The Carlisle Guide Issue 14

ee fr

theCarlisleGuide

Brampton l Longtown l Wigton www.thecarlisleguide.com

EVENTS

GIGS

FESTIVALS

FOOD

wedding fayres

HAAF NETTING

Fascinating aida

chocolate cream

NEW YEAR NEW YOU

LIFESTYLE & MORE

DreamsDay Spa has created a selection of packages tailored for 2014

All Around the World Winter Offers The Himalayan Journey - £55.00 (1 hour 30 minutes)

Enjoy the many benefits of our natural Himalayan ritual. A full body exfoliation with Himalayan salts and moisturising Argan oil, followed by a steam treatment or a shower. To complete your journey, a revitalising massage. - Reduce cellulite, stress and exhaustion.

Tropical Rain Forest Rejuvenation - £65.00 (1 hour 30 minutes)

Be transported into a tropical oasis with this heavenly body wrap experience and tropical rain capsule. Vitalise your complexion with a facial containing Papaya and Pineapple. This tropical pamper is enriched with Créme Fraiche natural butter, calcium, magnesium, saccharides, vitamin A and pomegranate extract. - Deeply nourishes and rejuvenates the skin, revealing an astonishing decrease in body crepiness and wrinkles.

2 | The Carlisle Guide

The Shores of Brittany - £80.00 (2 hour 15 minutes)

A soothing, nourishing and calming facial. The Plantomer mask renders the skin undeniably radiant with highly visible results. Complemented with a 15 minute massage and a short cut foot and hand Spa Ritual. - Good for all skin types, but excellent for sensitive, eczema and psoriasis-prone skin types.

Magical Moroccan Voyage - £75.00 (2 hours)

This is a Moroccan journey to the ultimate in beauty and wellness. This extraordinary body wrap mud comes from the warm fertile valleys of Morocco, abundant in the elements of Magnesium, Iron, Calcium, Potassium and Sodium. Be enchanted with a feel of Morocco and relax with a Clear Head Ritual including a back massage. - Heals sensitive skin, dermatitis and sooths rough and scaly skin.

The Canadian Rockies - £70.00 (1 hour 45 minutes)

A luxury back treatment using pure moor mud. Rediscover a radiant and refined back with the added benefit of relieving muscular tension.Then enjoy a specialised facial designed by Pevonia to relax and benefit you and your skin. A totally artistic experience using the finest essential oils and deeply relaxing pressure point massage techniques. - Reduce aches and pains due to the thermal action of the moor mud.

January/February 2014 | 3

4 | The Carlisle Guide

theCarlisleGuide January/February 2014

The

team Managing Director Stephen Murphy T:01946 816 716 stephen@theguidemediagroup.com

Office Admin Manager Steffany Clarke T: 01946 816 719 steffany@theguidemediagroup.com

Graphic Designer Nicole Burns T: 01946 816 728 nicole@theguidemediagroup.com

A

Word from the Editor M

Y mother had a saying: "Expect nothing and you’ll never be disappointed".

To some it sounds pessimistic but she meant in quite the reverse way – namely to be ready to deal with whatever life throws at you and not to be shocked or caught unawares.

It’s a sound philosophy which has stood me in good stead and it perhaps should be applied by all of us, particularly in relation to the big budget cuts that Cumbrian councils face in the next couple of years.

Carlisle City council needs to save £3.939m from a £12.8m budget between 2014-15 and 2018-19 – another £1.839m by 2015-16 and £2.1m in later years. The County Council is seeking over £24m worth of savings in 2014/15 alone.

But worse things have happened to Carlisle in its long history and there have been some indications over the last couple of years that, when it comes to the crunch, local people are now more prepared to come together and help build an increasing sense of community.

So this year, if you can, don’t ask what your community can do for you… ask what you can do for your community… and at least you’ll have a Feel-Good Factor of your very own.

Advertising/Distribution Paul Seath T: 01946 816720 paul@theguidemediagroup.com Editorial T: 01946 816 715 Published by EOL Publications, The Guide Media Group, Phoenix Enterprise Centre, Jacktrees Road, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, CA25 5BD. All feature articles and advertising is copyright of EOL Publishing.

Printed by The Magazine Printing Company.

Photography Brian Sherwen: www.briansherwen.co.uk Jim Davis: www.jimdavisphotography.com Kerry Clark: www. imagerybykerryclark.co.uk Cover Image Hair - Nelson Brown Photography - Jack Eames Styling - Clare Frith Make up - Maddie Austin

Editor Chris Breen T: 01946 816 715 chrisbreen@theguidemediagroup.com

We at the Guide wish you, our advertisers and readers, a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year

theGuide Media Group

Publishing • Design • Print • Web

carlisleguide @guidemediagroup January/February 2014 | 5

6 | The Carlisle Guide

Contents: The Carlisle Guide Magazine

48

January/February 2014

Features

8-9 Australian Pink Floyd

Carlisle launches Pink Floyd passion

12-13 Fascinating Aïda

Charm offensive set to hit Carlisle

16-17 Haaf Netting

62 42

It's a race against tide...

22-23 Historic Lanercost

Keeps up with the times

24-25 Janet Suzman

To visit Keswick Film Festival

29 Dawson & Sanderson Now is the best time to book your holiday

LIFESTYLE & BEAUTY

NBeelson Brown hair-aware for the coming year 16 36-37 Bridget Foster It's your skin that matters not 32-33

your age

42-43 Wedding Fayres

A wealth of Wedding ideas

FOOD

36

46 Swallow Hilltop Hotel A tasty Countryside Alliance Recipe

48-49

Alan Spedding Recipe There's so much at the Swallow

MOTORING & SPORT

58

PTipsrepared for Winter for winter driving

60-61 Carlisle United

Converting to the Kavanagh cause

WHAT’S On

08

67 What's On Listings Music, Theatre, Film, Comedy, Other

January/February 2014 | 7

Carlisle launches Pink Floyd passion

C

ARLISLE will launch the Australian Pink Floyd 2014 “Set The Controls” Tour, on Thursday Feb 20… the first of 21 dates, which includes the O2 Arena in London.

It will draw heavily from the iconic Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Her, and The Division Bell albums but will also feature an element that will allow the audience to choose the material the band plays in certain sections of the show.

There will be 21 UK dates - including a show at The O2 London - on this tour and the band will perform a two-hour set.

Following on from their enormously successful 2013 dates, founder member Jason Sawford said, “We cannot wait to start, UK audiences are always brilliant.”

8 | The Carlisle Guide

Bassist Colin Wilson told us: “We’re looking forward to meeting up with Cumbrian Aussie Floyd fans.”

The Australian Pink Floyd Show are much more than a tribute to the great music of Pink Floyd, and were described by The Times as “the gold standard”. They attempt to capture and convey the spirit as well as the sound, and slavish attention is lavished upon their exceptional visuals and effects.

“ We’re looking forward to meeting up with Cumbrian Aussie Floyd fans.”

Aussie Floyd, who have sold over three million concert tickets in their own right, are much-loved for their near note-perfect performances which remain true to the

original. Their loving recreation of the magic of Pink Floyd’s oeuvre is unmissable.

Sunday Times ‘Culture’ said, “The Aussie Floyd delight the crowd with a meticulously crafted performance, expensively staged with bright lights, lasers, and, yes, inflatables.” They are one of the best tribute acts in the business, but you won’t be prepared for how good they actually are.

They have a reputation for stretching the boundaries of what can be done with the magical music of Pink Floyd, and this tour intends to shows them at their creative best..

More info at www.aussiefloyd.com.

Tickets: www.aussiefloyd.com/en/tour/ or by phone from 0844 811 0051 and 0844 826 2826 or www.thesandscentre.co.uk

January/February 2014 | 9

Hadrian's Wall: This tree was used in Kevin Costner's version of Robin Hood

Cumbria’s starring roles

B

RAMPTON man, Paul Swailes, has just published an e-book in Kindle form, on Amazon, about films that have used Cumbria as movie locations.

Paul, who runs Box Clever Storage Solutions, at Kingstown, Carlisle, and Embleton, near Cockermouth, and who comes originally from Whitehaven, describes himself as “a film nut.”

He has compiled a list of films, and those who starred in them, covering from 1940 to the present, under the title Made in Cumbria: When Hollywood Came to Town.

It ranges from big blockbusters such as 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman to small independent movies. It lists big stars who have graced our county, such as Sir Michael and Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Sir Michael Caine, Sir Ben Kingsley, Trevor Howard, Ann-Margret and Meryl Streep, to name but a few.

Even Alfred Hitchcock used Cumberland, as it was then, in the 1940s, as the setting for one of his films. In the book

10 | The Carlisle Guide

Feature

Morgan Freeman & Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

you will find over 60 films and television series listed. Some you may know of; some may surprise you. The information will be developed and updated as more comes to light and Paul hopes to produce a paper version in the not too distant future.

“Hopefully after reading it you’ll want to get out there and visit these locations,” Paul told us. “The films are as varied as our county; towns, villages, mountains and lakes have all featured in dramas, comedies, thrillers and even sci-fi and horror films”.

Each title has a brief plot outline, a list of the actors who have appeared trivia and locations. (If known exactly).

“I hope people will enjoy reading about which films and actors have graced the county and it will make them want to watch the films again, or for the first time, and get them to don their walking boots and visit the places used when Hollywood came to town,” Paul added.

January/February 2014 | 11

ng Aїda:

i Fascinat

Charm offensive set to hit Carlisle

By Chris Breen

I

F you have never seen the irrepressibly irreverent Fascinating Aїda, then you’re in for a treat when they visit The Sands Centre, Carlisle, for the first time on Valentine’s Day, in February, with their brand new show.

Following sell-outs, Olivier Award nominations, over 10 million YouTube hits for Cheap Flights, their infamous anthem to budget air travel, Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman, finally bring Fascinating Aїda (pronounced Eye-ee-da) to Carlisle after 30 years of existence.

They are operatic and jazz-trained female singers who out-satirise Rory Bremner and out beguile Eartha Kitt.

“It’s as though they’re the love child of Freddie Mercury and Dawn French. Is that possible? Impossibly good is what it is,” said one reviewer.

Another description was: “Absolutely Fabulous meets Noël Coward, as sung by the Andrews Sisters.

12 | The Carlisle Guide

Founder Dillie Keane is also an award-winning comedienne and actress in her own right. She’s the mezzo soprano and her partners in wit, filth and fabulousness are bass Adele Anderson and soprano Liza Pulman – together they’re a charm offensive – they are both charming and offensive.

Feature So do they draw a line anywhere? “I’m very uncomfortable with blasphemy funnily enough,” Dillie said, “ My Irish Catholicism has probably made me a bit of a boll***, to be honest but there’s a very strong patina of English to me; I was born and brought up here and this is where all my cultural references come from, but …”

Dillie Keane, Liz Pul

lman and Adele Ander

son

“It’s as though they’re the love child of Freddie Mercury and Dawn French...”

So expect topical new songs, plus some outrageous old favourites. Their formula remains as potent as ever, a blend of Noël Coward or Stephen Sondheim, who can sometimes be as raucous as Chas & Dave with obscenity thrown in.

BUT… unless she already knows what dogging is… don’t take you elderly mother or granny to what at first glance may seem something akin to a Victorian musical soiree.

January/February 2014 | 13

Delight at Denton Holme PARK IMPROVED: A £19,000 improvement scheme to the games area has been completed in St James Park, Denton Holme, Carlisle.

The area has now re-opened with improved lighting and security fencing. It was previously known for anti-social behaviour and a series of crime prevention measures has been put in place to help design out crime.

“ ...a lot’s been done to make the park safer and more appealing to visit” They included removing an old breezeblock wall and fencing around the perimeter; levelling off the playing surfaces; a new high ‘ball court’ double wire fencing around two sides of the site; floodlighting

14 | The Carlisle Guide

improvements with the lighting will be controlled by a timer; general improvements to the site to clear the surfaces and remove debris.

