Cumbrian Local July 2019 Issue

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Contents The Lowther Show

Pages 2 - 3

Introduction and Contents

Pages 4 - 7

Bolton Memorial Hall Field Day

Pages 8 - 9

Well I Never! With Pam Waggott

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How Are You Managing Performance - Quinn HR

Pages 12 - 13

17 – 25 Making the Move by Emily Quinn

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14 - 15

Cumbria Oak Clearance Sale

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16 - 17

Wow What a Show by John Slee

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Traditional Values and Innovative Ideas

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The Week that Changed My Life by Finlay Scott

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An Open Door by Lee Quinn

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Ofcom Community Radio Bulletin

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Shedding some light on Litter

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Pause, Rewind and Play by Lee Quinn

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Mum and Megan by Jill Fawcett

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In the Community pages by Lee Quinn

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James Pittman the England Business Awards

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The Underdogs of Division 3 by Lee Quinn

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Welcome to your 150th Cumbrian Local Publication!

I cannot consider calculating how many hours I have spent writing, interviewing, sending and receiving emails and making phone calls, but here we are.

Every month I have a reason to look back at previous issues. Generally, it’s when someone remembers a particular story or an advertisement which they recall. I’ll be reaching across from my desk to the full set of publications in my bookcase and flick through the years.

The milestone I am really looking forward to is the end of the first 10 years. A lot has happened in the Eden Valley in 10 years and the Cumbrian Local Publications we have produced, whilst they have also been in Carlisle, Keswick and Cockermouth, the Eden Local Cover has been quite consistent from the launch in 2010. Having a publication posted through doors hasn’t been the only type of publication we have produced and I’ve had to write.

We did trial ‘The Local Post’, a free newspaper put together by Eden FM, which was produced to raise awareness of the need for Penrith to have its own Town Council. It also ensured that Eden FM Radio actually appeared in a newspaper when it launched in 2014 and it also promoted the Penrith and Eden Valley Monopoly board. Some may think that these aren’t big news stories locally.

A town having its own independent radio station and its own Monopoly board

wasn’t something any town in Cumbria could boast about, but these stories never made it to local press. It’s things like this that make me think that the Eden Local, that’s your Eden Local is special, and this issue is no different to what all the publications have done before it. This as we do every month, we present you with local stories and new advertisers. It’s a family business and this month all four members are involved in its content, along with friends and a number of voluntary writers and many of our neighbours have been involved.

More recently, only in the May Eden Local, my neighbour and newly elected Independent Eden District Councillor, Paul Connor wrote about his experience of becoming a councillor. Paul sadly passed away on Saturday 6th July, aged 59. I saw Paul most days as we both walk nutty spaniels and even in the short time I had known him before and during his election campaign, a picture I’ll always remember was the expression on Paul’s face when he was told he was elected. This meant of course on dog walks, if we bumped into each other, they were a lot longer.

The last time I spoke to Paul was just before my holiday at the end of June, though we did discuss some things on email, a number of these being issues raised on parking. Another he also had concerns about that residents had raised was the A66 development. It was the last email I would receive from Paul, but it’s one I will keep.

In the May Eden Local after the District Elections he wrote: About 12 months ago, I wouldn’t have

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run for a bus never mind as an elected councillor for EDC. The nearest I got to politics was watching the news and wanting to throw my shoe at the TV. I was annoyed that it seemed that certain councillors on Eden District Council were not listening to the people, who elected them into their positions. Several times they ignored petitions, or large gatherings of people at council meetings.

I spoke to several people who were of the same thinking as myself and stated I have a good mind to run for EDC .

The full article is available to read online at www.cumbrianlocal.co.uk I was only just getting to know Paul, as were many people. I did pick up on his sense of humour when he said: “I received a couple of negative comments, which I put down to them not liking my face. I do have a face that is perfect for radio.”

Our thoughts are with Paul’s wife Jean and her family.

Every month seems to just fly by these days and no sooner have we printed a publication, we are working on the next one. This month I completed a new publication for the 125th Skelton Show, which became publication 148. There are more details about this on page 20. Publication 149 is an online booklet, which is the Skelton Show Results and hence why we are now on issue 150.

Behind the scenes, we made it to the end of the GCSE exams and yes we did get a family break to our favourite retreat not far from the Eden Valley, Seahouses on the North East Coast. Some of you

may remember the Puffin pictures I took last year.

Well, this year was a different time in the season as the Puffins were nesting in holes in the ground.

It was manic with them swooping down as they brought beaks full of sand eels into the nests as they just disappeared. We also got to see a lot of other birds like Kittiwakes, Fulmars, Guillemots, Razorbills, Sandwich Terns, Common Terns, Shags and Arctic terns. We saw a lot of seals and a school of dolphins. In the latter part of the week, Charlotte and I were walking on the beach and we saw a seal swimming around in the rock pools less than 20 feet away. You don’t see that every day!

So, as you read your way through this Eden Local, all the regulars are here. Pam’s ‘Well I Never’ and Emily’s ‘17 – 25’ is quite a life changer, which many parents I’m sure would have experience of. From the front page to the back cover, you’ll know its Show season. The Eden FM team have had quite a month. Following the move to the new premises which is shared with Cumbrian Local, there’s been a week of building work in creating an additional office and production studio within the office Suite we have. Two weeks before that it was work experience week and that experience is shared on page 21.

In between the Build and the work experience, the team of two, Stevie Dee and Kathy Mounsey were live from the Bolton Memorial Field Day event.

There is a summary on pages 8 – 9. The weekend before we printed this magazine, the team was back out again at the Skelton Show.

