair, James Bolton and Andre Rodrigues Da Costa.

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All four look promising players but are teenagers, and it isn’t easy coming into Blue Square North still wet behind the ears in football terms. They are going to have to grow-up quickly.

Reds’ need for new faces followed a quiet summer of recruitment when up to a dozen players rejected the chance to move to the Borough Park club.

They have also been hit by injuries to key players with new striker Jordan Connerton, last season’s player of the year Anthony Wright and young player of the year Dan Wordsworth all missing the first three games.

Skipper Dave Hewson has been playing with a knee problem and Lee Andrews is also waiting for an opera-

Sport tion, so in many ways it’s been a patched-up side. In particular so many changes and new faces didn’t help in the game at the Shay.

Manager Darren Edmondson desperately needs all his best players fit and to have the opportunity to play a settled team. That creates problems in itself with a 20-strong squad or so, on how to keep everyone happy.

Edmondson knew his team faced a very stiff start to the season with most of the bookies’ picks for the title race, providing early opposition.

“We have to show the same kind of spirit and togetherness that we showed last season, especially over the second-half of the campaign when we put our best run of results together. There are some new players in on loan but I expect them to buy into what we are doing,” said Edmondson.

It isn’t just new on the pitch with those five arrivals, there’s been a fresh appointment made in the office – life-long supporter Alec Graham has taken on the role of general manager.

A fan since boyhood Alec’s first taste of official participation in the club came when he took on the role of secretary of the National Supporters’ Club while he was studying history and politics at De Montfort University.

Six years ago he joined the Reds board where he was given the job of working with the press and looking after visiting officials on match days.

He has stood down from the board and given up his day-job with car dealer Arnold Clark to help improve the football club in as many ways as he can.

“Bringing things together,” is how he describes his brief, working closely with potential sponsors as well as making sure the club’s administration is run as professionally as possible.

He says: “Plans for a new stand are on-going and this is going to be very important for the future of the club.

There is still some way to go in terms of securing the funding, but once the stand is built we will be able to generate significantly more money which will make it a little easier for us to compete against other clubs in our League.”

Halifax they were watched by 1,167.

“That’s what we are up against and part of my challenge will be to increase the support level at Borough Park. I realise a winning team will help that but there are things we will be trying to boost the crowd,” added the general manager.

Workington AFC Fixtures Sept 8 Corby (H) Sept 15 Brackley (A) Sept 22 FA Cup (to be drawn) Sept 29 Hinckley (H) Oct 2 Altrincham (A) Oct 13 Oxford City (A) Oct 20 Bradford PA (H) Oct 27 Gainsborough Trinity (A) Oct 30 Droylsden (H)

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OR a tantalising week Workington Town appeared to have the £50,000 prize for winning Championship One within their grasp.

That was Gateshead’s first win in two and a half years against professional opposition, ending a run of 64 games without a win.

A thrilling home win over leaders Barrow had put Town in pole position, needing to win their last three games to snatch the title and the big cash prize.

Although Town finished the regulation season with a comfortable 48-18 home win over Rochdale it was too late. Doncaster had squeezed home – and few would begrudge them the title and the cash, as it was the first thing the club had ever won.

But in a remarkable show of defiance Oldham produced one of their best performances of the season to beat Town 28-18 at White Bank and then to add to Town’s woes they lost 24-22 at Gateshead.

Town chairman Dave Bowden said: “It was very disappointing to lose when we had put ourselves into such a good position a week earlier.

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We also shouldn’t forget our main aim from the season was to clinch promotion to the Championship and we did that with a few matches left to play.

“We knew Oldham would be dangerous opponents.

They had just parted company with their coach and clearly looked for a response from Martin Roden who had taken over. They had already won at Derwent Park so we knew they were capable.

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ports clubs in Allerdale are getting a chance to help inspire the next generation of sports stars, thanks to Allerdale Council.

The council is offering grants of up to £250 to clubs, towards the cost of delivering a community event to raise the profile of their club in their neighbourhood.

“We also shouldn’t forget our main aim from the season was to clinch promotion to the Championship and we did that with a few matches left to play.”

