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Welcome to the 12th edition of Eden Local. It’s our first massive benchmark in completing our first year. The November edition I hope will be something a bit special to celebrate the first birthday of Eden Local. Launching the publication back in 2010 required a lot of commitment financially from local businesses and in the November 2011 edition, there will be a collection of thoughts and feedback from many of the local businesses who signed up for a community magazine, which at the time, let’s face it, did not exist. They had no idea what it would look like or if it would last, but importantly to them, would the magazine generate them business? Well most of them I’m pleased to say, are still on board and have committed to year two.

To our readers picking up the magazine, which comes through their door, we would like to hear from you about your thoughts on your free Eden Local community magazine. Of course the magazine was only first launched to CA11 7 and CA11 8. It wasn’t until May 2011 that the magazine distribution increased to over 15,000 and commenced delivery to CA11 9, CA11 0 and CA10 1. If you would like a back Follow us issue of any publication, these are available and all on facebook the publications including the ‘Eating in Eden Guides’ Managing your employees performance

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From Cattle to Cars 6&7 The total distribution including supplements in the The dirty carrots are back

8 first year will be around 163,500, but with increases Le Creuset offer at Sands Cookshop 9 planned and the additional publications being launched in the first 4 months of this 2nd Eden Local year, the Eden House of Halloween 10 distribution will be estimated at 86,500, which I don’t Sizzling offers at the Kings Arms 10 mind sharing with you includes all of CA10, CA11, CA16, Traditional Breed, Traditional Taste 11 CA17 and parts of CA4, with further a field distributions Local Food, Unlimited Choice 12 planned and other publication projects. There will be Cooking the Books – Full Circle 13 more about this in the November issue, meanwhile it’s Peaks and Path ways – Nick Wells 14 a welcome to our new customers and a thank you to the Walton family for letting me get in behind the scenes Keeping warm with Penrith Outdoor Pursuits 14 and trace back the history of Jim Walton (pages 6 & 7).

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15 Welcome and thank you to Sands Cookshop for coming The Eden Property Gallery 16 - 17 on board (pages 9 & 13) and it’s a welcome back to Pumpkins Online 18 seasonal customer Lakeland Logs (page 27). This month The Green Dream, with Love Solar

19 we have the ultimate update for Eden FM as we are now It’s your choice, it’s Your Voice in the Community 20 less than two months from the launch (pages 20, 23 and 24). I completed my monthly trips around to local Seasonal Celebrations at Stoneybeck 21 businesses, whilst doing some important work on the Mini centre, big range

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What’s on Eden FM, an insight to the programmes 23-24 Until next month, Off to Luberon at Sandwell 25 Lee Quinn, Editor/Director Eden Local Ltd Mystery Tour and Tinsel 25 One year of advertising for £100 26 Log on this winter 27 Phone: 01768 899111 / 07881 530085 R & S Plant Hire 27 Email: info@edenlocal.co.uk A Successful Season for Penrith CC Girls 28 www.edenlocal.co.uk Excellent Results and a brand New learning centre 29 Autumn Festival 31 Eden Local Notice: Eden Local prints various articles, features, and advertisements. Although these appear

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From Cattle to Cars Here’s a story about a man who has placed his name and his family in front of the community for over 40 years.

Last month, I was invited to write about the history of the Walton family and over the coming months, I will present their business to Eden Local readers. The familiar name to many and local in the Eden area is Jim Walton. Today, he is the name of a Toyota dealership on the Gilwilly Industrial Estate. I met with Alan Walton and discussed where it began. Then to fill any gaps, I met with Ann, his mam, who is still very much involved in keeping an eye on the family business since Jim passed away.

Jim Walton was a part of the family business, which meant cattle back in the 1960s. They lived at Thornycroft Farm, Johnby , near Penrith. When he was old enough, Jim would be on the road in a truck moving cattle about for market, travelling to Cockermouth, Hexham and as Ann recalls, he had to go to Stirling once a week, which meant a two day trip staying overnight on Wednesdays.

Married in January 1968, their first child, Paula came along in the November. From my conversation in tracing back the dates of the business’ history, it was by using the dates of the children’s birthdays that key times in the development of the start of Jim’s passion were recalled, which was buying and selling cars.

He had an idea and with the support of Ann, they took a big step. He had his eye on the future, but in the immediate future, it was a Morris Minor Van, which we reckon was a Series 2. You don’t see many of these

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around today. This vehicle was made from 1962 to 1971.

