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Letter from the Editor To be or not to be, that is the question.

This can apply to a youngster stepping forward to excel in school sports, a member of the community helping someone else or indeed taking the decision to join a voluntary organisation like the mountain rescue, scouts, guides, helping with sports, community transport or in fact a huge range of other activities.

Hopefully in this issue you will read about many Ulverston locals getting stuck in to helping those around them. Hats off to you all; I am sure there are many who never appear in any paper, but just quietly get on with it.

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Papers like Ulverston Now survive by the inclusion of paid adverts and we rarely miss an opportunity to accept one.

It cannot however be at the expense of fair and equal opinion and it us unacceptable that we would ever take sides on any issue.

Our job is to provide good quality community news and we are committed to it. So...

Do you have an event to share? Let us know and we will include it in the new super duper (is that a word) what’s on section being launched next issue. Deadline 16th February.

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Pub events, school musicals, sports meets and local classes or community meet ups. Whatever it is, if you are the organiser and wish to get the word out to every single house and business in Ulverston then get in touch.

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We can hardly wait to get stuck into this year - a time full of fun, festivals, events, local news and being busy with reporting everything from in and around Ulverston on a monthly basis.

Thank you to the great team who make this news magazine arrive on your doormat - Helen, Tom, Pip, James, Dave and Glenn.

What a privilege!

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Worries over Fire Engine Plan

The Beehive Controversy

By the time you read this, Cumbria County Council Cabinet will have made a decision on the proposal to reduce the manning levels of the full time fire engine in Ulverston to only 8 hours a day in the day time from the current 24 hour service.

The remaining 16 hours will be on a delayed response time provided by “On Call” personnel who, while working a separate full time job for example a joiner or supermarket worker, would respond via alerter to go to the fire station to attend an incident. Whilst On Call personnel provide a good level of service, it is never guaranteed due to work and family commitments and as a result of this a substantial portion of the county’s On Call appliances are ‘off the run’ at various times of the day/ night.

Currently there are 2 full time manned 24/7 365 days a year fire engines in the South of Cumbria. in Barrow and in

At their January meeting, Ulverston Town Council voted overwhelmingly to recommend that SLDC Planning refuse Rawdon Property Group’s application for the Beehive site development.

This has divided opinion.

Rawdon Property Group’s case is that this development will bring top food retailers to Ulverston and, together with other firms on the site, will create hundreds of jobs. They also say that the development is not viable without the food retailers, who are not interested in any other sites in the town Although town councillors want to see the promised food retailers and more jobs come to Ulverston, they expressed concerns about this particular site.

These included increased pressure on the A590, with shoppers using an access road planned for emergency vehicles, and they also questioned how many actual new jobs would be created. However, their main point was that in the Local Planning Framework, accepted across South Lakeland, the site is not designated for retail. This is why Sainsbury’s application was refused several years ago.

It might seem a technical objection, but the fear is that if this framework is breached it will open the door to unsuitable and less popular developments.

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Ulverston. The next closest guaranteed full time fire engine is located in Carlisle or Whitehaven.

When the On Call appliance at Ulverston is “off the run” this would require the full time fire engine from Barrow to be mobilised to Ulverston as long as it’s not already at an incident. As most incidents such as road traffic accidents, house fires, chemical and water incidents require 2 or more fire engines this could put a considerable limitation on firefighters’ actions and on safety.

All these worries were discussed in a lively debate at the Ulverston Town Council meeting in January, with most of the council expressing deep concern at the plan, and also that they were not properly notified of the consultation.

Although it was noted that the proposal is based on data on the number of night time call outs, the council agreed that they opposed any diminution of the Fire Service in Ulverston, and that they would ask the Fire Chief and Portfolio Holder on CCC to come and discuss the issue with them.

Bay NHS Trust to one of their meetings last year, and again raised the question of what was going on with this building.

Re-organisations in the Health Service seem to have left lots of initials but perhaps a shortage of funds to staff and make use of this expensive asset.

The local health

authority, now the CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group), neither owns nor apparently wants to use Gill Rise. It is owned

by Cumbra Partnership Foundation Trust (CPFT), and managed

by Propco which manages the Health Centre. Chased up by the CCG, Propco have been asked to carry out a ‘utilisation review’ of the whole site and come up with a plan.

Once they have done this, it is hoped that all the bodies with initials, the practices and the Town Council can work together to decide the best use for Gill Rise.

The Gill Rise Saga Continues

Town councillors and locals have been expressing their concern over Gill Rise ever since it was closed and its services moved to Barrow in 2012.

It was purpose-built as a state of the art dementia assessment unit, and was left furnished and equipped, which has sometimes attracted vandalism. The council invited a representative from the Morecambe

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Reverse Advent Calendar came up with the goods

Many thanks to all who took part in the reverse advent calendar project to replenish near empty shelves in Barrow’s foodbank.

The results have been astonishing. The efforts made by locals and businesses alike reversed the foodbank’s desperate situation and the shelves were groaning again with food to help individuals and families in crisis.

A real bumper harvest enabling Christmas hampers to be assembled

and distributed in time for the festive season.

Of course, this excellent response has meant that the volunteers’ efforts at the foodbank have also been stretched.

But they have done so with enthusiasm and generosity. Volunteer Kenn commented, “The benefits (of being a volunteer) are great. You are helping people, get to know people and make new friends.”

Still urgently needed food items are UHT fruit juice and milk, tinned fruit, jam, sponge puddings, tea bags and coffee. A detailed outline of how the foodbank works, real stories of people who have been helped and the full shopping list is available at www.barrow. foodbank.org.uk

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Get Behind Ulverston in Bloom cleaning signs and benches and the like. On the weekend of 2nd - 4th March there will be a national ‘Clean Britain’ initiative, and it has been suggested that we could have an Ulverston Spring Clean then. Watch the local press for any news on this, and if you would like to volunteer for Ulverston in Bloom, please email Kim Farr on farraway@hotmail.co.uk or ring the Town Council on 01229 585778.

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By now, Ulverston in Bloom will know what we have to do to impress the judges when we represent Cumbria in Britain in Bloom 2018.

Everyone will be able to help, even if it is just picking up a piece of litter or putting up a hanging basket. The Town Council is behind Ulverston in Bloom, and will encourage any efforts to make sure we live in a clean town, whether it is improving shop fronts or

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When Steve Howard took voluntary redundancy at 55, he knew he didn't want to tread water until retirement in a job for which he felt no passion.

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Friends of Coronation Hall AGM All Friends of the Coronation Hall will be welcome to the AGM in the Supper Room at the Hall on Thursday 22nd February at 7.00 pm.

Officers and committee members will be elected, and now that Ulverston Community Enterprises is fully underway, the role of the Friends will be reexamined, and Friends are invited to come along and consider the future progress of the Association.

CGP generous funding Ulverston Town Council will be managing a new trust fund which has been set up in conjunction with CGP from Broughton in Furness.

The company have generously provided funding to Ulverston to support local activities and groups. The trustees will be six Ulverston Town Councillors, and they will meet bi-monthly to consider grant applications.

A copy of the grant application form is available from Ulverston Town Council by emailing admin@ulverstoncouncil.org.uk or online at www.ulverstoncouncil.org.uk For information contact: Town Clerk on 01229 585778

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Move to Save Savings Bank

The fine building on the corner of Market Street and Union Street, now owned by Lloyds/TSB, was built in 1838 to a design by the Kendal architect, George Webster, for the Ulverston Savings Bank.

The Town Council is going to submit an Asset of Community Value notice to SLDC in respect of this important piece of town history. This means that if Lloyds/TSB intend to put it up for sale, they will have to inform the council and give six months for the council and the community to decide if they want, or are able, to put in a bid for the building.

Delve into the Archives The Archive service in Barrow has sent a reminder of all they can offer anyone who has a question about local history.

“Are you interested in finding out more about your house or the history of where you live? Or perhaps you have watched “Who Do You Think You Are?” and fancy trying to finding out more about your own family.

Maybe you want a copy of an article in an old edition of the Evening Mail, Barrow News or Soulby’s Ulverston Advertiser. Cumbria’s archives are here for everyone, a unique, exciting and inspiring resource that can help everyone explore and appreciate what is so

special about Cumbria, its people and places.

The staff at the Archive and Local Studies Centre based in Barrow Library are there to help you. We look after archives relating to the Barrow and Furness area including documents, photographs and maps from churches, schools, local businesses, councils, local solicitors and the general public. The centre is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 9.30am and 5pm. As the items we care for are often the only copy in existence, we ask that you bring evidence of your name, address and signature with you so we can issue you will a CARN Readers’ ticket.

Don’t worry if you are not sure what you need to look at or how to go about your research, we will help you and are happy to answer questions.

We run events open to the public such as book launches and sessions on a particular theme, for example, shipping, trains, or theatres. There is always an exhibition up outside the office which is open during library hours. For a charge, the archivist is willing to come and talk to groups either on Mondays and Tuesdays during the day or evenings, and as a free service staff will visit schools to run workshops on various local history topics, or arrange visits to the Archives for school classes.”

