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Welcome to Ulverston Now A big thank you to all those who have supported and contributed to Ulverston Now this year, in particular Helen, Tom and Liz who bring the paper together.

As you will see in this issue, there is a huge amount going on in the town - just look at the Coro events on the opposite page for starters.

In 2019 we are introducing a letters page so if you have a valid point to make which contributes to the community then why not send it in up to 200 words or so. Ulverston Now is a great place to have your say as it goes to every letterbox in the town.

Take a look back in time to ‘The ghost of Christmas dinners past’ on pages 22 and 23 - mince pies made from cows tongue anyone. Another article for historians appears on page 32, as we take a look at the last boat to be built in Ulverston.

More controversial topics appear in this issue too, as we report on the A590 and the issues surrounding a bypass. Meanwhile on page 9, read the latest on discussions surrounding the Kirkby Moor wind farm debate.

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Ulverston at Britain in Bloom

Problems on the A590

Would a bypass fit through here?

- Is a bypass the answer?

Kim Farr receives the award

Following Ulverston in Bloom gaining Silver in the national Britain in Bloom finals, Kim Farr, Chair of Ulverston in Bloom, sent us this report. ’The Bloom campaign in Ulverston is making a real difference to the town!’ and ‘Ulverston is a hidden gem on the beautiful South Lakes peninsula’

“Two great quotes from the judges on Ulverston’s first ever entry into the Britain in Bloom finals. We enjoyed our visit to Belfast where the Awards dinner for over 400 was hosted by the City Council in the prestigious Waterfront Centre.

After a drinks reception we were treated to an excellent dinner, Irish dancers and musicians plus a wandering opera singer! Following this the awards were given out by Chris Bavin who had presented the recent BBC2 series “Britain in Bloom”. We gained very high marks for our community participation and received some useful hints and tips about getting the District Council and County Council more involved and encouraging even more town centre businesses to participate.

The judges specially commended Ford Park, the Ullswater Close Flats community garden, the Sun Inn and the sustainable wildlife friendly planting in Jubilee Gardens.”

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Getting to the national finals is a great achievement for everyone involved with Ulverston in Bloom and if you would like to be part of this winning team, please contact Kim Farr on farraway@hotmail. co.uk or ring the Town Council on 01229 585778.

Anyone trying to drive in and out of Ulverston while workmen connected the new houses built at Canal Head to the utilities will have found it a frustrating experience as traffic backed up in both directions for at least a mile.

At first the temporary traffic signals were not manned, and the work was carried out at a busy time. Ralph Spours, the Chairman of the Ulverston Traders’ Association, spoke for many people at a recent Ulverston Town Council meeting when he detailed not only the inconvenience but the financial loss caused by the ‘traffic chaos’ on such a major road, and how it was lucky that emergency vehicles didn’t need to get through when the queues were at their height.

A strongly worded letter, signed by Ulverston Mayor, David Webster and the Chair of Ulverston BID, Jan Hancock, has now been sent to the Minister of State for Transport bringing to his attention the fact that the A590 is vital to the major businesses in the Furness Peninsula.

The letter expresses the dismay of both the Town Council and the Ulverston BID that utility company works have not been properly managed on the A590 by Highways England for many years. It says that the council believes that the

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guidance which regulates how utility companies work on roads is not sufficient, since it is not flexible enough and does not provide sufficient powers to enable Highways England to cater for the differing needs of rural communities.

The town council and BID would like to see regulation to prevent working during rush hour periods and would prefer that all works take place at night using staffed traffic controls.

They believe Highways England need to be given the power to enforce this in areas like Ulverston where there is only one main road in and out.

During the Town Council’s discussion of these latest hold-ups on the A590, the question of a southern bypass for Ulverston was raised. This is an idea which has been around for a while, because the A590 from the M6 to Barrow is apparently the busiest stretch of road west of the M6, and a bypass is on Cumbria County Council’s radar. After money was withdrawn from a scheme for improvements at the junction of North Lonsdale Road with the A590 and spent on projects elsewhere, some would like to see at least an equivalent sum spent on feasibility studies for a bypass.

However, others in the town believe that there is nowhere for a bypass to go without altering

south Ulverston beyond recognition. A bypass would have to cross the railway and the canal, and either go through the GSK site, with all the implications for its future as a viable business, or probably entail the demolition of houses.

How the bypass would then reach Swarthmoor, its suggested end point, is far from clear, especially when planning permission for more and more houses on the outskirts of Ulverston is being given. It’s also difficult also to see how the canal could be further improved as a ‘positive amenity’ for the town with a bypass thundering over it.

Another argument goes that by giving planning permission for the new houses at Canal Head an opportunity was lost to explore the possibility of widening the A590 at this ‘pinch point’ to improve the existing road. In addition, the extra traffic lights which have been installed at the junction of Quebec Street and the A590 and at the Blue LIght Hub do nothing to help the flow of traffic, and maybe the lights at the Hub should be deactivated until work starts again.

Some even say that since in the present economic climate it is unlikely that the pipe dream of a bridge across Morecambe Bay will ever be built, it would be better to spend money on subsidising a ferry between Heysham and Barrow!

The Heart of Ulverston Awards Those who were there have reported back that the Heart of Ulverston Awards ceremony on 2nd November lived up to its billing as a fantastic and inspirational evening.

The awards celebrate all that is good about Ulverston, giving recognition to citizens who go the extra mile to contribute to our community in all sorts of way, without

Helping Hand Winner Cathy Bloom

expecting much more than the occasional pat on the back. What makes these awards special as well is that they acknowledge young people, our future, and also those like teachers and employees who are often overlooked. All the nominees and finalists deserve our praise, but for readers who missed the news, the winners were: Young Citizen of the Year - Felix Cooper (aged 10) who cycled 300 miles in the Hebrides to raise money for nurses; Young Sports Performer - Curtis Anderson, the teenage goalkeeper who helped England’s Under 17’s win the Under 17 World Cup; Young Courage - Owain Clark who lives with a rare and incurable genetic disorder; Courage Award - Phil Clark, Owain’s father, who has the same condition, and also Jack Talbot, who recovered from terrible injuries to work as a paramedic and

Sophie Ormandy of Sophie’s Garden Community Group

to raise funds for the North West Air Ambulance; Paul Jarvis Memorial Award (Young Entrepreneur) talented florist Lauren Hart of Bluebell & Ivy; Teacher of the Year - Rob Rastelli of UVHS; Employee of Year - Terry Sandham of GSK; Environmental Volunteer Award - Sophie’s Garden Community Group, which has created a garden at Ullswater Close; Community/Project of the Year and also GSK 70th Year Anniversary Community Award Ulverston Community Enterprises, which keeps the Coronation Hall at the heart

of Ulverston; Helping Hand Cathy Bloom for her amazing record of volunteering; Citizen of the Year - the well known, longest-serving publican and flower-waterer Roger Chattaway (who shared his award with Kenny Thomas, famous for his unique fund-raising activities, and Bill Kitson, another tireless volunteer); Sports Volunteer and Lifetime Achievement Awards - a well-deserved double for Nigel Atkinson, chairman of Ulverston Rugby League Club.

Congratulations to you all!

Bus update from the ‘Friends of the X112’ The Friends of the X112 would like to remind us where we can travel on the buses even with the reduced services which started in September.

“On Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays we can still go from Ulverston and the Coast Road villages to Barrow, and either spend 40 minutes or 3 hours in Barrow. (On a Tuesday and Friday in school holidays that becomes 4 hours). Monday’s bus ( very popular) will take you to the Asda shopping area.

We can travel from Barrow to

Ulverston via the Coast Road villages on the same days and have 40 minutes in Ulverston, except on Tuesdays and Fridays in school holidays when that extends to 2 hours.

There are buses 6 days a week from Ulverston to Coniston and these enable us to spend plenty of time in the Coniston area, with possibilities to get into the heart of the Lake District via the Stagecoach connections in Coniston.

There is still a 6 day a week Coniston to Ulverston service but the best possibilities for

a reasonable amount of time in Ulverston seem to be on Friday and Saturday. For a direct route to Barrow best day is Monday when the bus goes on from the centre to Asda returning three hours later directly to Coniston.

resolve for next summer.

Although you can still get to Coniston direct from Barrow via the Coast Road on the X112 three days a week, there is no way you can get back again except on a Friday in school holiday time when you could have an hour and a half in Coniston. This is a problem that we would like to try and

fight to keep the services

The Ulverston Town service continues to run as it has

done for the last three years.

As always we would like to thank everyone in the

community who supports the running. Since we started in October 2014 we have

raised well over £80,000, the majority of which has come from the efforts of the local

communities. If you want to

help please contact Roger on 01229 835712”.

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What would you like to see at the Brewery?

Although Robinson’s Brewery site has had planning permission for a supermarket for over 3 years, nothing has happened and the buildings have been allowed to deteriorate, becoming an eyesore on the approach to town and a target for vandalism.

In October it was announced that the site was for sale for commercial or residential use.

Ulverston Now asked what sort of development people would like to see there. Most residents expected that the site would go for housing, and several said they would like to see some affordable housing included, while

another respondent hoped that flats and houses could be sympathetically incorporated into the older structures.

Sheltered housing was on several wish lists since the site is so close to the town centre. One suggestion was for a really good quality sheltered housing development on part of the site but also that the wall facing the Brewery Street car park should be opened up and a courtyard development of small craft and retail units created, to offer something new for shoppers. Ecohouses were also proposed, given that this is an ideal site for an attractive and groundbreaking development, rather

than the usual boxes.