It was a series A striaght-4, 48hp 0 - 60 mph in about 52 seconds. It had a top speed of 63 mph and would do around 36 miles to the gallon (7.8 litres). Jim knew what he wanted but Tommy Dayson, the owner of the Morris Van, who was also the owner of the Cafe, which was once sited at 1 Castlegate where the Salsa Mexcian Bistro is now, wasn’t sure about selling. He eventually did, but on his terms it was to be advertised in the Herald and if Jim wanted it, he would have to pay the asking price. The Herald traditionally came out on Saturday and Jim popped into to Mary Tweddles newsagents in Castletown on the Friday night and from under the counter acquired a Herald. He made the call and secured the vehicle, but the

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conditions that applied meant that he couldn’t have the vehicle until after the milk run on the Saturday morning! It was around 1970. The first bit of Jim Walton’s stock was acquired, tagged to the time of the birth of James Walton junior and in our family photo, here is Jim and his daughter Paula at Thornycroft a short time later. The stock was to grow.

I looked at some old photos with Alan Walton and we did the naming of the makes of cars like Austin Morris , Ford Escort Mark 1, Consul Classic 315 and what sounds a bit strange today but was traditional then, the Morris Oxford and the Austin Cambridge. My first car was a powder blue 1970 Austin Morris 1300, which cost £175. So from the Prefab building on the farm, which had a pit and a pot belly stove, the business expanded and grew. It then moved early seventies to its landmark site where it traded for over 20 years in Southend Road and the image that we have is a rare scene of the way it was on Southend Road and the Victoria Road site, Penrith. Alan Walton was born in 1972 and what started off as the acquisition of one unit, over the years became many; from one unit to several backing onto the town football ground, as it was then.

To complete the expansion, Jim Walton made one of the biggest decisions for his family business, which back then was a massive change. He linked with a Japanese family by the name of Toyoda. They were a family business, established in the manufacturing of automated weaving looms in Japan who had started automobile production in 1933. The name as we know it now and launched in the UK in the early seventies was Toyota. Unlike today, all the cars were imported from Japan. Jim Walton had to buy them from a stockist, Terry Oates in Willington. Never a straight forward

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purchase in order to buy the Celica model, quite popular in their day, as part of the deal Jim had to buy the Toyota Crown, which was not as popular. This was like the Lexus of its day but ahead of its time. The name Corolla is part of Toyota’s naming tradition of using the name Crown for primary models; the Corona, for example, gets its name from the Latin for crown; Corolla is Latin for small crown; and Camry is an anglicised pronunciation of the Japanese for crown. Japanese cars were to have a massive impact on the UK and the American markets.

The cars came with extras, like heaters and radios, cigarette lighters and other little gadgets. In my discussion with Alan, we talked about some English cars that didn’t have heating, just manually operated vents. One of the additional extras, partly due to climate I should imagine, was that in the late 70s and early 80s, Jim Walton was rust proofing cars, which was a bit like spraying treacle on the bottom of the cars, which meant them having to clean the cars in paraffin to remove any splashes. In 1983, the Walton family had a new arrival, Lisa and in 1984 Stephen arrived.

In 2011, it’s a different story. With the Southend Road development, the family relocated to its site where it celebrated its 40th year back in 2008. The new showroom, service and parts centre at Gilwilly Industrial Estate was officially open in December 2005. Jim Walton

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retired in 2003 due to ill health, which later took him out of the life he loved and the family business that for most of his life was a passion and a profession. Today Alan runs the business with his brothers James and Stephen all working at the Gilwilly Jim Walton site, still having as they have always done, regular meetings of the family business with mam, Ann, every week. Their aim is as it has always been to serve the community and to continue the Walton tradition of selling cars and probably one of the best Japanese cars, which as a brand in 2008, sold 3 times more than its nearest competitor.

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The ‘dirty’ carrots are back at Carleton

It’s been nine months since I was out picking carrots with Neil Hodgson at Carleton Farm, Penrith.

‘Carrots from Carleton’ was the first article I wrote and the start of the year of articles that would follow the work of Neil and his family. Well, the new season has now started.

Back in May, I was out covering the planting. Now 4 months on, the harvest of that preparation and planting has finally arrived. Of course it doesn’t all arrive at once.

The first crop we had in was at the start of the summer with the first and second early potatoes. Some will still be taken out, but the old potatoes that we’ll have for our Sunday roasties are currently still in the ground. Before being pulled, they will be left to grow a bit longer, before hardening up their skins in mother natures store (the ground).

As a child, harvest time for me was as I remember it, once a year. Well it is for the corn, the wheat, the barley and in some areas, with the large supermarkets buying complete farm stocks, the fields are completely emptied and generally taken off to be stored, sometimes for weeks.

Some fruit harvests are stored for much longer.

My re-education of how the cycle of harvest takes place on a small farm is a discovery of when it’s needed.