History Mystery Dan Elsworth of Greenlane Archaeology sent a newspaper cutting from 1914, noting the gift of two pictures to Ulverston Council.

One was an engraving of Sir John Barrow’s birthplace, while the other was a watercolour of ‘Dr Bernard Gilpin’s Cottage’, reproduced here.

The Council gave the pictures to the Victoria Grammar School, but does anyone know where this watercolour is now? And can all our readers identify the Dr Bernard Gilpin’s cottage? Please let us know!

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SPORTS & LEISURE

Glaxo Hoad Hill Harriers into 2018 In 2016, the Harriers celebrated 30 years of life as a running club in Ulverston. The club has grown over the years and now in 2018 boasts a senior section of over 100 members, and a thriving junior section with 45 members, all based at the GSK sports centre at the GSK factory in south Ulverston.

The club now caters for all abilities, with training taking place on Mondays and Thursdays for seniors, and Mondays and Wednesdays for juniors.

Come and give us a try, see if you like what we are and what we do, we would like to think we are a very friendly club!

Whether you are just starting, maybe couch to 5km, go out with fellow runners for a social run, or are more serious and want to train to compete, there is great support from within the club.

Six Races Organised by Hoad Hill Harriers, for a great 2018 Diary

3rd March Mid Lancs Cross Country at the sports club, for all Junior and Senior age groups (www.midlancs.org.uk) (and choose the cross country option from the left hand menu) – this is the first time the club has hosted one of the cross country race series.

13th May is the Paul Jarvis Memorial 1 mile, with races for juniors and seniors, from the GSK sports club.

5th July is the annual Hoad Hill fell race from Ford Park in Ulverston

Crake Valley Croquet Club Interested in learning a new and completely different sport for the summer months?

Crake Valley Croquet Club is situated in the picturesque setting of Greenodd. Membership at the Club is an absolute bargain at £55 a year for adults and only £15 for students! There is also a further option to buy a family subscription at £85 a year.

All members are provided with a key to the premises and can use facilities at any time except when an event is on, and the club provides any equipment you need.

Coaching courses are offered to those new to

the game, and they take place every Tuesday night. Croquet is often played as a handicap game, so beginners will soon be able to get involved in full matches.

Crake Valley also compete in competitions, so individuals with experience can test themselves against people across the country.

Anyone interested in joining Crake Valley Croquet Club, or wanting to hire out a lawn for a social event, contact the Secretary, Pat Munro on 01229 889574. Visiting groups are welcome by arrangement with the secretary.

8th August is the annual Summer 10km and 1 mile fun run from the GSK sports club.

5th September is the annual Charter 5km and 1 mile fun run from GSK sports club.

2nd December is the annual Christmas Pudding and 1 mile fun run, from GSK sports club (with nearly 400 competitors running across the two events in 2017) Hoad Hill Harriers are on facebook and www. hoadhillharriers.co.uk.

Barrow-Born Cricketer in England Test Call Up Liam Livingstone has been included in England’s 16man Test squad for the tour of New Zealand in March.

The 24-year-old, who was born in Barrow, is the current captain of Lancashire and has impressed hugely for his county and the England Lions over the past couple of years.

Livingstone had an outstanding campaign last year, scoring 803 runs at an average of 47.24 and he also made his England debut, in a couple of T20 matches against South Africa.

Ulverston Cricket Club Ulverston Cricket Club was founded in 1849 and was the first club to be established in the Furness area.

In 1892 Ulverston were founder members of the league which has now evolved to become the North Lancashire and Cumbria Cricket League. Throughout the club’s long history successes have been few and far between, winning the league only twice, the most recent being 1908.

However the club has continued to be an important part of Ulverston’s sporting scene and has over the years produced some outstanding players who have gone on to achieve great things in the game.

Recent changes in the way we live and the rise in shift working have resulted in a decline in the number of people who can find the time to play organised team sports, this problem is not unique to cricket, but as games take longer than other sports cricket has been affected more severely than others. A number of NL&CCL clubs are struggling and the situation at Ulverston is now quite serious. We seem to have little difficulty attracting players for our junior teams, the club has an excellent reputation in youth cricket envied by many of the bigger clubs in the area.

The difficulty comes when these young players reach the age when they should start playing adult cricket as many simply find that they cannot commit the time required or move away to further their education and career prospects.

The Cricket Club currently has two adult teams playing in the 1st and 2nd divisions of the North Lancashire & Cumbria Cricket League, and junior teams in the under 10, under 12, under 14 and under 16 age groups playing in the Barrow & District Youth Cricket League.

In short the club is desperate to increase our playing membership.

We would welcome any new players who have moved to the area, or used to play cricket at any level and who would like a game. If you feel that you would like to be involved please contact the club chairman.

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Genki: healthy, energetic and full of life Genki Sports and Remedial therapy, currently working from the Ulverston Natural Health Centre, will also be at The Little Green Clinic on Market St in Ulverston from the end of January, clinic will be open Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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The body is an incredible machine, capable of more than we often believe, but in turn we need to look after it. Sometimes we need a little help with this, whether it be sports massage to mobilise muscles, direct lymphatic waste and increase

News from Ulverston BID With new board members now in place after the AGM, Ulverston BID has appointed a Project Manager.

They will ensure that the BID levy continues to be spent on projects which benefit Ulverston and its businesses.

Ulverston Now hopes to interview the project manager before the next issue. The BID would also like to remind people that the excellent promotional videos for the town’s festivals they commissioned are available to view on the Choose Ulverston website.

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New in the Market Hall Wainwright’s Woodland Way Greg Wainwright welcomes you to his eclectic mix of worldwide fair trade goods: incense from India and Nepal; crystals, gemstone tumbled stones and rough stone from around the world; the fairy village (evolving!); throws for you couch, bed, wall, table, ceiling… wherever you

want it, from the Jaipur region of India; essential oils sourced world-wide; relaxation CD’s; candles; white sage for smudging, tree resins, oudh and charcoal… an endless ever-changing variety of treasures. The jewellery quarter with beautiful 925 silver, friendship bracelets… and more!

Come along and say Hi, cut out the flyer and get 10% discount until the end of February.

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Inspirational Teacher Receives Honours for Outstanding Work Ulverston Victoria High School assistant head teacher, Richard Butler has received an MBE for his unrivalled dedication to music education.

The 47-year-old, who has been a teacher at the school for over 20 years, said he was in “complete shock” when he found out he would be awarded the prestigious honour.

“I read and hear about the honours lists every June and December and with all the famous people being rewarded for their work beyond their jobs, I never thought that me, a music teacher in south Cumbria would be on it”, said Butler.

Although Butler still doesn’t know for sure who exactly nominated him for the award, several people had to write a detailed reference, without his knowledge.

“I think that our extensive work with the Royal Marines and our amazing exam results over the years, coupled with the high numbers of students taking music to a high

A New Year for the Civic Society

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At its January meeting, Ulverston Civic Society reviewed its planned projects and role, and would encourage new members and volunteers with interests in any of the areas it is involved in.

There are a range of ways you can get involved.

The Civic Society is a statutory consultee on

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level, forced a shift to make it an ‘Education’ award instead”.

Butler, who has received accolades for his outstanding devotion to music and teaching in the past, unsurprisingly places his MBE at the top of his list of achievements so far.

“I have won national and county awards but I’ve got to be honest, it must be at the top”, Butler said.

“I am lucky to be supported by a fantastic group of instrumental teachers, especially Ann Heginbotham, and a hugely supportive wife, who must get sick to the back teeth of me going

out (usually with at least one of the three children!) to perform concerts all over the region or rehearse late at school”.

Although Richard describes the award as the proudest moment of his career, his selfless nature shines through as he reiterates that he “does not class this as recognition for me, but recognition for my staff, all the phenomenal students, their parents and the people of Ulverston. I am so fortunate to be able to teach music in such a great school”.

A truly fitting award for an exceptional teacher.

planning applications, so its members look at relevant applications and submit their comments to SLDC. Anyone interested in architecture and in building conservation and planning issues is encouraged to get in touch.

Keen photographers might like to assist with ongoing work to document all the buildings in the Conservation Area. The ultimate aim is to obtain an ‘Article 4’, which increases protection for conservation areas, but help in photographing all the buildings as a ‘baseline’ and

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also as a useful record would be appreciated. Another big project is sorting out the Town Archive, including papers rescued from the Town Hall, which would suit those who enjoy sifting through original

Passion Play a First for Ulverston On Saturday 31st March 2018 there will be an amazing Easter Passion Play reenacting the last days of Jesus’ life.

This powerful play will appeal to all ages and is not to be missed.

The event will start at 10.30 am and last for about an hour. There is no entrance charge and after the play there will be an opportunity to speak to the actors and browse the activitybased stations related to the play itself In addition, you can make the most of the unique shops, cafes and restaurants on offer in Ulverston, including Cornerstone, a well-stocked Christian Book and Gift Shop.