Someone not opposed in principle to the idea of a supermarket on the site pointed out that since the retail area in town was shrinking this should remain an option. However, they considered the design given planning permission was far too big, out of keeping for the site and probably physically impossible to build, given that the entrance to its underground car park would go through the culvert the Environment Agency has just spent vast sums of money repairing. A more modest building could be

considered, but at the same time the former Union Vaults and the two formerly perfectly habitable houses on the opposite side of Brewery Street should be renovated for homes as soon as possible.

A completely different suggestion was for a luxury spa hotel. The nearest such hotels are at Newby Bridge, and now the Premier Inn is encouraging more visitors to use Ulverston as a base to explore the southern Lakes, another hotel, this time with spa facilities, would make Ulverston an even more attractive destination.

Don’t forget the Scouts’ Christmas Post 2nd Ulverston Scouts have been delivering the Christmas post to South Cumbria since 1991.This has been a great experience for all concerned, delivering festive mail at a price of 15p.

We have delivered literally thousands of cards each year with adults, leaders and the scout group fully engaged with the task. Come the first week in December our Dragley Beck HQ is turned into a fully shelved out post centre, using some old post office units and our own shelving configuration. We handle about 20,00 to 25,000 cards each year, but sad to say this number is now in decline. So time to pick up that pen and “Send a Card”.

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We think it brings good cheer to all and in the background

provides support to your local Scout Group. We look forward to managing your post this year.

Our post boxes will be out there at designated shops and centres from the first week in December, and cards will be delivered to Ulverston, Swarthmoor & Pennington, Bardsea, Gleaston and Lindal.

The service will cost 15p per card, payable in the form of specially printed scout postage stamps. Stamps will be available in sheets of 8 from the following suppliers: Appleseeds, Market Street; Croftlands Launderette, Central Drive; Devonshire Food & Wine, Quebec Street; Domus, King Street; Martins Newsagent, Market Street; Inspirations, King

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Street; Cohens Chemist, Market Place; Meadow Bank, Gleaston; Mountbarrow Service Station; Co-op Welcome, Priory Road; Miner’s Arms Swarthmoor; The Ship Inn, Bardsea; Ulverston Library.

After purchasing your scout stamps, clearly write address on envelope. Locate the delivery area by referring to the map overleaf and indicate this area on the envelope.

Stick your stamp on envelope Post your card into any of our red scout post-boxes located at the stamp suppliers and also at: Booths Supermarket; The Coro; Furness Building Society, New Market Street; Scout Hut, Dragley Beck; Ulverston Health Centre.

All profits will go towards 2nd Ulverston Scout’s Fund.

Collection Days 7th, 11th, 14th & 18th December FINAL COLLECTION DAY FROM BOXES WILL BE Tuesday 18th DECEMBER SPONSORED BY J F HORNBY & Co. Chartered Accountants

❶ Visit the shops on the Santa Trail and note the food item that Santa is sitting on - write each one in the space provided below. ❷ Fill in your name & contact number. ❸ Finally, send this entire page to the Coro Hall. For full terms & conditions call 01229 588994. ❶

PLEASE FILL IN USING BLOCK CAPITALS

BROGDEN STREET Cassielle

Photo Express

Rossendale Interiors

Mr Simms

Best of Barrow & Furness

Cutprice

Old Bakehouse

Original Men’s Room

Body Clinic

The Northern Line

CAVENDISH STREET Libra

Urban Legendz

Poole Townsend

Pure

Amigos

Lindows

UPPER BROOK STREET Tracey Wells Hats

Samovar

Fusion Ralph Spours

UNION PLACE Ride Bikes

Herbalists

KING STREET QUEEN STREET Morgan Joinery 33 Queen Street

Animal Welfare (Furness)

Inspirations

Cut the Wrap

Rushforths

LOWER BROOK STREET Ulverston Tea Rooms

Fourpence Café

INDOOR MARKET Book Shack

Boudoir Pink

Bartons Wool

MARKET STREET Loopy Wool Shop Paper Bunny

Apple Seeds Sutton’s Bookshop Squirrel

Ross Estate Agencies

Bluebell and Ivy Andrew Rigg Carpets Keys Letting Centre

Gillam’s Lake District Lobster and Seafood Co.

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Jute

QUEEN STREET Old Curiosity Shop

2x2

EJ Crafts

Dickinson’s Shoe Shop

Corrie & Co

Muse

Brambles

Hot Mango Pretty Things

A&L Aerials

Irvings

TP Framework

Nevinson’s Carpets

In Style

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The Little Kraft Shed

Queen Street Consulting Rooms NEW MARKET STREET Geek Goods WHITE HART YARD Rhubarb and Custard Baby

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Return all entries to the Coro Hall, Ulverston, County Square LA12 7LZ. Closing date for all entries is 17th December 2018.

ALL FOOD ITEMS USED WILL BE DONATED TO A LOCAL FOODBANK.

The Kirkby Moor Wind Farm Debate In December last year the SLDC planning committee turned down an application from Ventient, who operate the wind turbines on Kirkby Moor, to extend the life of the wind farm until 2027.

The original plan in 1993 was for the turbines to run for 25 years before being decommissioned and the land reclaimed. Ventient have appealed SLDC’s decision and there will now be a Public Inquiry from 22nd January until 1st February next year in the Supper Room of the Coronation Hall.

There is no doubt that this is an issue which divides public opinion. When Ulverston Town Council discussed the application for an extension there were those in favour and those against in both political groupings, and the SLDC planning committee was split, with only one vote dividing the two sides. At the same time, many of the locals who attended the planning meeting were against the extension.

There seems to be a sense

among some locals that the turbines were forced upon them in the first place, and they believe that extending the wind farm’s would set a ‘dangerous precedent’.

Another of their objections is that the wind farm is an inappropriate industrial site on the moor and is detrimental to the landscape, especially since it is visible from the Lake District National Park, now a World Heritage Site.

The other side of the argument is given by Peter Howlett of Ulverston Green Party who writes “Are we alone in seeing wind turbines as things of beauty. Why is it that so many pieces we read in the media are of such a negative nature? And here we are again with the arguments over the extension of the life of the turbines on Kirkby Moor.

“These fantastic machines have been spinning merrily away for 25 years now producing pollution free and totally sustainable power throughout that time.

After objections to their replacement with a smaller number but larger and much more efficient turbines the planning application now is to extend the life of the existing turbines for a further 9 years.

The latest Climate Change report indicates more strongly than ever that without urgent action now we will never achieve the 1.5 degrees target limit on global warming.

If we don’t the predictions for the planet are dire. And yet despite this South Lakes District Council have turned down this application which is now subject to appeal to the Planning Inspectorate in January 2019.

“We are running a 38 degrees petition to support this application and would urge you to sign up. We already have over 700 people who have done so. Won’t you join them?”

Dalton St Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival Dalton St Mary’s annual Christmas Tree Festival will take place again this year, with over 50 trees decorated to the theme of “It’s a Wonderful World’.

through to December 30th.

The church will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 2-5.30pm, apart from the last weekend when it will be 2-4pm. Refreshments available.

It is just £1 and children under 10 enter free.

The stunning display will open from Sunday 2nd December, coinciding with the Dalton Christmas Switch On, and run

As usual, various different groups across the community will have their own tree presented at the church.

Pupils of Dalton St Mary’s, Newton Primary School and Dowdales, as well as members of Dalton Town Brass Band have all decorated a tree.

Thank You This year Ulverston in Bloom included flowers at the entrance and pavement up to Ulverston station.

Northern and Community Rail Cumbria would like to extend a big Thank You to Ulverston

in Bloom, Kim Farr and all the volunteers for their work.

It was a lovely welcome for traveller and visitors – and a beautiful way of including the station with the rest of Ulverston.

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Ulverston Library would like to remind us of the helpful groups they hold: Alzheimer’s Society We hold regular dropin 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. No need to book – just turn up.

The next session will be December 20th 11:00-12:00 Ulverston Falls Prevention Falls prevention advice dropin. The next session is 13th December 10:00-12:00 Age UK Tablet/mobile drop-in support sessions are now up and running in the library. These are for people to bring their own devices and be for general advice and possibly some themed sessions (one on using the library online).

Sessions run on the first 2 Thursdays every month

10.30-12pm. There’s no need to book- just turn up.

Several community groups also meet at the library Employability sessions 13:30-15:30 Wednesday afternoon Adult reading group 13.3015.00 1st Wednesday of the month Children’s story time 09.3010.30 every Friday in term time Connecting Mums 10.3012.30 every Monday morning Ulverston Mind drop-in 10:00-12:30 1st Thursday of the month Our Opening Times are: Monday, 9.00am-5pm; Tuesday 9.00am-5pm; Wednesday 9.00am-1pm (closed in the afternoon); Thursday 9.00am-6pm; Friday 9.00am-5pm; and Saturday 9.30am-1pm, closed Sundays. www.cumbria.gov.uk/ libraries

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UVHS OFSTED Inspection success Staff and governors were delighted to see that after their inspection in the autumn OFSTED have reported back to the DfE that UVHS “continues to be good” and delivers “a wealth of opportunities for pupils” enabling them to “achieve well across the [highly challenging] rich and engaging curriculum”. Indeed, the students in the school are seen to be achieving “well above the national average” in English and Maths and also making “exceptional progress in Science”.