Take it out of the ground, otherwise leave it in! Of course there comes a time when in the new year, the remainder of the crop is lifted and stored, but as I witnessed once again on this day, we collected two large bags of carrots (about 30 kilos) and a bucket of beetroot, similar to that seen on BBC’s Country File with Neil and that Matt Baker chap. Country File’s story was about the beetroot from Neil’s farm being used to make wine at High Cup Winery at Orton, near Appleby.

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couldn’t resist at 9.30 am. Just popping them open and savouring the moment, we had the odd marrow, but there will be more to follow. I would describe them all as Eden Fresh, succulent and tasty.

But about those carrots! The test and the difference in a dirty carrot compared to a nice bright washed one is that at certain times in the year, we have to go with what we can get. But here is a small challenge. Take the dirty carrot and wash it. That’s the hard part over.

Take one bright orange carrot that basically has done more miles than a month of school runs. Prepare both and try both just as they are.

There will be a distinct taste. One might taste like a carrot and one will taste like a carrot. If you are cooking your carrot, chances are the dirty carrot, now clean, will be ready quicker. But why? It will have a much higher water content and won’t be a dehydrated vegetable prior to cooking, so it won’t need re-hydrating. Although as I read in a recent article, some supermarket carrots, the day after they have been harvested, are hydro-cooled to around two degrees in iced water.

This reduces decay and fungal attack. They are then packed and dispatched to the supermarket depot, which will then eventually arrive at the supermarket store. It will then go into the cold store, until it eventually comes out of the cold chain onto the shelf.

Carleton Farm Shop sells both.

Some people like bright clean looking carrots. The alternative is the ‘dirty’ carrot, hand picked, stored in the ground until they are needed, grown 2 minutes from the shop, just on the edge of Penrith.

Picked on the day, ready for sale the same day and it hasn’t had a hydrobath, it’s dirty!

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Traditional Family Butcher, Traditional Breeds, Traditional Taste About three months ago, we covered the history of the Jackson Family Butchers in the article ‘In Keeping with tradition’. In the article, we mentioned how important it was to the Jackson family to remain traditional. This month we are looking at the quality now being sourced by Jacksons Family Butchers and their continual striving towards creating traditional tastes from the past.

Frank Jackson maintains that for traditional tastes, you need traditional breeds. So what did I find out about Frank’s October choice in sourcing local quality meat?

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In keeping with the search for taste, also sourced this month by Jacksons Family Butchers is Black Hereford Beef, from Bruce Benson, Kettleside Farm, Kettleside. The Hereford breed of cattle developed from the early 1700s, becoming a closed Herd Book in 1878. It is famous for its consistent high quality fleshing from low quality food inputs. It has a unique ability of producing top quality beef naturally from grass and grass related products, that can lead the way to a safer and more secure future for beef producers in this country.

Also sourced by Frank this month is Belted Galloway Beef, from Malcolm Robinson, Skygarth, Temple Sowerby. Also known as Belties, these cattle date back to 1878. Following the foot and mouth crisis, this breed was on the UK Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s watch list and wasn’t taken off the list until 2007. No-one is absolutely certain precisely where the ‘Beltie’ originated from.

The most popular belief is that it resulted from crossing the ancient Galloway with the Dutch Belted cow (the Lakenvelder) in the 17th and 18th centuries when trading links between Britain and the Low countries were at their most lucrative. The distinct and ancient Galloway cattle were in Scotland long before that and originated in the old counties of Kirkcudbright and Wigtown area of south west Scotland.

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Local Food, unlimited choice For many months, thanks to Indiagate we have been sharing the passion, which has been India food. We have traced the origin of the ingredients in what has been almost a year. We have, however, covered most of the signature dishes on the menu and no doubt we will return to Indiagate for new dishes.

The theme for the new year in your Eden Local is going to be is going to be a ‘taste of the community’ covering dishes from around the world, traditional national dishes, traditional Cumbrian dishes unique because the ingredients are purely sourced locally to create a taste, which basically is unique to the region. Although many products can’t be sourced locally the idea is to try and think local first.

I will be calling on local chefs across the county to help develop this regular feature, which when we put it together will underpin the importance of the ‘taste of the community’ using Eden fresh products, Lakeland fresh products and county border products. If you have a local recipe or a family recipe, which you would like to share please give me a call or drop me line (details page 3). In this month’s publication we feature, Orchard feed pork reared locally that will be available from Frank Jackson Family butchers this October. A unique taste and limited supply, we will be featuring this dish and of course with Christmas we will be featuring Highgate Turkeys. Now add into this equation the local fruit and vegetables available from Starfruits and Carleton farm you have a very tasty unique roast. Honey roasted glazed in local honey, and local sourced ingredients for sauces

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Further a field, we’ll have a serving of Greek dishes and French dishes. I’ll be going through my own version of paella and one of my favourite’s, steak and kidney stroganoff.