It is an exceptionally busy time for the Eden FM team, which is reflected in a long article on pages 22 to 24, which finishes on page 25 and which

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Follow us on Facebook to receive notifications of The community pages are getting busier, newsome vacancies. although we could handle more letters. In the Autumn, if people are willing, Eden FM would be happy to facilitate some live debates on the issues which are being raised. Litter, parking, congestion are some; you’ll see some of the points I’ve raised myself about people consistently parking illegally outside schools on corners, pavements and double yellow lines. I don’t know why in town if you go past your parking time you get a fine, but out on the estates and around schools, its accepted that people can illegally park and not be fined!

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Well done to James Pittman who scooped some fantastic awards on page 30 and finally whilst doing my bits between Radio and publications, I’ve added in around 6-8 hours each week as the Coach of a Penrith Football Club. The full introduction as to why is on page 31. It is titled the Underdogs of Division three.

So that’s another opening and the 150th Cumbrian Local publication now in your hand. We’ll all be back next month for the August edition. Booking in for this publication needs to be before the 30th July; the delivery commences on or around 14th August.

Thank you once again for picking up your Eden Local Community magazine. Have a great summer.

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BOLTON MEMORIAL HALL FIELD DAY Saturday 22rd June 2019 Bolton Memorial Hall’s annual Field Day was held on Saturday 22rd June. The procession started at Bolton Primary School with a decorated float pulled by a vintage tractor owned and driven by Richard Birkbeck. On board were Rose Queen Sophie Ewbank and her attendants (Lucy Booth, Rosemary Robley, Elsie Austin and Esme Tyson). In addition to Crown Bearers Ollie Allison and Freddie Warman and retiring Rose Queen Ellie Holmes. The fancy dress theme was ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, which led to many fairies, Pucks and Bottoms joining the procession down the village to the Memorial Hall.

The Field Day was officially opened by Linda Taylor, who used to live in the village. She judged the fancy dress competition, helped by Joanna, her daughter, which proved a challenge thanks to the imaginative costumes the participants had created.

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The Retiring Rose Queen Ellie Holmes crowned this year’s Rose Queen Sophie Ewbank; Lucy Booth presented both the opener and Rose Queen with a gift.

This year there were also dance performances by the Bolton Sword Dancers, a group of villagers who gave an amazing one off performance, and was followed

by 3 dances by Bolton Primary School, which were thoroughly enjoyed by all.

There were many stalls manned by members of the community, including the ‘Find a fairy’ treasure hunt map competition and an all day BBQ with meats from Low Howgill butchers from Appleby.

Villagers were pleased to welcome once again Enrico Mendace, a visitor from Vobbia, Italy, Bolton’s twin village, who brought local Italian delicacies to taste.

Bolton WI continued the popular tradition of providing tea and scones in the Village Hall and drinks and cake on the field.

This year’s other competitions included a family potato race, which proved a popular alternative to previous years’ activities.

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The children’s sports, sponsored

by T J Ewbank Ltd (Firewood & Agricultural Contractors), had a great turn out on the sunny afternoon.

At the event, over £2,200 was raised for hall funds, to help with ongoing running costs, repairs and maintenance. The committee would like to thank everyone who supported the field day in anyway, especially those who entered the competitions, made donations and volunteered their time to set up and run the event.

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Well I never...! ...and so we are in July! Long hot days, balmy nights and clear skies: perhaps! Let’s ‘make no bones about it’ we may have to ‘run the gauntlet’ of the odd heavy downpour but perhaps there’ll be a ‘turn up for the books’ and we will have sunshine all the way!

To ‘make no bones’ about something is a phrase that is still in fairly common usage but what are its origins? This saying, which means to be honest, direct and perfectly clear is often though to be related to the world of gambling. In the past dice were referred to as ‘bones’ as that is what they were originally made of (animal of course - not human!)

First recorded in the 15th century it meant that the dice didn’t need to be manipulated for a positive outcome when playing games.

Other evidence from the same era seems to point to a more culinary origin. Broth was made with meat stock and vegetables, if the bones were left in the broth and one was found on the spoon it was considered to be unpleasant and issue could be taken for the quality of the soup, however if there were no bones in the broth then there was no cause for complaint and the soup could be enjoyed without the risk (or even running the gauntlet) of finding a bone in each spoonful!

The first assumption that to ‘run the gauntlet’ refers to a covering for the hand is totally incorrect!

The word ‘gauntlet’ in this instance comes from the Swedish word ‘gatlop’ or ‘gatloppe’ which means ‘lane run’.

The expression seems to appear at the time of the 30 Year War (1618 -48), where the ‘gatlop’ referred to a passage between two files of soldiers or sailors. As a form of punishment the soldiers forming the tunnel would be armed with sticks, rods, whips and thongs.

The offending soldier or sailor was made to run between the ranks as he was beaten and hit by his comrades who used as much force as they felt the crime deserved!

In modern usage it now refers to someone who feels attacked on all sides while trying to resolve a situation or in broader terms to take a chance or risk.

The phrase a ‘turn up for the books’ meaning a piece of good

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luck or good fortune when perhaps expecting the worst once again looks to the world of horse racing for its origins. The book in this instance refers to the record of bets laid on a race and is kept by the ‘bookmaker’ otherwise known as the bookie. On a good day at the races when something unexpected turns up i.e. the favourite does not win, the bookie will be making a profit; with the books showing an upward turn.

Until next time...enjoy the summer sunshine!

References: PARKINSON, J. Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pyjamas.

London:Michael O’Mara Books Ltd. 2009 REES, N. Cassell’s Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins.

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How Are You Managing Performance Introduction Do you talk to your employees about your expectations and monitor their performance, or just let them get it on with their job as things seem to be going well enough? Do you give them feedback, praise them for what’s going well and discuss any areas requiring improvement and agree how they might achieve your expectations?