Julie Wilkinson (Chair of Governors) said, “It is nice to be able to recognise our school in the report. UVHS is a true learning community, one where parents, staff and governors all work together to ensure that our youngsters are ‘encouraged to be innovative’ throughout

the school. Unlike many schools now, we continue to promote and develop the Arts, Technology and Languages, and OFSTED clearly recognised that the school is not only ‘recognised for its musical prowess’ but also provides an educational experience ‘laden with opportunities to develop music, sport and art’.”

The visiting OFSTED inspectors also singled out the ‘high standards and expectations’ both inside and outside the classroom, ‘high quality teaching ... due to teachers’ sophisticated subject expertise’, and the school’s ‘strong focus on equalities’.

Mr Hardwick (Acting Headteacher) said, “I am exceptionally proud of every single member of the UVHS community – the students, staff and parents, for all that they give to the school.

Alongside this very strong report on the main school.

OFSTED were also able to justifiably celebrate our fantastic Sixth Form, where students benefit from “highly specialised teaching [through] the rich and engaging curriculum”.

We knew that our students make “strong progress” but are delighted to read that there was specific credit given to “good prior knowledge and strong academic curiosity” displayed by our students going in years 12 & 13.”

UVHS Wind Band

Christmas at UVHS

The UVHS Annual Christmas Festival will take place on Wednesday 19th December, starting from 7.30pm at the Coronation Hall in Ulverston.

The concert will see the school showcase its outstanding music department, led by Richard Butler, with various bands and ensembles providing festive music and seasonal readings.

Buy your ticket for this fantastic event by calling Box Office on 01229 587140 or buy Online on the Coronation Hall website.

UVHS is particularly encouraged to see that OFSTED have totally supported the recent changes made to the Leadership of the school and support the management team in all that it is doing to move the school forward on its journey to being exceptional.

Local Dalton school wins technology award Dalton St Mary’s primary school collected the award for ‘Best Use of Technology’ at the Golden Apple Awards 2018. The event was held in Carlisle, with the school holding off competition from three other schools in the category to win the award.

Newton primary school

was also on the short-list for best primary school.

As well as Newton Primary School been nominated and shortlisted at the Apple Awards, they also managed to raise £903 for PTA by sending pupils to bag pack at Dalton Co-op.

Lisa Fell, who is the

Christmas at Dowdales “Christmas at Dowdales” will take place on Wednesday 12th December this year, at Dowdales school hall; starting at 7pm.

Tickets for the event are sold on a first come, first served basis.

The school will also once again be hosting a European Christmas Market, on Thursday 6th December.

school’s head-teacher was immensely proud despite the school just missing out on the top prize overall.

“Although we didn’t win, just to be shortlisted is a massive achievement and we had a wonderful night anyway. It’s a great advertisement for the school”.

Many thanks from Friends of Lightburn Park Friends of Lightburn Park are moving from strength to strength. Last year when they entered the Cumbria in Bloom ‘It’s your Neighbourhood’ category for the first time, they won 4 out of 5, but this year they won 5 out of 5 OUTSTANDING. The Friends would like to say that this achievement would not have been possible without working in partnership with other organisations.

The Stumpery

These include South Lakeland District Council who supported the Friends to find funding

to improve the park facilities, creating new areas within the park and planning for the future. Continental Landscape played a big part in the presentation and maintenance of the park, from grass and hedge cutting to addressing environmental issues like litter and graffiti. Most importantly they worked with the Friends to create and maintain lovely flower beds and make new wildlife areas with the help of recycled plants, like the

ferns planted in the new tree stumpery area they helped to build.

The police , PCSOs, home owners around the park and “Neighbourhood Watch” are the eyes and ears. making the park safe and making a difference to lowering anti social behaviour and dog fouling, so the Friends say, “Well done to us all for winning ‘outstanding’ and thank you!”

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Creating Acts of Remembrance

Urswick WI The October meeting was opened by our President Rachael Edmondson. Following review of previous meeting minutes, Rachael requested any Christmas shoeboxes for the ‘Boxes of Hope’, a local charity which delivers the boxes to children in deprived communities in Romania be brought to the November meeting.

The ‘Waterfall of Poppies’ display at Scales Village Green for Remembrance Day. with poppies made by Scales WI.

Some of the completed poppy plaques made by primary school children and members of Age UK to place in every home in Dalton from which a WWI soldier left and did not return.

Rachael thanked members who had already donated a filled shoebox or items to place in shoebox. One of our members, Hilary, who is a volunteer with the Boxes of Hope charity bought along 3 filled shoeboxes to show items ideal for inclusion in the shoeboxes.

Hilary is also one of the volunteers going out with the lorries to Romania in late November

Unfortunately, the speaker planned for the evening was unable to attend, so our alternative entertainment for the evening was a general knowledge quiz covering film, literature, sport, famous women, science & cooking -entertainingly delivered by our guest quizmaster George.

Our Christmas dinner & party is being held on Wednesday the 5th of December at 7pm, with catering by Janette, please bring your own wine. The following week is our Christmas fund raising concert at Urswick church on Wednesday the 12th of Dec, starting at 19.30, tickets costing £6. Ticket price includes a free glass of mulled wine and a mince pie.

Janet and Prim ask more about The Quaker Tapestry from Izzy Thorne

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Nothing nicer on a dark November evening than to gather with friends to enjoy a colourful slide show and to hear an interesting talk.

So, at their November meeting Ulverston Evening Townswomen’s Guild were treated to an entertaining and informative talk on the history and the future of the Quaker Tapestry. These 40 vibrant embroidered panels are on display so close by that a visit might well follow.

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mile walk, local amble, half hour swim, rummikub sessions and friendly lunch club that happen every month, plans are afoot for a Christmas Meal plus another wonderful walking holiday next spring. Not only that but our December meeting is entitled, “Surprise, Surprise”. How can you resist?

New members always welcome. Phone 586652 or just come along and give us a try on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.30 at Croftlands Junior School.

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Inner Wheel Club of Ulverston Steve Cole was introduced as the speaker for the Club’s October meeting,

by President Dot Johnson.

The title of his talk was ‘Have You Ever Noticed?’ I hope that, after reading this report, you will be more observant as you walk or travel around, I know I will.

Steve said he has always been observant and the photographs were through the eyes of an anorak (someone with an unusual obsession).

He began with drain covers: round, square, rectangular, large and small; allowing for light and heavy traffic passing

over them. A square one consisted of two triangles to stop it from rocking! Names on drain covers included Heathcotes of Cleater Moor, Wharton of Maryport, Gilkes of Kendal, Pratchitt Bros, Carlisle and Clark’s Patent of Carlisle. These were only a few of the companies in Cumbria also making other items in wrought iron. Of course there were many other companies in other counties all manufacturing ironwork and sanitary ware as well as drain covers!

Steve followed with GPO signs on buildings, they would

now be BT signs. He had photographs of post boxes, pillar boxes, some with the then current king or queen mentioned, and of many buildings with dates above doors, different styles of lintels, doors and windows, some most elaborate. He also noticed the various ways in which railway lines are fastened down and benchmarks or survey marks, with a photograph of one on the front left hand corner of the shop ‘Pretty Things’ in town. He recommended we look up at buildings as well as just at eye level.

The monthly business meeting followed.

International Chairman, Charlotte Wills, reported on the successful international evening held recently when money was raised to support a Christian Aid project in Malawi. Club members will be holding their annual coffee morning in the Coronation Hall on Thursday, 29th November when all monies raised will be shared to support various local charities. We are also collecting items to support Women’s Community Matters in Barrow.

Could You Help Older Patients Recover?

Royal Voluntary Service is calling on local people to dedicate a couple of hours a week to help aid the recovery of older patients on wards at Morecambe Bay’s hospitals. Volunteers are needed to provide support to older patients to improve their mobility, nutrition and hydration at Lancaster Royal Infirmary, Furness General Hospital and Westmorland General Hospital as well as at the Ulverston Community Health Centre.

The voluntary roles will involve supporting those with dementia, or who are in hospital for a long period, to help aid their recovery and stop further decline.

This will primarily comprise of engaging patients in gentle chair-based exercises sessions to build their muscle strength, mobility and independence. Volunteers will be asked to run these sessions as a group activity or one-to-one, as appropriate for the patient, with music, balls and games used to a create fun, interactive activity.

The role would be ideal for someone with an interest in fitness and who can motivate and inspire others to exercise.

Volunteers will also undertake cognitive exercises with

patients to improve memory function and provide advice on hydration and nutrition.

Chair-based or gentle exercise is critical for older people because of the rapid loss of muscle mass experienced in later life, which can be accelerated during a stay in hospital. Indeed, figures from the National Audit Office released in 2016 suggested 5% of muscle strength is lost per day in hospital amongst those aged 65 and over. This muscle loss can increase the likelihood of a further fall or injury after discharge and the chance of readmission.

Royal Voluntary Service has around 300 volunteers providing support across three of Morecambe Bay’s Hospitals - from being there to meet and greet people as they come in to serving customers in its cafes and shops. But

additional on ward volunteers are now needed to reach more of the patients in need. No experience is necessary and all training will be provided.