Hugh McDevitt, ward councillor, said: “I’m delighted and so are local people; a lot’s been done to make the park safer and more appealing to visit”.

Feature

YESSS Please

Y

ESSS aim to please and “Yes please” is exactly what you’ll be saying when you see just what Carlisle’s latest electrical wholesalers has to offer.

YESSS Electrical has launched its latest branch at Unit B, Currock Road Retail Park, Currock Road, Carlisle, with seven staff under the management of the very well known Colin Carter who has worked in the industry for many years.

The new branch stocks over 8,000 products from electrical to industrial controls to domestic appliances and all at prices you’ll love.

YESSS also offers exceptional lighting designs and energyefficient heating design services which are Free of Charge.

The guys from YESSS will happily visit you at your commercial or domestic premises to discuss your requirements.

Branch Manager Colin said: “We don’t merely stock and sell the products. Together our staff have more than 120 years experience of electrical products, with our expertise and knowledge our team are able to ensure that we offer you the right advice, it’s that which makes us different.”

If you can't make it into the brand new branch then don't panic because you can buy online as YESSS also has the online back-up of their massive central warehouse which stocks over a million products ready for next day delivery on products ordered before 4pm. (Soon to be 8pm).

Call into YESSS Electrical today and pick up your YESSS Electrical Connections Card which gives you even further discount on what are already unbelievable great prices.

To know more contact: Branch Manager, Colin Carter on: 07854 362986, Sales Manager, Aaron Roberts on: 07854 354685 or the branch itself on: 01228 633028 Fax 01228 633029 Email carlisle@yesss.co.uk January/February 2014 | 15

HAAF NETTING:

It’s a race against tide...

Scientist and fiction-writer Ann Lingard - has enjoyed weaving two careers together.

She and her husband now live on a small-holding within sight of the Solway and from there she also organises informal guided shore walks near Allonby. Here she literally gets into the ancient skill of haaf-netting for salmon.

C

RIFFEL has vanished, blotted out by the rain sweeping across the Firth into our faces.

Image © Ann Lingard

Mark Messenger and I are at the seaward end of the row, and the fast-moving brown water is rising quickly, and is now well above my waist. The surge of the tide sucks the sand from beneath my feet, and my face is salty and wet from rain and spray.

The haaf-net streams out behind us in the current, and Mark and I each have our fingers looped in its upper mesh, waiting for the tremor that says we’ve trapped a salmon. Mark suddenly upends the haaf, swinging the frame up and out of the water to make a pocket of the net but it’s just a small flounder. I hadn’t felt a thing, other than the tension of the tide.

16 | The Carlisle Guide

The water is now chest-high its press is strong, so we have to move; we wade slowly across the current to the landward end of the row. Mark is carrying the haaf and I wish I had the extra weight as I feel light enough to be knocked over and swept away.

Earlier, my husband John and I had met Mark and his son Ben at The Highland Laddie, the inn at Glasson that Mark and his wife Karen have run for the past six years.

I’m puzzled that we don’t have any nets with us in the car, but when we park I see why: the haaf-nets, lying on the grass at the top of the saltmarsh, are enormous.

I ask Mark if it’s safe to leave the nets lying around, and he laughs: “Aye, though we’ve lost one or two to the cows - they’re a pain in the backside.” Tom Dias, who lives at Bowness and has been haaf-netting since the mid-1980s, told me later that he had had a net stolen

Feature in the early days: “Another time, four of the nets were stacked up together against the wall and somebody had taken a Stanley knife or scissors, and cut right up through all four.” Haaf-netting has always had its opponents.

Now, kitted up and feeling as round and fat as the Michelin-man, I follow the others down the shore.

As we talk I learn new terms like “drops”, where the sand banks up and spills over the edge, and fine Nordicsounding names like “briest” - bank, and “reestings” standing waves.

Haaf-netting was introduced by the Vikings: the haaf ’s beam is supposedly as long as a Viking oar, and has three uprights attached, with one end slightly shorter than the other and most netters make their haafs, usually of pine or greenheart, but hey usually buy their nets.

Image ©

Bev Turn

er

Suddenly I become aware of a distant roaring. The tidal bore is racing in; it isn’t high but it is loud, and soon there are reestings in the Firth. The silent rise of this brownfrothed edge is slightly menacing.

There’s a saying, “If your net’s in the water you’re in with a chance.” There are now eight of us, and it is time to draw for positions in the boak; the line of nets. Then the men take up their haafs and we wade out, standing in line across the stream.

The level is rising quickly; each netter peels off from the seaward side one by one as the water reaches his chest, back towards the land. There is a flurry as someone nets a salmon; he upends his haaf and after killing the fish with his felling-stick, pushes it into his bag.

We alternate between standing with the haaf pressed against us by the tide, then pushing to new positions, the line re-forming constantly, rain and spray in our faces.

But I’m dry, inside my waders and waterproofs; I’m warm, in my thermals and layers of fleeces - and I’m exhilarated to be in the Solway, not observing from the margins.

Image © Br

ian Sherwen

I’m part of the three-dimensional complexity of the flowing tide and what it bears, and I’m practising (rather unsuccessfully) the ancient technique of haaf-netting.

To read the full account of Ann’s haaf-netting experience go to: www.solwayshorestories. co.uk/shore-stories/haf-netting And visit her website: www.annlingard.com January/February 2014 | 17

Words by the Water

By Ross Brewster

B

BC television Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has turned her hand to fiction writing as she will reveal to an audience of book lovers, when she is one of the headline speakers at Keswick’s Words by the Water festival, in March.

Kirsty, who was born just over the border in Dumfries, her father a solicitor and her mother a schoolteacher, has set her novel on the island of Arran, which has long family connections. Her talk, From Fact To Fiction, will open the Words by the Water Festival on Friday, March 7. The Newsnight and Review Show presenter, one of the best known faces on the BBC, will be discussing her career and her move into fiction.

Her first novel, The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle, is about a retired teacher and spinster who has lived on Arran for 90 years and who leaves her home to a woman she just saw pushing a pram down the road 30 years earlier.

The young mother, Anna, is now in a home with dementia and it’s left to her daughter, Martha, the baby in the pram, to claim the inheritance and find herself drawn into Elizabeth’s past.

Kirsty Wark studied history at the University of Edinburgh before joining the BBC in 1976 as a researcher for Radio Scotland. She moved into television in 1982. She was a presenter on Breakfast Time and one of the first reporters to cover the Lockerbie disaster, in 1988.

Less well known is that Kirsty has made cameo appearances in a host of television programmes including 18 | The Carlisle Guide

Feature

Dr Who, an episode called The Poison Sky, in 1988. She’s also popped up in Absolutely Fabulous, The It Crowd, Spooks and many more shows and was finalist in the 2011 Celebrity Masterchef series.

Words by the Water is now an established part of the Keswick entertainment calendar. Festival director, Kay Dunbar, admitted it was the “live” element of a festival like this that gave it its edge.

“There is no chance of retakes, corrections or thinking again,” she said. “What is said is heard by the audiences, reported on by the press, sometimes recorded for radio or television. For most people that is what makes a festival enticing..

“Writers may say something they regret, they may laugh or cry, but the show marches on for its nine days. It’s as live as you will get.”

These days it’s more than a literature festival. Kay Dunbar says a more accurate descriptions is that of a festival of words and ideas.

President Melvyn Bragg said the festival had “swollen from just a trickle” in celebrating literature in poetry and prose in a setting which has nurtured writing for almost 300 years.

Jeremy Paxman, Princess Michael of Kent, Jonathan Aitken, Germaine Greer, Ann Widdecombe, Alan Johnson, Count Arthur Strong, Joanna Trollope and Stuart Maconie... just a small selection of the famous names who figure in the 2014 programme.

Words by the Water is centred on Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake and runs from March 7 to 16.

January/February 2014 | 19

There’s right and wrong ways to use herbal medicines

by Jackie Cooper Bsc (hons) MNIMH, Medical Herbalist

H

erbal Medicine has been used for thousands of years and it is still the most widely used type of medicine in the world.

As people become aware of the growing return to natural medicine, it is important to make sure that we don’t use natural remedies in the same way as conventional medicines. Natural remedies should not be used to suppress symptoms, but to support the body’s own healing capacity.

Herbal Medicine can support the body and aid strength during changes in the seasons, particularly beneficial at this time of year. As a practitioner, I use Oats (Avena sativa) in tincture form as a nerve restorative, particularly in signs of reduced immunity, but of course porridge is a wonderful food in its own right in the winter because it is both warming and nutritive.

Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea and/or Echinacea angustifolia) has become well known for supporting the immune system and there is much research to show that the root of the plant has the ability to increase the white

20 | The Carlisle Guide

blood cell count, a vital part of the immune process.

In tincture form, Echinacea works at its best at the first sign of a cold, when you get that tickly feeling in your throat. But I would only advise that Echinacea is used as a preventative if there are already general signs of reduced immunity.

Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the best foods for acting on bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, as well as reducing cholesterol by cleansing the blood and lymphatic systems.

My ‘favourite’ remedy for a head or chest cold is a clove of raw garlic once a day (with food or juice, or even in a baked potato) while symptoms persist. It is an antisocial yet powerful cold remedy. Once you get used to it you can just chew a clove and wash it down with water!

Jackie Cooper is a Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. She practices from her home in Hethersgill and from clinics in Brampton and Carlisle.

For further information, please telephone 01228 675042 or visit www.talkinherbs.co.uk

Feature

Ideally yours…

GOOD reputations are hard to come by They take care, consistency and time to achieve. That’s how Ideal Living Interiors got theirs and they have no intention of relinquishing it.

Trevor Thomson said: “We’ll do anything the customer wishes from standard to luxury; from kitchen to bathroom and bedroom and each will get our full individual attention.”

We offer our customers a bespoke design and fitting service. We have an extensive range of kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms, available at very affordable prices. We have a wide range of designs ranging from traditional to modern, we are passionate about designing, working closely with you throughout the project to ensure we meet or exceed your requirements.

“We are here to identify the correct products and materials designed specifically for you to create your dream.

We produce CAD drawings and images so you can see your desired designs first”.

Trevor Thomson

Ideal Living Interiors also offers complete packages including electrics and plumbing as well as fitting and their styles are as individual as you. The showroom is open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and 9am-1pm on Saturdays but if you can’t make it then a private arrangement can be made.

Ideal Living Interiors are at: Unit 2, Harker Industrial Units, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA6 4DS Telephone them on 01228 674 345

January/February 2014 | 21

Historic Lanercost

keeps up with the times Article by Sarah Briggs | Photography by Alan Sawyer

A

feeling of tranquillity emanates from the ruined Lanercost Priory, and its surroundings, no matter what the occasion.

I’ve been there for Christmas tree festivals, practicing choral music for Lanercost Festival in the medieval Dacre Hall (reputedly the oldest village hall in England) and seen Shakespeare performed in the ruins on a summer evening.

I have run along the Hadrian’s Wall path, to arrive at Haytongate and look down at the Priory from where it announces ‘nearly home’; and I’ve picnicked by the River Irthing’s rocky pools; perfect for a hot summer day.

22 | The Carlisle Guide

Feature But it hasn’t always been peaceful. Its name implies ‘enclosed land’, perhaps from the monastery enclosing land and thus becoming quite wealthy. The exciting rediscovery of part of the Lanercost Cartulary (the bunch of documents or charters granting various lands) in the 1980s illustrates this history – along with doodles providing evidence of farming practices of the time, etc.

“ The wealth and proximity to the Scottish Border made the Priory a tempting target for raiders” The wealth and proximity to the Scottish Border made the Priory a tempting target for raiders and also meant that both Scottish and English armies used it as an encampment at times. Edward I, ‘Hammer of the Scots’, stayed there three times, lastly in 1306-7 for six months. Having 200 men with him, it depleted the Priory reserves. Robert the Bruce and the Scots also made the Priory their HQ for three days.