Well, if the answer is no to some or all of the above, you might want to think about introducing some basic performance management processes that could be useful for everyone and encourage even better performance from your employees.

After all, better performance is likely to lead to better results for your business.

If you employ staff, you really need to ensure they are clear what is expected of them. People are key to the success of any organisation, so it’s worth investing a bit of time and effort in them. Managers are key to this and should have the skills and confidence to have regular conversations with their reportees about how they are performing and how performance can be maintained or improved.

How does Performance Management work?

Performance management should be ongoing and involve different activities and processes that support what your organisation aims to achieve. Whilst any processes should be applied consistently across your organisation, they should also be sufficiently flexible that they can be tailored to individuals; a ‘one size fits all’ approach may not be helpful when employees carry out different roles and have different learning styles.

Within any organisation, however, performance management generally starts with the organisation setting out what it aims to achieve (strategic objectives), which then cascade down and are 12 • EdenLocal

translated into objectives for departments, teams and individuals. Any objectives should be agreed and clearly understood by everyone.

Once objectives are agreed, regular discussions should take place between managers and their staff, so that feedback can be given in a timely way and any challenges or problems discussed and resolved as soon as possible. Formal reviews should also take place at agreed points throughout the year. In addition to regular discussions, I would advise holding a formal annual appraisal with a formal mid-year review.

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Why Learning and Development is part of Performance Management Many organisations believe performance management is simply about reviewing past performance. Whilst this is an important part of the process, it is equally important to offer opportunities and interventions that enable improved performance and allow employees to develop. Regular discussions about performance will enable employees to reflect on their experiences and give them an opportunity to identify useful learning and development interventions that may assist them in their role.

This discussion usually forms part of annual appraisals and formal reviews.

What about Appraisals?

Performance appraisals are a key part of performance management as they principally enable managers to assess an employee’s performance. Appraisals are often carried out annually, however, it is important that appraisals or reviews are carried out more regularly. This makes the assessment process and giving feedback more effective. It also means that employees don’t get any surprises at the appraisal, for example, being told at the end of the year they are not achieving the required standard in a certain area, when they should have been informed sooner and given an opportunity to improve.

A good appraisal will normally allow for the following: • The opportunity to review and discuss past performance – targets/objectives • The opportunity to assess what has gone well • The opportunity to assess what could have gone better • The setting of new targets/objectives • A discussion around any learning and development interventions that may be relevant • A discussion around the employee’s

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PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY

17-25 Making the Move

By Emily Quinn

it’s the best thing we could’ve done at this point in our lives.

We were both ready to move on and take on all those little jobs your parents do for the first 20 years of your life without even realising they’re doing them. It’s only now I realise just how much they’ve really done and how much money they’ve put into me to get me where I am. And I am honestly so grateful!

Previously I touched on the stresses of the impossible task of trying to find a flat in Penrith as a young person. Me and my partner have spent months trying to find somewhere. We looked at four flats, all very different, and all not that reasonably priced.

However, we have finally found one and have moved into our new place. If finding somewhere wasn’t stressful enough, moving everything in and all the phone calls you have to make to sort everything out is a whole new ball game!

our position is to take all the help you can get from friends and family in making the transition.

We have been very lucky with all the support we’ve had. For a couple like ourselves, renting was the best option, but you have to think about all the extra costs too. You’ve got council tax, water bills, electric bills, gas bills, the cost of internet and television, and finally, living on top of that (costs such as food).

Not to mention that you’ve got the additional cost of filling an unfurnished flat!

My advice to any young person in

Apart from the stress of it all,

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We’ve also been lucky enough that friends have given us various bits and pieces temporarily until we can afford furniture. But within the space of a week we have sorted everything. If you get your head down, do all that paperwork and make all those calls, it’s all out of the way and it takes such a huge weight off your shoulders.

Then, when it comes to a nighttime and you’re in your kitchen making your dinner, you appear in awe of just how amazing this independence is.

Having your own place for me is like having two homes. This is where you live, eat, sleep, chill, but when my partner is working a long day and I’m here, I can go home and be with my family or they can come round here and it’s so nice because nothing has really changed. Just now I

have a place I can call mine. It’s weird having to tell your parents to take their shoes off at the door! I know they’re proud though. We’ve taken a lot on doing this, but it was the perfect time to do it. I don’t go back to uni for my final year until the end of September, so working part-time I can get a lot sorted to ease the pressure of it all.

No fast food for us is a bit of a challenge.

Haha! It’s not so bad when you’re choosing and making your meals because you can have what you fancy. We can spend £20 on a takeaway for one night or get three days of shopping for the same price. It has made us realise just how much money we have been wasting all this time. My only real issue with food at the moment is I have realised how much I’ve taken my mum’s cooking for granted. I miss her risotto!

For anyone else going through this massive change or even thinking about it, it’s not scary, it’s exciting, and it’s important to remember that you’re not alone in doing it. The estate agent that helped us with the transition was very good. They made sure we understood everything and took their time to make our move smooth for us. Our landlord has also been amazing. We are very lucky to have such a lovely landlord. We arrived at our new place to Prosecco! We also get the odd text here and there wishing us luck, asking how we’re getting on, asking whether we need a hand with anything. It’s made it a lot easier for us having all these people around us being so supportive.

It’s so nice doing the homely touch to make it your own and bring that bit of home to your new home. Home comforts really have made this whole thing a lot easier. My last little bit of advice for people in our situation would be to enjoy it and make the most of it. It’s a massive step in your life and an important one too.

Have fun in what you do and get the boring stuff out the way. Don’t let things drag and get the dreary phone calls and forms out of the way as soon as you can so you can enjoy yourself.

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LOCAL EVENTS

Wow - What a Great Show.