Jessica Toft, On Ward Service Manager at Royal Voluntary Service said: “We know targeted resistance-based exercises can significantly help older adults improve their physical function. With our volunteers providing this to older patients on wards, it can help aid patient’s recovery, reduce their chance of readmission and also improve their overall experience in hospital. Volunteering a couple of hours on ward may not seem like much, but it makes a massive difference.

Our volunteers are fantastic and they really enjoy what

they do. They get as much out of volunteering as they put in.”

Royal Voluntary Service is one of Britain’s largest volunteering charities with over 20,000 volunteers supporting thousands of people each month in hospitals and in the community. The simple acts of kindness our volunteers provide, whether popping in for tea and a chat, helping out with a lift to a GP or social appointment or running chairbased exercises on ward, help make communities stronger and relieve the pressure on overstretched public services.

The charity is also one of the largest retailers in the NHS, with its network of cafes and shops providing a valued haven in hospitals.

To find out more about the volunteer opportunities contact the Royal Voluntary Service hub office at CumbriaHub@ royalvoluntaryservice.org. uk or by phone on 01539 760001 Alternatively, please visitroyalvoluntaryservice. org.uk

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Furness Tradition’s Festive Season Furness Tradition have several dates for your festive diary. On 8th December at 12 noon, their Community Band will be playing some tunes for the Coronation Hall Christmas Market.

Then on the 12th December they are presenting “A Harper’s Trade” at Coronation Hall at 8pm. This is a chance to catch the vibrant and exciting performance of harpist Nick Hennessey.

(Tickets available from www.corohall.co.uk – 01229 587140) December 17th sees their annual “Winter Gathering” at the Sports and Social Club, 7.30 - 11.30 pm. This is their

Christmas party when they get together with all the people who have supported them throughout the year, together with family and friends from the wider community. This is Furness Tradition’s 20th year as an organisation and and they are already looking forward to 2019, with a series of concerts leading up to their annual festival.

It is also an opportunity for some local performers to share their own music, song, storytelling and dance in a relaxed and supportive friendly atmosphere, and there are about 10 acts performing on the night.

Among them will be Furness Tradition’s community band

Furness Tradition Community Band

of musicians, a venture they started just a few short years ago, and which has become a great success.

All are welcome to join them in their celebration, and everyone will be provided with their famous veggie Winter Warmer stew, and mince pies.

This is a free event but they will accept donations on the night.

For an evening with a difference there is also a

special Winter Solstice (21st December) late night story session led by Storyteller Ian Douglas around a roaring brazier in the Hope & Anchor yard.

Don’t forget that the usual regular sessions will also be taking place at the Hope & Anchor every Tuesday evening from 8-9pm (Slow & Steady learners session) and 9pm onwards (all comers session).

Invitation to any actors out there!

Actors in the Furness area are invited to join the first-ever production of a new play by a local writer, bringing a classic novel to the stage.

Rehearsals start in March.

Peninsula Players, newly formed for this venture, will present Adam Bede

by Ulverston-based Ann Thomson (from the novel

by George Eliot) at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston and Victoria Hall, Grangeover-Sands, next July.

Friday 8 February 7.30pm at Pennington Memorial Hall LA12 0RP- or

Two workshops have been arranged to choose the cast. Actors interested in performing in the play will be welcome on either:

Sunday 10 February 7.30pm at Croftlands Community Centre LA12 9JN Before moving to Furness in 2007, Ann Thomson was

active in amateur theatre in the Garstang area of Lancashire, where some of her previous plays had well-received productions.

Working on a new project inspired by her favourite novelist George Eliot (real name Mary Anne Evans, 1819-1888) is a special thrill.

“2019 is the 200th anniversary of Eliot’s birth”, Ann points out, “so what better opportunity to celebrate her work?

Her powerful storytelling

and vibrant, many-sided characters are a gift to any dramatist or actor.”

both freshwater and marine wildlife in the area. This has led to the creation of the book ‘Tiny Voyages of Discovery’, an illustrated journey down Dragley Beck out to the sea, inspired by the story of Lady Barrow who was an accomplished botanical illustrator in her own right.

Join us for this special event to see the work Ellie has

produced, and to hear more about the project. There’ll also be the opportunity to make your own bookplates to take home.

Set in 1800, Adam Bede blends humour, tragedy and romance in a compelling tale of intertwined lives, loves and loyalties in a time of change.

Actors thinking of attending the casting workshops are welcome to contact Ann for more information: email fortonann@aol.com or phone 01229 588031.

Artist’s Book Launch at the Library On Saturday 8th December, 10am - 1pm, Ulverston Library will host the launch of artist Ellie Chaney’s latest work.

‘In collaboration with Artspace and Sir John Barrow Cottage, Ellie has spent the last 9 months researching

Learn more about Ellie’s work on the project at tinyvoyagesofdiscovery. wordpress.com and the SJB3 Project at artspacesjb3.blogspot.com

ART & MUSIC

Printmaker Of The Year 2019 Printfest have announced that their Printmaker of the Year 2019 will be Sadie Tierney.

Sadie studied at the Royal College of Art and is an established printmaker and painter based in Portsmouth.

She uses drawings made in situ to inform the development of her prints, exploring landscape linked to emotion and metaphor, with a celebratory use of colour and line. Her images have sometimes been defined as coming from a particularly European Modernist tradition, she is influenced by traditions of art outside Western culture: Japanese print and Chinese scroll painting amongst other work.

All Sadie’s prints are individually hand made on

the artist’s 1840s Star Wheel etching press, or where scale necessitates on larger presses at Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre in Wiltshire. She has exhibited at Flowers East Gallery, Rabley Drawing Centre and Eton College.

Her work is held in public collections including: Gdansk Museum, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Eton College.

Sadie will be visiting the South Lakes to complete an Artist’s Residency and create a commissioned print inspired by Ulverston and the

surrounding area. The first edition will be unveiled at Printfest 2019. Sadie will be joining the Printfest Selection Committee as one of the guest judges on the selection panel.

Applications are coming in for Printfest 2019 2nd - 5th May

New exhibition coming up at Brantwood From 16th December 2018 – 10th February 2019, Brantwood will host a new exhibition ‘Northerly or North-West’ by artist Catriona Taylor.

Incorporating maps and words of the shipping forecast, Catriona’s paintings are inspired by the Scottish coastline and our close relationship with the sea. Widely exhibited in Scotland, she has also been Leverhulme Artist in Residence with the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies at Edinburgh University, and Artist in Residence at the National Library of Scotland.

Catriona says, “Again, and again in my painting I am drawn to the sea; its power, its constant motion, its changing colours and

surfaces, its significance to human history with the countless journeys taken across it. For me it is an integral aspect of Scottish landscape and holds so much of Scotland’s history both in livelihoods and emigration.

“In 2012, I did an MA in Fine Art which marked a change in my work; the beginning

of a move away from installation to concentrate on painting.

I extracted the sea from my themes of history, memory and landscape, as a subject I wanted to explore through paint.”

The exhibition will be in the Studio, and entrance is included in the ticket for the House and Gardens.

If you would like to exhibit at Printfest 2019, please read the Information for

Submissions then complete your Application Form.

Deadline for applications is 7th January 2019.

Go to printfest.co.uk

Ulverston Jazz Appreciation Society The programme for December 6 (note earlier date and 11.30 am time), will be the annual Christmas get together, with member’s choice recordings and a seasonal buffet .

Both long-time jazzers and ‘just-dipping-a toe-in’ newcomers always enjoy a warm welcome and excellent jazz recordings when the Society meets monthly at Bardsea’s Malt Kiln Village Hall, just down the road from Ulverston, where it presents music to please every jazz taste, along with knowledgeable commentary, on high quality audio equipment.

Meetings for the winter months begin at 11.30 am, and tasty refreshments are included in the modest charge of £3 – but for more information phone Roy Booth at 01524 853335, or visit the club’s website, www.ulverstonjazz.co.uk

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Christmas Planet Mirth Friday 21st December sees Planet Mirth hold its annual Christmas shindig, entitled “Christmirth” offering up 5 of the finest acts on the UK comedy circuit as well as HomeGrown DJs and Mister Monster, mixing up a variety of upbeat dancefloor classics from across the musical spectrum late into the night.

A charity raffle will also be held in aid of MIND and Another Fine Fest as well as a collection for the local food bank.

Comedy wise, Alistair Barrie

is this month’s headliner.

Alistair has performed in over 40 countries including Australia, Cape Town, Mumbai and the legendary Comedy Cellar in New York.

He is a regular at London’s world-famous Comedy Store and a core member of their weekly topical ‘Cutting Edge’ team.

He has made countless appearances at UK Festivals including Glastonbury, Latitude, Bestival and Green Man and taken several solo shows to Edinburgh. His 2013 and 2015 shows were runners up for ‘Best Show

at The Fringe’ with the latter transferring to London for a run at The Soho Theatre.

Maff Brown is a stand up comedian, writer, actor and presenter. As a writer he’s provided material for classic comedy shows such as Mock the Week and Vic and Bob’s Shooting Stars, whilst in actor mode, has made an appearance in Jack Dee’s Lead Balloon.

Footy lovers will be interested to note that Brentford fan Maff, spent 13 years in professional football before he became a comedian, being part of

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Liverpool Football Club’s background staff under Gerard Houllier. He also holds the UEFA “A” Coaching License and used to copresent Absolute Radio’s “Rock and Roll Football” alongside Ian Wright.