Its turbulent history continued with the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536-41). Lanercost was granted to Thomas Dacre for his prowess at the Battle of Solway Moss (1542)

and he made it into a private house, retaining one wing as a Church, converting another to his home and leaving the two remaining wings to fall into ruin.

For various reasons the ownership of Lanercost is now more complex than in medieval times. The Priory ruins belong to English Heritage, the Church and vicarage to the Church of England, the Dacre Hall to the people of Lanercost and the lands surrounding the church and priory to the Howards of Naworth Castle.

The Dacre Hall can be hired for parties, plays, crafts fairs and rehearsals; the Priory Church each year hosts Lanercost Festival and other concerts, as well as being a parish church; and in 2009 Lanercost Tea Rooms and self-catering accommodation was completed which has helped create a Lanercost ‘experience’.

More recently a gallery has been converted to the Hadrian’s Wall Gateway Visitor Information Centre and a glass porch, enabling visitors to see into the Church but keeping the elements out, is in its embryonic stages.

The place lends itself well to cultural events and despite its age and historic significance, it moves with the times. If you haven’t yet visited it, make it a New Year resolution.

January/February 2014 | 23

First for Cumbria Cumbria Drama is excited to announce that they have been granted licence to perform Arabian Nights.

This was first performed by none other than the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company and it is the first time that this production will be performed in Carlisle.

Performances will be on Friday 28th February and Saturday 1st March 2014 at West Walls Theatre, Carlisle starting at 7.30pm.

Tickets are available from: info@cumbriadance.com or telephone: 01228 599440.

Adults £10.00 | Concessions £7.00

Janet Suzman to visit

Keswick Film Festival

By Ross Brewster

J

ANET Suzman, who will be appearing in person at Keswick’s 15th annual Film Festival in February, has been hailed as one of the most respected classical actresses of her time.

South African-born Dame Janet might well have become one of the leading stars of the movie world following her magnificent portrayal of the Empress in the 1971 film Nicholas and Alexandra, when she was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.

“After Nicholas and Alexandra I was going to become a movie star. But if you’ve worn a tiara they are always looking for tiara parts for you,” she said at the time.

But Dame Janet’s aversion to “tiara parts” was to the benefit of the stage, television drama and some of the best films of the 1970s and 80s such as Peter Greenaway’s The Draughtsman’s Contract, A Dry White Season (with Marlon Brando) and Don Siegel’s The Black Windmill.

Her latest film Felix, will be shown on the opening night of the Keswick Film Festival, which runs from February 27 to March 2. Organisers hope she will be in Keswick during much of the festival.

Felix is a story of hope coming out of South Africa in which 14-year-old Felix dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father.

24 | The Carlisle Guide

Feature

Janet Suzman

Patron -

John Hurt

The Alhambra, Theatre by the Lake and Rheged IMAX will all be venues for the 2014 Film Festival and Tom Rennie, at the Alhambra Cinema will be showing films from every decade, from the Friday until the following Thursday, as part of the cinema’s centenary. Organisers were waiting to hear if patron, actor John Hurt, will be able to attend for the third year in a row.

Felix will be screened at the lakeside theatre and Dame Janet, awarded the DBE for her services to drama in the 2011 Birthday Honours, will be in conversation on the Saturday lunchtime when Nicholas and Alexandra is shown in the Studio.

Other highlights will include Charlie Cattrall with his first film Titus, which has been nominated for two BAFTA awards, including best debut director and Adam Dawtrey, the producer of A Story of Children and Film.

The Osprey Awards are being extended to include three counties, Northumberland, the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway, in addition to Cumbria and festival director Ann Martin said it was also hoped to have a new venue in the town to show “Shorts”, a venue where people could drop in and out.

January/February 2014 | 25

held in Ayrshire, at the end of the 18th century, by Robert Burns’ friends, on the anniversary of his death, July 21 and have been a regular occurrence ever since.

The first Burns club, known as The Mother Club, was founded in Greenock, in 1801, by merchants born in Ayrshire, some of whom had known Burns.

“

Burns suppers may be formal or informal.

Both however typically include haggis, Scottish whisky and the recitation of Burns’ poetry.

“

Poetry you can get your teeth into

R

obert Burns is one of Scotland’s most important literary figures and is best known for his famous, and often humorous, songs and poetry. He was an inspiring and passionate pioneer of his generation and is regarded as Scotland’s National Bard.

26 | The Carlisle Guide

By Chris Breen

BURNS suppers annually celebrate his life and poetry and are normally held on or near the poet’s birthday, January 25, sometimes also known as Robert Burns’ Day (or Robbie Burns Day or Rabbie Burns Day) or Burns Night, although they may in principle be held at any time of the year.

Burns suppers occur wherever there are Burns Clubs, Scottish Societies, expatriate Scots, or aficionados of Burns’ poetry. The first suppers were

They held the first Burns supper on what they thought was his birthday on January 29, 1802, but in 1803 discovered from the Ayr parish records that the correct date was January 25 1759, and since then suppers have been held on January 25.

Burns suppers may be formal or informal. Both however typically include haggis (a traditional Scottish dish celebrated by Burns in his poem Address to a Haggis), Scottish whisky and the recitation of Burns’ poetry.

Formal dinners are hosted by organisations such as Burns clubs; the Freemasons or St Andrew’s Societies and occasionally ends with dancing...

Formal suppers follow a standard format which sees the start of the evening (piping in the guests). The host welcomes everyone formally; the guests are seated and grace is said,

Feature

usually using the Selkirk Grace, a well-known thanksgiving said before meals, using the Scots language.

Although attributed to Burns, the Selkirk Grace was already known in the 17th century, as the “Galloway Grace” or the “Covenanters’ Grace”. It came to be called the Selkirk Grace because Burns was said to have delivered it at a dinner given by the Earl of Selkirk.

New Year...

New Kitchen!

20% O F

This m F onth *

The Selkirk Grace Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae let the Lord be thankit.

The supper starts with the soup course. Normally a Scottish soup such as Scotch Broth, Potato Soup or Cock-a-Leekie is served.

Robert Burns

The “Piping” of the haggis follows and all stand as the main course is brought in. This is always a haggis on a large dish.

It is usually brought in by the cook, generally while a piper plays bagpipes and leads the way to the host’s table, where the haggis is laid down. The host, or perhaps a guest with a talent, then recites the Address to a Haggis, a poem written

by Burns to celebrate his appreciation of the haggis. As a result Burns and haggis have been forever linked.

After the poem there’s a theatrical cutting of the haggis with a ceremonial knife and a Scotch whisky toast to the haggis takes place, then the company will sit down to the meal.

Haggis is traditionally served with mashed potatoes (tatties) and mashed turnips (neeps). A dessert course, cheese courses, coffee, etc. may also be part of the meal. When the meal reaches the coffee stage various speeches and toasts are given.

Although Burns only lived to be 37, he enjoyed an eventful life and produced an astonishing amount of great literary work. He’s famous for his political views, revolutionary behaviour and his love for the lassies, all of which can be seen in his work.

Burns was also inspired by the beauty of Scotland, particularly the breathtaking scenery of Ayrshire, his birthplace and the romantic setting of his later home region of Dumfries and Galloway.

From a simple door replacement to a complete new kitchen, Dream Doors has the New Year Resolution for you.

• Free estimates kitchen before..!

• Huge choice of doors, worktops, appliances, sinks and taps • Less time, less hassle, less cost

Call for a FREE Quote on

01228 860075 or 07922 636840

www.dreamdoors.co.uk * Terms & conditions apply, please ask for full details

View our credentials at

Find us on January/February 2014 | 27

28 | The Carlisle Guide

Feature

Now is the best time to

book your holiday

H

ERE at Dawson and Sanderson, we’re gearing up for the busiest booking period of the year.

January is generally a quiet month for travelling but very busy for advance bookings, says Stephen Dent.

“It’s never too early to start planning your holiday but is there a best time to book?”

“Obviously it depends what sort of holiday you want but, in many cases, the answer is now.

“If you look at a graph of when people book and research their holidays, an extraordinary change happens towards the end of December every year. Activity soars from its lowest point of the year to its highest”.

This remarkable shift happens because many of us, bloated and slightly bored by Christmas, with no work to do and cold grey weather outside, start to think about our summer holidays. We may not book immediately, but we certainly start searching for ideas and prices.

So when will you be booking your summer holiday?

Anyone who has a specific destination in mind would be wise to book sooner than later. So would families who have to travel during the peak, school holiday period of mid-July until the end of August.

There are still plenty of free-kids deals around, but they will probably have all gone by midsummer, which is the one period when demand for holidays could rise to the same level as the supply.

“But whenever you decide to book your holiday, be sure to give us a call or pop in to see us, on Lowther Street, Carlisle.

We’re open seven days a week,” Stephen said.

T: 01228 548899 31 Lowther St, Carlisle January/February 2014 | 29

s i n a v s ’ David T

HE Reliant Robin in the classic TV series Only Fools and Horses wasn’t, as Egremont man David Barrett points out, actually a Reliant Robin… …And David ought to know because, apart from being a huge fan of the superb sitcom series – which had seven series broadcast on BBC, between 1981 and 1991, and still gets regularly shown – David owns one of the vans which was actually used in the making of the hugely popular programmes.

The famous van/s which starred were in fact all Reliant Regal Supervan IIIs, made

by Reliant from 1953-73, which were a forerunner of the Robin, the next model along to replace them and like nearly all TV vehicles featuring regularly there was more than one.

30 | The Carlisle Guide

“Around 11 vans were used in the TV series,” David said and most were simply scrapped, a few survive; indeed the now closed Cars of the Stars museum at Keswick had two examples.”

“Mine was found a number of years ago in Manchester, it was owned by a fan of the show who had bought it along with other memorabilia”.

“While in his ownership the van was vandalised and having no safe storage for the van he agreed to sell it to me.

I have replaced all the glass in the van and repaired a large hole kicked into the body but sadly the van will need total restoration if it is to return to the road”.

“The van is fitted with a lot of electrical wiring under the bonnet and I have no idea what it was used for, the main battery cables have been cut off long ago to prevent the car from been

started, perhaps a safety measure from when it was sent to public auction.

The side chassis rails had rusted through; seats had collapsed with age; the wiring is dangerous; all bushes need replaced; as would all the braking system, not to mention the engine, “which I have never had running,” David said.

“But it’s an easy restoration, the body is glass-fibre and it has a separate chassis, the only way to restore these properly is to take the body off, restore the running gear then turn your attention to the body and wiring.

David says the van will most likely end up with a Reliant Robin engine which has a little more power and easier-toobtain parts.

Around 11 such vans were used for the TV series and were simply replaced

Feature

when the MoT was due or series ended, as it was easier to buy another than to patch up store it. “Sometimes they would keep the rear door, seats and sides panels from the van for continuity purposes”.

The first-ever van was scrapped and the ones used afterwards are a bit of a mystery. As we said Cars of the Stars had two, one now is in a private collection after going on sale and achieving £44K at auction and the other’s whereabouts is unknown but could well be in Florida with the rest of the former Keswick museum’s collection.

Another was hired for one day only, it was blue, it had washable paint added, filming stopped and the van was sent to be jet washed and given back to the owner.

One ended up in Kuwait, sent over to the troops at an RAF base by Del Boy (David Jason) himself packed with goodies from home, it was used by the RAF before being sold off.

Sadly it was damaged after being dropped off a roof and is in storage somewhere.

By the 1990s the Regals were getting harder to find and the TV company decided to restore a van and keep it for any future series; it would look shabby but be mechanically sound and road legal and this one was eventually given to the late John Sullivan, writer of the series and that’s what was used for the last few years.

So keep an eye out in future for this Peckham Princess.

“Hopefully next year I will be able to trailer it to a few local car shows, I think it’s a car most people remember,” David said.

and...

for fans of another popular 1980s TV series David has another classic in his cupboard as he will be putting together one of the KITTs – the car with artificial intelligence – which starred in the 1982-86 Knight Rider series, that made David Hasselhoff famous in the UK. It’s currently in too many pieces to picture but having bought many original parts from the USA, David hopes to be taking KITT, based on a 1980s Pontiac Trans-Am, to shows next summer, before fully completing the Reliant.