Why not plan your Easter Weekend now and start with this exciting street event.

For further details visit hopeulverston.org.uk

records of Ulverston’s history. Following the success of the Cumbria Dry Stone Walling Association’s weekend rebuilding part of the Great Wall of China on Little Hoad, another weekend is planned for the 7th/8th April, and the society has other restoration work in its sights.

If any of these activities appeal to you, pop into The Old Curiosity Shop on Queen Street or the Book Shack in the Market Hall, or email ulverstoncivicsociety@gmail. com .

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Get Creative at Incense and Peppermints

Hannah Houghton and Benny Jones run Incense and Peppermints Boutique, a thriving creative space which not only serves as an ethical vintage clothing store but also as an outlet for a multitude of inclusive classes and events.

We caught up with Hannah to find out more.

Tell us about your motivation behind opening I&P After travelling the country selling vintage and fairtrade clothing, and our life on the festival circuits we decided to open a shop with the idea of it being a haven for alternative people, creative people and for those seeking ethical gifts and clothing.

To encourage self expression and try to be a place that empowers people to be proud of their uniqueness and to feel confident to brighten up the streets and wear whatever you want.

With the fashion industry being so elitist and exploitative we feel it’s important for there to be an alternative and to promote that.

Arts wise, what is your background?

As a qualified youth and community worker I specialised in my degree in using the arts to engage with young people and the community. I then went on to work as an arts practitioner in a variety of different roles. I developed this into freelance work which has now developed into Cloud Head Creatives, an inclusive arts organisation currently based in Incense & Peppermints Boutique.

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Love is in the air

Tis the season of love and here at the Coronation Hall we love that our community loves the Coro as much as we do.

We are overwhelmed by the support of our community visiting the Coro to watch shows, attend events, and donate time through volunteering. We really can’t thank you enough and hope during 2018 you will continue to visit and enjoy our community building.

There’s lots of reasons to visit, we have some fantastic shows, make sure you check the ‘What’s On’ guide in the centre pages or visit our website: corohall.co.uk Another reason is the fabulous transformation of our foyer.

Wards have been working hard to give our foyer the grand look it deserves. It’s both classic and contemporary and we think you’re going to love it!

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Taking place throughout town until 17th February: the Yeti trail 5th February - Bym Bam: 11am: Music for tots 10th February - Yeti Making Workshop: 10am: Making Yetis for our show Horace and the Yeti 10th February - Friends of the Coronation Hall Talk: Bill Myers – A horrible history of Victorian Ulverston: 1pm 10th February - Leyland Band – Romance in Brass: 7.30pm 16th February - Coro Charity Bingo: 8pm 17th February - Horace and the Yeti: 2pm: Family fun show 17th February - Poem and a Pint: 7.30pm 18th February - Megaslam Wrestling LIVE!: 3pm 19th February - Bym Bam: 11am: Music for tots 24th February - Friends of the Coronation Hall Talk: Helen Shacklady – An English Woman’s Home is Her Castle: 1pm

Talking of love, Bingo is in the week of Valentine’s Day, it’s on Friday 16th February. So why not couple up with partners and friends and come along for a loved up Bingo special.

Speaking of friends, have you seen our family show on Saturday 17th February, Horace and the Yeti? A wonderful tale of adventure and creating friendships along the way. To celebrate, we’ve created a Yeti trail in the shop windows of Ulverston. Find all our furry Yetis and win a sweet treat.

Trail sheets can be collected from the Coronation Hall from 1st February.

We end the month of love with a beautiful Wedding Fair. Lots of happy couples celebrated engagements over Christmas and New Year and perhaps some more after Valentine’s Day! Come meet some of the best Wedding specialists in the area, from flowers and cakes to dresses and singers, in the stunning Coronation Hall venue, we’ll help you create your perfect day.

Lots of love, The Coro Team

25th February - Wedding Fair: 11am – 3pm 26th February - Bym Bam: 11am: Music for tots 5th March - Bym Bam: 11am: Music for tots 6th March - Coro Charity Bingo: 8pm 8th March - Blood Donors: 1.45pm & 4.15pm 9th March - The Chef Show: 7.30pm – includes an Indian Meal – enjoy a fantastic interactive show where two actors play all characters in this witty play and local chef from the Naaz cooks a wonderful meal live on stage for the audience 10th March - Friends of the Coronation Hall Talk: Graham Whalan – 100 years of Coronation Hall: 1pm 10th March - Steptoe and Son: 7.30pm – hilarious stage show of the hugely popular BBC tv show, with laughs a minute and adaptations of classic episodes

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WEEKLY EVENTS Mondays

Ulverston Rotary Club 18.30 for 1900 (No meetings on Bank Holidays) The Olde Mill, Coast Road, Bardsea, 01229 869262 Knit & Natter, Crochet & Chat Group - Virginia House, Queen Street, Ulverston 1-3pm & 6.308.30pm. Making Hats, Octopuses and Twiddle Muffs £2.00. Contact Joyce 0777 5664532 Tea & Chat Dalton Community Church, Wellington Street Dalton.

Come and have a cuppa and a good chat. No Charge. 10am-11.30am Good Tones Singing Group - back room at Ulverston Methodist Church, Hartley Street. 7pm til 8pm. £7 Adult singing group songbirdsonsong.webs. com Tai Chi Classes, Croftlands Community Centre 5.10 - 6.40pm, £6.

Contact sarah.mccormack26@gmail. com or leetaichi.wordpress.com Circuits, Walking Football 55+ Ulverston Leisure Centre with Age UK Leave ‘em Laughing Chess Collective, every Mon & Tue from 7pm at The Stan Laurel Inn, A friendly bunch of chess enthusiasts,.

Ulverston Air Cadets, Dragley Beck. 7.30 - 9.30pm. Open to children aged 12 ½ (year 8) to 18.

Further information email oc.2223@ aircadets.org Barrow Male Voice choirs practise session. Holy Family Church Hall, Ostley Bank, Newbarns Village, Barrow. 7.30pm. All welcome.

Contact Keith Newby 01229 472383.

Tuesdays

French Lessons. Ou La La French Lessons, 3 levels of lessons by native French speaker. At Natterjacks. 01229 582190 South Lakes Jive, Beginners class 7.30pm, Improvers class at 9pm and after that Freestyle until 10:30pm!

Red Rose, Ulverston. £6, doors open at 7:30pm. All beginners welcome Gleaston Craft Group, 7-9pm, Gleaston Village Hall. Every Tuesday except 2nd Tue of the month. £2 per session incl tea/coffee & cake.

All welcome, contact Barbara tel 869968 or barbara.birch@hotmail. co.uk Social Club Barrow & District Society for the Blind. Ostley House, Abbey Road, Barrow 6.30pm-8.30pm. Tel 01229 820698 Urswick Toddler Group at Urswick Parish Rooms. 9.30-11.30am during term times. Email: urswickchurch@ hotmail.co.uk

Wednesdays

Creative Support, 7pm - 9pm A fun evening catering for those with learning disabilities. Red Rose, Ulverston. £1 per session, over 18s only. Malcolm on 07523 284865.

Mindfulness Classes at 2pm Dalton Community Centre Knit and natter in the Coach House,Ford Park. 1pm - 3pm.

Table Tennis, 7pm Gleaston Village Hall & Green Committee. £1 per session. JTU - Bring your own drink. Contact Barbara tel 869968 or barbara.birch@ hotmail.co.uk

Thursdays

Ulverston Outdoor Market South Cumbrian Retirement Brass Band, 10am. Red Rose, Ulverston.

Free tea, coffee and biscuits.

Country Market, from 9.30am to 11.30am in the Coronation Hall. Home made bakes, preserves, craft work, cards, gifts, plants & vegetables.

Knit and Natter at Natterjacks night time coffee house, 7:00pm.

Breast feeding group 09.30 - 11.30 at the Ulverston Library The Feel Good Singalong Ulverston Methodist Church, 10.30am - 11.30am. £6. songbirdsonsong.webs.com Coffee mornings in the Coro Hall.

Lakeland Orienteering Club - NavNight, 6.30pm - 8pm Red Rose, Ulverston. Basic navigation and map reading skills. Contact Richard 01229 716021 or navnight@ lakeland-orienteering.org.uk.

Circuits, Walking Football 55+ Ulverston Leisure Centre with Age UK Choral Society Meetings, New members welcome. 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm. Ulverston Methodist Church, Pam Gillam 01229 716321.

Texas hold ’em poker with supper.

8pm at the Swan, Ulverston Digital Photography Classes on a Thursday 7-9. Dalton Community Centre Thursday Club Barrow & District Society for the Blind. Ostley House, Abbey Road, Barrow 1.30pm-3.30pm. Tel 01229 820698 Thursday Club Dalton Community Church, Wellington Street Dalton.