Rahul Kohli is one of the fastest rising acts on the circuit. A young Geordie Asian man combining fierce political satire with surreal storytelling, in just a few short years, his debut solo show: Newcastle Brown Male gained critical acclaim at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival earning him a top pick of both BBC Radio 4 and the Huffington Post.

It also gained him radio credits for BBC Radio 4’s State of the Nation and BBC Asia Networks Big Asian Comedy Night. On top of this he has gained writing credits for other Radio 4 Shows while performing at some of the biggest clubs around the country from the Stand up North to the Comedy Store down south.

In January 2017, Rahul became an award-winning comedian winning the prestigious NATYS, formerly the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Award.’

MC for the evening is Sam Harland. After surviving two rehabs, various detention centres and a childhood on the streets of Hull, Sam draws on his wealth of experience to deliver a humorously cynical, yet optimistic slant on life.

Tickets, priced at £10.50 are available from the Laurel and Hardy Museum, Brogden Street, on 01229582292 or via facebook. com/planetmirthcomedy.

Be quick though, as these events often sell out in advance.

Churches Together Many of us are already on the countdown to Christmas, even though it is still a few weeks off.

We know it will be a busy, but hopefully enjoyable experience as we spend time with loved ones, have some days off school or work, and enjoy seasonal food and treats.

There are many traditions associated with the festive period; however many are not as old as we like to think.

Christmas trees and cards have only been around for 150 years, and the turkey on the table is also a relative newcomer.

What has remained constant is what the celebration is about – the birth of Jesus. Christians celebrate that event, not as an end in itself, but as the start of something greater, something that has eternal significance for us all.

In a verse of the Christmas Carol We Three Kings, one of

the wise men proclaims “Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom; sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying; sealed in the stone cold tomb.” Hardly cheerful, but in reality that particular gift points towards Jesus’ death and resurrection, which is in fact, the purpose of his coming. In this sense, Christmas is rightly described as ‘the dawn of salvation’ – which is, as the angel proclaims to the shepherds, “glad tidings of great joy”.

You may wish to spend time over the Christmas period reflecting on what we celebrate.

You may also possibly wish to connect or (re-connect) with one of the Christian communities that worships in the area. You can be assured of a warm welcome.

All the members of ‘Churches Together’ wish you a very happy Christmas and blessed 2019.

HOLKER CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS 30th Nov - 2nd Dec, 6th - 9th & 13th - 16th Dec

See the Hall beautifully decorated for the festive season. Hall open 11am-4pm.

Entry to the Hall £8.50 per adult, discounted tickets available from our website. Accompanied children free.

See website for full details of all events.

Free parking. Free entry to the Grounds, Gift Shop, Food Hall, Café & Ilex. 10.30am - 4pm Holker Hall & Gardens, Car k-in-Cartmel, Nr Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7PL 015395 58328 www.holker.co.uk

Church Christmas Services Ulverston Parish Church

St Mary’s Catholic Church, Ulverston

Sunday 16th December Carol Service at 6:30pm

Christmas Eve 24th December Children’s Christmas Mass 7pm

Christmas Eve 24th December Christingle Services at 2pm & 4pm Midnight Service starting at 11:30pm

Christmas Day 25th December Mass of Christmas Morning 10:30am

Christmas Day 25th December Holy Communion at 8:30am Family Communion at 10:30am

St John’s Osmotherley

And the Word became Flesh and dwelt amongst us.

Gospel of John

Our Lady’s Catholic Church, Dalton

Sunday 9th December Nine Lessons & Carols at 3pm

Christmas Eve, 24th December Children’s Christmas Mass 5:30pm

Christmas Day 25th December Holy Communion at 9am

Christmas Day 25th December Mass of Christmas Morning 9am

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This Winter at Brantwood and The Terrace

FORD PARK

Christmas tree in the Ford Park fernery.

Copyright Ford Park Community Group.

‘Certainly a year to celebrate’ As 2018 draws to a close, it is not only time to reflect on another wonderful year at Ford Park, but also a time to say thank you to each and every one of you who has supported the park in some way over the past 12 months.

Whether it’s through volunteering, having a membership, dining in the cafe, celebrating with a function, shopping in the plant nursery or simply visiting; your support helps us to look after the park we love – and this year, reach 20 years of Ford Park Community Group, the charity initially set up to secure the future of the park for the local community; a fantastic milestone!

So much has happened since we took over the park – it is hard to believe back in 1998, buildings were boarded up and deteriorating. It is the incredible level of effort and dedication from members and volunteers, which has resulted in the wonderful park we see today.

And being so much more than just a park, it is no surprise this year has been busy! From cookery classes with the chef to outdoor theatre in the park, children’s holiday activities to our annual Apple Day event – and not forgetting the launch of the popular Ford parkrun - there has been plenty to entertain the community and visitors from further afield.

One of the memorable highlights has to be seeing the park transformed back to the English Civil War period for a Civil War Re-enactment weekend, by the oldest re-enactment society in the world, the Sealed Knot. It is not every week we have cannons firing and battles taking place on the field!

It has also been great to see the park being used again for community events, such as Ulverston Carnival, Halloween Candlelit Walk and of course, the return of the Lantern Festival finale.

Within the team, we have bid farewell to a few staff members and welcomed new ones - who continue to drive the park forward for the benefit of the community.

As always, a huge amount of gratitude goes to our fabulous team of volunteers and our loyal members – as without their support, we really could not make Ford Park the amazing place it is!

Looking forward to 2019, there are many more exciting plans in the pipeline for Ford Park….but until then, the whole team here at Ford Park wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Brantwood’s hours are Wednesday – Sunday 10.30 – 4pm through winter with the house, exhibitions, Terrace coffee house and gardens open as usual.

From 21st November, Video artist and sculptor Patricia Townsend returns to the Blue Gallery and the annexe with her exhibition and installation “Black sun, blue light”.

Visit the Studio from 16th December for an exhibition inspired by the Scottish coastline and our close relationship with the sea by Catriona Taylor.

Alongside the usual wonderful seasonal meals, cakes and barista coffee in the Terrace, we are serving a delicious three course Christmas lunch through December. The menu can be seen on our website, all food is made on site from locally sourced produce.

Our Head chef is also running Gingerbread workshops on

9th and 16th December, come along for a two hour workshop, house kits are supplied along with some tasty festive treats and mulled wine.

To book any of the events or for more information on the Terrace events, please do call on 015394 49025 or email theterrace@ brantwood.org.uk

CORO HALL

It’s easy isn’t it to become aware of an opportunity and say (to self or out loud) ‘oh I can’t do that’. There are of course good reasons not to do something, but when you see something like the Heart of Ulverston Awards ceremony, it reminds us about how many people say ‘what can I do?’ There were more than 200 people present at the ceremony who in turn represented a huge number of people who look beyond their immediate challenges to work out what they can do – for individuals and for the wider community. They can be paid or work as volunteers – as neighbours or in a more formal way. They connect.

And, just a day after, Jess Gillam presented a Young Musicians Concert at which Sheku Kanneh-Mason performed. The Hall was packed, and audience and musicians connected in such a way that frustrations about leg room or seating arrangements

became secondary to creating a wonderful experience together.

And that experience went beyond those in the Hall for the concert. One business said about the event, ‘it brought people from far and wide. They came to Ulverston, came into the shops, used our cafes and bars. It was great that an event at the Coro helped connect the audiences for that as customers and consumers of what Ulverston has to offer’.

And oh what a chance we have to connect at fun times this December Rich Hall’s Hoedown (5th), stomping feet with Buddy Holly and the Cricketers (7th), the Christmas Craft Market (8th) Santa’s Party (10th) Carols at the Coro and the UVHS Christmas spectacular (15th and 19th) and of course the joys of the Snow Queen Panto (21st to 24th and 27th).

With apologies for EM Forster who coined the phrase ‘Only connect’.

WHAT’S ON

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 Singing and fun in the back room at Ulverston Methodist Church.

People of all abilities welcome.

7pm-8pm £8 http://songbirdsonsong. webs.com/about http://facebook.com/ songbirdsulverston 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 info email oc.2223@aircadets.org Barrow Male Voice Choirs practise session. Nan Tait Centre, Abbey Rd, Barrow. 7.30pm - 9.30pm. 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 Breast feeding group 09.30 - 11.30 at the Ulverston Library

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 Furness Tradition, Hope and Anchor, “Slow and Steady” learners session 8pm – 9pm and a regular open session 9pm till whenever! www.furnesstradition.org.uk “Slow and Steady” one hour session teaching and playing local traditional tunes at the Hope & Anchor every Tuesday from 8pm to 9pm – after 9 is a traditional music session – anyone welcome.

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 Volleyball 7.45-9.15pm Glaxo sports club, £3 per session. All ages and abilities welcome. Runs throughout the school holidays. Social in the pub afterwards 01229 837633

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.

The Feel Good Singalong More than just a singalong. Singing and fun in the back room at Ulverston Methodist Church. People of all abilities welcome. 10.30am-11.30am £7 http://songbirdsonsong.webs. com/about http://facebook.com/ songbirdsulverston 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@lakelandorienteering.org.uk.

Circuits, Walking Football 55+ Ulverston Leisure Centre with Age UK Choral Society Meetings, New members welcome. 7pm – 9pm.

Ulverston Methodist Church, Pam Gillmam 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 Coffee and Chat 10.30-12noon.