January/February 2014 | 31

Hair: Nelson Brown www.brownsthestylists.com Photography: Jack Eames Styling: Clare Frith Make up: Maddie Austin Collection - REGAL Regal has a majestic decadent history, with a modern expensive class.

Inspiration heralds from Celtic - Queen of Scotts, amplifies this symptoms hair collection from Nelson.

Be hair-aware for the coming year

A

s the creative director for browns, of Dumfries and Lockerbie Nelson Brown has to know what the latest hairdressing trends are; it’s an essential part of the business.

He’s worked backstage, for 12 years, in London, Milan, Paris and New York, and has his finger on the pulse of trend awareness, so, to give our readers a heads up, we asked him where hair styles were going this year.

“AT the London shows, during September, we worked on hair trends for spring/summer 2014, which we captured fully,” he said.

“Individuality is a direction hair has taken, and in way we use our natural hair as the strength in styling. Over-polished is no longer popular, and STREET hair has taken its place… something London is renowned for. I worked for Paul Smith spring/summer 2014, and this was a key trend in the hair.

“As a colour palette, we will be seeing stronger tones in hair fashion, such as bursting orange and clear white as seen at Meadham Kirchhoff spring/ summer 2014 collection.

To see all the shows and trends please visit: www.brownsthestylists.com Due to popular demand browns have opened a new salon in Lockerbie town centre at 4, Station Road. Nelson told us: “Lockerbie is close to our family’s heart”. Both Jacquie and Nelson Brown who went to school there said: “We wanted to bring excitement to the high street of Lockerbie, and at the same time give the local community something back.”

32 | The Carlisle Guide

Lifestyle

January/February 2014 | 33

H H

UNDITH ILL OTEL

We would like to thank you for your continuous support & custom throughout 2013.

We look forward to being of further service to you in the New Year.

All staff at the Hotel would like to wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

Wedding Fayre Wednesday 22nd January Doors open from 6.30pm Free admission Over 20 local wedding exhibitors An excellent evening to start your wedding plans or to put the finishing touches to your big day

Dates now available for

2016

Cumbria’s Premier Venue Excellent for all your special occasions

Lorton 34 | The Vale, CarlisleCockermouth, Guide

CA13 9TH | 01900 822 092 | sales@hundith.com | www.hundith.com

Be a

New Woman

Lifestyle

for the

By Sarah Briggs

M

OST people seem to think that turning 40 is a really Big Deal and that you’ve suddenly hit middle-age. I disagree.

Forty is the new 21; but 50?

Now that’s altogether different. Even though you still have a good 15-20 years of working life left and don’t feel in the slightest bit ‘old’, tell-tale little signs remind you that you are now ‘mature’ rather than young: your hair may be significantly grey and your skin less blooming.

You may have far more self-confidence than you had when you were younger, but you can’t help regretting that the two didn’t go hand-in-hand.

Having a make-over just before I turned 52 prompted lots of friends in their mid to late forties and early fifties to acknowledge that they had similar ‘looks’ dilemmas: wondering whether they needed to change skincare; make-up; hair; or all three.

One such was Kath Conchie, who turned 50 recently.

Like many women, Kath’s routine is basic.

She washes and moisturises her face and then may apply foundation with SPF

protection in it; even perhaps mascara and lipstick, but she doesn’t own any eye shadow, and she was wondering whether it was time to get more adventurous in her use of make-up...

…so who better to consult than The Guide’s own make-up expert and regular columnist Bridget Foster, who introduced Kath to some great new ideas and possibilities

New Year products Bridget recommended; perhaps with a couple of more makeup savvy friends to guide me. I feel I’d like to find out more about the whole process because it will give me more confidence to change my look”.

To find out just what was recommended for Kath turn to the following pages and read Bridget Foster’s regular feature.

..and Kath’s reaction?

Well… she wasn’t sure she’d remember everything but fortunately Bridget gives make-up lessons, so we started planning a social evening for friends ‘around 50’ at which Bridget could give us all some top tips... and meanwhile Kath is off to buy eye-shadow.

“I really enjoyed the make-over and didn’t worry that I’d look in the mirror at the end and see someone I didn’t recognise!

“Since then I have experimented a tiny bit with some ancient eyeshadow and eye pencils I found at the back of a drawer, which I wouldn’t have done before.

“I’m going to buy some of the

January/February 2014 | 35

It’s your skin that matters ...not your age

By Bridget Foster

A

FTER Feature writer Sarah Briggs approached me about writing a make-up article for women aged 50-plus I considered my approach to different age groups for skin care and make up.

Then I realised that I don’t actually consider age itself as such. Instead I simply look at the client; their skin; their lifestyle; and what styles they like and don’t they like. For some reason some brands categorise their skin care ranges into age groups and during my time of helping women with skincare in particular the most frustrating question I got asked was “What age is this product for?” I’d smile, tilt my head, and reply: “Well what age is your skin madam?”

Sarah’s friend Kath had lovely skin, defiantly younger than her years.

She told me it couldn’t take anything too heavy so she opts for a lighter moisturiser. She knows her skin can’t handle such creams and most probably active ingredients.

and its appearance then you can find products to help. Of course we all have an idea in our head of how much we want to spend. So that is something I consider when recommending products.

My mother is over 50. When I would visit I would often just pop products on her dressing table and tell her to use them and what to do. I would return to find she was using them but not as I had told her, she just forgot.

My Gran is 86 and struggles to understand why we need SPF in our products even after being burnt in the British sun and thinking Nivea would protect her. Times change and we always need re-educated and refreshed.

My sister who is 30 and the academic one out the two of us, still managed to apply my £60 Fruit & Flower glycolic peel thinking it was moisturiser, even though she can speak both the languages clearly written on the pot.

Skin care and make up has developed so much that I think many women get lost and confused with what they feel they “have to do”.

So with Sarah’s feature on make up for the 50+ woman, my approach to Kath was like any other. A chat about her working life and what make up and skincare she uses gave me enough to give her the basics to enhancing the youthful skin she still has.

You buy and use what you like and if you want to improve your skin

Ageing skin lacks the springy-bouncy texture. Our skin doesn’t repair itself

36 | The Carlisle Guide

the way it used to. How many of us have walked around work on a morning with pillow creases still on our faces. Babies don’t have them as their skin repairs itself instantly.

Colour-wise aging skin lacks warmth, which is why I pop the blusher on my gran. Skin starts to appear thinner and sometimes sun damage such as age spots show up on the skin. So as a make- up artist you bring back the youth in a face or enhance the youth and beauty the client has.

The three images show women of different ages. The images were done for a modelling agency’s books which require natural head shots. Natural and very little touch ups. Make up was needed to be as natural as possible but also flawless enough to photograph.

The three women actually have pretty much the same make up look on as they are all White European. So again it shows you work with what you see, not what’s on your birth certificate.

Separate your face into base, lips, eyes and brows. Apply them in whatever order you feel comfortable. I always do eyes before base on models and clients but for everyday makeup on myself, I start with my base.

The difference within the make up between the models is mainly in the base.

Lifestyle

Model 1 – an English rose skin:

Pale, plump and pinkie. Younger skin looks stunning with a semi-matte base. I used a Nars Foundation but very sparingly, it’s £32. Think light and velvety. Whipped Cream Max Factor foundation, £9.99 is perfect. A light concealer to even out the skin tone on the thin skin areas.

Bare minerals is a great start for young skin. Quick simple and that perfect demi matt finish.

Model 2 – skin that has been Model 1

sun kissed. More concentration with concealing the eye area. She naturally has dark shadows under the eye. Laura Mercier Secret concealer £18. She has sensitive and pigmented skin caused by sun damage, however very few blemishes. I balanced out her skin tone with Laura Mercier tinted moisturiser £31 also available in oil-free. Favourite within my kit.

Creates a natural flawless base. A local alternative is Clinique Moisture serge tinted moisturiser SPF 15 Hydrating but also oil-free at £22.

Clinique have a lovely affordable range of foundations and concealers and are suitable for sensitive skin

Model 2

Model 3 – more mature skin so

Model 3

a dewy finish is more youthful and diminishes fine lines. Clinique Air brush concealer £18 is a light to medium coverage, softens and defuses lines. Perfect for around the eye area.

Concealing needs to be light in texture so the concealer doesn’t sit in the lines but defuses them to the eye. Skin was a mix of Laura Mercier tinted moisturiser with the illuminating tinted moisturiser. Both £32.

Local alternatives are mixing an illuminator into your current foundation such as Rimmel wake me up radiance shimmer touch primer. £4.99.

Foundation: Wake me up Rimmel foundation £8.99 perfect for a winter foundation.

Coverage for pink cheeks and nose and disguising dull winter skin.

All models have had a translucent loose powder to set make up in place.

Kath had n7 translucent press powder at £11.99 and lightlydefined brows contouring and giving the face shape and structure. Over plucked half-moon shaped eyebrows would make a teenager look old.

Re shape your eyebrows before considering Botox or surgery; it makes that much of a difference. All models have natural skin tone shading on the eyes with mascara. They have my usual trusted trick of a tight liner.

Model 3 has a softer more blended line than the other models, as her skin is thinner and the softer line is more flattering. A tight brown or black line within the lashes will make any eye appear bigger and brighter.

Cheeks have a salmon pink flush.

Nars Orgasm Blusher, £19, in most professional make-up artists’ kits.

However, I have recently discovered a great alternative. Sleek Make up in Super Drug have a palette called Face form contouring and blush palette, including bronzer, highlighter and blusher for £9.99. A brilliant colour match to the make-up artists’ favourite.

Article by

bridget foster Make Up & Hair Artist www.

bridgetfoster.co.uk January/February 2014 | 37

T. 01228 597597 www.dreamsdayspa.co.uk Kingstown House, Kingstown Road, Carlisle, CA3 0DE

A

chieve that perfect look on the most important day of your life, with the help of make-up artist Aileen Williamson.

You need to look and feel your absolute best throughout your special day. Getting the right look and then retaining the bridal glow is sometimes not easy.

Make-up is the icing on the cake, to all of your hard work and excitement. It’s the one thing that will make your day complete and create a memorable bride. It is every bit as important as your dress and hair.

While a visit to the hairdresser may be on a bride's list of “must-dos”, many still struggle away with their own make-up on their wedding day. It is possible to do a great job yourself, but why put yourself under such pressure when you least need it? Remember bridal make-up is very different to what you would wear on a Saturday night out. Perhaps you should consider leaving this vital aspect of your wedding to an expert, allowing you to relax and enjoy being the focus of attention.

I have been a professional Wedding Make-Up Artist and Beauty Therapist for over 24 years, specialising in achieving a radiant skin and a flawless complexion. I and my team will work with you before your wedding day, to create a unique look that you will love. Whether you want to be fresh, dewy, natural or glamorous, we will be with you on the day, ensuring that you walk down the aisle looking confident, beautiful and dazzling.

I am passionate about making brides look outstanding and to achieve this I work with a selection of the best brands

38 | The Carlisle Guide

available, including the celebrity-loved Bare Escentuals, Derma Blend, Laura Mercier, Tom Ford and Airbase.

Airbase is a favourite of many British based TV and film make-up artists. It is used by professionals working on famous catwalk models and glossy magazine shoots. Make-up is sprayed onto the skin producing speedy unrivalled results.

My bridal service: Includes a pre-wedding make-up trial, six to eight weeks before the event. This allows time to treat any skin conditions, tint lashes or apply individual eyelash extensions if required. I encourage the bride to bring along inspirations – pages from magazines, fabric samples and floral ideas, to give me a clear idea of what colours, textures and styles that inspire you.

Additional service: My wedding service covers all members of the wedding party from flower girl to mother of the bride. I offer a friendly, fun and honest service that people recommend again and again. My services are mobile, so I am able to travel to wherever you require, which means a more relaxing enjoyable experience for you and your bridal party.