Armchair exercises, varied entertainment, a cuppa and a chance to socialise. School term times. No charge, 2pm-4pm.

Whist Drive (progressive). The Auction Mart Cafe, North Lonsdale Terrace, Ulverston. 7.30pm. Visitors Welcome. Tel: Rob or Val 01229 824812.

Fridays

Children’s story time 09.30-10.30 Friday’s during term time at the Ulverston Library.

Yoga Classes Croftlands Community Centre, £4 drop in 10am - 11am Age UK Coffee Morning 10.3012noon. Ulverston Parish Church Ulverston Air Cadets, Dragley Beck. 7.30 - 9.30pm. Open to children aged 12 ½ (year 8) to 18.

Further information email oc.2223@ aircadets.org

Saturdays

Ulverston Outdoor Market, Coffee mornings in the Coro Hall.

Old Time Dancing 7.30pm-11pm, Red Rose, Ulverston. Red Rose club’s very own night featuring live music from the in house band and dancing to old time music. A great time to be had for only £5/member and £6/non-members.

Sundays

Pub Quiz at the Swan - Fun pub quiz with gallon of ale prize and inclusive supper. Starting 6.30pm Free meat raffle Devonshire Arms, Ulverston - One drink = 1 raffle ticket, drawn at 6pm (customer can claim price only if in pub at time of draw)

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It’s February – which for many people means one thing – Valentine’s Day! February has long been celebrated as the month of love, so here at Ford Park, what better time to ask ’why do you love Ford Park’?

It may be the green space for families to enjoy, the adventure playground to explore, the sights and smells of the walled kitchen garden, the chance to relax in the orchard or the opportunity to discover the trails.

For the foodies among you, it may be the delicious meals on offer in the dog-friendly Coach House Café, or if you have green-fingers, visiting our impressive plant nursery may be a highlight.

There are many reasons why people love Ford Park and it’s easy to see why – it’s so much more than just a park. It’s a hub of activity for the community, a green open space in the heart of the town – and best of all, it’s YOUR Ford Park.

Run for the community by the charity Ford Park Community Group, the

Love Your Ford Park

Cookery Classes

Each class runs from 12-4pm, costs £50 per person and includes expert tuition, quality ingredients Booking essential – call 01229 581666.

6th February – Vegan and gluten-free baking February 13th – Pasta Fizzy Fridays – every Friday From 12-4pm, = Only £14.95 per person. Booking essential – please call 01229 581666.

Dining events team here are passionate about maintaining and improving the park for future generations. So we would love to hear your thoughts on ‘Why I love my Ford Park’ – simply email us at info@fordpark.org.uk or drop us a message on Facebook @ fordparkulverston

Continuing with the theme of love, we have a busy day planned for Valentine’s Day! In the afternoon, we have a Den Building and Story Telling session for children with Peter Digs A Den

author Amy StretchParker. Running between 2-4pm, it’s perfect for accompanied children up to the age of seven.

Booking essential - £5 per accompanied child – call 01229 581666 to book.

Then in the evening, we have a Valentine’s Dining event between 6-8pm – perfect chance to dine in style with your loved one.

For a menu and more information, please visit our website ford-park. org.uk.

Wishing you all a Happy Valentine’s Day!

14th February - Valentines Dining – 6-8pm 24th February - Best of Morecambe Bay - 6-8pm S11th March - Mother’s Day Lunch – 12-3pm 11th March - Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea – 3-5pm

Seasonal Activities

14th February, 2-4pm – Peter Digs A Den woodland fun – Booking essential as spaces limited – call 01229 581666.

10th & 11th March – ‘Pop-up’ plant and gift sales for Mother’s Day

Talk and Supper ULVERSTON LIBRARY Local author Amy Stretch Parker will be doing a story session based on her fabulous book ‘Peter Digs A Den’ set in Coniston; a story about a small boy with a big idea.

The session is for 3-6 year olds on Thursday 15th 10:00-11:00 February in half-term.

Author event - Nick Hunt Thursday 22nd February 7 pm Nick has documented his travels in ‘Where the Wild Winds Are’ a beautiful, unconventional travelogue. Join us to hear him speak about it!

Tickets £1 to include refreshments, available from Ulverston library 01229 404151 As with all our events at the library booking is essential; early booking is recommended as author events are very popular with our customers.

ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY We hold regular drop-in Dementia Information Sessions at Ulverston Library. These are offered by the Alzheimer’s Society and are aimed at people with dementia, their family and their carers. The sessions run every 4th Thursday of the month between 10.30-12.30pm. No need to book – just turn up.

Several community groups meet at the library Adult reading group 13.30-15.00 1st Wednesday of the month Breast feeding group 09.30- 11.30 every Tuesday morning Children’s story time 09.30-10.30 every Friday in term time Connecting Mums 10.30-12.30 on Mondays and Fridays Our Opening Times are: Monday, 9.00am-5pm; Tuesday 9.00am-5pm; Wednesday 9.00am-1pm (closed in the afternoon); Thursday 9.00am6pm; Friday 9.00am-5pm; and Saturday 9.30am-1pm, closed Sundays.

This information is also available on the Cumbria County Council website

7-9pm, £12 per person, including supper. To book your tickets, please call 01229 581666.

8th February – Only Half a Story – Professor Brian Wilson 15th February – Only Half another Story – Professor Brian Wilson Based upon a collection of old letters dating from the 16th Century to more modern times, 22nd February – A History of Climbing on Scafell – Alan Phizacklea Join presenter Alan Phizacklea and delve into the history of rock climbing on Scafell 1st March - Debunking Dog Training Myths - Chris Mancini **This talk starts at 5pm** Back by popular demand, dog behaviourist and trainer Chris Mancini returns 8th March – By Canoe to Timbuktu – Sheila Petersen Presenter Sheila Petersen shares the tale of how a chance remark to a friend about the desire to visit Timbuktu.

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ART & MUSIC Sheila: Yes I would consider working together on a joint piece with Denny.

How would you describe the art that you create?

Denny: I try to avoid describing my art, but it has been described as surrealistic, which is probably accurate.

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

South Lakes Arts Collective South Lakes Arts Collective members Denny Derbyshire and Sheila Levi-Watkins have joined forces for their exhibition “Dialogue”, currently showing at Natterjacks on Queen Street until 22nd Feb. The night time coffee house & art gallery is open from 3pm 10pm Monday to Friday.

Why did you decide to exhibit together? Have you found that your works complement one another’s?

Denny: As with complementary colours, which are opposite each other on the colour wheel, I feel our exhibition is one of contrasts rather than similarities, which makes it more interesting.

Sheila: Yes, I would agree with that Denny, however one way our work does complement each other is that we are both as artists interested in colour, shape, the natural world and people.

Does this exhibition feature collaborative works or is it just a gathering together of your solo pieces? Would you consider working together on a joint piece?

Denny: None of the work in the exhibition is collaborative, although I am a member of the Tally Group of collaborative artists. We meet fortnightly in Barrow to produce our works together, and these may be exhibited in 2019.

Sheila: My work is quite broad in that I make representational art and also artwork that uses abstraction, pattern and texture.

Does your work ever comment on current social or political issues?

Denny: Not consciously. I have strong left-wing views, but I express them in other ways, as I don’t want my art to slip into propaganda.

Sheila: Recently I have made a piece that comments on the effect the digital world has on the individual. I’m interested in making more artwork that reflects social issues.

You have variously been a painter, a poet, a knitter of a cornucopia of animals and a comic book illustrator.

Do you prefer any of these pursuits over the others?

Denny: Of course. Painting is always at the core. Even my poetry tends to be visual and descriptive.

Are there any particular stand out moments in your career?

Denny: Every time I finish something.

You have been involved with various collaborations in the past such as your comic books alongside Spencer Woodcock and together with Ed Pinsent.

Do you prefer to work solo or as part of a team?

Denny: I like to do both, and would hate to give up either. Collaboration is full of challenges and surprises and can be very exciting. On the other hand, in solo work you can be more thoughtful, take more time and go deeper.

You currently work out of the Natural Health Centre at the Gill and specialize in hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, counselling, life coaching

and healing through art.

Which came first, the art or the therapy?

Sheila: Art came first, I have been making art from very early on in my life and I studied art in Scarborough and Manchester doing an arts foundation course and a degree in Manchester. Over the years, I have worked as an artist and also taught art in secondary schools, evening classes (life drawing, art and pottery) and day courses to various organisations and also healing through art courses, using art therapy techniques.

Could you tell us more about how art is used as therapy?

Sheila: Art can be used as therapy to explore our inner world; feelings, thought processes and state of mind. uUing art media and materials to create therapeutic art, this process can assist us in moving on with our life and releasing old patterns of being, so helping with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety for example.

Have you exhibited previously?

Sheila: I have exhibited at Scarborough Crescents Art Workshop, Brantwood Coniston, and Forum 28 in Barrow in Furness. I’ve had work accepted in the Yorkshire Arts Biennial, and have participated on a Green Door Artists trail. More recently I have exhibited in the open exhibition in Home

Images in Barrow in Furness.