Ulverston Parish Church Ulverston Air Cadets, Dragley Beck.

7.30 - 9.30pm. Open to children aged 12 ½ (year 8) to 18 Info: email oc.2223@aircadets.org Swarthmoor Baby and Toddler Group Swarthmoor Reading Rooms.

Friday 9.30 - 11.15 during term times.

Find us on Facebook: Swarthmoor Toddlers Group Warthmoor Baby and Toddler Group at Swarthmoor Reading Rooms.

Friday 9.30 - 11.15 during term times.

Facebook: Swarthmoor Toddlers Group

SATURDAYS

Ulverston Outdoor Market, Coffee mornings in the Coro Hall.

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

SUNDAYS

Pub Quiz at the Swan - Fun pub quiz with gallon of ale prize and inclusive supper. Starting 6.30pm Walks with Barrow Ramblers www.barrowramblers.co.uk 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)

Dalton Christmas Lights Switch On Come along to Tudor Square Approx 5pm, Sunday 2nd December

Real Reindeer, Circus Performers, St Andrews Pipe Band!

The Return of Yule Sing Hoad

Yule Sing Hoad is fantastic opportunity to sing Christmas songs inside The Sir John Barrow Monument on Hoad Hill and will happen this year on Sunday 16th December, 2pm - 3pm.

Advance tickets £9 are available from Cut The Wrap on Upper Brook Street, Ulverston (Mon-Sat 9-5) and from Kirsten Taylor at Song Birds singing sessions

- Good Tones and Feel Good or make contact through Facebook to arrange purchase. A small handful of tickets may be available on the day, £10, but this cannot be guaranteed due to capacity restrictions.

Please check facebook page SONG BIRDS Ulverston on the day for updates.

Grace Baptist Church, Ulverston (Quebec Street) - Carol Services, Sunday 23rd December, 10:30am & 6.30pm.

- Family Service, Christmas Day, 10.30am.

All welcome!

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THE OLD VICARAGE NEWSLETTER Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands

We’ve had a busy summer filled with a wide range of activities and events.

July

The hot weather didn’t last for too long this month, but we made the best of it. We played games outside and enjoyed the summer sun. We also made ice creams and slushies with fresh fruit - they were delicious.

August

Our residents tried their hand at baking and helped to make apple crumble and pies - they tasted as good as they looked.

As our garden bloomed, our residents got into the spirit of summer and planted bulbs so that the inside of the Old Vicarage will look as colourful as the exterior.

September

We had a range of reminiscence activities this month including discussions about classic novels, reading poetry and our residents’ experiences of world war two.

We had the third Old Vicarage barbecue this month with family members and visitors joining our residents for a feast including hot dogs, hamburgers, bacon, chicken skewers, a variety of salads and pasta and followed by delicious cakes and trifle.

Phew, who cares about the bad weather!

Tasha making strawberry ice cream We kept busy during the wet weather with lots of bingo games, scrabble and dominoes. Our regular quizzes also proved very popular.

We had our CQC inspection in July and received the rating of GOOD in all 5 categories.

Congratulations and a big thanks to the staff for all their hard work.

We also focused on our health with tai chi, Silvers Swans ballet and dance classes. Melanie Brierley led us through a Healthy Living exercise class.

At the end of the month Aileen Shand from Vanilla beauty salon gave hand massages to the residents - they always enjoy being pampered.

Our garden in full bloom

Elizabeth Walker entertained us with a jazz performance at the end of the month. Her performances always make us feel relaxed.

Tasha showed us how to get into the Latin spirit as she gave classes in chair Zumba. Our residents loved moving to the uptempo beat.

Forthcoming Events

Rachel Mercer Concert on 30th November Residents’ Xmas Party on 15th December

The delicious banquet put on by our cooks

With the summer over, the Vicarage Voices returned and our residents were soon back to their weekly choir meetings. Tasha also organized singing sessions covering songs from the Sound of Music and our residents’ other favourite musicals.

We started having film afternoons again. We enjoyed watching classic movies and of course we always have popcorn and bowls of chocolates to hand.

The Old Vicarage has a few vacant beds so if you would like to come and look around or request an information pack, please give us a ring on 015395 33703.

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The Ghost of Christmas Dinners Past For many of us, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a ‘proper’ Christmas dinner.

Nowadays this usually involves a turkey and a host of trimmings and vegetables, all demanding feats of organisation and timing. Sitting down to a great feast around the time of the winter solstice is a tradition which stretches back into pagan times, but how has what we eat at Christmas changed over the centuries? Why are turkeys, so large and not so easy to cook properly, so popular? We take a peek into the past to find out…

The Turkey When Samuel Pepys started his now-famous diary, one of his first entries on New Year’s Day 1660 mentions that his wife, Elizabeth, burnt her hand doing up the remains of a turkey. Anyone who has tried to rustle up something tasty from a turkey carcass will see that times haven’t changed. Turkeys were first brought to England in the 1520’s and over the next few centuries became an alternative to the former Christmas dinners of a boar’s head, a goose or, if you wanted to keep up with the Joneses, a peacock. In the 1680’s the London Poulters’ Guild began to give their clerks turkeys for a Christmas gift, and, of course, Charles Dickens gave turkeys a big PR boost in his ‘A Christmas Carol’ of 1843, when the reformed Scrooge buys a turkey for Bob Cratchit, his badly treated clerk.

In Victorian London, though, turkeys (sometimes wearing shoes) had to be walked from where they were bred in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge, and were relatively expensive. It was apparently only after WWII when more homes began to have refrigerators that turkeys overtook geese as the Christmas bird for ordinary families. On the other hand, some in the past thought that the only meat suitable for Christmas was beef…

The Roast Beef of Old England

On Christmas Day 1666 Samuel Pepys noted that he had dined well on ‘some good ribs of beef roasted and mince pies’. His long-suffering wife had been up until 4 in the morning overseeing the making of these mince pies. This was all an improvement on a previous Christmas when he had complained about the Christmas dinner, had a row with Elizabeth and stomped off to his room, again, a scene all too familiar to over-stressed families. Illustrating the love of beef at Christmas, Pepys gives a gossipy story about George Downing, the man after whom Downing Street is named.

Downing went up in the world, bought a country estate and became a squire. Then he found out that the squire was expected to give his poor tenants Christmas dinner. Instead of the expected roast beef, he and his mother gave them ‘beef porridge’, pudding and pork, and as a result he was ‘jeered all over the country’ for his meanness. Poorer people couldn’t usually afford to buy beef themselves, so by Victorian times the favoured Christmas bird was the goose.

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In ‘A Christmas Carol’ the poor but honest Cratchits’ Christmas dinner was a goose stuffed with bread sauce, mashed potato and apple sauce, followed by a pudding boiled in a cloth in the copper washer.

The pudding was like a ‘speckled cannonball’, and was decorated with lit brandy and a sprig of holly. In Victorian London, many belonged to a ‘goose club’ based in a public house. They paid in a shilling a week for 8 or 10 weeks, and if they were lucky and not cheated, at Christmas they received a goose with sometimes a bottle of gin thrown in for good measure. Since their houses might not have suitable ovens, they were able to take their goose to the local baker who would light his ovens on Christmas Day especially to cook everyone’s goose.

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Ye Olde Mince Pies

Those with a good digstion might like to have a go at making a traditional kind of Mince Pie...

Around 60 years after Pepys was writing his diary, Ralph Ayres, who was head cook at New College Oxford, set down his recipe for the filling of ‘minct’ pies. The ingredients, not for the faint-hearted, were: 1 and a half pounds of tongue (cow’s, ox’s or deer’s) which has been parboiled, blanched and chopped small; 2 and a half pounds of good beef suet; 2 and a half pounds of currants; 1 large nutmeg; 3 pennyworth of cloves; 3 pennyworth of mace (the spices should be ‘beat fine’); 4 apples; a little salt; half a pound of stoned and chopped raisins; half a pint of sack (a fortified wine like sherry); a little of the best brandy; a quarter of a pint of verjuice (the acidic juice of unripe fruit, very popular in cooking at this time); 1 pound of sugar; a little rosewater; the minced rind of 1 large lemon and its juice; 2 ounces each of candied orange, lemon and ‘cittorn’ (a fruit, citrus medica, like a large lemon).

Mr Ayres doesn’t say what kind of pastry he used, but we’re guessing it wasn’t a light crust!

The Austerity Christmas If reading about the excesses of earlier centuries gives us indigestion, maybe looking at what people were encouraged to eat during rationing, which lasted through WWII until the 1950’s for some foods, will bring some relief. Meat was very hard to come by, and most people were lucky if they could find a rabbit or a home-reared chicken. In their series on the Wartime Farm, the BBC recreated a typical Christmas dinner.

It would have been bad news for anyone who didn’t like carrots, since it consisted of carrot soup, a rabbit stuffed with celery, onions, parsley, stale breadcrumbs and melted dripping, and a ‘treat’ of carrot fudge. For those who would like to try this sugar-free delight, here is the recipe: 4 tablespoons grated carrot, a gelatine leaf, orange essence. Make up the gelatine according to instructions, mix in the carrots and a dash of the essence. Spread the mixture in a shallow dish, allow to cool and cut up when set.

Even after the war, the Ministry of Food continued to issue recipes and handy hints. While their basic Christmas cake and ‘mock marzipan’ (margarine, icing sugar, almond essence and plain cake crumbs mixed together and kneaded) were probably quite palatable, their ideas for party food are less so to us.