If there are a large number of people in the party, I will bring one or more assistants for the day.

Prices l Bridal Consultation with full make-up application £35 l Bridal make-up on your special day £35 (A flower girl’s make up is included)

l Bridesmaid £25 l Mother of the Bride or Groom £25 l Airbase Foundation £15

twitter.com/dreamsdayspa

facebook.com/dreamsdayspa

The Wedding Warehouse Stretch your dream...

...Not your budget

Voted Best Bridal Retailer in 2013

BRIDAL SALE NOW ON Quality and Exclusivity at Affordable Prices

1 Victoria Place Carlisle CA1 1EJ T: 01228 595 956 • www.bforbride.com

January/February 2014 | 39

Touch Nails

are in seventh heaven

J

ames and Lauren from Touch Nails and Beauty, Castle Street, Carlisle, are this year celebrating seven years of successful business.

The ever-busy city centre salon has gone from strength to strength and continues to welcome new clientele on a weekly basis because of their insistance on providing the most up-to-date techniques available and bringing the latest trends to the city.

James explains: "We provide a wide range of beauty treatments for our clientele but nails are our passion and with our professional, highly-skilled nail technicians you can be sure that your hands are in our safe hands.

"We have trained technicians who specialise in acrylic nails and we are often asked if acrylic nails damage your own nails?

The answer is definitely NO, Acrylic will not damage your nails although a poor nail technician and poor product will!

"If you have your acrylic nails applied correctly, with a good reputable product, follow the after-care correctly and have them removed correctly; you will have no problems whatsoever," James said.

"Always ask your nail technician if they have the suitable up-to-date training and are using a quality product, rather than a cheap, imported product because many of those can and do contain harmful substances such MMA (Methyl Methacylate) which can cause a whole host of problems.

"It is imperetive that you always use an accredited salon so that you know you are in safe hands," said James.

To find out more on how Touch Nails and Beauty can help you to help your hands call in and speak to any of the team who would be delighted to help.

40 | The Carlisle Guide

Lifestyle

January/February 2014 | 41

A wealth of

Wedding Ideas…

G

IVEN the enormous amount of choice to be exercised in preparing for a wedding then a wedding fair is a good place to begin to formulate ideas for your big day, to see what’s on offer from the various wedding professionals and make those important comparisons.

There’s a series of wedding fairs galloping over the horizon this spring so here’s a selection of those in this vicinity which prospective brides, grooms and parents can visit. Invariably the venues themselves have a wedding team in place too, who can answer all your queries about their particular venue.

First up in 2014 is the Crown and Mitre, English Street, Carlisle, Wedding Fayre, on Sunday January 19, from 11am-4pm with free admission. There are more than 30 exhibitors to browse, goodie bags for first 50 brides, lots of freebies, discounts and giveaways where you can talk to various Cumbrian wedding suppliers ready to make your day extra special. Contact: 01228 525491.

The Smiths Hotel, at Gretna, is holding a wedding fair, on Sunday January 26, from noon to 4pm with free admission. Wedding co-ordinators will be on hand during the day to help you with any questions you have about their surrounding wedding venues as well as accommodation inside Smiths. Wedding planners will accept appointments on the day these appointments are limited so it’s wise to book in advance. There will be a varied range of suppliers including: Bridal-wear; Kilt /Suit Hire; photographers / DVDs; flowers; wedding cakes; live bands; magicians; stationary; chair covers; a balloon designer; casino; doves; disco and beauty. Call the wedding team on 01461 336001 for more information. Website: www.smithsgretnagreen.com

42 | The Carlisle Guide

Also on Sunday January 26 at the North Lakes Hotel, Ullswater Road, Penrith, it’s open house, for their Weddings Showcase event from 10am - 4pm, to meet the team and gather ideas to help with your planning. Contact Telephone: 01768 868111.

Lifestyle

CAROL ROBERTS Couture Bridal New 2014 Collection Just Arrived The Crown Hotel, Wetheral, Wedding Fair is on Sunday February 2, from 1pm-4.30pm in the hotel’s Garden Suite. There will be have a mixture of 15 exhibitors from photographers to a sweetie buffets. There will also be a fashion show by Capricorn Brides, taking place from 2pm. It is free entry so everyone is welcome.

Carlisle's Swallow Hilltop Hotel, has a Wedding Open Day, 2-4pm, on Sunday February 16. Telephone: 01228 529255 Armathwaite Hall Country House Hotel and Spa Wedding Fayre takes place on Sunday February 23, from noon to 12pm - 4pm. It’s an opportunity to view the exceptional facilities that makes Armathwaite Hall, at Bassenthwaite, one of the premiere wedding venues in Cumbria. There’ll be a specially-selected range of wedding experts from photographers to florists, cake decorators to stationers, and from bridal gowns to suit hire businesses.

Stockist of Amanda Wyatt Tia by Benjamin Roberts Nicki Macfarlane Sottero & Midgley Private Label by G Blue by Enzoani True Bride Femme

The Hallmark Hotel, at Court Square, Carlisle, holds its fair on Sunday March 2, from 11am-4pm with prize draws and special offers on the day. To know more telephone 01228 531951 or email carlisle.events@hallmarkhotels.co.uk The Tantrums and Tiaras Wedding Fair is to be held at Rheged Centre, Redhills, and Penrith. There are events on Sunday March 9 and later in the year, on Sunday November 9 both 10am-4pm. Organisers promise over 70 local wedding suppliers including bridal houses, florists, jewellery designers, hairdressers, beauticians, photographers, cakes, favours, table decor and wedding stationary plus much, much more. Fashion shows are three times during the day, 11am, 1pm and 3pm, with various local collections to see. There is free entry and there are complimentary drinks on arrival. Tel 01768 868000 email: enquiries@Rheged.com

Designer Bridal Gowns • Bridesmaid, Prom & Formal Dresses • Accessories & Shoes • Mens Formal Hire 19 Warwick Road Carlisle CA1 1DH

T: 01228 596 332 www.carol-roberts.co.uk January/February 2014 | 43

Hairport, Brampton

A cut way above the ordinary

D

on’t underestimate Brampton. The town has a huge amount going on, some excellent places to eat, and is also home to an expert trichologist who works alongside an outstanding team of hair designers.

Janice Grieves, self-confessed ‘hair nerd’ is well-known in the specialist world of trichology. She carries out contract corrections for other salons with discretion. Her private clients include people who have lost hair for various reasons, and many of her clients travel hundreds of miles to get their hair cared for in the Hairport salon.

But, says Janice, what works particularly well is that she and Kim, Hairport’s Artistic Director, work well as a team.

Fashion forward Kimberley Pearson gave up her Carlisle salon so she could travel with the North UK Design Team, educating and showcasing styles to other stylists. They have complementary skills so whilst Janice can help look after the condition of your hair, Kim can advise on style. Not surprisingly, Kim is frequently fully booked up to 3 months in advance.

The award-winning training which the salon provides to its entire staff ensures that the team obtains a training second to none. Through training and Continuing Professional Development the salon and its staff are always learning and progressing, helping keep clients stylish but with healthy hair.

Full details about Hairport can be seen online at www.hairdoctor.co.uk, and early in 2014 Janice will be launching an online shop to sell some renowned, trustworthy brands which are generally only available in a few select salons: Alterna and Montebel.lo, for example.

The website will also keep clients up-to-date by way of a newsletter and a blog, and for subscribers there will be offers and prizes.

And if you ask either Janice or Kim why they are based in Brampton, the answer is simple: “this is home. We choose to be here”.

44 | The Carlisle Guide

Lifestyle

January/February 2014 | 45

There’s so much at the Swallow...

G

eneral Manager of the Carlisle Swallow Hotel, John MacNeill, spent 15 years managing hotels and resorts in South East Asia.

He’s used to promoting ‘destinations’, some quite remote, and as such is the ideal candidate for helping get the hotel emphatically marked on the map and endorsed as THE location for people visiting the Lake District and further afield.

The hotel is the largest residential venue in the city, able to host large-scale events such as conferences, exhibitions and weddings.

In addition it has its own leisure club open to members, nonmembers and hotel guests. There is ample parking and good transport links and easy access from the city centre.

With all these advantages, it’s the obvious choice for festivals such as the renowned Blues and Rock Festival, and in 2014 will host the first-ever Carlisle Soul Music Festival.

Throughout the year the hotel presents a full programme of live music events ranging from ceilidhs and tribute bands to themed events. In 2014 other events to look forward to include: a Burns Weekend (Jan 24-25), a murder mystery weekend (Oct) and, in November, a Cumbrian Showcase Weekend. Packages are available at very competitive rates – for example a two-night break, including dinner, bed, breakfast and entertainment costs from as little as £49.50 per person, per night.

46 | The Carlisle Guide

With all food being seasonal, locally-sourced and freshly prepared by the hotel’s team of chefs, the Langdales Restaurant is worth a visit just to have dinner and the hotel is offering ‘Two for one dining’ throughout January and February on production of a voucher which can be printed off the Swallow Hotels’ website at www.swallow-hotels.com/ diningvouchers.aspx and you might mention that you read about it in the Carlisle Guide.

So if you fancy a relaxing break - or if you have friends and family visiting the area - then for a convenient location, quality provision and value for money, the Hilltop Swallow Hotel is the place to choose.

! cut out and keep

Food

Creole Steak with Jambalaya Rice

Ready In: 25-30 Minutes | Serves: 4 INGREDIENTS 1 lb Sirloin tip steaks, cut 1/4 inch thick 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided l 1 onion, chopped l 1 cup chopped celery l 1 small green bell pepper, chopped l 2-1/2 teaspoons Creole seasoning, divided l 1 can of diced tomatoes l 1-1/2 cups cooked brown rice l l

Instructions 1. H eat a tablespoon of oil over medium heat in very large saucepan until hot. Add onion, celery, bell pepper and 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning; cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are crisp and tender, stirring occasionally.

2. S tir in tomatoes and rice. Cover and continue cooking 2 to 4 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Keep warm.

3. M eanwhile, press remaining 1-1/2 teaspoons Creole seasoning evenly onto beef steaks.

Heat 1-1/2 teaspoons oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Cooking in batches, place steaks in skillet (do not overcrowd) and cook 1 to 3 minutes for medium rare (145°F) doneness, turning once. (Do not overcook.)

Remove from skillet; keep warm. Repeat with remaining Steaks and oil.

4. Serve Steaks topped with rice mixture. cut out and keep

January/February 2014 | 47

!

Words & Photography by Alan Spedding Follow Alan at: www.alanspedding.co.uk www.cumbriafoodie.wordpress.com www.theguidemediagroup.co.uk 48 | The Carlisle Guide

Food

Treat with a Twist

Chocolate Cream with Cumbrian Snow and Roasted Pineapple With Valentine's Day just around the corner I`ve created a very romantic and pretty easy to make dessert to ease away those cold winter blues and bring about a wee “treat with a twist” for all the romantics out there... Chocolate set cream with Cumbrian snow and sweet roasted pinepple.

Chocolate Cream

Roasted Pineapple

• 300ml - Double Cream • 300ml - Full Cream Milk • Seeds from 1 Vanilla Pod • 4 tbsp - Caster Sugar • 100g - Good Milk Chocolate (chopped) • 2½ - Leaves of Gelatine

• Fresh Pieces of Pineapple • Seeds from 1 Vanilla Pod • 100g Caster Sugar • 100ml Fresh Orange Juice

1. Place vanilla pod seeds, cream, milk and sugar into a saucepan, bring slowly to a simmer and then leave simmering for 5 minutes.

2. W hile the cream mixture is simmering, add the gelatine to 2 tbsp water and leave to soak for 5 minutes then heat gently in the microwave (do not allow it to boil).

3. R emove the cream from the heat and stir in the chocolate, allow it to melt gently.

4. A dd the liquid gelatine to the cream, stir and then pass through a fine sieve.

5. Pour into cups or moulds and allow to set in the fridge for 2 or 3 hours.

1. Preheat oven to 220c 2. Add vanilla seeds to a pan containing the sugar and orange juice. Bring to the boil then pour over the pineapple pieces in a small roasting dish.