Many dishes from around the world with that Cumbrian twist featuring stronly. In recent travels I got to sample a local sausage, marinated in a local beer served up on a barbeque served in a climate 36 degrees, may be its a start towards a Cumberland sausage casserole served below zero Its all about food made in a Cumbrian kitchen, some help me help you rediscover local food.

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“Cooking the books”

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why accounts matter

At the most basic accounting level it may be using Excel spread sheets, at the higher end by using more complex but readily available “off the shelf” software such as SAGE, QuickBooks or one of the relatively new online software packages. The level of expense and sophistication required can be identified when the business plan is prepared, but if this is an existing business, the systems should be examined to check that they are coping with the current demands of the business and equally importantly will cope with the anticipated future trading position. This is a key area that you should be discussing with your accountant if you aren’t already.

Whilst I don’t encourage following the usual definition of “cooking the books” (!) it’s essential that you have control over your enterprise which should include access to up to date and reliable accounts and management information (and bear in mind this article applies to non-profit making entities as well) :

The costs associated with such systems can be pretty modest when compared to the benefits that will flow from them but allowance should be made for appropriate training. Training should be seen as an investment and should prove to be a real benefit to the business in the long term.

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Pillar Peaks and Pathways by Nick Wells our right was the hut of Black Sail Youth Hostel, and beyond was Lake Ennerdale.

After parking up at Honister Slate Mine we took the west path up to Drum House, then headed left towards Moses Trod. After about a mile, we took the steep decent down the edge of Haystacks into Ennerdale valley.

We had been walking approximately one hour before we climbed out of the valley and up between Kirk Fell and Pillar.

Our ascent brought us to a small tarn offering a fine view of Wasdale Head and Scafell. Making our way up the back of Pillar, and after some serious walking, reached the imposing Pillar Rock. This is an impressive feature on the north eastern side of the mountain, widely known as one of the wonders of the Lake District, due to it featuring in William Wordsworth’s poem The Brothers, “In the late afternoon sunlight it stands lofty and venerable.”

On our left were the two Gables outlining the head of the valley, to

After a short walk we reached the Summit (2927 ft) offering extensive

Pillar lies on the west side of Ennerdale valley in the western part of the Lake District.

views in all directions, stretching from the Isle of Man to the Pennines, and looking down on Haystacks with it’s many small tarns.

We headed back the way we came to Kirk Fell, then took the route along it’s side to Great Gable and on to Moses Trod which returned us to Drum House, and back down to the slate mine at Honister.

This walk is ten miles long in all, and took us six hours. I would grade it medium to hard.

Next month I will be writing about Wainright’s favourite, Haystacks.

If anyone would like to suggest a walk, please email me at

sandwellfurn@aol.com

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What’s Cooking at Cocklakes?

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Sunday Lunch

1 course £8.95 2 course £11.45 3 course £13.95

Mid way through September, I was back at Cocklakes Farm Shop, preparing and discussing the Christmas and new season strategy. On the way out, Simon, I suppose his title is site manager as it covers the responsibility of the Highgate factory, the fishery, the shop and the tea room, said, “go on - try one of these. We should maybe do something about the pies we’ve started baking in the magazine.”’ Well, handing a fresh ‘out of the oven’, hot sausage roll to me, with my waist line and physique, which probably says, I’ve already eaten all the pies, is like putting a piece of paradise in my hand. I can’t say how many I’ve eaten since then, but here are some details and images of some of the new pies, which are made on the premises by Joanne, who has only just joined the team at the Rod & Reel. With a new range of pies and a Sunday lunch menu now on the board, she is certainly adding to tasting the experience at Cocklakes.

More pies are always in the making.

I think Turkey is soon to be another addition, meanwhile here is a quick look at the family steak pie, weighing in at around 1.5 kg (over 3lb), priced at £9.95 and the smaller individual steak pies, weighing in at just over 200g and priced at £1.30 each. It’s not about pie filling, it’s basically about full pies. With regards to the sausage rolls, all I can say is that the filling is on its way to 3 times that which I have experienced before. Unfortunately, due to circumstances within my control, these are generally in limited supply!

Now, for this month’s offers, following on from the success of the 3 chickens for £10 deal, it’s working so well that Cocklakes are doing it again. Last month’s offers are continuing through October. Good sized chicken breasts are around £1.20 each straight from the counter. This month bacon is well priced with twin packs of good size chops at around £1.50 per pack, an 8 rasher dry cured cocklake pack of back bacon, locally smoked at Riverside Foods and the pork is from Cockermouth. Weighing around 350g it is £2.80 and for under £2.00 you can get a good sized gammon steak at just over 300 g (around 3/4lb).