The grant needs to be used to provide opportunities for people to have a go at different sports, get involved and hopefully become a future member.

Town will be going-up with county neighbours Whitehaven and Barrow, as well as Doncaster, all relieved that they are not left behind in Championship One which is set to welcome teams from far and wide next year – ensuring plenty of travelling for the contestants.

Events such as an open day, family fun festival are eligible or a series of activities targeting different groups over a number of days or weeks would qualify.

There’s also the extra interest created by the play-offs for which there will be a consolation cheque of £10,000 for the eventual winners. Town finished third, meaning they started the play-offs at home to Oldham while Whitehaven hosted Rochdale. If both county teams win we will be set for a powerhouse Cumbrian derby at Derwent Park.

Town’s joint coach Gary Charlton said: “We have achieved our first target of winning promotion. It would have been really good for the club to earn £50,000 for finishing top of the League but that didn’t happen and we have to bounce back in the play-offs.

“Personally I’m glad we have Oldham at home because they did the double over us in the League which probably cost us the title. They are a niggling side who defend with great determination but I think we can gain revenge this time.”

Mark Fryer, Allerdale’s councillor responsible for sports development, said “We want clubs to bring the spirit of the Olympics to their local communities and help create a legacy that will see more and more people reaching their potential in sporting activities, whether that’s playing at grass roots or reaching international level.”

Some clubs have already benefited Silloth RUFC held a successful coaching weekend, Tri Lakeland Juniors an open triathlon event with over 140 participants and Seaton Athletics Club has worked with Workington Leisure Centre, to hold an open day and a number of coaching sessions.

Any club can apply as long as their project is open to the wider community, not just its members. Applications will be considered on merit and will be made on a ‘first come - first considered’ basis.

For more information contact Rebecca Stamper on 01228 553186.

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by Wayne Southwell from Wayne’s World of Pets, Whitehaven

All dogs deserve a treat now and then and with such a vast array of products out there you’re spoiled for choice on what to give them.

With puppies you need to be careful with what treats you give them for the first few months of their life as strong flavoured treats can upset their delicate stomachs. Hide chews are a good first chew for puppies and older dogs alike and they come in all shapes and sizes.

If it’s training treats you need you’re best going for something small that the dog can eat quickly to help them associate the treat with good behaviour, also make sure there aren’t too many calories in these otherwise training can soon pile on the pounds for your dog.

There are also treats out there with health benefits such as our own Dental chews which will help with the dental health of your dog by giving them just one a day. There are even little treats to help with joint problems that most dogs suffer at some point in their life.

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can sometimes splinter which is a hazard you could do without. We recently discovered a great chew for powerful dogs - Deer Antlers are extremely tough, don’t splinter and don’t smell, dogs have been going mad for these since we started stocking them a few months ago.

If you just like to give your dogs treats generally there is anything and everything out there, from pigs’ ears to pork scratchings, from cupcakes to chewy bars and everything in between.

In the shop we have five metres of space dedicated to dog treats, so I’m glad to say that Cumbrian dogs are most certainly spoiled rotten.

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Aggressive rock from Colt 45 Our man Corey Bedford recently caught up with Colt 45. Here’s his resume: Corey Bedford: So who are Colt 45?

C45: Colt 45 are a three piece alt rock/punk/pop band from Cumbria, with members living between Workington and Carlisle.

CB: What type of music do you play?

C45: We like big hooks and big riffs. Our influences are all sorts of bands from the 70s up to the present day, with an emphasis on aggressive rock and good storytelling - Gang of Four, Alkaline Trio, Menzingers, Hot Water Music, Brand New, Fugazi etc.

CB: How does it feel to be chosen to play Valentine Rock?

C45: We were very pleased to make a return to

Valentine Rock, we’d had a great time in 2011 and after spending so much time touring all over the place recently it was great to come home and play to our local audience and fans. Huge thanks to all the VR team for asking us to play again in 2012.

CB: What band were you looking forward to see playing at Valentine Rock?

C45: We were most looking forward to seeing some of our good friends and favourite bands - The Roughneck Riot, who we hang out with on our travels all the time. Local boys Vanya, Sails and House of Three Hands are also great bands and great friends.