3. A llow to bake in a hot oven for about 30 - 45 mins until caramelised (baste 3 - 4 times during roasting)

To Serve 1. Cut small rectangles of snow with a hot knife, decorate these with roasted pineapple and mint, plus the roasting syrup.

2. Top the chocolate creams with fresh berries or orange pieces, grated chocolate or just the roasted pineapple pieces.

Cumbrian Snow • 7 - Gelatine Leaves • 120g - Caster Sugar • 360ml - Water 1. Soak the gelatine in cold water for 5 minutes.

2. Mix the sugar and water together, bring to the boil then remove from the heat. Add the drained gelatine to the sugar mixture and then stir to dissolve completely.

3. A dd the sugar mixture to a food mixer with a whisk, mix for several minutes until cold. The snow will form as this is happening.

4. Once cold, pour into a cling film lined dish to a depth of around 1½ inches, allow the snow to set in the fridge.

January/February 2014 | 49

What will your message be in...

Shout about your business to

35,000 bi-monthly readers Eighth of a page

£11.92 per week*

Quarter of a page

£20.00 per week*

Half of a page

£28.84 per week* * All prices subject to VAT and a 12 month contract

Call: 01946 816 716 or email: info@theguidemediagroup.com to discuss your advertising package

www.theguidemediagroup.com 50 | The Carlisle Guide

theGuide Media Group

Food

Cheers at last for pub’s return

A

BOARDED up and sadlyneglected Carlisle pub, the Horse and Farrier, Yewdale, may be getting a new start in the New Year.

Carlisle MP John Stevenson, has now received assurances from Tesco that the redevelopment of the Horse and Farrier will start in early 2014.

In a letter to him Tesco apologised because: “Bringing the site forward had taken longer than anticipated”.

The letter confirms that following the redevelopment of the Horse and Farrier, which will see the pub being brought back into use, Tesco will build one of their “Extra” stores next to the pub. Mr Stevenson said: “The Horse and Farrier is an iconic pub. It’s been closed for a number of years (2007) and I am pleased

that Tesco has taken the decision to redevelop the pub, beginning in the New Year.

“This is good news for our local economy.

I hope that through the redevelopment of the pub and the construction of a new store, a number of additional jobs will be created in Carlisle.”

It would be a new start for the Grade II listed building – dating from 1929 which was designed by Carlisle State Management Scheme’s famous architect, Harry Redfern. He was employed to make Carlisle’s pubs more modern, attractive and family-orientated and discourage binge drinking.

The original 2009 proposals were for a 404sq metre store with 33 parking spaces beside the Horse and Farrier, on the corner of Orton Road.

January/February 2014 | 51

52 | The Carlisle Guide

Food

Mini Meatloaves Ready In: 30 minutes Servings: Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

• About one and a quarter pounds (567grammes) of fresh-ground chicken, chicken breast fresh-ground turkey or turkey breast • Non-stick cooking spray • 1/4 cup frozen chopped onions • 2/3 cup Italian-style bread crumbs • 2 eggs • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic • 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, grated, fancy style

Cooking Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with no-stick cooking spray.

3. I n large bowl, mix together all remaining ingredients.

4. F ill muffin cups with a scant 1/2 cup of meatloaf mixture.

5. Bake 25 to 30 minutes.

January/February 2014 | 53

Soup Parmesano

! cut out and keep Ready In: 40 minutes | Serves: 4-6

cut out and keep

!

ALTHOUGH you may be fed up of the sight of turkey by now this American recipe makes a tasty change and, believe it or not, there are some of us who didn’t overdo the festive fowl eating!

54 | The Carlisle Guide

Ingredients 1lb (16-ounces) of fresh ground turkey, chicken or the breast of either 1 (3/4-ounce) package dried Italian salad dressing mix 1 tablespoon olive oil 6 (10 1/2-ounce) cans chicken broth (or use your own) 1/2 cup frozen carrot slices 9-ounces of cheese-filled tortellini 1 can diced tomatoes, drained 1/2 cup chopped fresh spinach

METHOD • Mix together ground turkey and salad dressing mix in a medium bowl.

• Form into 1-inch balls.

• Heat oil in skillet; add meatballs and brown on medium heat for 7 to 10 minutes.

• Drain meatballs on paper towels.

• Bring broth to a boil in a large stockpot.

• Add tortellini and carrots; cook for 5 minutes.

• Reduce heat and add meatballs.

Simmer gently for 10 minutes.

• Add tomatoes and spinach; stir until spinach wilts slightly. Serve.

Food

News in Brief Raising the bar…

PICK OF THE PUBLIC: Lloyds No. 1 became the public’s favourite bar in Carlisle this year after people were asked to vote for their favourite Carlisle pub/club/ bar in the sixth annual Carlisle and Eden Best Bar None awards. The Best Bar None scheme focuses on safety and customer care, and helping establish a standard of excellence within the pubs, clubs and bars in both areas. Other best winner in Carlisle: Best Pub: Turf Tavern; Best Club – Walkabout; Best Suburban: Gosling Bridge; Best Hotel Bar: Hallmark; Best rural premises and CFM Radio ‘People’s Choice’: Graham Arms Hotel, Longtown.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Crown Hotel in Wetheral for receiving their AA Rosette Plate 2013-2014 which has been awarded for culinary excellence. This is the fourth year in a row the Conservatory Restaurant at the Crown has been awarded the AA Rosette Plate which is a fantastic achievement.

Please contact the hotel on 01228 561888 if you would like to make a reservation.

BLUE BELL under new management

Tom Coward, known by many as the formar manager of The Border Rambler, Botchergate, has taken over the management of The Blue Bell in Dalston.

Tom is excited at the prospect of the new venture and is hoping to introduce new menus in the new year.

January/February 2014 | 55

“ The perfect venue for your next business meeting or conference ”

S ILE IELD M 3 LAF LY L N SE O M O FR

C onference Facilities at

GOSFORTH HALL Costing from as little as £20 per head our conference room offers the perfect environment for business meetings or conferences. It is as relaxed as it is organised and a full business service can be provided including WiFi access.

LARGE Car Park | Bacon Sandwiches on Arrival | Unlimited Tea & Coffee with Biscuits Sandwiches & REAL Chips or Buffet Lunch | Water & Mints | Catering for up to 24 Delegates Projector & Projector Screen | Flip Chart & Pens | Paper & Pencils | FREE WiFi Please give us a call 019467 25322 to discuss your requirements T. 019467 25322

56 | The Carlisle Guide

|

Gosforth, Cumbria CA20 1AZ

|

www.gosforthhallinn.co.uk

The Great Guide to

Eating Out INDIAN / BISTRO / TRADITIONAL / PUB GRUB / ITALIAN / CHINESE / THAI /

Call us on: 01946 816 719 To advertise your business in The Great Guide To Eating Out January/February 2014 | 57

Are you prepared

for winter?

TIPS FOR WINTER DRIVING Ice - Slow down, steer gently and use the highest gear you can. If you have to brake, use short, even applications, not heavy sustained pressure. Look out for skid traps like frost and wet leaves. Always leave a much larger gap between you and the vehicle in front, as it takes a lot longer to stop on ice or snow.

Fog - Use dipped headlights, keep your windscreen clear and drive so that you can stop in the distance you can see. Use rear fog lights if visibility is less than 100 metres.

W

ith dark evenings, falling temperaturesand poor visibility, winter driving can be testing… even for the most experienced motorist.

But there are steps and precautions you can take to ensure safe journeys through the worst of the winter weather.

Being prepared is key - You need to keep your vehicle up to scratch at all times so try following this checklist before you go out: All lights clean and working, washer bottle full; clean mirrors and windows inside and out; tyres at the right pressure with plenty of tread; battery fully charged and topped up.

As for the journey itself… well don’t take any un-necessary risks. Keep an eye on the weather forecast and try to use roads on the gritting list / map.

Don’t use roads which are closed – you will put yourself and others in danger and abandoned vehicles hamper snow clearance.

You should have a survival kit – keep these things in your car: a thick jumper; warm coat, boots, thick gloves, blanket, hot drink in a flask, good torch and a spade. If possible include a tow rope, booster cables, some sand and a solid wooden board for the jack.

As well as being prepared, you will have to change the way you drive in winter, and take into account the variety of weather conditions.

58 | The Carlisle Guide

Rain - Use dipped headlights, keep your speed down and keep well back from the vehicle in front.

If you come to a flood, slow right down, but keep your revs high.

Hail - Slow down and use dipped headlights. Beware of slush on the road after a hail storm Snow - If the sun dazzles, reduce speed and use your visor. Keep well back from the vehicle in front of you. If your tyres won’t grip, there may be a salt/grit heap or bin nearby. Spread the salt/grit in front of your driving wheels and set off in the highest gear you can. If you are caught in heavy snow, wrap up warm and stay inside your vehicle if possible.

Motoring

Emissions account for a quarter

of all MOT test failures

T

HE most recent MOT test data shows that excess exhaust emissions levels account for more than a quarter (26.2 per cent) of all MOT failures.

Some 9.7% of petrol cars tested failed to meet the required emissions standards; more than double the proportion of diesel-engined cars (3.9 per cent).

Fuel additive provider, Redex, evaluated the data submitted to the Vehicle Operator and Services Agency (VOSA) by every MOT test facility in the UK. Possible explanations include the different don for frequent, shorter, urban trips, whereas more diesels are chosen for longer, motorway-based journeys.

Diesels also operate at lower engine speeds and are less stressed than higher revving petrol motors.

But since petrol cars are assessed for a high number of gases and hydrocarbons in the emissions test diesels are tested only for smoke levels so they have an easier emissions test than petrol-engined cars.

January/February 2014 | 59

Converting to the K avanagh cause Carlisle United by Ross Brewster

T

WENTY second in the First Division table at the beginning of September. Carlisle United looked to be in for a long, hard winter of discontent. Crowds were dwindling, fans were moaning and it was hard to see how United could arrest the slump.

Football is a game of fine lines, good and bad timing, decisions that pay off and decisions that don’t. There’s a slice of luck involved as well.

It is starting to look as if the Brunton Park board made a smart move when they asked Graham Kavanagh to take over the managerial hot seat following the departure of Greg Abbott after that shaky start to the season.

Fortune favoured them in the sense that had Abbott’s contract not been renewed, there’s no certainty Kavanagh would have stayed. And with around 50 applicants for the manager’s job, it seemed they were taking the conservative, and some said cheap and easy option, by opting for the man already there at Brunton Park.

Many fans doubted the wisdom of offering Abbott another year’s deal in the summer. And when Kavanagh, vastly experienced as a player with the likes of Stoke City and Sunderland, stepped in after Carlisle’s abject start, there were doubters who felt it was time for a fresh outlook on the managerial front. A sweeping away of all connected with the old guard.

Kavanagh is winning over the unconvinced, even if the Saturday afternoon and Tuesday evening footfall down Warwick Road remains worrying low.

He’s shown himself to be tactically sound, and when it 60 | The Carlisle Guide

comes to a contacts book they reckon few people in the game at this level can match Kavanagh. Until relatively recently he was still playing and it’s clear, from the calibre of loan player he has been able to secure, that those contacts are not only very fresh, but at the highest levels of the game.

Astuteness apart, maybe Kavanagh is a lucky manager in the sense that he isn’t afraid to take controversial decisions and be his own man. So far those tough calls have paid off.

Take the signing on a two and a half year deal of former Manchester City teenager Courtney Meppen-Walter, who was invited to train with Carlisle after being released from prison where he had served eight months of a sentence for causing death by careless driving.

“ Kavanagh is winning over the unconvinced, even if the Saturday afternoon and Tuesday evening footfall down Warwick Road remains worrying low.”

There were those who took to the moral high ground and espoused the case against signing someone with MeppenWalter’s background. Kavanagh is clearly prepared to judge him on what he has established personally and I certainly get the impression that the Paddock fans think United have got themselves a talented young player.