I also have some of my artwork on permanent display at Ulverston Natural Health Centre, the public are free to pop in to look at my work.

What is your inspiration for creating these particular images seen at Natterjacks?

Sheila: A celebration of summer and nature; some of the artwork in this exhibition includes work made from initially observing the flowers in my own garden this summer 2017, and then creating unique works of art.

Why did you choose Natterjacks to display your work?

Denny: I have been enjoying the exhibitions at Natterjacks for years. It’s a great venue, very relaxed, and allows for a leisurely viewing of the art.

Sheila: I feel the same way, Natterjacks is very accessible for the public and artists alike.

What are you working on next?

Denny: Right now I’m working on Midsummer Night IV, a series of toy paintings following far too much time spent in the toy aisles preChristmas, kicking around ideas for new issues of Small Fruit, and more Tally collaborations.

Sheila: I’m continuing to explore digital art. However I’m also planning to make a series of paintings on canvas around the theme of nature and also do more experimental collages.

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Making Music with Furness Tradition Furness Tradition runs a “Slow and Steady” session for those interested in learning our local traditional tunes every Tuesday at 8pm at the Hope & Anchor.

This is followed at around 9 pm with an open session of tunes and songs, to which everyone is welcome.

They also run a Furness Tradition Community Band which numbers around 16 musicians. This is for able players (currently fiddles, melodeons, concertinas, banjo, guitar, flute, piano and cajon) and again, anyone wishing to join is welcome. The band meets and practices monthly.

Following the highly successful series of events at the Coro in the Autumn culminating with a full house for the amazing Blazin’ Fiddles concert in November, the new series will start in April with the

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Rachel Newton Band on Saturday 7th April.

Singer and harpist Rachel Newton was ‘Musician of the Year’ – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’– Scots Trad Awards 2016, and SAY Award (Scottish Album of the Year) Shortlisted Album 2017 (with ‘Here’s My Heart Come Take It’) She specialises in interpreting traditional folk songs in both English and Scottish Gaelic as well as writing and performing her own instrumental pieces.

Rachel will be performing with her band featuring Lauren MacColl on fiddle, Mattie Foulds on percussion, Mickey Owers on trombone and Sarah Hayes on keys.

The festival this year will be the weekend of 13th - 15th July, and will be shared with the Retro and Velo events, so the town will be busy with vintage vehicles, morris dancers and concerts!

Furness Tradition really would like to hear from anyone with an interest in keeping the festival and other music, storytelling, and dance events alive, fresh ideas and new helping hands would be very welcome. Contact us via the website, www. furnesstradition.org.uk , where details of furtner events will appear.

For the Rachel Newton concert, go to corohall. co.uk/rachel-newtonband/

Gearing up for Printfest

Printfest will be held this year on the weekend of 5th and 6th May at the Coronation Hall, with a talk on 3rd May and the private viewing on 4th May. Printfest is delighted to welcome Gail Brodholt as Printmaker of the Year 2018.

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Gail Brodholt is a leading painter and printmaker of contemporary urban landscapes. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), where she currently

holds the post of Honorary Curator. She holds a degree in Fine Art (Painting) from Kingston University.

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Printmakers at Printfest 2018. There will be 12 awards for 2018: two Printfest Awards Printmaker of the Year, Gail Brodholt, and Printmakers’ Printmaker- Georgina Bown; three NEW awards: Zillah Bell’s Best Newcomer to Printfest and Cranfield

Brantwood House and Estate is open Wednesday to Sunday through to midMarch. Local art and crafts are on display in the Terrace until end of February by makers including Daniel Cooper, Sally Bamber and Debbie Copley.

New exhibitions are open by Jill Rock, Charles Whinney and Beatrix Baker. During half term week, join in workshops in the loft on the theme of grotesque, supporting the blue gallery exhibition. Check out our website www.brantwood. org.uk for more upcoming courses, workshops, talks and exhibitions.

(Coniston Launch are running daily services to Brantwood jetty from 3rd February.)

Colours First & Second Prizes, and seven returning Awards ~ read about them on our website. Many of the awards are financial, some are products and one is a solo exhibition!

Printmaking workshops in Cumbria and the North Printfest is often asked where there are printmaking courses in Cumbria and the North. There are many wonderful Print Studios that offer workshops and courses, so we have decided that we should publish what we can find.

Visit the Printmaking Workshops page on our website and book yourself on to a course. Get Printing!

ART & MUSIC

New Year, New Jazz, New Times

JAMBEATER SOUNDSYSTEM COMES TO ULVERSTON On Sat 24th February, Ulverston based event organisers Monster Monster once again join forces with the Jambeater Soundsystem, Cumbria’s very own reggae collective and a regular soundsystem on the northern festival scene.

The crew have made many appearances at festivals such as United Nations of Dub, Eden , Boomtown, Beatherder and also Solfest where they host the House of Joy Reggae Stage.

Monster’s relationship with the Jambeater goes back almost a decade when owner operator Sky Banks attended a Reggae Reggae Monster Monster gig at the Sports and Social club, leading to a booking for Monster to play at the House of Joy the following year.

Monster Monster returned the favour in 2012 and invited the Jambeater to Ulverston for the first time for a full on collaboration between the two crews down in Mackenzie’s basement.

What followed was a full on pant shaking, soul vibrating, sweat dripping from the ceiling style occasion in the packed out underground club. This

sound system really is a beast with the warmest rumbling bass end, it is not only heard but also felt throughout the body.

Several Joint parties were enjoyed over successive years until their most recent collaboration in April 2015, a proper easter skanking session out in the beer garden of the Sun Inn. The crews now feel it is time to resurrect their partnership and try another different venue out for size. Over the last couple of years, Monster has been transforming the Laurel and Hardy Museum into a space for live music and dancing, once the last comedy fan has finished their tour for the day. The everyday displays are hidden and the club decor, lighting, lasers and live visuals are brought in to complement the heavy sound systems which are acquired especially for the evening. This will however be the first time ever that a purpose built reggae rig has appeared at the museum.

Gracing the Jambeater on the 24th, live and direct from Bristol is special guest DJ Mr Benn, a cult favourite on the reggae and dance scenes. Reared on a diet of Aswad, The Specials

and King Tubby, 90s hip hop and plenty of jungle, the musical influences behind DJ / producer Mr Benn’s sound are vast but always rooted in a passion for the heavy bass that his home town of Bristol is so renowned for.

His genre-hopping DJ sets and own productions have earned him a loyal following, global gigs, collaborations with the likes of Massive Attack’s Daddy G (whom he plays alongside as part of DJ collective, Bristol Hi-Fi) and legendary UK rapper Blak Twang, and a whole host of remix honours including Horace Andy, Cutty Ranks, Monkey Mafia and Dreadsquad.

Taking in dub, roots, dancehall, bashment, hip hop, house, soca and dubstep, his sound perfectly epitomises the UK’s ongoing love affair with Jamaica’s sound system culture and is a vibrant dedication to its music - past, present and future.

Support comes from Monster and Home Grown crews and will cover the whole spectrum of Reggae right through to Jungle.

Tickets are available via the Monster Monster Facebook page or direct from the museum.

It is indeed going to be a Happy New Year for members of Ulverston Jazz Appreciation Society: lined up for their sessions is a great variety of recorded jazz to entertain, enjoy, criticise and appreciate when they meet as usual at Bardsea’s Malt Kiln Village Hall.

The programme for February 22 will include: Stacey and Friends Part 2: More on deservedly popular singer Stacey Kent and her swinging backing jazzmen.

Verse or Worse: Most of the great show songs of Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart et al commence with lyrical introductory verses, rarely played by jazzmen. Here are a few.

A warm welcome always awaits jazz oldies and newcomers alike when the Society meets monthly at Bardsea’s Malt Kiln Village Hall where it presents recordings to please every jazz taste, along with knowledgeable commentary, on high quality audio equipment.

Members old and new should note that from January 2018, and for the winter months of February, March, October, November, December, meetings will start at 11.30am and finish at around 13.45pm. As usual, tasty refreshments will be available, and included in the modest charge of £3.

More information from Roy Booth at 01524 83335, or visit the club’s website at www.ulverstonjazz. co.uk.

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LIFESTYLE

The Changing Ulverston Pub Scene

The quintessentially British pastime of going to the pub is rooted in Britain’s history since Roman and Saxon times.

Originally, in the 16th century “public house” simply referred to any building open to the public but today it is defined as a “building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals.”

The pub serves two distinct functions: it not only sells drinks but enables people to meet. This heart of a community helps social unity, providing friends and groups with a place to chat and

enabling people to make new friends by not being served at individual tables but having to interact with others at the bar; the unique aspect of the pub.

However, the multi-million pound industry associated with the local pub is far more complex and involved than just a place to drink and eat.