We had a great weekend!

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Music Fri Sept 14 Harlem Nights Workington Royal British Legion Club

Fri Sept 21 Dangerous Brothers Vine Bar, Workington Bring on The Bands The Sands Centre, Carlisle

Mickey Jupp and Mo Whitham Woolpack Inn, Eskdale

Sat Sept 22 New Rope String Band The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Seventh Wave Vine Bar, Workington

An Evening with Backburn and Darwen Brass Band, 7pm Tickets £10 from Parish Office St Michael’s Church, Workington Abba Mania The Sands Centre, Carlisle Hip Hop Night The Brickyard, Carlisle Sun Sept 23 Straight Lines The Brickyard, Carlisle

Mon Nov 12 Rizzle Kicks Sat Sept 15 Local Band Night – Mingoes Locker The Wave Centre, Maryport Stooshie The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Northern Chamber Orchestra Theatre by The Lake, Keswick Ian Siegal (acoustic) The Golden Lion, Maryport Wed Oct 3 The Gig Cartel Presents: Hugh Cornwell The Brickyard, Carlisle Thur Oct 4 The Virginmarys Plus Supports The Brickyard, Carlisle Fri Oct 5 Eggner Trio Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven Ex Leppers Vine Bar, Workington

Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick Theatre by The Lake, Keswick

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra The Sands Centre, Carlisle

Tue Sept 25 We Are The Ocean The Brickyard, Carlisle

Sam Baker The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

The Dolly Parton Story The Sands Centre, Carlisle

Thur Sept 27 Rollermania - The Bay City Rollers Story The Civic Hall, Whitehaven

The Tommy Allen Band Wath Brow Hornets Club, Cleator Moor

Fri Sept 28 Rainbow Rising - Tribute Vine Bar, Workington

Sun Sept 16 Buddy Holly and the Cricketers Theatre by The Lake, Keswick The Tommy Allen Band Wath Brow Hornets Club, Cleator Moor

Sat Sept 29 - 30 Cumbria Pride Swallow Hilltop Hotel, Carlisle Sun Sept 30 Can You Dig It? The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth The Roughcuts The Waterfront, Whitehaven

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David Essex The Sands Centre, Carlisle

Fri Oct 19 CatDog Vine Bar, Workington

Fri Nov 9 - 11 Carlisle Blues Festival Swallow Hilltop Hotel, Carlisle

Raintown The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Sun Nov 11 The Proclaimers The Sands Centre, Carlisle

Sat Oct 20 Solway Deltas Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven No Soap No Radio Skinny Gorilla, Carlisle Sun Oct 21 The Ben Poole Band The Golden Lion, Maryport 10cc The Sands Centre, Carlisle Fri Oct 26 Halloween Fancy Dress Seduction Vine Bar, Workington Band Blast Halloween Disco The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth Sat Oct 27 Francis Dunnery & Friends Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven The Bon Jovi Experience The Sands Centre, Carlisle Sun Oct 28 Maddy Prior Theatre by The Lake, Keswick

Mon Nov 12 Rizzle Kicks The Sands Centre, Carlisle

Sat Sept 15 Graft - Tales of an Actor Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven Fri Sept 28 Allotment Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven Mon Oct 8 - 13 Every Other Evening by Francois Campaux Carlisle Green Room Club, West Walls, Carlisle

Sun Nov 18 The Frith Piano Quartet Theatre by The Lake, Keswick The Overtones The Sands Centre, Carlisle Sun Nov 25 Elias String Quartet Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven Fri Nov 30 Phil Lewthwaite Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven

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Wed Oct 10 FILM CLUB: Mosily Mariha (PG) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Thur Oct 25 The Dancer and The Devil Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven

Mon Oct 15 Even the Rain (15) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Josh’s Monsters The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth Sun Oct 28 Milkshake The Sands Centre, Carlisle Sun Nov 4 Romeo and Juliet The Sands Centre, Carlisle Wed Nov 14 - 17 The Imaginary Invalid Theatre by The Lake, Keswick Wed Nov 14 - 17 Rosehill Players - When We Are Married Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven Thur Nov 15 The Nutcracker Theatre by The Lake, Keswick