It is a brave modern host who would serve reconstituted egg and a slice of beetroot on a small piece of bread, or ‘celery baskets’.

These were 3 inch lengths of crisp celery filled with mashed potato mixed with grated cheese and coloured a ‘nice pink’ with bottled tomato pulp then sprinkled with finely chopped parsley. A far cry from the tempting nibbles of today.

The Retro Christmas Cake And finally, for those who would like to try the austerity Christmas cake as recommended by the Ministry of Food, rather than Mr Ayres’ meat-heavy mince pies here is the recipe : 4 oz margarine; 3 oz sugar (preferably soft brown); 2 reconstituted dried eggs; 3 level tablespoons of golden syrup or treacle (warmed before measuring); 8 oz plain flour; pinch salt; half a level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 level teaspoon each of ground cinnamon and mixed spice; 1 lb dried fruit; 3 tablespoons well strained tea.

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Which books will we be buying this Christmas?

Not to be outdone by ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’, the publishing industry had its own ‘Super Thursday’ back at the beginning of October when 544 new books, all vying to be the Christmas No.1, were released.

Apparently this year there are fewer books by the latest ‘celebrities’ and vloggers, fewer humorous titles and more autobiographies by those who have actually lived a little, including Michael Caine, Eric Idle and Roger Daltrey. Publishers are also banking on the belief that adult puzzles are the new adult colouring with a second GCHQ puzzle book, ‘The Astronaut Selection Test Book’ (by Tim Peake and the European Space Agency) and ‘The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book’ all hitting the shelves.

However, Suttons Books reports that book buyers in Ulverston are not always slaves to national trends.

Last year their big hit was ‘The Bothy Bible’ which flew out of the shop even though it wasn’t the top seller nationally. At the time of writing a similar ‘sleeper’ hit has yet to emerge, although it is expected that nature writing will still be popular and books of local interest like ‘The Corpse Roads of Cumbria’ (reviewed in an earlier edition of Ulverston Now) are going strong.

If you are looking for gift ideas, recommended titles include ‘Erebus’, reviewed here, and ‘Bloody Brilliant Women’ (William Collins £20) by the Channel 4 broadcaster Cathy Newman. This, as its subtitle suggests, celebrates the ‘ pioneers, revolutionaries and geniuses your history

teacher forgot to mention’.

Reviewers have praised the book since alongside well-known figures like the Pankhursts it includes lesserknown women who should be remembered. They include Constance Markievciz, the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons (a Sinn Fein MP, she never took up her seat), doctor Sophia Jex Blake who founded her own hospital and Rachel Sasson Beer, from an Iraqi Jewish family, who edited ‘The Observer’ and ‘The Sunday Times’ at the end of the 19th century. Another gripping read striking a chord in the current international political climate is Ben Macintyre’s ‘The Spy and the Traitor’ (Penguin £25).

This tells the amazing story of Oleg Gordievsky, the KGB spy turned M16 informer in the Cold War, and of his dramatic escape from the Soviet Union after he had been recalled to Moscow.

For that awkward person who has everything an adult puzzle book might be the answer. Gareth Moore’s ‘The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book’ (Orion £14.99), has over 200 map quizzes and puzzles based on 40 OS maps, some historic, and in the age of the satnav, when some people have no idea where they are, it might also introduce the younger generation to the pleasure of maps!

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Erebus The Story of a Ship Michael Palin Hutchinson 2018

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£20 from Suttons Books In 2014 the wreck of a ship was discovered on the seabed in the Canadian Arctic. It was quickly realised that this was HMS Erebus, which with HMS Terror had made up Sir John Franklyn’s last fateful expedition of 1845 to find the fabled North West Passage. In this very readable book Michael Palin, who is no stranger to far-flung places, follows the story of Erebus from her launch in Pembroke in 1826 until her sad end. She was built as a ‘bomb vessel’, a sturdy ship which carried heavy mortars capable of lobbing shells over coastal defences, so after uneventful service in the Mediterranean, she was ideal for the great polar expeditions of the 19th century. This is also, therefore, the story of these incredible journeys when men went into the frozen unknown, mapping uncharted territory and adding to the growing body of scientific knowledge. It features a cast of colourful characters including Sir John Franklyn and his wife, Jane, our own Sir John Barrow and dashing polar explorers like John Rae and John and James Ross.

Franklyn’s last expedition, from which no-one returned alive, continues to fascinate, and Michael Palin describes how the expedition came about, and how Franklyn, by then nearing his sixties, came

to be its leader. He explains how in spite of being as wellprepared and equipped as the times allowed, the expedition ran into a 3 year spell of exceptionally cold winters in the Arctic, and details all the rescue missions sent out when no news arrived in England within the expected time. He covers these attempts by James Ross, John Rae and others, their discoveries of traces of the expedition and the stir caused in Victorian society when John Rae, who had learnt from the Inuit how to survive in such a hostile environment, said he had found evidence that expedition members had turned to cannibalism. All the different theories of what happened to the expedition are given, right up to the results of recent investigations when the latest scientific techniques are providing more clues to its fate. The book is illustrated with prints and photographs, including the poignant early daguerrotypes of all the expedition’s officers and the gruesome photograph of the stoker, John Torrington, who was exhumed from his grave in 1984. All in all, this can be recommended to a range of readers, from fans of Michael Palin to those who are interested in all things polar.

We have a book launch by Ellie Chaney, local artist on Sat 8th Dec 10am -it’s a result of the work done

by ArtSpaceSJB3 to bring Sir John Barrow’s cottage back into the community, here’s a link to them http:// artspacesjb3.blogspot.com/2018/ . The launch will be a chance to meet the artist and buy a signed copy.

Booking is essential.

Lynda Collings – Sign-along Traction Man

On Fri 21st Dec 2pm-3pm we will have the ever popular sign-along maestro Lynda Collings doing a session for preschool children (up to age 5) and their grown-ups. A chance to discover how to sign some seasonal words during the festive period. This one is based on the book Traction Man is Here by Mini Grey and does have a bit of a Christmas theme. Booking is essential.

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The annual charity Christmas card sale continues with a wide selection of cards from various charities and assorted Christmas merchandise. Early viewing is recommended as our previous card sales have been very popular. The sale will end 21st December.

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Colin Barr, Chairman of Rusland Horizons Partnership commented: “Our work is led by the community, and this award will mean so much to everyone involved in the landscape partnership, especially our volunteers who contribute such a lot. None of this would be possible without funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the invaluable

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The festive season can be

a minefield for those who want to cut down on their plastic use and general waste yet who don’t want to rain on everyone else’s parade. Conventional wrapping paper, plastic from toys, gifts and food, bits of glittery decorations and broken baubles and leftovers from the mountains of food bought all add up to tons of hard to recycle waste. Many families and working people don’t always have the time to make their own plasticfree Christmas crackers, for example, or to print their own wrapping paper, although there are several sites online which show you how, if you’d like to give it a go.

(Just google ‘How to make Christmas crackers’ and so on.)

Perhaps rather than a minority trying to go completely waste-free and the rest throwing up their hands in despair, it would be better if everyone picked one area where they could cut down their waste without having to spend all night stringing popcorn and cranberries to make decorations. Lots of small changes will make a big difference. If you can’t give up conventional wrapping paper altogether, because not everyone appreciates a present wrapped up in newspaper and string, your more discerning relatives

and friends with realise that the Japanese custom of wrapping gifts in fabric is on trend. (Look up furoshiki online). While it’s hard to avoid plastic-free presents, there are some lovely wooden alternatives for small children, and it’s also on trend to buy people ‘experiences’ rather than more stuff. Think tickets to a gig or sporting event, a trip on the Flying Scotsman, vouchers for a slap-up meal or a spa day. Then there are the gifts which keep on giving, like subscriptions to magazines, the fees for craft and hobby courses and membership of organisations like the National Trust and the RSPB. Natural decorations such as holly and pine cones and felt tree decorations are also catching on, and nothing can beat a real tree with its unique scent and natural ability to biodegrade.

Don’t throw unwanted gifts away when it is awkward to ask for a receipt so you can change them. Pass them on to someone else or donate them to charity. When it comes to food shopping, try not to over-buy, and try to do at least one shop where you take your own bags and buy loose rather than plasticwrapped vegetables. Don’t forget, though, to add a little extra to put in a food bank collection point.

One other way to do your bit for the environment and get some fresh air at the same time is to join a beach clean.

There will be one at North Walney on Saturday 22nd December, 13.15 - 15.15. The meeting point is West Shore car park, at Earnse Bay, and equipment is provided, although bringing your own work gloves is helpful. There is no need to book, but if you are coming in a group please ring Steve Benn, 07917 173294 in advance so that enough equipment can be provided.

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Christmas Jumper Day this year is on 12th December, and although the craze started out in North America as ‘Ugly Christmas Jumper Day’,

you can now buy all kinds of sparkly, witty or sophisticated versions. So, whether you don a traditional reindeer design or something with a pun on gin or prosecco, wear your festive sweater with pride!

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Sir Cliff Richard to perform at Cartmel Races Cartmel Racecourse are delighted to announce that Sir Cliff Richard will be performing at an open-air concert live at Cartmel Races on Friday 28th June 2019.

Early Bird Tickets went on sale at 10.00am Sunday 18th November!