In physique and footballing quality, there’s something of a Stephane Pounewatchy about Meppen-Walter. United supporters really took to the big Frenchman--”there’s only one Stephane” they used to sing--and the early evidence hints that Carlisle have got themselves another potentially classy player in that mould.

Sport Kavanagh seems intent on bringing a better standard of player to Brunton Park. He’s looked to higher division sides for loanees like Max Ehmer, Ben Amos, Josh Morris and Tom Lawrence, signed one for the future in Craig Roddan, and he’s also begun restoring the confidence of established players like James Berrett and Lee Miller, who were not performing anywhere near their best earlier in the campaign. With Paul Thirlwell having easily his best season at Carlisle, it’s freed the likes of Berrett and Prince Buaben to get forward more positively. Having made defensive organisation his first priority, Kavanagh has got the team playing with impressive fluency.

There are still weaknesses. Consistency is sometimes lacking.

The squad can ill-afford injuries and suspensions. Some young players have not developed as fully as might have been hoped. But things are looking brighter and it’s time now for Cumbrian supporters, traditionally cynical and negative, to start sending out more positive messages from Brunton Park to persuade absent friends to return.

Three months ago I would have said Carlisle United were relegation certainties barring some sort of miraculous epiphany. Well, it’s no miracle, more a good decision at board level and a refreshing approach by Kavanagh and his men, but I am looking up rather than down the league table at the start of the New Year.

01946 816 716 www.theguidemediagroup.com

theGuide Media Group

Publishing • Design • Print • Web

January/February 2014 | 61

Bombay Bicycle Club Loops a bit different…

B

e to OMBAY BICYCLE CLUB continu s most UK’ the of one as l trai a ze bla with the prolific and ambitious bands years, five in um alb rth release of their fou ruary Feb (on w’ orro Tom You ‘So Long, See ng the eili unv by 3, via Island Records) – and . ork artw ’ ing ath album’s ‘moving, bre wor k of groundbreaking The illustration is inspired by the eard Muybridge. A 19th century photographer Eadw photography, Muybridge tion -mo stop of field pioneer in the device for projecting a , cope was famed for his zoopraxis strips used in film the d date prethat res pictu motion al. digit re cinematography befo

and distinctive image Designed by La Boca, the unusual guidance of the sun and the r unde depicts a man journeying sing direction to a oppo an in and s cycle their in n the moo 62 | The Carlisle Guide

silhouetted woman. it is a particularly apt Echoing the theme of continuity, album ambitiously BBC new the fit with the record as dies built around loops melo tiful beau of s serie a s prise com . loop big E ON all inter linked by

Jack Steadman – who Penned by multi-talented frontman ugh India, Turkey, thro lling trave wrote the record while awash with references bly audi it ng leavi o, Toky and pe Euro intended it from the outset from each of these cultures – he through to its finale. Jack track to tell a stor y from the first side to it, although I antic rom a is e ther think “I explains: of a song and theme side ning mea always try to leave the wide open.” ing new ground yet The new album looks to break excit g and innovating at sifyin diver ly tless effor , band a again for offbeat rhythms, s, loop real ethe an astonishing rate with

Music

, soaring strings and shimmering keys, Dutch techno blips it is without question a – les samp ie mov d woo Bolly even in in their early 20s. defining record for a band who rema mon with experimental Indeed, So Long… has more in com sound BBC are rock indie the melodic electronica than journey ‘round and round to ers listen s invite it as for, n know and round,…’ which was recorded Jack also self-produced the album studio and engineered own ’s over 18 months in the band , AlunaGeorge) – TSA (QO in Rank Mark by d mixe and -time collaborator long by ls voca ing back there are familiar adds: “The last Jack ris.

Mor Lucy Rose and newcomer Rae towards ‘our e mov to g tryin t spen been few year s have uced the album sound’, the fact that we have prod lot!” a ed help has elves ours

lubmusic.com Website: www.bombaybicyclec

January/February 2014 | 63

Colouring Time

64 | The Carlisle Guide

Kid’s Sudoku

Word search

Boots Earmuffs Fireplace Frost Gloves

Winter Wordsearch Hot Chocolate Ice Polar Bear Shovel Skating

Kids

Sledge Slippery Snow Snowman Winter

January/February 2014 | 65

W

Puzzles

Quick Crossword

Across 1. Floorshow (7) 4. Spooky (5) 7. Detection device (5) 9.Vertical (7) 10. Inactivity (7) 11. Measuring implement (5) 12. Dictator (6) 14. Ecclesiastic (6) 18. Copious (5) 20. Drawn (7) 22. Pouch worn with a kilt (7) 23. Diadem (5) 24. Admittance (5) 25. Spiny anteater (7) Down 1. Transported (7) 2. Emblem (5) 3. Tropical bird (6) 4. Mistake (5) 5. Dependable follower (7) 6. Go in (5) 8. Magnitude relation (5) 13. Reinforcement (7) 15. Reasoned judgment (5) 16. Musical passage (7) 17. Opportunity (6) 18. Part of a church (5) 19. Ahead of time (5) 21. Obviate (5)

Sudoku

Please see the Tide Tables page for the solutions 66 | The Carlisle Guide

Jan/FeB

What’s On

What’s On

Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre

Lets Play Who’s Coming to CARLISLE

Anti Pasti Austrailian Pink Floyd Brendan Cole Fascinating Aida

Limehouse Lizzy Perfect Strangers Populaire Roy Chubby Brown

Springsteen Sessions Toploader The Blue Feeling The Overtones

January/February 2014 | 67

Jan/FeB

What’s On

Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre

//music Wed Jan 8 Traditional Jazz Second Wednesday of every month. Carlisle and Brampton Jazz Band.

The Howard Arms, Brampton ------------------------------------------------Sat Jan 11 Limehouse Lizzy The Brickyard, Carlisle The Blue Feeling Club Rock, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sun Jan 12 Kimom Parry (Clarinet) and Tony Ingham (Piano) Theatre by the Lake, Keswick ------------------------------------------------Wed Jan 15 Irish and Folk Jam Session Every first and third Wednesday of the month.

Spinners Arms, Cummersdale ------------------------------------------------Sat Jan 18 Its Grim up North 3 Club Rock, Carlisle Tubes (Soccer AM) DJ Set The Brickyard, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sat Jan 25 Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers Club Rock, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sun Jan 26 North Westmorland Arts Concert: Yorkshire Imps Appleby Public House, Appleby

68 | The Carlisle Guide

------------------------------------------------Fri Jan 31 The Stray Birds Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal ------------------------------------------------Sat Feb 1 Student Party with Black Lace Live Club Rock, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Wed Feb 5 Irish and Folk Jam Session Every first and third Wednesday of the month.

Spinners Arms, Cummersdale ------------------------------------------------Thur Feb 6 Live @ The Globe An evening of contemporary acoustic music.

The Globe Inn, Calthwaite nr Penrith

------------------------------------------------Fri Feb 7 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra The Sands Centre, Carlisle Behind Closed Doors/Things that Hang from Trees Club Rock, Carlisle The Springsteen Sessions The Brickyard, Carlisle My Darling Clementine Hot new Americana duo Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal ------------------------------------------------Sat Feb 8 Censored/Aventus/ Promethium Club Rock, Carlisle

07/02/2014

The Springsteen Sessions The Brickyard, Carlisle

eatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music

Opening September 2014 Carlisle College Digital and Creative Arts Enterprise Centre For a prospectus text CCPROSPECTUS to 88020 Smart move!

Call 01228 822 700

Email info@carlisle.ac.uk

Visit carlisle.ac.uk January/February 2014 | 69

Jan/FeB

What’s On

Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre

Mercury - Queen Tribute The Wave, Maryport ------------------------------------------------Wed Feb 12 Traditional Jazz Second Wednesday of every month. Carlisle and Brampton Jazz Band.

The Howard Arms, Brampton ------------------------------------------------Fri Feb 14 Toploader The Venue, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sat Feb 15 Anti-Pasti, The Muff Wigs The Brickyard, Carlisle David Gest’s Legends of Soul The Sands Centre, Carlisle Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple Tribute) Club Rock, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Thur Feb 20 The Australian Pink Floyd The Sands Centre, Carlisle Laura Cantrell Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal ------------------------------------------------Fri Feb 21 - 22 Rockmantic II: Sands Charity Fundraiser Friday: Exit State, Massive Wagons, Deadaudiosaints and Knighthood Saturday: Guns II Roses, Knock Out Kaine, Heartbreak Remedy and The Blacklist Saints The Brickyard, Carlisle

70 | The Carlisle Guide

07/02/2014

royal liverpool philharmonic orchestra The sands centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sat Feb 22 Great Man Theory Club Rock, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Thur Feb 27 Blue Touch Paper Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal ------------------------------------------------Sat Mar 1 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Thur Mar 6 The Overtones The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Fri Mar 7 Dr Feelgood Carnegie Theatre, Workington

------------------------------------------------Wed March 12 Traditional Jazz Second Wednesday of every month. Carlisle and Brampton Jazz Band The Howard Arms, Brampton ------------------------------------------------Sun Mar 16 911: Illuminate The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Tue Mar 18 Tragedy: The all metal tribute to The Bee Gees and Beyond The Brickyard, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Fri Mar 28 The Selecter The Brickyard, Carlisle

What’s On

eatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music

//theatre

the most affluent, are happily married,but Fiona has something going on with one of Frank’s juniors. To cover her tracks Wed Jan 1 - 18 she involves another of Frank’s Swallows and Amazons subordinates who is completely Theatre by the Lake, Keswick unaware of what is going on.

------------------------------------------------West Walls Theatre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Fri Jan 3 & 4 Fri Feb 14 Aladdin Fascinating Aida Brampton Community Centre Expect topical new songs, ------------------------------------------------hot off the press, plus some outrageous old favourites as Fascinating Aida continue to grow old disgracefully!

The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Thur Feb 27 Julie Madly Deeply Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal ------------------------------------------------Fri Feb 28 - Mar 1 Arabian Nights by Cumbria Drama Start 7.30pm Tickets £10 for adults and £7 concessions, available from: info@cumbriadance.com or telephone 01228 599440 West Walls Theatre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------01/01/2014 Fri Mar 7 swallows and amazons Carmen CC_Enterprise Centre_138x45mm_Ad_AW_Layout 1 13/12/2013 14:11 Page 1 theatre by the lake, keswick The Sands Centre, Carlisle Fri Jan 24 Shakespeare 4 Kidz: Macbeth The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Fri Jan 31 Brendan Cole: Licence to Thrill The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Mon Feb 3 - 8 How the Other Half Loves The play is about three suburban couples linked by the work of the husbands. Frank and Fiona,

Opening September 2014

Carlisle College Digital and Creative Arts Enterprise Centre For a prospectus text CCPROSPECTUS to 88020

Call 01228 822 700

Email info@carlisle.ac.uk

Visit carlisle.ac.uk

January/February 2014 | 71

Jan/FeB

What’s On

Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre

Mon Mar 10 -16 Evita The Sands Centre is proud to welcome, for its first ever visit to Cumbria, the critically acclaimed musical Evita by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sun Mar 30 Giselle The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------

//comedy Sat Jan 4 Roy Chubby Brown Making a return with his bluest show yet! Not suitable for under 18s The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Fri Jan 24 Comedy Club Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal -------------------------------------------------

Sat Feb 15 Paul Sinha Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal ------------------------------------------------Sat Mar 8 Alex Horne Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

//film Thur Jan 2 - 3 The Hobbit (12) Rheged Centre, Penrith ------------------------------------------------Mon Jan 13 Rush (15) The Kirkgate Cinema, Cockermouth ------------------------------------------------Mon Jan 13 Populaire (12A) Tullie House, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------13/01/2014 Thur Feb 27 - Mar 2 populaire (12a) 15th Keswick Film Festival Tullie house, carlisle CC_Enterprise Centre_138x45mm_Ad_AW_Layout 1 13/12/2013 14:11 Page 1 Keswick

Opening September 2014

Carlisle College Digital and Creative Arts Enterprise Centre For a prospectus text CCPROSPECTUS to 88020

Call 01228 822 700

72 | The Carlisle Guide

Email info@carlisle.ac.uk

Visit carlisle.ac.uk

What’s On

eatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music

//other Thur Jan 9 Esk Valley Jazzmen Carlisle Jazz Club Carlisle RU Club, Warwick Rd ------------------------------------------------Fri Jan 10 Blood Donation Session 2.00pm – 6.00pm North Lakes Hotel, Penrith ------------------------------------------------Mon Jan 13 Simply Local Farmers’ Market Junction 36, Rural Auction Centre, Kendal ------------------------------------------------Wed Jan 15 Blood Donation Session 3.00pm – 7.00pm Crown & Mitre Hotel, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Thur Jan 16 Paul Palmer Quintet Carlisle Jazz Club Carlisle RU Club, Warwick Rd ------------------------------------------------Sun Jan 19 Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) This is an open meeting - everyone is welcome.