Mon Sept 17 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Fri Sept 21 Killing Me Softly Plaza Cinemas, Workington Mon Sept 24 The Raid (18) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth Fri Sept 28 Looper Plaza Cinemas, Workington The Campaign Plaza Cinemas, Workington

Fri Nov 16 Vagina Monologues The Sands Centre, Carlisle

Mon Oct 1 Marley (15) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Mon Nov 19 Shakespeare Schools Festival Theatre by The Lake, Keswick

Wed Oct 3 FILM CLUB:Like Water For Chocolate (15) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Film Fri Sept 14 Paranorman 3D Plaza Cinemas, Workington

Sat Oct 6 Think Pink fundraising night - Grease Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven

Mon Sept 17 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (12A) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Mon Oct 8 Monsieur Lazhar (12A) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Thur Sept 20 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (U) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

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Wed Oct 17 FILM CLUB: Eat Drink Man Woman (PG) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth Sat Oct 20 - 7.30pm The Best of Kendal Mountain festival The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth Mon Oct 22 2 Days in New York (15) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth Wed Oct 24 FILM CLUB: Big Night (15) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth Mon Oct 29 Moonrise Kingdom (12A) The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth

Comedy Tue Sept 25 Frankie Boyle - The Last Days Of Sodom The Sands Centre, Carlisle Fri Sept 28 Ken Dodd’s Happiness Show The Sands Centre, Carlisle Sat Sept 29 Jason Byrne: People’s Puppeteer The Sands Centre, Carlisle Sat Oct 20 Kevin Bridges The Sands Centre, Carlisle Fri Oct 26 Alan Davies - Life Is Pain The Sands Centre, Carlisle

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Other Wed Sept 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28 Over-50s Session 8:30-12:30pm, Stroke Workshop 1-2pm, Pulmonary (Lung) Workshop 2-3pm Fit for Life, Maryport Thur Sept 13, 20 and 27 Heart Workshop 9-10am, 10:15-11:15am, 11:30-12:30pm, 1-2pm, Over-50s Class 2-3pm Fit for Life, Maryport Thur Sept 13, 18, 20, 24 and 27 Heart Workshop 9-10am, 10-11am The Oval Centre, Salterbeck, Workington Fri Sept 14, 21 and 27 Gentle Exercise Class for Over-50s 11:30-12:30pm St. Michaels Active Living Centre, Workington Mon Sept 17 and 24 Over-50s Session 8:30am-12:30pm Stroke Workshop 1-2pm, Over 50’s Class 2-3pm Fit for Life, Maryport

Tue Sept 18 A Talk by Mrs M F Hammond - Alternative Energy, 7pm The Helena Thompson Museum, Workington

Tue Oct 16 AGM “Problem Peeps” Mr I. McCleary Helena Thompson Museum, Workington

Tue Sept 18 and 25 Heart Workshop 9-10am, 10:15-11:15am, 11:30-12:30pm, 1-2pm, Can B Fit (Cancer Rehabilitation) 2-3pm Fit for Life, Maryport

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by Keith Richardson and Val Corbett Theatre by The Lake, Keswick

Sat Sept 22 Dispelling the myth of hypnosis by John Cinderey Innervision, Cumbria Followed by Free Emotion Spa Call to book your place.

11am Senhouse Centre, Whitehaven Sat Sept 29-30 Taste Cumbria Food Festival Cockermouth Main Street Mon Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 Over-50s Session 8:30am-12:30pm Stroke Workshop 1-2pm, Over-50s Class 2-3pm Fit for Life, Maryport Tue Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 Heart Workshop 9-10am, 10:15-11:15am, 11:30-12:30pm, 1-2pm, Can B Fit (Cancer Rehabilitation) 2-3pm Fit for Life, Maryport Tue Oct 2, 9, 16, 22 and 29 Heart Workshop 9-10am, 10-11am The Oval Centre, Salterbeck, Workington Tue Oct 9 Military records for family history by Stuart Eastwood Helena Thompson Museum, Workington Mon Oct 15 My Falklands War Richard Hutchins Helena Thompson Museum, Workington