Meanwhile, whilst turkeys will be a big feature in next month’s Cocklakes article, as I’ll be out in the field with some good looking birds I’ve been told, I have been asked to remind all Eden Local readers, new and existing, that Turkey isn’t just for Christmas as it is available all year round at Cocklakes!

October Offers at Cocklakes

p 3 Chickens for £10 p 5lb of Stewing Steak for £12.50

p 5lb of Lean Steak mince

for £10 p Topside of Beef reduce from £9.62 per kilo to £7.50 per Kilo p 28 day hung, grass fed Limousin - Messrs Teasdale, Lowside Farm Opening times:

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SUPPLIERS OFtaking FRESH Online everyday, the weight out of FRUIT AND VEGETABLES your shopping bag and off your mind In the Eden Valley and the Lake District border, Starfruits is now delivering Monday to Saturday. You can order on line, email us or you can simply pick up the phone and dial 01768 890255. You may even get a postcard through your door like the one shown here.

This will inform you of when we are back in your area with our next delivery to one of your neighbours or a local business.

RETAIL - WHOLESALE & CATERING Please give Starfruits a go.

Support a local established business, which is doing its best to deliver locally sourced products to your door. This could be fruit, vegetables, dairy products, bread, milk or other daily essentials. Let us help you take a weight out of you weekly or daily shop and a weight off your mind. Try a Starfruits home delivery now

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The Green Dream

Over previous months, we have covered many angles on solar energy. We have looked at the system, the tariff and the return. In last month’s article, ‘Dispelling the Myths that surround Solar PV’, we presented the fact that solar energy is the fastest growing energy generation technology in the world and if every south facing roof had PV installed, this could deliver around a third of the UK electricity supply. With the inclusion of other roofs and ground systems, this figure is surpassed. Facts of life or facts for the future?

In 20I0, I set about looking for a site for the Eden FM Radio Station. I was fortunate to meet the owner of Ullswater Road Garage and whilst engaged with radio talk and Eden local marketing work, I was told that it was the intention of the owner to improve their green credentials and install a solar system at the site. Owner and Managing Director Mark Windle is beyond being just enthusiastic in his commitment to green energy. Having a garage with an LPG pump is one thing, but the ambition then was a massive commercial, green step with the installation of a system on most of the buildings at the site.

To achieve the green dream, Mark chose to work with Love Solar. The project was jointly managed with Mark Windle and Ewen Estill, managing director of Love Solar, along with one of Ewen’s teams. The installation has been staged. It was up and running after the first roof was commissioned and the installation

has continued and expanded across the site.

The PV panels are visible form Ullswater Road and are a landmark to the arrival of Penrith.

Mark hopes that others will also consider a commercial installation. Of course for me, if you haven’t registered another link here, Eden FM community radio station, during daylight hours, will be powered by the Ullswater Road Garage System.

I spoke to Ewen and asked for his thoughts on the project.

It’s wonderful that business and commercial properties are utilising PV. As commercial properties are in use through the day, almost all the electricity generated is used on the premises. This makes the electricity savings a lot greater and therefore the payback time a lot faster.

Having seen the figures over the last three months, I have been astounded at the output. We have fitted each system with a high tech wireless display meter, which gives detailed figures of generation by the hour, day, week and month. At this rate of generation, the cost of the system will be paid off in 6 years with another 19 years of profit. Mark is a shrewd and successful businessman and I’m not surprised he has fully embraced PV. I expect he will be the first of many.

Love Solar is very excited to be involved with the country’s first solar powered radio. Hopefully it will be the first of many to come.

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Eden FM radio, It’s your Choice and your Voice in the community With the 12th edition of Eden Local now in front of you, we come to the end of the year campaign for Penrith and the surrounding areas to have its own community radio. The vision in November 2010 was to be able to switch on a local based radio station, with the help of local people, supported by local business. Eden Local was to be one of many vessels that included raising sponsorship and awareness for the campaign and its future. Has it succeeded? We had 12 tasks to complete to make this happen which were: 1.

Consistently promote the Eden FM campaign over 12 months to raise awareness

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Build a team of dependable volunteers from the local area

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Secure a site to build two studios and have an office

4.

Install IT and phones

5.

Apply for grant funding and support

6.

Secure an outside broadcasting vehicle, to be seen and serve in the community

7.

Secure sponsors and advertisers to support the campaign by presenting local businesses with affordable advertising packages and marketing campaigns

8.

Apply for a 4 week RSL community trial licence for winter 2011

9.