By John Slee

Glorious weather, a record crowd and the high standard of entries all created the perfect atmosphere for a truly memorable show. The picturesque location at `Hutton-inthe-Forest’ was the setting for the 125th annual show - a very special milestone which was celebrated in style.

As the overnight clouds cleared, the fine sunny weather provided a perfect backdrop as the car parks rapidly filled to see the field come alive. People came from all over the world and the overwhelming response was ‘everybody is so friendly - what a fantastic family day out’.

Competition was intense in the livestock lines with the Agricultural Champion of Champions going to N E Slack for his Heifer, Any Breed or Cross (Commercial Cattle) whilst the overall Horse & Pony Championship was won by nine year old Darcie Dhillon and her pony Sandboro Love Child.

Photo By Daisy Quinn Elsewhere on the field, the crowds enjoyed the large industrial marquee, several Dog shows, a record Poultry tent, Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling and the outstanding parade of vintage vehicles - one of the largest at any show.

The new field layout adopted during the heatwave of 2018 proved popular again with lots of shade being provided for the cattle and sheep. Elsewhere over 200 trade exhibitors displayed a wide variety of goods. Of particular note was the spectacular and ever growing taste@Skelton food festival with every sort of local food and drink available as well as several cookery demonstrations. The craft and gift tents proved a hit as did the wide variety of entertainment on offer.

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The Fell Pony Society provided two interesting displays - the first telling the history of our

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native ponies and the part they played as work horses before the days of mechanisation and the second being a musical ride demonstrating the agility of both horse and rider.

The Ullswater Community College Wolves Cheer Leaders, revelling in their recent success in becoming National champions, gave two fast moving and lively gymnastic displays whilst the Cumberland Farmers Foxhounds paraded their pack and invited children to meet the hounds.

Finaly, the show would not be possible without the support of hundreds of volunteers who give freely of their time - sincere thanks to all the committee, stewards, exhibitors and most importantly the public for turning out in their thousands to make our 125th show truly special something that will go down in the record books as one of the best shows ever!

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LOCAL EVENTS

Traditional values and innovative ideas

By Lee Quinn I could not resist, therefore, jumping in the deep end and making an additional contribution to the Skelton Show and presenting an idea to the committee, given it was the 125th Show. Whilst I have attended quite a few Skelton Shows, as I discovered on talking to committee members past and present, what I found after I had presented my idea which was accepted, was that I had entered the unknown! Within a very short period of time, however, I would come out the other end with my head spinning, which is a short conclusion of what I am trying to say.

Having had an insight into the Skelton Show, I would now describe it as a massive, well-oiled engine, driven by so many components, that are the commitment of individuals, families and organisations. It will continue to evolve whilst many of its roots date back to that first show in Skelton in 1880. For this year’s 125th Skelton Show, I got a snapshot and an opportunity to meet and talk to just some of the people behind the show in the last and in this century.

At the start of 2019 and at the end of the Skelton Show in 2018, when Eden FM packed up and drove out of the show ground, we knew like many exhibitors and visitors on that day that we, as a local organisation, would be returning the first weekend of July in 2019.

The result of this short project I hope is just the start of something bigger, as I barely touched the surface in the time I had, but I did get to document, print and publish it. As a ‘hard copy’, ‘The Skelton 125th Show’ Brochure, which is online to read at www. cumbrianlocal.co.uk is available by emailing info@ cumbrianlocal.co.uk

What I hadn’t planned for but regularly happens, is me taking on more rather than less, as I don’t like to say no to people and I love going the extra mile for them and doing favours for individuals and organisations. It’s a bit of a soft spot of mine! My ear is constantly being bent by family and friends about these moments I have.

In the 2017/18 football season, as a volunteer, when Penrith AFC needed a hand with creating their match day programme, it’s something I knew I wouldn’t do by halves. Without Chris at Penrith Posters and Mrs Q checking the text as she always does, it wouldn’t have happened. May and June of this year were also unbelievably busy as you will see through the evidence in print for this month’s Eden Local.

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PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY

The week that changed my life!

By Finlay Scott As a year 10 student at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, I had to locate a suitable work experience placement to hopefully give me some idea of what working life will be like once I finish my education.

At 15 I had no idea what I would like to do, be good at and/or enjoy, so was stumped at what field to venture into. I remember speaking with mum about my career options and felt quite anxious by my own indecision; where my peers seemed to have made up their minds on a chosen path.

I had my interests but struggled to see how this could be incorporated into any future aspirations. Eventually I decided upon some form of journalism because I enjoy researching subjects, history and news. Due to my love of music, I decided to try for a radio station to get some insight into what this type of work might entail.

My main reasons for picking Eden FM where due to my love and pride in the local community. I had also listened to the station regularly in the car with dad and really enjoyed the refreshing mix of both music and chat relevant to people in the Eden area.

Whilst I enjoy listening to the radio, I wasn’t sure about being a presenter myself because I thought everything would be so complicated and presenting on live radio would be too terrifying.

On the Saturday morning, I came in expecting to be shown around, sitting there taking in information and making notes. Little did I know; I was about to go live on air!!!

I came into the studio half asleep

and incredibly nervous to be greeted by Steve, who was up and raring to go at 8 in the morning.

He instantly put me at ease and that very morning I did my first 2 hours on air with him. Despite the nerves I was amazed by the buzz it gave me and felt a new enthusiasm I never knew existed.

After that morning, Lee and I discussed the plan for my week and his vision for me to work towards hosting the Friday drive home show unassisted. It felt very daunting to be given such responsibility but the spark of excitement the morning show had given me meant I was determined to do it.

To my surprise, on Monday Lee was happy for me to host both the morning and afternoon shows unaccompanied. I found it difficult to speak on air and how to start a conversation to the audience (because you can’t see who you are talking to) so I kept a lot of my talk to purely introducing the songs and bands but already I could feel my confidence and enjoyment growing.