The modern pub reflects the society in which it finds itself.

It moves and transitions with popular culture. It’s about style, fashion, maintaining something customers need and want, and often providing something they didn’t know they needed. The experience of pub going is altered and transformed by national laws and by the expectation of those who spend their hardearned cash within their walls.

Not many years ago, those who frequented pubs were mostly men. Half a century later, and culture has changed. Pubs are indeed public and open to every gender, non-gender, race, creed and religion.

Admittedly, there will be pubs that attract one group or another more than others but as society has become more tolerant, and even celebrates individual differences, this

transformation is reflected in the local watering hole.

Nowadays, though, the pub trade is struggling. Introducing strict alcohol limits for drivers in 1967 made it difficult for rural pubs. A change in the law made smoking illegal in all public enclosed areas and workplaces in 2007, which many thought would destroy the pub trade. Increased beer and business taxation forced many pubs to pass price rises to their customers making the price of a pint prohibitive for some. Since supermarkets can now sell a wide range of drinks relatively cheaply, many more pubs are threatened with closure. In fact, British pubs are currently closing at a rate of 21 a week across the nation lowering

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the total to around 47,000.

CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) revealed that, since the 1970’s, more than 30,000 locals have called last orders for the last time. We can see this in Ulverston, where many locals like the Barley Mow, the Bird in Hand, the Braddyll Arms, the ‘Union Vaults’ and the Grapes have disappeared in the last decade or so.

With the great pressure on pubs to survive, a whole industry has emerged on how best to support them.

Designers, architects, studies in what aspects will attract more customers, constant deliberation of popular trend and style, what drink and what interior style is in vogue.

Some pubs have reached for the menu, employed the best chefs and focussed on delivering a memorable food experience. Others have joined the craze to offer nothing but one particular drink or cocktails with panache and passion. Some have opened up to create a home from home outdoors as well as in. Revamping the décor to make the environment Instagram-able is high on the agenda for some.

Some provide every aspect of sport, music, games, quizzes, themed events, accommodation and even post offices in rural areas.

Ulverston is following this trend, with pubs undergoing refurbishment and smart new bars appearing to attract those who now want more.

Still, others retain the old style decor and the ambience of the traditional friendly local.

We are lucky to have such a diverse range in so many distinctive establishments on both sides of the A590: 21 at the latest count. Whatever your preference, Ulverston has a pub you will enjoy and probably more than one to frequent on different occasions. What better way to find out which style suits than to continue a tradition first cited over a hundred years ago in 1915; the pub crawl.

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The Unassuming Wino The subject of wine can be quite a complicated one so let’s try and help you in your endeavours, ‘simplicity’ is the key word and you never know you may just impress your friends!

Let’s start by saying ‘good wine doesn’t have to cost a fortune’!

Champagne vs Prosecco

Champagne is a sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region of France, from 3 grape varieties 1 white and 2 black and is made by the costly Traditional Method of production in the bottle.

Prosecco is a sparkling wine produced in the Veneto region of Italy and is made mainly from the Glera grape sometimes know as the Prosecco grape and the production is by the more affordable Tank Method.

That’s the science stuff out of the way. So simple and inexpensive, let’s concentrate on Prosecco and the different styles.

There are a variety of styles so there’s a Prosecco for everyone. The sweetness levels are as follows: DRIEST TO SWEETEST BRUT = the most popular sweetness level, is dry but because of the fruit flavours of the grapes seems sweeter.

EXTRA DRY = Again dry but because of the fruit easy to drink.

DRY = the sweetest of the styles.

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Seville Orange Marmalade (Produces approx. 6.5lbs of marmalade)

Tuesday's arrival of in-season bitter Seville oranges in the Low Sizergh Barn farm shop indicates that it is time to start marmalade making.

The oranges are grown organically on the Ave Maria farm in the heart of Spain's bitter orange growing region, where the orchards date back to the late 19th century and the increasing British appetite for marmalade.

Although they are too sharp to eat raw, they can be transformed into one of the world's finest preserves with the simple addition of sugar, lemon and heat.

We wholly appreciate the farm's attention to the health of their soil and their organic growing methods - both of which produce a special flavour, aroma and purity in the fruit. This month's recipe is straight from the growers at Ave Maria - who better to advise on the perfect marmalade making approach?

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1.5 pounds Seville oranges 4 pints of water Juice of 1 lemon Sugar (1lb per pint of juice) METHOD

Wash the fruit and cut the oranges in half. Squeeze out the juice and the pips.

Tie the pips in a muslin bag. Cut the peel into shreds.

Put the pip bag into a bowl with the orange and lemon juice, water and peel.

Cover the bowl and leave to soak for 24-48 hours Transfer the mixture to a pan and cook gently until the peel is soft (approx 1.5 hours).

Remove the bag of pips and squeeze gently. Take the pan from the heat and add 1lb of sugar for every pint and stir until dissolved.

Return the pan to the heat and bring to the boil. Boil rapidly until setting point* is reached.

Spoon into sterilised jars.

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OUT AND ABOUT IN WINTER In the summer, those who are trapped inside at work might envy those who make a living in the fresh air, it’s probably a different story in winter. We get an insight on what it’s like from the Duddon & Furness Mountain Rescue team and a Set Dresser based in Ulverston.

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to watch for our lights and use their whistles when they see us.

We get to the location given, looking round, lights bouncing off rocks and through the snow.

Yes! We can hear them, they are soon found. Fortunately they were well equipped and are in a group shelter. Unfortunately a helicopter can’t help as the weather is too bad, so all the team head for the casualty location as in this weather and these conditions it will take the full team (35) and all our experience to get the whole group with the casualty on a stretcher down off the mountain safely.

Fortunately we manage it but even so it is 5.30 am before we all get to head back home, soon be light and time for work!

It is really fortunate that the walkers were well equipped otherwise the outcome could have been much worse. Walkers need to have good equipment and know how to use it, in winter this includes head torches, spare clothes, survival bag, maps and whistles, food and drink and potentially ice axes and crampons.

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road closed signs going over Corney Fell and getting stuck in snow drifts, or walkers who navigate using a mobile phone app until the battery goes. Rescue Team members are all volunteers, on call 24/7, 365 days a year, often responding in conditions they haven’t chosen to go out in themselves… until the call comes.

The Duddon & Furness team has seen its busiest year ever and two callouts a day isn’t unusual, especially in winter. As volunteers we rely on the public to provide funds, for all rescues, mountain, floods, even for when the ambulances can’t get through!

To donate online go to www.dfmrt.org.uk

5 THINGS TO TRY OUT LOCALLY AND KE BEACH CLEANING

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t’s 10pm, the pager goes again. ‘Code three (search) missing walkers Seathwaite Tarn area’.

With heavy snow and strong winds the full Duddon & Furness Mountain Rescue team are deployed and on arrival at the Tarn we find the missing party’s car but no sign of them. They were supposed to be back before dark, now some 6 hours ago!

We split into small groups either side of the tarn and some moving up towards Dow Crag where the walkers were supposedly coming down from. The wind and snow have picked up and reflect back in the light of our head torches.

Somehow our base has been able to speak to the walkers, one has sprained an ankle and as the weather was worsening they’ve taken shelter. They have a map and are able to give a grid reference. They’ve been advised

Those who use public transport to reach the Leighton Moss reserve don’t have to pay for entry, You might spot otters and a wide range of other wild and bird life

The Weather-beaten Life of a Set Dresser As we sit in the warm watching dramas we probably don’t consider all those who brave the elements for our entertainment.

Set Dresser Ness Wilson, who is based in Ulverston when she is not travelling the country working on, for example, Mike Leigh’s latest film ‘Peterloo’, due for release this year, spoke to Ulverston Now, opening a window on a hidden world behind the scenes.

The role of the set dresser is to move all the physical dressing on and off sets, and this could be anything from a bus shelter to furniture in an office or a trampoline in a garden. In historical dramas it is the set dressers who make sure that everything on a set is from the right era, and that we don’t see a satellite dish behind Henry VIII’s head. Set dressers generally move in a day ahead of the shooting crew, and work 12 hour days. Even if they are not setting up an outdoor scene, they usually have to be up before dawn to load and unload wagons and then carry everything inside, and the job can involve standing around in inhospitable places hoping that actors will finish the scene so they can start packing up.

For this type of work, set dressers need to wear tough clothing which keeps them warm and dry in all weathers and which

stands rough handling, but which also enables them to adapt to changing conditions and move freely.

For winter working, Ness favours natural fibres in loose layers, starting with silk thermals and building up via a merino wool layer and sturdy cotton work trousers to rubber farmer’s waterproof trousers and a waterproof jacket with side vents and pockets. Other essentials are a scarf, a brimmed leather hat which directs rain away from her head, gaiters and thick soled shoes or boots. As she says, you have to be prepared to work in all conditions, and the job can’t wait until the rain stops. However, she points out that set dressers probably have a better deal than members of the crew like sound engineers, make-up artists, wardrobe assistants and stand-by art directors who have to keep still watching monitors which might be in a draughty gazebo.