Have one studio complete and ready for

Donation of PC’s from James Henry (right) of SPB Computers with Ian Holt (left) of Eden FM Edenfm

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transmission by 25th November 2011 10. Successfully raise funds to complete all of the above 11. Be in a position to give all charities, clubs, associations and organisations free air time 12. Set in place a finance strategy to support Eden FM to 2013, preparing it for the application process scheduled for the summer of 2012 The word ‘application’ is a familiar word in everyday life and it has a few definitions. In the last 30 years, it has been hijacked by the world that is IT. I’m going with what it means to me and what it will mean to the radio team and many voluntary and charitable organisations - the act of requesting. Many volunteers reading this will understand the process of application, whether this is in the form of grant applications for funding or being on the receiving end of an application for help or assistance. There is also something about the focus in the meaning of how they apply themselves to the work they do. Well, at Eden Fm it has been a year of application and like any application, it’s time to tick some boxes 1.

Whilst we have had many articles (including this one) in Eden Local about the campaign, what we have to remember is that not everyone will be able to read the publication for reasons maybe beyond their control and not every one lives in the postcode distribution areas of Eden Local. Well, we have succeeded in being promoted for 12 months of the year, so let’s tick that one.

2.

Let’s tick another box too as the first open meeting took place in April. All of these volunteers are still involved in the project. We do have a fantastic and enthusiastic bunch of people now on board. We have about 40 people at present and the number is growing, but it needs more.

There is no limit on how many people can be a part of the community radio. You can help with presenting, programming, production, sales, marketing, scheduling of music and outside broadcasts of events. We do have an EFM membership. For more details email admin@ edenfm.co.uk

3.

It was back in the March edition of Eden Local that EFM announced it had secured a space at the rear of the Cumbria Mini Centre showroom,

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Seasonal celebrations at Stoneybeck

Sunday 6th November 2011, starts at 6.30pm

Fireworks Evening

Come along and see Stoneybeck’s fantastic fireworks display hosted by Penrith Lions. Food will be available outside on the evening or table bookings are now being taken for the Restaurant.

Tickets - £3 Adults, £2 Children, Under 2’s Free All proceeds from tickets will be handed to Penrith Lions and used in the community. Please see the 104 Stagecoach bus timetable for buses to and from Stoneybeck

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Sunday 18th December 2011

hildren’s Christmas Party

Enjoy a fun packed afternoon of entertainment, games, mini disco and a tea party from 2.00pm – 4.30pm. Please note this event is unsupervised by ourselves so we request a responsible adult is present. £6 per Child, Under 2’s Free

New Years Eve at the Stoneybeck Inn Bring 2012 in with a bang at the Stoneybeck!

Enjoy a 5 course dinner, live music and celebration with Fireworks, a glass of bubbly at midnight, dancing until 1.30 £47.95 per person

Christmas party dates still available 3rd December availablity 9th December Sold Out 10th December Sold Out 16th December Sold Out 17th December Sold Out 21st December availablity 22nd December Sold Out 23rd December Sold Out Bookings still being taken for Christmas day lunch Festive Lunches & Dinners are served in our restaurant daily throughout December catering for up to 130 guests. Private dinning rooms are available upon request for a minimum of 12 Guests

t: 01768 862369 e: enquiries@thestoneybeckinn.co.uk w: www.thestoneybeckinn.co.uk Bowscar, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 8RP

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sited at Ullswater Road Garage. In July it set up an office in the centre of town at Sandgate.

4.

Following an appeal for IT equipment, donations of equipment started coming in. The phone line and broadband sponsored by Eden Local, were installed in July 2010 and in August 2011 EFM accepted the donation of two PCs, that would be used in studio one from James and Jonathan Henry, owners of SPB Computers in Penrith.

5.

In May 2011, EFM submitted its first grant application to EDC, applying for a community fund grant towards set up costs. On this occasion it was not successful. It’s second grant application was to the Pride of Penrith Lottery and in July 2011, EFM received a cheque of £2,500 towards licensing costs. In August 2011, EFM submitted a new application to EDC once again for funding towards important equipment. Fingers crossed!

6.

Getting out in the community and being seen is a key function of a community radio. It’s another box ticked. EFM has obtained an Ex BBC transmission unit from SVI communications near Brighton. The Landrover Discovery, complete with a nine metre telescopic mast, has so far got 7 sponsors and by the end of October the vehicle will actually be in Penrith. We still need 3 or more sponsors for the vehicle to make this happen. We have raised sufficient funds to buy the vehicle, but it needs to be taxed and insured. Ullswater Road Garage has agreed to be the main sponsor of the vehicle for the next 2 years. If you would like your company logo on both sides of this vehicle and on the rear of the vehicle, please email lee@edenfm. co.uk or call 01768 899111 or 01768 899101.

7.

With advertising rates starting at £10, we had hoped for a bigger response, but it would be fair to say the response has been enough to get us to where we are. We will be starting on advertisement production from the end of September 2011. With just 26 advertising packages available and half of these booked, we hope to have all these sold before 14th November.