Fellside Centre, Kendal ------------------------------------------------Tue Jan 21 Blood Donation Session 3.00pm – 7.00pm Crown & Mitre Hotel, Carlisle -------------------------------------------------

25/01/2014

burns night rheged centre penrith Wed Jan 22 Blood Donation Session 3.00pm – 7.00pm Swallow Hilltop Hotel, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Thur Jan 23 Fifty Years of Fashion Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle Carlisle and District Egyptology Society Guest Speaker: Christopher Eyre (University of Liverpool) Quaker Meeting House, Carlisle Luba Valley Jazzmen & Rosie Carlisle Jazz Club Carlisle RU Club, Warwick Rd -------------------------------------------------

January/February 2014 | 73

Jan/FeB

What’s On

Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre

Fri Jan 24 Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet Curator Talk by Tim Padley 11:30am and 2:30pm A curatorial talk by Tim Padley, Curator of Archaeology.

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle Burns Night Supper Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle Blood Donation Session 2:30pm – 6:30pm Morton Community Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sat Jan 25 Burns Night Rheged Centre, Penrith ------------------------------------------------Thur Jan 30 Jack Wilson & the Solway Rhythem Aces Carlisle Jazz Club Carlisle RU Club, Warwick Rd ------------------------------------------------Thur Feb 6 Mainline Jazz Carlisle Jazz Club Carlisle RU Club, Warwick Rd ------------------------------------------------Fri Feb 7 Made in Cumbria Farmers Market - 09:30 - 15:30 City Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Thur Feb 13 The Rae Bros New Orleans Jazz Band Carlisle Jazz Club Carlisle RU Club, Warwick Rd

74 | The Carlisle Guide

27/02/2014

peter phillips at the carlisle egyptology society quaker meeting house, carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sat Feb 15 - Jun 1 Mechanical Circus This entertaining, circus-style exhibition combines modern mechanical sculptures with centuries-old physics games and puzzles to prove that science and technology are alive and absorbing – there’s never a dull moment here!

Tullie House, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Thur Feb 20 Dave Donohoe’s All-Stars Carlisle Jazz Club Carlisle RU Club, Warwick Rd ------------------------------------------------Thur Feb 27 Carlisle and District Egyptology Society Guest Speaker: Peter Phillips (Editor, Ancient Egypt Magazine)

Subject: Forgotten Temples of Egypt Quaker Meeting House, Carlisle Martin Bennett’s Old Green River Band Carlisle Jazz Club Carlisle RU Club, Warwick Rd -------------------------------------------------

News just in!

Workington Town are to host the Challenge Cup and grandfinal winners Wigan on 26th January at Derwent Park.

Tickets now available.

Music

eatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music /

Theatre / Film / Comedy / Ot

They have also appeared at various country music festivals and now aim to cross the divide more and play at events featuring and winder range of genres.

Mel Greggain:

Melanie credits her dad Brian, who is manager of The Ennerdale County House Hotel, Cleator, with her lifelong interest in country music. “When I was a kid I used to listen to his music and try and write my own and it all took off from there,” she said. “Now we perform some of own songs”.

Our Award-winning County Girl

Having trained musically in London, Mel also trained as a dancer both in the UK and in the US. Now, as they tour the UK, Luke and Mel perform a mixture of classic and modern Country music with a young, fresh approach.

ORMER Cumbrian singer / songwriter Mel Greggain and her partner, Luke Thomas, from Saddleworth, near Oldham, have recently been named as the best rising act in British county music.

‘Melanie and Luke are one of the best, if not THE best, girlboy duo that I have ever seen! They have a great sound and a great fresh look; just what British Country music needs, according to Wayne Hadlow, of Europe’s biggest county and Western venue, Fort San Antone, Warton, near Preston.

Together they form Luke and Me, one of the most exciting young country music duos around. Both are also frontline band members for Solid Gold Country Legends, which tours many of the UK’s principle theatres.

Mel said: “Country music has changed a lot in recent years.

We’ve both been to Nashville, and in the US it has a massive following among young people and it is a multibillion dollar industry. We are trying to bring it to young people here too.”

F

In early 2012 they decided to team up and put both their skills and talents together to form their unique country duo which is taking the UK by storm and it was as a result of their popularity that Luke and Me recently collected the Horizon Act-of-the-Year 2013, at the recent British Country Music Awards in London, at The British Airways Concorde Suite, after being voted for by clubs, agents and venues throughout Britain.

Luke and Mel perfected their craft as frontline members of Solid Gold Country Legends and Dolly The Show, which have performed at Britain’s principle theatres and events and their music has taken them the length and breadth of the UK. When I spoke to Mel they had just completed a 10-day tour of the North East before going to London and Scotland and they are currently performing full-time covering about three gigs each week.

Luke’s blinding guitar work and vocal ability are making him a big name among Country music fans and he’s been described as the best young Country guitarist in the UK. Luke was taught to play by the legendary John Pettifer while working with him for five years in Country Legends, finally taking over as lead axeman when John left to join the Charlie Landsborough Band. Luke has also toured with One Night of Elvis and the Gary Quinn Band and has played in Nashville where he rubbed shoulders with the finest pickers in the world.

Luke and Mel are bringing out their own EP in January, which will be downloadable on I-Tunes Their website is: www.lukeandmel.com January/February 2014 | 75

Wildlife of The Solway Firth The Shore Crab Carcinus maenas

By Mark Vollers

A

ny seaside holiday around the UK is very likely to involve an encounter with this remarkable, hardy and adaptable crustacean.

It is found in coastal shallows and estuaries, feeding on worms, molluscs and carrion‌ any sea angler will admit to have been plagued by these crabs at some stage picking away at their valuable fishing bait!

The female crab can only mate when she is newly moulted, a process by which all crustaceans (includes shrimps and lobsters) shed their hard outer shell in order to grow a bit before hardening up again. A male crab sensing his opportunity will ensure first refusal by grabbing hold of the female across her back several days in advance. Several thousand eggs are produced at a time, held as a mass under the female’s body until

76 | The Carlisle Guide

hatching into minute free swimming larvae. These larvae circulate in the ocean currents feeding on plankton for a year or more, eventually settling down in the shallows.

They are extremely resourceful and either hide away under stones and seaweed or simply burrow down into sand and mud to hide from predators, of which there are many. Fish like wrasse, cod, rays and smoothounds are always on the prowl, seabirds, otters and man (for bait) also take their share.

A walk along the tideline in early summer may present what looks like crab carnage, but is in fact the sign of a healthy local population... hundreds of cast off shells proving that local growing conditions are excellent. www.coastaquarium.co.uk

Silloth Tide Tables

Solution to Crossword

Solution to Sudoku

Solution to Alpha Sudoku

January/February 2014 | 77

Your Guide to

Local Services To advertise here call 01946 816 716 or email info@theguidmediagroup.com

78 | The Carlisle Guide

property maintenance

LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS!

ADVERTISE HERE for ÂŁ7.59 a week!*

CALL:

01946 816 719 *Terms & conditions apply

plumbing & electrical

roofing

Double glazing

doors & flooring

tree surgery

scaffolding

January/February 2014 | 79

Train Times - 8 December 2013 - 17 May 2014

For train times and fares information visit www.northernrail.org or call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50

80 | The Carlisle Guide

Handy Map

Carlisle

The

1 Swifts Golf Course and Driving Range

Sports Grounds

1 Bitts Park

Parks

1 Carlisle College

Colleges/University

1 Our Lady and St Joseph’s Catholic Church 2 St Cuthbert’s Church 3 Carlisle Cathedral

Places Of Worship

Tourist Information Public Toilets Police Station Citadel Station Parking 24hr Petrol Station The Lanes Shopping Centre

Local Ameneties

1 Central Library 2 Market Hall 3 Skate Park

Points of Interest

Attractions

1 Carlisle Castle and Border Regiment Museum 2 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery 3 Guild Hall Museum 4 The Pools 5 LaserQuest 6 VUE Cinema

City Map

January/February 2014 | 81

handy numbers Council & Other Services Carlisle City Council Cumbria County Council (out-of-hours service) Cumbria County Council Carlisle Tourism Carlisle Post Office (Scotch Street) Carlisle Library (Globe Lane)

01228 817000 01228 526690 0800 1218 800 01228 817166 01228 525017 01228 227310

Medical / Support Services Emergency Police/Fire/Ambulance Police (non-emergency) Fire & Rescue General Enquiries Cumberland Infirmary Accident and Emergency NHS Direct West Cumberland Hospital National Blood Service Dental Emergency Cumbria Health on Call (CHOC) Domestic Violence Support Samaritans

999 101 01228 593350 01228 523444 01228 814411 0845 46 47 01946 693 181 0845 7711711 01228 603900 03000 247 247 07712 117 986 08457 90 90 90

Museums, Attractions & Music Venues Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Walby Farm Park The Source The Brickyard Guildhall Museum Carlisle Indoor Market Hall Carlisle Cathedral LaserQuest AMF Bowling Brunton Park Carlisle Castle Cumbria’s Military Museum The Lanes Shopping Centre, Carlisle Gretna Gateway Outlet Village Carlisle Racecourse

Tullie House Museum 01228 618718 82 | The Carlisle Guide

01228 618718 01228 573056 01228 595535 01228 512220 01228 618718 01228 513991 01228 548151 01228 511155 0844 826 3013 01228 526237 01228 591922 01228 532774 01228 529356 01461 339028 01228 554700

Carlisle Racecourse 01228 554700

If you would like your service listed here please call: 01946 816 716 Schools Trinity School Austin Friars St Monica’s School Newman Catholic School St Cuthbert’s Catholic Community School Richard Rose Morton Academy Carlisle College University of Cumbria

01228 516051 01228 528042 01228 404942 01228 607505 01228 607545 01228 822700 01228 616234

Sports Indoor & Outdoor Carlisle Driving Range The Pools Swimming & Health Centre Sheepmount Athletics Stadium Stoneyholme Golf Club

01228 545665 01228 625777 01228 625599 01228 625511

Theatres & Cinema The Sands Centre The Green Room Vue Entertainment

01228 633766 01228 533233 0871 224 0240

Tourist Information Carlisle VisitScotland Gretna Brampton Southwaite

01228 625600 01461 337834 016977 3433 016974 73445

Travel & Weather Bus Timetables Stagecoach North West Train Timetables Lake District Weather Service Vets Eden Veterinary Centre Ashlea Veterinary Centre RSPCA

Carlisle TIC 01228 625600

0871 200 22 33 01228 597 222 08457 48 49 50 0844 846 2444

01228 541999 01228 549177 01228 512893

Lake District Weather 0844 846 2444

January/February 2014 | 83

Opening September 2014 Carlisle College Digital and Creative Arts Enterprise Centre For a prospectus text CCPROSPECTUS to 88020 Smart move!

Call 01228 822 700 84 | The Carlisle Guide

Email info@carlisle.ac.uk

Visit carlisle.ac.uk