My next show was the Tuesday morning breakfast slot with Pam. 7am start when I’m so not a natural morning person but I was still keen to do it and see how another presenter worked.

Pam was amazing and like Steve, so natural in front of the mic whilst also helping me to feel more relaxed. She taught me how to have that “one sided” conversation with the audience

and whether it was delivering information and updates or just general chat to make the listeners smile, it began to feel more organic.

As I progressed through the week, I became increasingly more confident in front of the mic. I spent time at home researching topics and tunes, whilst my time on air putting my own personal spin on presenting. I felt I was in my element behind the desk, being able to play the music I wanted and hopefully put in enough diversity to appeal to the variety of listeners.

By the time I got to my Friday show

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EDEN FM I felt relaxed, comfortable and eager to do more. I could not have predicted at the start of the week, how much experience I would gain let alone how much enjoyment it would give me.

After finishing my placement, mum and I spoke about how my outlook has changed in this seemingly short period of time. I have gone from not having a clue what I want to do when I leave education to having new focus. My life has gone from being the same monotonous cycle of school, home and out with friends to having a purpose for which I feel motivated and excited to continue.

Lee has very kindly proposed a regular slot hosting outside of my curriculum-based experience and I cannot wait to take up this offer.

I now wish to further my learning in the field and for the first time, feel excited for what the future might bring.

This very special opportunity has left me raring to host and co-present with Eden FM and I feel privileged to have met and worked with such an amazing group of people.

I’ve already started devising future show itineraries and themes and have an upcoming Peel session with my dad planned for the not too distant future so watch this space!

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An Open Door

By Lee Quinn

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As a part of a policy we have had in place as a community radio station, we have always maintained this simple point that we have an open door. Anyone who would like to come in and have that radio experience is welcome to try. Since we launched back in 2010 as a company with an idea to the first time we switched on for the first time in November 2010 like Finlay on the opposite page, a lot of the future generation of radio aged 8 to early 20’s have stepped through the doors at Eden FM. There are a number of roots in, for both my daughters I suppose with my involvement over almost 15 years my passion for music and my work in communication has influence this in some ways but whilst we all hear that expression ‘The Youth of Today’ which can be followed or preceded with my words from my point of view it’s been ‘The youth of today is our tomorrow and our future’.

Finlay’s story shows how that experience can be enjoyed, when students come in after the form filling in and checks with the schools and colleges we work with. I like to interview them with one of their parents, both or guardian because meeting a stranger is one thing but walking into a radio station is quite an eye opener, but its procedures, rules, transparency and Governance is quite a step up at the level of security we have and the things we have to have in place. Meeting Finlay’s dad I knew then was also quite an experience and I also looking to his radio debut in the future.

These things aren’t planned but as an organisation, we have to be creative, very active in the community but also a very well organised team of volunteers to do what we do. We work with a lot of people of which a majority are paid and in a salaried position. In the early days when we switch we had 2-3 people in a team of over 20 who had radio experience, in that they had actually been on radio before. Here in Cumbria radio presenters are not in an endless supply. Like many of the resources we have around us these skills the development we instil at an early age has to be cultivated and nurtured so they enjoy and remember the experience which as you see from Finlay’s story literally blew him away.

The youth behind Eden FM is just one element that on a equal level to the those

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with the experience they work with. There many competency in the framework of not just being a presenter on Eden FM but being a member of a team. But it’s not just a team, it’s a group of people aged currently 15 up as we say plus 65 and in the 24 hour clock that the radio is on 24 hours a day everyday of the year some presenters might not see another presenter for weeks or months. The day after writing this article I’ll be sitting at the studios talking to another lad with his Dad who’s 17 and at 6th Form. Its that interview in preparation for the following week of work experience.

Gearing up for ‘In Bloom’ 2019

Gearing up for ‘In Bloom’ 2019

After a successful year in 2018, when Penrith gained many prestigious regional and national ’in bloom’ awards, the Town is gearing up for the 2019 competitions.

Cumbria in Bloom judges will visit Penrith on 9th July, while Britain in Bloom judges will tour the Town on 2nd August. They will assess horticultural and environmental achievements as well as the level of community participation.

Penrith Town Council is absolutely delighted to be co-

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Eden FM. We surrounded by a lot of media journalist now, so radio is one entity, TV, Internet etc but importantly writing a report, having it printed and published which will be posted through thousands of doors locally, whilst also seeing it published and available online to the world to read.

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Taking part in the ‘in Bloom’ competitions pro initial impetus for residents and businesses in Dockray to come together and make the bes immediate area. At the outset, the group ado flower beds and added extra flower planters. how well these efforts turned out, the group raise community pride even higher by approa Richard 111 Society for information to enable combine heritage and horticultural Eden themes ar The best rates in advertising, with the best distribution for local business • 23 medieval King, who lived at Penrith Castle an Local

Well now, that’s something that Finlay will have forever as an experience of the local media platform we’ve created with our local radio and publication business, which is now in Finlay’s portfolio, joining 100’s of young people that whatever career he chooses he can share that experience at interview with someone as not just and experience but an opportunity he had and he took it and proved to himself how much can be achieve in a very short time. He has joined the local group that with two groups of volunteers, every month either present on the radio or write an article and some as you know do both.

My wife and I away from our radio experience and writing set up our own Management Consultancy in 1994. Working with Global, national and local businesses as well as public sector organisations and authorities. The business was based on creating the right environment to get the best out of the key resource an organisation has. Our concept of Building Teams for bright Futures still remains today. Most of our work today is based in the North of England and the borders.