Anyone new who turns up in fashionable skinny jeans is subject to a steep learning curve, and soon ends up like the others, swathed in puffa jackets, ear-muffs, fingerless gloves and leg-warmers!

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GO BACK IN TIME

The Bay Cycle route from Barrow to Rampside and back makes for a flat, safe yet invigorating walk and you can break your walk with a warming lunch at the hotel in Rampside.

TOP TIPS Ulverston Now has been out and about asking those who regularly work outside how they beat the cold and rain.

THE NATURE RESERVE WARDEN Wrap up and drink hot tea!

WORKER AT GROWING WELL We advocate layers, as you soon warm up when you’re working! Warm hats make life feel much nicer. I usually go for work boots with a few pairs of socks rather than wellies. We also make sure we take regular breaks, and have a warm space to retire to where there’s a hot brew available. My experience is that once you get really cold it’s hard to get warmed up again - much easier to not get too cold in the first place!

THE POSTMAN Wear thermals and other sensible clothes, keep moving, try to find a warm place if you have a rest and have a hot drink, use hand warmers, and make sure you eat enough.

THE POLICE OFFICER We are supplied with good quality waterproofs, but everybody has their own additions. On cold winter nights to keep my hands warm so that I can use my radio etc if needed, I wear thin silk gloves under sealskin overgloves, and always wear a thin long-sleeved base layer.

MARKET TRADER These must be a hardy lot, because one, dressed only in a normal hoodie and tracksuit trousers, said on a freezing windy morning. “I feel fine now, but might put my coat on after an hour.”

WOODLAND WORKER Waterproof socks, the best invention ever. If your feet are warm and dry, everything else falls into place.

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NATURE & WILDLIFE Nature Notes

In Praise of Polytunnels

Snowdrops, Harbingers of Spring

As the wind howls and the rain lashes down, gardeners with polytunnels can potter happily inside, sowing seeds and planting early crops while others are hoping for a break in the weather.

While commercial growers have used them for years, polytunnels are becoming more popular with home and allotment gardeners, since they don’t have to worry about panes of glass blowing out and breaking as in a large greenhouse.

Even a small-ish tunnel can have space for racks of seed trays and permanent beds with a path.

Advocates of tunnels say that slug damage tends to be less, since they can control the amount of moisture in the soil, fewer other pests venture inside and the soil retains nutrients which can get washed away outside.. Tunnels are not only good for frostsusceptible plants like tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and

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In the dark days of January and February the sight of snowdrops poking through the earth and starting to open is always welcome.

Although the snowdrop is such a familiar flower of gardens, verges and woodland glades, its origins in Britain are something of a mystery. It is thought that some varieties might be native, while others were introduced from Europe in the sixteenth century, and with only tiny differences between wild and cultivated strains, no-one seems to know for sure which is which. Whatever their origins, snowdrops are ideally suited to our climate, being hardy and actually blooming for longer in cold weather than in a mild spell. They also have a kind of natural anti-freeze which means they can recover if sub-zero temperatures make them collapse. In an example of nature’s synchronicity, their petals open up to reveal nectar when the temperature rises above 10 degrees centigrade which is also when their natural pollinators, bumble bees, come out of hibernation. According to some sources, the word ‘snowdrops’ derives from the drop earrings popular in earlier centuries rather than from flakes of snow, and a regional name, ‘Dingle Dangles’, might bear this out.

Snowdrops have also been variously named ‘Mary’s Tapers’, ‘Candlemas Bells’, ‘Snow Piercers’ and ‘February Fair Maids’. The association with Mary in some names might have led to the belief that, just as in the case of May blossom, it was unlucky to bring snowdrops indoors. While eating snowdrops is not to be recommended since they are mildly poisonous, herbalists in the past classed it as an ‘easer of digestion’, and in modern times a compound derived from snowdrops is used to slow down Alzheimer’s disease. It is probably unnecessary to remind readers that if they would like snowdrops in their gardens or planters to reassure them that winter is passing, they should buy bulbs from a reputable source and not dig them up from the wild.

aubergines. A tunnel enables gardeners to extend the growing season, with some sowing broad beans, for example, in the autumn and harvesting them well before outdoor crops, while they can also have an early harvest of french beans, peas, beetroot and exotics like pak choi and kohl rabi.

Over winter, all kinds of salad greens, chard, spinach and nonhardy herbs will thrive.

The expert advice is to get a decent tunnel, which can be securely attached to the ground or cemented in, and to choose as big a tunnel as you can, because, as with a greenhouse, the bigger the area, the less temperature

fluctuation you get.

It’s also important to have lots of ventilation options, like a door each end, as they can get very hot and steaming in the summer.

Putting them up isn’t a one person job, and it should be done if possible on a day which isn’t windy and is preferably warm and sunny so the covering warms and stretches tight. If you are planning on jetting off to the sun, though, you will have to rope someone in to water your lovely early vegetables, and allotment gardeners should note that some allotment sites have restrictions on the size of tunnels.

Surviving Storm Eleanor South Walney Nature Reserve reports that their colony of grey seals, the only one in Cumbria, has survived Storm Eleanor.

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seals on Walney can haul themselves on to the beach and sit out really bad weather. The exact fate of the ten pups born this season is less certain, but since seal pups in general have a high mortality rate, any losses are probably not due to the storm. Although it was sad to see

pictures in the local press of the body of a porpoise washed up on a nearby beach, the manager of the reserve commented that sightings of porpoises in the Irish Sea off Walney are not uncommon, so that is something to look out for if you ever venture out to sea.

Healthy Eating for Ducks!

Just as we are continually encouraged to eat our five a day and to avoid overindulging in cakes and biscuits, the same goes for the ducks and the other birds we like to feed down the canal.

It’s a good thing to feed wild birds, but, like most of us, they will happily gobble up food which doesn’t do much for their health. The Ulverston Canal Regeneration Group would like to remind people that bread, chips, cakes and biscuits, popcorn and sugary treats are not a suitable diet for ducks. Instead, they should be following the trend for ‘clean eating’ and be offered healthy snacks like cracked corn, grains, oats, rice (it doesn’t have to be cooked), grapes cut in half, defrosted peas and corn, birdseed, earthworms, mealworms, chopped lettuce and other salad leaves and chopped vegetable peelings and trimmings. Although this

might sound a bit hard on the ducks, it will improve their well-being, and also prevent the harm bread and other processed foods does to the environment and water quality of the canal.

In addition, if anyone sees a bird in distress on the canal, they are encouraged to ring Caroline on 078251 34662 rather than wade in and try to solve the problem themselves. However, don’t be alarmed in the very early spring if you see swans behaving aggressively towards each other. This is the time when adult swans drive last year’s youngsters away and compete for nesting territory, and the bullying is their normal behaviour.

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The Town And Its Trees Many of us enjoy seeing all the trees around Ulverston and might have been concerned this winter when they saw workers from Greaves Trees felling trees on Gill Banks and at the allotment sites at Dragley Beck and Poplar Grove.

As Council Leader Colin Pickthall explained to Ulverston Now last year, the Council has to commission inspections of trees by an arboriculturalist every three years. Their reports inevitably reveal potential dangers from trees which have been damaged by storms or are dead and rotting. The latest report on Gill Banks identified 6 trees presenting a potential danger at this one site, commented on the wellknown collapsing walls which have been pushed over by tree-roots and found other

serious problems at Dragley Beck and Poplar Grove.

Although many, if not most, of the trees identified might not fall or drop a large branch on a passer-by for many years, once a Council is notified of a danger it is obliged to act. This is expensive for the Council, although we would be quick to accuse them if they did nothing and a tree they had been warned about fell down and caused huge damage or worse. While noone wants to see the wanton felling of fine trees, and there is plenty of evidence that trees, especially in towns and cities, have all sorts of subtle benefits for people, cutting down individual trees on sites like Gill Banks is not completely destructive, since it lets light fall on previously shaded ground which then encourages the growth of new plants.

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ULVERCLEAN Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Specialists. For a true deep clean contact Lee Gundry on 01229 586703 or 07858 757215

CATERING SERVICES

Lakes Food Limited Based in Ulverston: Buffets / Business Lunches / BBQ’s / Afternoon Teas / Private Parties / Birthdays / Funerals / Weddings / Christenings. For a quote e-mail: lakesfoodltd@outlook.com Call: 07944 213022

CHIMNEY SWEEP

ANDREW BACKHOUSE CHIMNEY SWEEP LTD Established 1992.

Trading standards approved. All types of chimneys and flues swept. Camera surveys. 015394 45117 or 0776 314 5594 ROB CHAMBERS All types of chimneys and flues Member of the National Association of Chimney Sweeps HETAS approved. Fully insured 01229 588025 Mob: 07881 921529

CLEANING SERVICES

CLEAN CHOICE - High Standard Domestic and Commercial Cleaning Service. Contact Emma on 07795 441324/ 01229 889490 or email cleanchoice@live.co.uk

COUNSELLING & THERAPY

Caring counselling in a warm, supportive atmosphere.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, NLP, The Journey, 25 years’ experience.