Following the popularity of previous live music concerts including Boyzone, Tom Jones and Simply Red, Cartmel Racecourse are excited to welcome the UK’s most successful hitmaker, Cliff Richard to their June race meeting.

Adult Early Bird tickets are priced at £45 (a saving of £15 on the on-the-day ticket price). All admission tickets for this date are inclusive of both the racing and the evening concert. Tickets will also be available online for teens which are priced at £25 (advanced price) and for under 13’s who go free. Please note that tickets must be obtained for all attending, including the complimentary under 13’s.

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The Holly & The Ivy “Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown,” as the wellknown carol, The Holly and the Ivy, goes.

Folklorists believe that there was a pre-Christian legend of the Holly Boy and the Ivy Girl, and that this was absorbed into Christian symbolism, with the holly representing Jesus and the ivy his mother. Holly has come to be associated with the rebirth of the sun at the winter solstice, since its evergreen leaves and bright berries remind us that there is life in the depths of winter, and it is said that the original yule log was holly, a hard wood which burns well.

The holly (Ilex Aquifolium) is one of our few native trees which, like the yew and the beech, can tolerate growing in the shade. There are male and female trees, and although both produce red buds which open into small white flowers in May, it is only on the female trees that flowers turn into berries after they have been pollinated by insects. These berries are slightly toxic to humans, so

don’t be tempted to see what they taste like, but not to birds who spread holly seeds in their droppings, allowing new trees to grow. Holly trees are therefore a very important food for birds in winter, and in bad weather their spiky leaves can provide birds with shelter from high winds and rain, as well as protecting them from predators. Their flowers are also eaten by moth and butterfly larvae. In the past, holly was grown as fodder for cattle in upland areas, so some of the woods around here may still have an understorey of holly, while it was also planted for stockproof hedges.

The holly’s evergreen companion, the ivy, on the other hand is sometimes seen as a problem because of its habit of growing up trees and walls. However, it is not a parasitic plant, having its own root system to give it the water and nutrients it needs, and, like the holly, it is important for wildlife. When ivy is mature it produces yellowish green flowers in clusters called

umbrels. Nectar and pollen from these flowers provide food for insects like bees, hoverflies and common wasps, and helps build them up before they hibernate.

The black berries formed after flowering have a high fat content, and so are an essential winter food for birds such as blackcaps, thrushes, wood pigeons and blackbirds.

Ivy gives shelter to insects, birds, bats and other small mammals, and again was used as an emergency winter food for cattle. Naturalists nowadays believe that ivy is rarely harmful to healthy trees and since it supports a variety of wildlife should not be stripped from trees or old walls. It might even contribute to preserving old buildings by regulating the temperature of stonework.

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“It can be easier to stay indoors in the chillier, darker months

of the year, but it’s really important to get out” said Emily Taylor, the Trust’s Senior Visitor Experience Officer. “For the first time Fell Foot has a winter café, away from the lake shore and on high ground to escape the annual floods, and visitors can get piping hot drinks, soup, jacket potatoes and one pot meals.

“With the leaves off the trees this is a good opportunity to see new lake views, shapely trees and wildlife including Redwings and Fieldfares.

“People can also get their blood pumping with a self-

pagan fertility symbol and the other plant associated with Christmas, it is parasitic.

It can eventually kill its host plant even though, strictly speaking, it is a hemiparasite because it does photosynthesise a little for a short time in its life. In its favour, mistletoe attracts berry -eating birds, and studies have shown that areas with a high density of mistletoe support a higher diversity of animals than areas with no mistletoe.

So these three winter plants not only cheer us up in winter but also play an important role in the natural world.

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Dogs are welcome at Fell Foot which is open every day except Christmas day.

For more information phone 01539 531273, email fellfoot@nationaltrust.org. uk or visit the Fell Foot page of the National Trust’s website.

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The boat left the Furness shores on 2nd September and set sail for the Menai Straits where she arrived hours later.

She was moored in Port Penrhyn harbour, near Bangor, adjacent to Scott Metcalfe’s boat where she underwent her restorations between 2005 and 2008, thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Her job during filming was to act as a fishing boat for an ‘Edwardian Fishing Community’ living in the early 1900’s, as the series is along the lines of the popular ‘Edwardian Farm’ televised some time ago. She was chosen because of her original appearance and lack of modern sailing tackle.

Although her crew of Tony Adamson (skipper), Brian Scott, Steven Lancaster and Bill King could not stay to steer her through the next five weeks of

film work they did spend two days with her ‘new’ skipper Stuart Gibson of Anglesey, so he could familiarise himself with the old-fashioned sails, pulleys and rope-work which are standard on a boat of Heart of Oak’s age.

In spite of poor weather which included gales and lashing rain, both the Edwardian fishermen (who, incidentally, has no previous experience with boats and fishing) and Hearts of Oak fared well and we hope to see the completed series in 2019.

Chairman, Mrs Jennifer Snell said, “The offer of film work came out of the blue and I wasn’t sure if our crew had the time to sail her so far away.

Luckily everything went to

plan, even the wind was in the right direction for the sail to Anglesey, so they made good time on the journey. It’s very exciting to be involved in something like this as we are so proud of our old Ulverston vessel.”

Photos by Scott Metcalfe

With thanks to Jennifer Snell

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Stories which run and run…

By the end of 2018 Ulverston Now will be nearly 3 years old, having first appeared in this form in March 2016. Since this is the time of year for taking stock, we thought we would look back at some stories we have covered where progress seems to be going at a snail’s pace, and at others where change has been more rapid.

One long-running saga is Cumbria County Council’s plan for a ‘Blue Light Hub’, one base for all the emergency services in Ulverston. The Hub was first mentioned in the second Ulverston Now of May 2016, and the next issue in June noted that revised plans had been passed after the original design was branded as ‘indescribably ugly’ by a town councillor. The Christmas 2016 Ulverston Now remarked that building the hub had been held up by drainage problems on the site, but by April 2017 work had started and Ulverston Town Council were told that it would be finished by the end of the year, and that the emergency services would be moving in early in 2018. As anyone driving out of Ulverston towards Barrow

Boxing Day ‘Drive & Ride In Day’

Owners of classic cars and motorbikes are being invited to share their love of their vehicles with like-minded enthusiasts at one of the north’s leading heritage attractions

scaled-down facility, to which GSK will still contribute, but is facing criticism from sporting groups who feel they will miss out in the latest proposals.

on the A590 can see, this has not happened, and at the time of going to print no work has been done on the site for months. Apparently this is because of a dispute between the County Council and the contractors. Will a future edition of Ulverston Now be reporting on the grand opening of the hub, or will it remain a ‘purple elephant’ on the approach to town?

Will this dispute affect the promised arrival of an Aldi and a Marks & Spencer food store on the Beehive ‘business park’ next to the hub? The developer says not, so we will have to wait and see.

Of great concern to people in Ulverston have been the events at GlaxoSmithKline, which has had a plant in Ulverston for over 70 years and which was once the town’s major employer, providing hundreds of skilled jobs. In 2017 GSK formally announced that they would not be building their muchheralded biopharm plant in this December, for the Lakeland Motor Museum’s festive edition of the everpopular ‘Drive & Ride In Day’.

Based on previous attendance, up to 150 vehicles could attend throughout the day, December 26 at Backbarrow, where drivers will be able to show off

Ulverston and that their site was up for sale. Just when everyone seemed to have adjusted to this blow, a further announcement this autumn told us that over half of their current workforce would have to go. They were axing their ‘sterile injectables’ unit, although now they were not planning to sell the oral antibiotics division. No doubt Ulverston is at the mercy of changes in the global pharmaceutical market, about which local politicians can do little, and at the moment the future of the site seems uncertain.

GSK’s decisions have affected plans for a new leisure centre in Ulverston. Back in August 2016, before the biopharm bombshell, SLDC flagged up that it was going to team up with GSK to provide an ambitious £13m centre. All went quiet in the aftermath of the discovery the plant was not going to be built. Now, at the end of 2018, SLDC is proceeding with plans for a their pride and joy while comparing notes with other owners in the main car park.

Once again, a special trophy will also be awarded to the owner of the vehicle judged to be the most interesting or unique.

An open invitation has been issued to owners of classic cars right across the country to park up at the museum’s

Luckily, there have been some more positive stories. After initial delays, the Premier Inn went up in record time and for nearly a year has been attracting new visitors to Ulverston. In January this year we had a piece on the changing Ulverston pub scene. Whatever the woes of the high street, the ‘night time economy’ now seems to be booming, with refurbished, new and different places to eat and drink, and Ulverston Community Enterprises has succeeded in taking over the iconic Coronation Hall, securing its future as a venue for all kinds of arts, music and community events.

Finally, in the very first Ulverston Now in March 2016, Jess Gillam was featured as ‘Artist of the Month’. Although her career was already taking off, maybe none of us thought we would see her stealing the show at this year’s Last Night of the Proms. On a more mundane note, complaints against cyclists using the pavements were also reported in this first issue, and the problem was discussed yet again at the Town Council meeting in October this year, showing that some things don’t change! extensive car park on the day. There’s no need to book a slot, just turn up.

Indoors, the museum’s extensive collection of cars, motorbikes and artefacts will also be on display as usual, with owners of the classic vehicles participating in the Drive & Ride In Day event offered a discount on entry to the museum itself.

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