Eden FM is the second Community Radio which I have been involved in as a founder and someone who pulls rabbits out of hats to keep these projects on track. The strength of any organisation is in the team not the leader and even as a bunch of volunteers unfortunately we have to endure the risks that come with being a part of a powerful element in communication, which for some takes beyond the enjoyment but becomes obsession, control and an ego that can sway out of control. This makes the responsibilities of the team and the senior team at sometimes needing to be at and asserting themselves at a level in order to protect a community station like anyone would protect a a business.

especially who think they are above the law. Some would say, no crime has been committed, I tend to take a view that prevention from crime and protection of individuals comes first. But we all have our views.

It’s my third experience of this in community radio, but one of many I have witnessed in business and seen when individuals, with a need for power choose an organisation and target it for self-gain and power.

Many responded to our statement online as advised by the Cumbria Constabulary to release. Not everyone is online, which is something I always when writing in the Eden Local so here is the statement. It’s not for me to dwell on the matter but be humbled by the support of people and the businesses and organisations that support Eden FM in the messages they have sent.

It’s a blend I suppose of fake and old news now and in the words of a well-known film and fantastic actor I’ll quote “and that’s all I have say about that” One of my favourites ‘Starts every cloud’ and since switching on full time with a five year community radio station licence whilst people still ask why they can’t listen to Eden FM on 107.5 FM not a long way out of Penrith but also struggle to hear us in the town behind walls over a foot thick. We hope to have some good news, which will involve more work with community groups and better communication across the Eden Valley. What follows is a statement from Ofcom released on their website.

And as for that door well we hope to be opening even more doors in the future, building on the support we have which is growing every day.

On the 12th June into the early hours of the 13th June for the 2nd time in its history Eden FM experienced the ugly misfortune of someone literally trying to destroy it and the people that are behind it today and those that have been working with it since its conception. The actions taken by one individual cause a lot of upset but as many of these situation we have in life, it trigger a reminded of just how strong the Eden FM team is, how professional it was in how reacted under this situation which was like a family and its friends would.

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Radio broadcast update June 2019 Coverage improvement and extension requests During 2018, Ofcom invited community radio stations to submit requests for coverage improvements and extensions if they wished. During the last month the services listed below have had their requests provisionally agreed, subject to the new technical arrangements going through our usual formal clearance process (this includes Ofcom liaising with a number of outside agencies before changes can be implemented).

Coverage extensions agreed: See the invitation to apply (PDF, 325.1 KB) for the range of factors we take into account when considering these requests (in particular, paragraphs 2.46-2.49).

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Penrith town and key villages in the rural areas around

Extended licence area

Penrith, Appleby and Kirkby Stephen and the surrounding rural area Significant increase in the licensed area: An extension via a relay to add Appleby and Kirkby Stephen to the licence was AGREED. Ofcom considered that the change would amount to a large increase in the licensed area, but not a significant increase. We considered that there were clear relationships and affinities between the locations, which are all in the Eden Valley.

Exceptional circumstances: Ofcom did not need to consider whether there were ‘exceptional circumstances’ to justify an increase in this case.

Other considerations:

Reasons for agreeing to the extension

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One relay transmitter would facilitate an extension into Appleby, Kirkby Stephen and the rural area around all three towns (including Penrith). (A null to the northeast will help ensure there is little overspill into other areas.)

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FM frequency availability is less problematic in Cumbria than in many other parts of the UK, and the ‘opportunity cost’ is considered to be low (the use of an additional frequency is unlikely to impact on commercial or community radio licensing). Due to the local terrain, a power increase at the Penrith site would not achieve the desired area extension.

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The adult population of the area served by the existing service is very low (16,133); while the percentage increase to the population is high, the adult population served with the new relay will be 30,549. This was still considered to be a modest figure. However, any increase in the population served by the service will help make the station more viable, in particular in its ability to recruit more volunteers.

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Eden FM’s application highlighted the benefits of improved communication between towns and villages across the wider area.

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Eden FM already “spends many hours away from its studio” working with people in different parts of the Eden Valley. It has plans to facilitate access for programme contributors, without them having to travel to the current studios in Penrith. Eden FM considers that “The future of radio is [dependent] on reaching people and giving people access to radio in the community”.

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The extended area would not overlap with any other community radio stations.

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A second relay to serve Carlisle was not agreed.

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Shedding some light on the litter

By Lee Quinn Engaging with the community and sharing what we know and what people out there want is something we continue to do as a community magazine. We have received a number of letters since offering this out to the community to write in.

On receiving the information, I then find out more by meeting the person, talking to them on the phone, or for some I offer them the option of talking about it on Eden FM Radio. Anything to help raise the profile or importance of what they do or are trying to achieve for the good of the community. Recently I received an email from Roger and Kay Pickett of the Penrith Litter Group. There is more than one group or organisation locally based, which as volunteers do their best to keep their town or village tidy. As Roger put it to me, as a group they do talk a lot of rubbish! The reward in what they do is seeing the areas they cover clean from litter.

Roger has very kindly offered this number, 01768 895794 for people to call if they would like to help and be a part of their group. Here is the letter from Roger and Kay Pickett

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Hello Mr. Quinn.

Having read the correspondence in the latest edition of Eden Local, regarding litter issues, we thought to let you know that Penrith area has had a litter picking group for the past 4½ years. We are the current co-ordinators and a very enthusiastic group of local residents who either come along to group meets, help at organised events, most recently Penrith Lions' May Day , or litter pick an area of town chosen by them and picked at a frequency they decide.

Rather than answers as to how we solve litter issues, perhaps we can offer the following observations. * We became involved in PLG at its inception, mainly because we found ourselves muttering more and more about the amount of litter and thought rather than mutter any longer, let's DO something to try and alleviate the problem. * Education has a role, both for adults and children/ young adults. There is a percentage of the litter we collect which suggests that it has been discarded by Local football enthusiast is all set to clean up in Penrith, Keswick,Carlisle and surrounding areas.