Please call Hannah on 07747155781. www.hannahgoodbourn. com

ENGRAVING

EDDIE SHARP ENGRAVING TROPHIES pick up/drop-off Domus, King Street.

Contact Kendal Trophies 01539 740217 ulverstonsportsandkendaltrophies.co.uk

GARDEN SERVICES

Tree Stumps Removed Fully insured Professional Tree Stump Grinding Service GET A QUOTE ONLINE or call Will on 07983 373 724 stumps1066@gmail.com www.Tree-Stumps-Removed.co.uk

MOTABILITY

Rise & Recline Chairs, Electric Beds and general furnishings supplied by Furness Furniture Ltd, 19 Nelson St Dalton 01229 208536. Free local delivery. www.furnessfurniture.com

PAINTERS AND DECORATORS

Painter and decorator, C&Gs qualified.

Professional. Dust free sanding. Interiors.

Exteriors window repair, ten year guarantee. Contact Tess 07462 416945

J.R Dixon Painting & Decorating. Highly skilled and qualified painter and decorator with over 10 years experience. Covering all aspects of interior and exterior decorating.

For a free quote contact: 07902 025 716 jrdixondecorating@yahoo.com

High Quality Interior Decorating & Paperhanging Farrow & Ball specialist 30 Years Experience 07774 209929 colinstretton@hotmail.com

SEPTIC TANK EMPTYING & INSTALLATIONS - FAST EFFICIENT SERVICE - BEST RATES IN AREA -

- OPEN 24/7 - COVERING SOUTH LAKELAND AND BEYOND

CALL DANIEL ON 07748 338 797

SKIP HIRE

BIG SKIP HIRE - IDEAL FOR SPOIL, RUBBLE & STONE - GREAT RATES -

- HOLDS MORE THAN AVERAGE SKIP - DIGGER HIRE AVAILABLE -

PEST CONTROL

PiedPiper Northern Ltd Reputable pest management company providing a professional, courteous and prompt service by expertly trained staff. www.ppnl.co.uk 01229 480 463

PLUMBERS & GAS ENGINEERS

Wardgroup Plumbing & Heating - Boiler and gas appliance servicing and repairs 01229 811222 www.wardgroup.co.uk Porcelain, Ceramics, Paintings Restored.

J.M. Restorers. 015395 68915

I’m your local, friendly handyman.

Specialising in painting and decorating.

Also DIY and general repairs around the home. All jobs considered. Call Simon on 07950 912 212 or 015395 34640.

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND ULVERCLEAN can now offer a true deep cleaning service to those dingy looking areas. Contact Lee 01229 586703 or 07858 757215 for a free quote.

LOCKS EXPRESS LOCKSMITHS 24 Hour Callout. All Lock Problems Solved.

Locks Repaired & Fitted.

Trading Standards Approved & Police (CRB) checked. Domestic & Commercial work.

We cover all the Furness area. Tel 01229 550056. Mobile 07886 831336.

GENKI SPORTS THERAPY, ULVERSTON. Sports Massage and Sports Injury treatment, muscular aches and pains, relief from chronic pain.

Call Helen: 07507719202, email genkisportstherapy@gmail.com or book online www.genkisportstherapy.co.uk

LOCKSMITHS

SEPTIC TANK

COLIN STRETTON DECORATOR

Hedge trimming, General garden maintenance & Clearance. Also DIY. Local & Friendly. Call Simon on 07950 912 212 or 015395 34640.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

CLASSIFIED

PORCELAIN RESTORATION POWER WASHING

SPORTS THERAPY

- COVERING SOUTH LAKELAND AND BEYOND

CALL DANIEL ON 07748 338 797

TREE SURGEON

O.H.TREE SERVICES - qualified and insured arborists/tree surgeons. Please contact Oliver on: 015395 30756 or 07904 698 794 www.ohtreeservices.co.uk

TUITION

Vocal Training by Teacher/Performer. 45 plus years experience. Free your voice and enlarge your repertoire. Classical and Cross Over styles only. All ages and voice types.

Venue just off Windermere village. Lorna Kelly 07393 377 538 or lorna.landed@gmail.com

WANTED

Old suitcases, trunks, leather bags, wooden boxes, wooden tool boxes, wooden ladders, galvanised / enamel buckets, watering cans, old kitchenware, TG Green ‘blue and white’ Cornishware, Sewing machine cast iron stands Peter 07539 290 879 or eigerbird@hotmail.co.uk Eight 45 gallon oil drums, same size, wanted. 015395 33664

Staveley House Carehome For The Elderly

The home provides en-suite accommodation for up to 40 Residents in a rural location on the outskirts of Dalton in Furness.

If you are looking for quality care, long-term or respite, in a safe and friendly environment, contact the Manager.

01229 468210 or email enquiries@abbeyfield-staveley.co.uk

For information about current Staff vacancies contact the Manager.

If you are interested in influencing the future direction of the Home by becoming a Volunteer Trustee please provide contact details to the Chairman via telephone or email. Alternatively write to David Stewart, Chairman at: Abbeyfield Furness Extra Care Society Ltd. (an exempt charity)

80 Greystone Lane, Dalton in Furness, Cumbria. LA15 8QQ

info@ulverstonnow.co.uk

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DATE DESTINATION Saturday 18th November Liverpool City Centre and Liverpool One

Sunday 26th November Manchester City Centre and Christmas Markets

Saturday 9th December Manchester City Centre and Christmas Markets

Saturday 16th December Leeds City Centre

DATES 27th to 30th May

COST PER PERSON £14 £14 £14 £14

2018 FAMILY HOLIDAYS

DESTINATION COST PER PERSON London - fully guided and inclusive Adult - £395 DATE DESTINATION COST PER PERSON 4 day family holiday Child - £245 (based on sharing a family room)

Furniture Restorers Saturday 18th November Liverpool City Centre and Liverpool £14 27th to 30th May London Family Break Adult - £295 20 yearsRestorers experience in all aspects of Furniture One Child - £166 (based on sharing furniture restoration. Specialising in All aspects of a family room)

all types of seat weaving including furniture restoration th 29th July to 1st August Legoland and Harry Potter Adult - £395 hand woven & pre-woven canework undertaken.

Sunday 26 November Manchester City Centre and £14 Specialising in

Child - £245 (based on sharing all types of seat Christmas Markets a family room) Enquiries (015395) 36269 www.mel-cartmel.co.uk weaving including hand woven & pre15th to 17th August York Family Break Adult - £120 woven canework

Child (under 16) - £90 th

FURNITURE RESTORATION

M.E.L.

Saturday 9 December

Enquiries (015395) 36269 www.mel-cartmel.co.uk

WOODLAND BURIAL Saturday 16th December

£14

Price based on full-occupancy of a family room. 4, 5 and 6 bed family rooms available

£14

Pick-up Points Roose, Barrow (variety of pick up points), Dalton, Ulverston, Greenodd.

Private pick-ups can be arranged for groups of 10+

DALTON

WOODLAND BURIAL GROUND

2018 FAMILY HOLIDAYS

DESTINATION COST PER PERSON enquiries@fussellstravelservice.co.uk London - fully guided and inclusive Adult - £395 4 day family holiday Tel: 01229 826861 Child - £245 (based on sharing

Natural Woodland DATES Burial Ground 27th to 30th May “Return to the Earth, naturally”

a family room)

If no one is available to take your call, please leave a message on our answer machine and we will call you back.

27 to 30 May London Family Break Adult - £295

www.daltonwoodlandburial.co.uk Burton-in-Kendal th

01524 782442

Manchester City Centre and Christmas Markets

Leeds City Centre

th

CARPETthFITTER

29 July to 1st August 15th to 17th August

Child - £166 (based on sharing a family room) ACCOUNTANT SERVICES Legoland and Harry Potter Adult - £395

Child - £245 (based on sharing a family room) York Family Break Adult - £120

Child (under 16) - £90 Price based on full-occupancy of a family room. 4, 5 and 6 bed family rooms available

Pick-up Points Roose, Barrow (variety of pick up points), Dalton, Ulverston, Greenodd.

Private pick-ups can be arranged for groups of 10+

ACCOUNTANTS

enquiries@fussellstravelservice.co.uk ACCOUNTANCY, TAXATION AND BUSINESS ADVICE Tel: 01229 826861 zz Year End Accounts zz Cash Flow Forecasting zz Business Planning zz Company Formation zz Tax Returns

ESTABLISHED 2004

zz Bookkeeping zz Periodic Accounts zz VAT Returns zz Payroll zz Auto Enrolment

If no one is available to take your call, please leave a message on our answer machine and we will call you back.

015395 36163 www.bfmsltd.co.uk 3 Lowther Gardens, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7EX