8.

With the funds secured from the Pride in Penrith Lottery, the application for an RSL from 25th November to 22nd December has been completed and posted to Ofcom. We now wait to hear!

9.

On 9th September 2011, two of the EFM sponsors, Ullswater Road Garage and Eden Local, working together, purchased a complete working radio studio. The studio currently in Peterborough, will be brought back to Penrith, reassembled and online by 31st October.

The studio purchased recently from Peterborough secured by Ullswater Road Garage and Eden Local 10. So far, I believe EFM has had a lot of luck and the support has been far beyond anticipated. We are on target to be on air, but we need the funding and support to keep us there. The support is needed before, during and after the RSL, as it is the intention to stay online until the next RSL scheduled for the summer. We have successfully raised the funds to meet all the tasks set.

11. Free airtime will be given to all charities, clubs, associations and organisations. Anything to support their causes, raise their profiles, promote their activities and get behind their fundraising events.

12. Advertising packages are currently being sold in 4 month blocks. Sponsorship of programmes by the hour, will also secure regular income. The biggest fundraiser and a key revenue stream, is the Eden Local CA Business project, with 25% of the subscription being given to EFM, which will provide continual revenue streams now and in the future. Full details on page xxxxx.

If you have taken all of that in, then the word now is - achievement.

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Eden weekly news review, followed by a morning walking programme. Then in the evening, we are proposing a live Blues feature from the Red Rooster, Penrith.

On air at a Radio or Computer near you.

Up to date news, coverage of every event and every activity in the Eden Valley, whether it be a small event or a grand staged activity, promoting it on Eden FM is free. As news happens and as press releases merge, the news will be on air.

The first transmission is a test. It will be the moment when we find out if it can be and have what it takes to be a community radio. The transmission signal will never be as strong as a commercial, national or regional station, but on the internet, it can compete with any radio station. We have applied for a transmission site based at the radio studio site, but we intend to do better. RSL means Restricted Services Licence and even with the transmitter at the highest point, it will have a capped power use with its signal and of course there’s a lot of hills around here! But remember we will be broadcasting 24 hours a day on the internet.

Is it all about music - what will be the content?

In the RSL transmission, the daytime radio will be live from 07.00 with the breakfast show. It will have mixed content, the wake up call and flagship show of any radio station, with a busy, full morning crew. At 09.00 to 12.00, the morning show will be a mixture of interviews with 70s to current day music. There will be at least three interviews per show, covering a whole range of activities and business topics related to the Eden Valley. At midday, it’s the lunchtime show, that will continue the pace of music and live interviews, the middle of the day by no means middle of the road. The afternoon show starts at 2pm finishing at 4pm when we have a school slot presented by local schools, co-ordinated and produced by a local 6th former from Penrith.

From 5pm every day and during the weekends, we swing into a whole variety of shows, specialist music, covering Blues, Jazz, Country, Classical, Northern Soul, Tamala Motown, Dance, Hip Hop, Garage, Electro, Rock and Punk. The decades covered in specialist shows include 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and the 00’s. At the weekend, we have scheduled a Kids Saturday morning programme. We then have a Sunday Edenfm

No more than 3 advertisements played in a row

During the week, we will have live outside broadcasts covering events across the Eden Valley. Monday night’s main slot is 3 hours of live local bands. We have a dedicated sports show that will include live interviews and sports coverage on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Wednesday evening we hope to have the Pride of Penrith Lottery live draw and a midweek farming update. Being Christmas, we will be tracking Santa’s progress with the Penrith and Eden Lions and we will be communicating and working with all charities, clubs, societies, organisations, schools and businesses that need help with promoting their Christmas events. Please email your event to events@edenfm.co.uk. We will also be trying to get all organisers into the programming, so they will have the opportunity to come into the studio and talk about their event.

In addition to all of the above, we have offered out shows and slots to CVS, Penrith Chamber of Trade, Eden Arts and Eden District Council. If you think your community organisation needs a slot on your local radio, email us before 31st October at admin@edenfm.co.uk. For more details, please go to www.edenfm.co.uk. It’s your Choice, it’s your Voice.

The Outside Broadcasting vehicle purchased from Brighton, to be sponsored by local businesses

01768 899101 Eden FM studio, Cumbria Mini Centre, Ullswater Road, Penrith CA11 7EH

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Business CA Business - £100 per year to advertise your business across the Eden Valley, Cumbria, the UK and the World How much do you spend on your advertising as a local business in the Eden Valley per year?

Are you registered on a business directory online?

Have you spent a fortune on a box ad in a regional directory only to find yourself competing with businesses from outside your area?

being distributed to 25,500 addresses from week commencing 6th February 2012. In just one week, your business details will go to every postal address in CA 4 9 & 0, CA10, CA11, CA16 and CA17.