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Jamie was born and bred in the local area, so, as he knows the area really well, he believes there will be a strong demand for his services.

Oven Wizards have provided Jamie with comprehensive training which will enable him to professionally clean all sorts of makes and models of ovens.

As well as Penrith, Keswick and Carlisle Jamie also covers Kendal, Appleby, Ambleside and surrounding areas Jamie will be at Morrison’s, Brunswick Road, Penrith to launch his business early in August, so why not go along and see him there. You can also contact Jamie on 01768 868336 and 07437 582583 or visit his website, www.ovenwizards. com/cumbria

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Its Pick your own Raspberry time 2019 children/young people. Whilst plastic pollution has, rightly been given prominence, it should be realised, that ALL litter has the potential to be harmful to both our environment and wildlife. * With education may come a culture that dropping litter isn't a good thing to do.

During the period of time we've been involved, we have experienced a wide range of attitudes that people have to litter. This ranges from people thanking us for our efforts, to views expressed that "it's the council that should do more, what do I pay my taxes for?"

Managing litter issues, we think, is an integral piece in the fuller picture of us all caring for our local environment and planet. Just maybe, if others see you picking up a piece of litter and disposing of it properly, if done frequently enough, it may catch on.

Just a thought...........

Regards, Roger & Kay Pickett.

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Penrith Litter

With regards to many of the points raised in the letter and much of the conversation I had with Roger, we believe it’s important to have a linked approach as opposed to an individual group or party approach. We discussed the potential of what should happen next. In simple, public engagement and discussion lead by the people. Please write in and tell us your thoughts on this.

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Pause, rewind and play it again

By Lee Quinn see that moment and you think, did I see that. Some else jumps out of their chair as is that? No surely not.

You pause, you go back and you play it again and there it is that moment someone you know right in the middle of it all in the audience. A proud mum with her daughter just soaking up that atmosphere and banking a memory for ever.

Well I couldn’t resist sharing what we saw and asking Jill Fawcett to share with us all.

Mum and Megan By Jill Fawcett Our darling daughter Megan was diagnosed with a Brain Tumour when she was 2 years old, over the years she’s had countless operations, as well as 24 months of chemotherapy. Unfortunately the tumour has affected her vision and she is now registered blind.

It was one of those moments and thanks to the technology you can not only pause your TV to make a cuppa tea, or take a break as a result of the first or second cuppa. Or you pause the TV to take a phone call from a non BGT fan, in the middle of the show.

These just some examples you have by pausing you do have a number of bonuses one you can fast forward through the ad breaks but the other like quite a few people I image saw in Penrith and the areas around might have been what we saw. It’s a bit of a routine watching Britain’s Got Talent. This year the semi finals were watched by around 6 million per night on average. For the finals one agencies suggests 8 million though one is quoted at 9.6 and at its peak time as 10.6 million.

Imagine being watched by that amount of people?

So we settled in for our BGT evening and then you

Megan has achieved so much in her life despite all this, she is a 6th form student at UCC, she flew though her GCSES and was one of the highest achievers in her year, this is absolutely amazing considering how much school she has missed over the years and with her poor vision.

An absolute delight Megan never complains, she’s got such a great outlook and zest for life she is always cheerful and smiling and has just been picked to be Deputy Head Girl at school.

Megan loves Britain's Got Talent and we entered a competition which was run by Calums Cabin which is a charity who support children and their families living with cancer by letting them go and stop in one of their beautiful holiday homes on the Isle of Bute.

We were lucky enough to win the two tickets to attend the semi finals at The Apollo theatre in London, we had the most fantastic time and Megan said it was a dream come true, they gave us extra special seats and really looked after us.

(That for me is priceless TV) - Lee Quinn

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More letters to the editor

By Lee Quinn Firstly, I would like to say please keep these coming in.

Our letter from Stephen Clarke in May started the ball rolling on letter concerns. Also in the May edition of your Eden Local, Helen Ingram wrote about Parking.

To add to Parking, in the June Eden Local we featured ‘Barking about Parking’ and we had a letter from Kristina Brathwaite. I have since then received an invitation to discuss this with a member of the County Council who represents an area of Penrith which I will feature in the August Eden Local. Regarding those people sharing their views on parking, it is just one part of how we deal with vehicle movement. There are several other matters relating to the movement of traffic in and around Penrith and other roads in Eden.

What comes next? Well this could be a number of things. For example, more people sharing their views would be good. Whilst the letters have reached thousands of homes and hundreds of businesses via the Eden Local and they’ve been read by thousands of readers, the letters shared make some valid points, but how many more reading these letters won’t write or pick up the phone and call me to share their thoughts?

Public engagement to make things change or improve them is so important, but so few take part when the opportunity arises. To take things forward, these valid points need momentum, so whilst it’s encouraging and positive that people do share their thoughts, we need more people to share their thoughts.

More residents, more businesses, including all demographics.

I will be aiming to orchestrate a meeting and a live debate on Eden FM in the Autumn. In next month’s Eden local we’ll be setting a date for debate. So, there will be more to do over the summer. Please keep the letters coming in on the Car parking and other concerns regarding traffic issues. These could be related to speed limits, congestion, people consistently parking on double yellow lines outside schools, in town and parking across people’s drives.

The trouble appears to be some people not only have no respect for the road markings or the residents, but they also ignore the fact that they are consistently putting pedestrians’ lives at danger and if it’s a school, it’s an accident waiting to happen.

I see it every day and I have for almost ten years.

The County Council on the odd occasion have a community officer asking people to move and they

might when parked outside a school or on double yellow lines, but they are not there every day. But every day there are people who park where they want.