Solway Historic Rally Cockermouth Sun Nov 11 Firework Display Memorial Gardens, Cockermouth Wed Nov 14 Pam Ayres - Selection of Poems and Stories Theatre by The Lake, Keswick

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Going their own way - Thirteen Stars Made up of Matt “Hoss” Thompson (vocals), Jax Sedgewick (Guitar), Andrew Bates (Drums/percussion), and Matt Eden (Bass), Thirteen Stars derive their name from the Betsy Ross Flag, the first American flag, symbolic of the American Revolution. It’s symbolic too of their approach to music. Along with their name, their ethos is to play what they want, when they want, and where they want. Here Corey Bedford speaks to the band about their latest album, the band’s influences, and upcoming gigs, among other things.

CB: So your third album, Way Dju, has been released and sold in the Carlisle branch of HMV. How have people reacted to it? Are you pleased?

TS: The fans’ reactions to the third album have been overwhelmingly positive. We have been working towards an out and out Rock album for some time, so it’s been a natural progression. We also road tested the material extensively (something we continue to do) and this helps to gauge how a crowd reacts to a song and also helps the songs to develop in a very organic manner.

CB: Who are the band’s influences?

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TS: The bands influences are very wide and varied. From such bands as Led Zeppelin, Trapeze, CSNY, Queen, Neil Young, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to Stevie Wonder, Motown, Sixties pop music and even classical composers such as Mahler, Beethoven, Wagner,Vaughn Williams and Joaquin Rodrigo.

CB: You are known for your strong feelings against artistic restraints, pigeon-holing, and other aspects of mainstream music. Would you like to share these opinions in detail? And what made those opinions develop?

TS: It is our belief that artists shouldn’t restrain them-

Interview selves in their artistic output (Staying within the law obviously). To pigeon-hole a songwriter, or to try and force yourself to write entirely in one genre is a desperately suffocating action. We write the songs that we feel like writing at a given point. This may be an acoustic-based song drawing on folk influences or classical Spanish guitar music, or it may be a blues rock song, or jingle-jangle pop song. It is the quality of the song that is important to us, not the genre. The great bands that we love did, and, in some cases continue to, follow their own compass musically. This, we feel, grants the music an integrity often lacking in modern mainstream music.

CB: Have you got many upcoming gigs in the area?

TS: We have a very busy August. Details of our gigs can be found on our Facebook site, our Bandsintown site or our Ents 24 site.

Almost Famous, Innervisions and Talking Book by Stevie Wonder and lots more. There’s too many to print really.

Oh, and Bruce Springsteen, anything by him. We particularly love Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey.

CB: Do you have any ways for people to keep in touch with Thirteen Stars and find out about gigs/updates?

TS: We check our Facebook daily and respond to our fans as often as possible. Our gigs are listed on our Facebook (www.facebook.com/Thirteen.Stars.UK), ents 24 (www.ents24.com/web/artist/169379/13_Stars. html) and bandsintown (www.bandsintown.com/ThirteenStars).

You can see them at Valentine Rocks, Workington, on Saturday Sept 15; The Kings Arms, Egremont on Sat Sept 22; The Waterfront, Whitehaven on October 14; and at Club Rock, Carlisle on October 27.

CB: What does the future hold for Thirteen Stars?

TS: It’s pretty difficult to say. It’s an unknown country. We plan to continue as we have been for a very long time to come. Hopefully this will lead us to a greater awareness of our work and greater numbers of supporters. We should like to point out though, that the fans we currently have are an amazing bunch. Their support is unfaltering and continues to drive us forwards.

CB: What are some of your favourite albums?

TS: The Entire back catalogues of Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Free, Lynyrd Skynyrd;. Burn and Stormbringer by Deep Purple;You are the music, We’re just the band and Medusa by Trapeze; Sweetheart of the Rodeo, by the Byrds; all of the Queen albums between 1971-1980; Exile on Mainstreet, by The Rolling Stones; Consolers of the Lonely, by the Raconteurs; Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys; The Soundtrack to

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UNSETS over the Solway are sensational and what better way to see more of them and enjoy all the other advantages of seaside and countryside living by hiring… or better still buying, a caravan holiday home at Manor House Park, near the picturesque village of Allonby.