If you change your business address, your work phone line, your mobile number or the way you work, how easy is it to change your details to let everyone know?

You business will be making an investment in the Local economy.

With the business directory you have, how much if any of the funds you pay are spent in the area where you live or where your business is based?

How many local business directories do you see advertising every month, directing people to look up your business?

Enough questions. Here are some points we would like you to consider very carefully.

For £100 per year this is what you get with CA Business.

Your details, once submitted, are loaded online to the CA Business Directory website the same day.

If you change your details, these can be changed the same day.

Your details are entered into a printed Eden Valley Directory under your business category. The Eden Local – CA Business Eden Valley Directory, is

CA Business will have its own show on Eden FM radio and will have an advertising campaign which will include your business on Eden FM radio.

Your yearly subscription will be spent in the Eden Valley and used to develop Eden Local. £25 of your £100 subscription, will go towards the Eden FM radio Ltd, which is a ‘not for profit’ organisation.

CA Business will be promoting its products and its business in the Eden Local Publication every month, directing people to use the CA business site or refer to the printed Directory.

To be in the 2012 directory, you need to sign up now. Additional page, ½ page and ¼ page ad space is available, but space is limited. For more details, please email admin@edenlocal.co.uk

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A SUCCESSFUL SEASON FOR PENRITH CC At the time of writing this article – with still 3 weeks of the season to go – it looks like being a pretty successful one for Penrith CC. The 2nd team are currently top of the North Lancs League Division 2 table and looking a good bet for promotion although it is not “in the bag” yet!.They have also reached the final of the John Scott Memorial Cup (2ND team County Cup) and are waiting for their opponents and final date to be confirmed.

Similarly the 3rd team are top of the Eden Valley League Div 2 and hoping that their good form continues until the end of the season to allow them to clinch the title after narrowly losing out to Keswick 2nd team in the EVCL Junior Cup Final played at Threlkeld.In a superbly contested match they lost by one wicket in the penultimate over in a game which constantly swung back and forth right until the winning run was scored.

The Academy team (4th team) are locked in a battle for promotion from Eden Valley League Div 3 which looks like going down to the last match of the season.If successful this will be an excellent achievement from a team of 7 or 8 youngsters supported by 3 or 4 wise and experienced older players.

In the Cumbria Junior Cricket

Penrith U13 girls League it has been a case, largely of near misses, resulting from semi final defeats.However pride of place goes to the under 15 team who have reached the cup final where their opponents will be Workington on a date to be confirmed.

However pride of place should go to the club’s under 13 girls team who have had some fantastic success reaching the National Finals of the Lady Taveners Under 13 Competition where they finished in 4th place.They won the Cumbria competition at Threlkeld followed by the Regional Finals at Northern Cricket Club, Crosby, Merseyside.

This allowed them to progress to the National Finals at Ellesmere College Shropshire where they faced strong

opposition from Wales, London and East, South and West and Midlands regional winners.Unfortunately on the day they couldn’t quite go on to win the National Finals but there is always next year as only one player of this years squad will be too old to play next season!

During the winter life goes on at the cricket club with winter coaching for youngsters continuing at QEGS Sports Hall (contact Mark Osborne on 01768 866906 for details or see the club website, address below) and a variety of events with something for everyone planned to take place in the Clubhouse (see website, www.penrithcc.co.uk for details)

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And Finally......

This has possibly been one of the most challenging publications to date in what has been a very busy time of the year. A lot is happening in the Eden Valley. I just hope that in reading this month’s publication, you did find something new, something enjoyable, something relevant and something interesting to think about.

We have less than two months to go before the switch on of the local community radio station. Next month is the first birthday of the Eden Local publication. When you commence reading this issue, the celebration issue, which will be coming through your doors from 31st October, will almost be complete. How quick the first year has passed.

Last year, a new magazine and a launch of a campaign. This year, a local magazine celebrating its first birthday and the launch of a local community radio station and the most affordable community business directory to ever be presented to the businesses of the Eden Valley.

Well, I do hope you’ll be pleased to know that it doesn’t stop there.

Future projects that Eden Local will be rolling out in 2012 will be unveiled before Christmas. Eden Local and Eden FM will be getting behind a good cause for 2012, which will be receiving fundraising assistance and a major awareness campaign. More information will follow about how Eden Local and Eden FM will be assisting in supporting the people affected by a disability not visible that affects between 5 and 10 % of the local Eden Valley community of all ages.

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Autumn Festival 21st October to 6th November Bring your tent or tourer to Wild Rose Park this autumn or try out our new Holiday Homes for rent or even a Wigwam!

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