In town if you park on a double yellow line you get a ticket. If your parking disc runs out you get a ticket.

Nobody dies and no one’s life is threatened. On the estates outside schools, some on bends which are used as a rat run to cut through town, it appears to be acceptable, well it must be because it’s been happening for that many years and no one appears to care.

Whose responsibility is it and why can’t it simply be stopped as it is illegal? Problems like just dealing with the situation is the problem as far as I see it.

But there are no tickets on cars and no fines, so it’s all acceptable. Everyone knows it happens so it’s Okay. Well, it’s not. I will say it again; someone is responsible and accountable for this potential accident waiting to happen.

What do you think? What do the people think when they are asked to move and they say ‘I’ll only be 5 minutes’, or ‘2 minutes’. How many seconds does it take to obscure the view of a child crossing the road due to an illegally park vehicle. Well, before you get to read this, I will be putting this email to my local councillor. Hopefully in next month’s issue I’ll be able to give you all an update.

Meanwhile, we have picked up on the litter this month thanks to Roger. It’s another debate and more information is needed. This also overlaps with rubbish that we think we can recycle but in actual fact we can’t, and when we do, it contaminates the recycling.

Can you share your thoughts on recycling, what you recycle and where it goes? How about this question?

How many gallons of water do we waste washing our recycling and how much does it cost us to clean something which potentially could just be incinerated or buried in the ground?

And finally, I had an email from Peter Shearer. In fact I had a couple and I’m looking forward to meeting Peter to talk about seagulls. Well, he has some interesting facts going back to 2014 on the gull population, which for me was intriguing, some of this compiled by local bird watchers. Between this issue and the August issue of Eden Local, we’ll be talking facts and figures about our seagull population and the reason why they are here. It seems it’s not the food, in fact it appears that research shows that limiting the supply of food may not deter them.

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LOCAL BUSINESS

James Pittam Health and Fitness When the winners were announced James Pittam Health and Fitness were given the accolade of :The Best Fitness Business in Northern England And The Best Overall Business in Northern England What an achievement for Company owner and Health & Fitness Director James Pittam, who founded his Company 17 years ago.

Former serving Royal Marines Commando James would like to thank all our clients, friends, family and partner for supporting him and voting for us, but most of all his fantastic team that work so hard and provide the best service not only in the Eden Valley and Cumbria, but in The North Of England in the Health & Fitness sector.

In March, earlier this year, James Pittam Health and Fitness were delighted to receive two awards, namely, Best Fitness Business in Cumbria and Best Penrith Business. Further to that we were then invited to enter the Grand Final of The England’s Business Awards. This was held at York Race Course on Sunday 26th June 2019 where we competed against 6 other regions and around 70 other Businesses.

James has steered the company from being a one man band Personal Trainer and Massage Therapist in 2002, to a multi-faceted one stop Health & Wellbeing shop with a Team of highly specialised Consultants who offer a wide range services including Personal Training, Chiropody/Podiatry, Sports Therapy, Remedial Sports Massage, Physiotherapy, Military Circuits, Food Intolerance Testing and our latest venture Education. Anyone keen to enter into Fitness can do so by enrolling onto one of our courses.

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LOCAL SPORT

The Underdogs of Division 3

by Lee Quinn Yes, I love football and in the 2018/19 season I travelled a few thousand miles to watch the team I support, whilst also putting on my boots for the first time in 7 years locally, whilst having the full intention of playing regularly every Wednesday night with the Eden Valley Vets at Newton Rigg. What a great bunch of lads they are.

Towards the end of the 2018/19 season, I was asked to look at a local side, the Penrith Saints FC. Formed in 2008, they currently play in the James Cropper Westmorland Association Football League, Division three. So, I went to watch them training for one hour on Tuesday nights at Newton Rigg.

I then watched a couple of games.

They were rooted to the bottom of the league and, at this stage, they had won only one match. An opportunity arose on a weekend when there was no football, so I took the lads for a 2-hour training session.

With three matches left to play, the lads won one, they drew one and they lost one. I saw this as a positive, just like I saw many positives in the two-hour training session, but I also noticed potential. They finished bottom of the Division table again. In fact, for many seasons they have finished bottom of the table. I made a simple but clear suggestion to the lads and that was that in order to play 90 minutes, you have to train for at least 120 minutes. They were training at that time for 60 minutes on a 1/3 of an astro-turf pitch on a Tuesday night.

So, I agreed to take it on. It was over 12 years since I’d completed my level One FA coaching qualification and a while since I

Photo by Daisy Quinn had helped out with coaching. The opinion was they needed someone on the line to shout at them, which I did in those games I saw at the end of the 2018/19 Season. So where do you start?

Fitness was the biggest challenge.

The team were motivated, but they were short in numbers and not consistent in having a regular team. From the end of the season, a number of the lads continued to play to keep fit. At the end of May, I officially joined the team.

Over the coming months, whether you like your footy or not, just like Eden Local followed Penrith AFC for many months, this season it’s at the grass roots of football with the Penrith Saints FC. At the time of writing this update, we are in the second week of July, which is week seven of pre-season training.

The team train for 2 hours on grass Tuesdays and Thursdays. I selected 10 opponents for pre-season matches.

On Saturday 29th June, Penrith Saints played First Division Kirkby Stephen. Previously in a preseason friendly they lost 11- 1. The final score was 9 - 5 to KS. Next up in the following week was Ullswater United, who last season beat the Saints 11 – 0 in both meetings.

The final score was 4 – 2 to Ullswater. The Saints haven’t yet won in their pre-season start, but they came off the pitch as winners not losers, because for them they had seen a change. Next up is Greystoke. We’ll have a full update on the Pre-season preparation.

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