So, if you want to check us out, why not call in for a meal in our family-friendly, vibrant bar/restaurant which is open to non-residents?

Manor House Park is a family-run caravan park two miles from Allonby, on the sensational Solway Firth.

Caravan Holiday Homes are available both for sale or hire and you can own your own weekend retreat from as little as £4,495, with a good selection of new and used caravans always on offer.

Our three-bedroomed double glazed, centrally heated hire van, which can also accommodate up to two dogs, is available from March each year until the beginning of January, so why not spend a Christmas-with-a-difference… with us?

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Tourers and motorhomes are also very welcome, we also have seasonal touring pitches available on site.

The bar/restaurant is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from 6pm and all day Saturday and Sunday. Traditional Sunday lunches are on the menu every week and, as we said earlier, non-residents are always most welcome.

Manor House Caravan Park offers a wide and varied menu using locally-sourced produce, at affordable prices and we can cater for up to 100 people, so we are also the perfect place to celebrate your special occasion.

However, if you prefer something more intimate why not book our private mezzanine area?

Right now we are taking Christmas party bookings, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve so contact us: Manor House Caravan Park, Edderside Rd, Allonby, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 6RA Tel: 01900 881236 Email: holidays@manorhousepark.co.uk

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Wildlife of The Solway Firth The Grey Mullet

Chelon labrosus by Mark Vollers

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he Grey Mullet has to be listed as one of the most resourceful and difficult to catch of any fish in the Solway Firth, and as proof of it’s adaptability it can also be found on most Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.

It is tolerant of low salinity and poor water quality, so can often be found in river estuaries, harbours and in marinas where it will find a meal where other fish would starve or die. Particularly in the Summer months in Maryport they can be seen cruising in with the tide, venturing right into the shallows leaving signature ‘v’ shaped ripples on the surface as they do so.

Mullet are omnivorous, that is to say they can survive equally well on vegetable matter such as seaweed, or by scavenging on animal detritus. They have wide a mouth with ‘lips’ that are adapted for nibbling and scraping rock

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surfaces, so they are never going to grab and swallow fisherman’s bait…they have to be caught on really small hooks or by using nets, but they are powerful swimmers and will often leap clean over the latter.

Sometimes they can be observed apparently gulping for air on the surface, but in reality they are skimming the top layers of water for scummy organic residues that still offer a meal. No wonder then that they can reach a size of nearly 75cm and live for 25 years or more. In the Lake District Coast Aquarium we always have Grey Mullet of all sizes on display, some of which have been with us since opening in 1997. www.coastaquarium.co.uk

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Emergency Police/Fire/Ambulance/Mountain Rescue

999

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101

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08457 90 90 90

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Carnegie Theatre

01900 602122

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01900 871080

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01900 821869

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01900 813205

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017687 72269

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01900 706170

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Go Ape! 0845 094 9623

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01900 602122

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01900 826448

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01900 870001

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01946 692422

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017687 74411

The Wave

01900 811450

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Lake District Weather 0844 846 2444 82

Eclipse Bowling

01900 872207

Helena Thompson Museum

01900 64040

Jennings Brewery

0845 1297185

Lake District Coast Aquarium

01900 817760

Senhouse Roman Museum

01900 816168

The Beacon

01946 592302

The Rum Story

01946 592933

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West Coast Indoor Karting, Maryport

01900 816472

Wordsworth House

01900 820884

Cumberland Pencil Museum

017687 73626

Keswick Launch

017687 72263

Trotters World of Animals

017687 76239

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01900 823596

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017687 72760

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01900 61771

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017687 72912

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0845 094 9623

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01900 817760

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01900 811450

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01900 822634

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017687 72645

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017687 74546

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01900 603985

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01900 603302

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01946 693181

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01900 705000

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017687 72025

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017687 67000

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01900 602138

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01900 816666

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01900 823187

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017687 72590

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01900 325020

Stainburn School and Science College

01900 325252

Netherhall School

01900 813434

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01900 898888

Southfield Technology College

01900 325260

Keswick School

017687 72605

Keswick Launch 017687 72263 83

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