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RUGBY: Hooker Gowing back for Esher trip
AFTER a run-out with the Seconds last weekend, hooker Ian Gowing is named in Kendal's First XV squad to travel to Esher in Surrey in National League 2 on Saturday. Disc trouble in his back has prevented Gowing from starting so far this season, but he
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Big Gigs: Now Booking
Carlisle Sands Centre Box Office 01228 625 222 - Beth Orton (October 10). Manchester Evening News Arena Box Office 0161 930 8000 - Coldplay (October 11); Foo Fighters (November 16); Manic Street Preachers (December 6). Manchester Apollo Box Office 0161
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Gig Guide
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Beth Broomby on 01539-720555, or send a fax on 01539-720990, or drop a line to the Gig Guide, The Westmorland Gazette, 22 Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4NE, at least TWO WEEKS before
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Celtic treat
COME over all Celtic on the west coast with a dose of Dervish. Next Friday, October 4, at 8pm celebrated Irish band Dervish bring their fiddles, flute, whistle, accordion, bodhran and bouzouki to life with a spirited performance at Barrow's Forum 28.
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Live buzz has been infectious
A SMALL advert in a Kendal music shop brought five musicians together and ended in the birth of Misdemeanour. Experienced musicians Alan Wildridge on lead guitar; Jos Campbell, keyboard and guitar; Scott Patterson, bass; and John Whittaker, drums; were
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CD Album Review: Heathen - David Bowie (Columbia)
David Bowie may have had a fallow period in the 1990s but you can't keep a class act down and his latest album Heathen has sold extremely well. It's a powerful but unusual set, proving once again that Bowie doesn't pander to popular taste and does things
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CD Review: Groovy Baby!: Compilation (Universal)
The new Austin Powers film is in the cinemas, so to get yourself in a generally swinging and groovy state of mind tune into 'Groovy Baby!' From Jose Feliciano's Will Young beating (by 34 years!) lounge version of 'Light My Fire' to The Monkees, Sergio
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CD Review: Kisstory Ibiza Classics: Rewind to the 90's (Universal)
Prepare to lose your eyeballs somewhere in the back of your head with a selection of nineties club classics. Basically, it's a compilation of all the best tracks to feature on a million other club collections over the last few years, but because it's
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CD Review: Kerrang! 4: The Album (Universal)
Help create the refined, intimate atmosphere of the rock club in your own home with the fourth edition in the Kerrang magazine compilation series. Starting on a roll with a host of acts from the lighter side of planet rock, Weezer, Bowling for Soup and
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Minister to open new arts building
GOVERNMENT minister Ivan Lewis will open the new Lancaster and Morecambe College Art and Design building on October 4. The building, constructed last year to house staff and students formerly based at the White Cross, will hold such facilities as a textiles
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Midday magic returns with all-star line-up
SOME say Wednesday lunchtimes aren't the same without a dose of culture at the midday concert club. Others just wait in bridled anticipation as the next concert series dates are released. Next week (October 2) the Northern Sinfonia Chamber Ensemble uncorks
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Mind if we barge past
LANCASTER finally has a canal link with London - more than 200 years after it was first planned. The £6 million scheme in Preston was opened by Rural Affairs minister, Margaret Beckett MP, on Friday. The schemes link the Lancaster canal to the Leeds-Liverpool
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Face to face with doctor death
A Carnforth man who was locked in a cell with serial killer Harold Shipman has spoken of his horror at hearing the doctor boast of mass murder. Jon Harkin, a Samaritan-trained ' listener' who was locked up overnight with Shipman to ensure the disgraced
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Seafood: Finding the perfect wine
To complement Seafood Week (October 4-11, more on this from Gillian Cowburn next week), I decided to check what was available locally so you could make up your own mind. Sancerre is coaxed from the chalky French hillsides high up in the Loire and made
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Body of Evidence
TO PROMOTE their murder mystery theatre show, Mojo, the Dukes has teamed up with six popular bars in Lancaster to give theatregoers the opportunity to win free tickets by spotting chalked up bodies in town! Mojo is a thriller with gangsters at the centre
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Showcase for crafts
THE stunning setting of the Howgills provides the backdrop for one of the county's biggest and best annual exhibitions. Celebrating 14 years of successive shows, Cumbria Craft Guild and its creative members are holding their annual showcase at the newly-renovated
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Legends and tales galore
LEGENDS, tall tales and many a yarn will be in evidence when the third Lakeland Storytelling Festival opens today (Friday) staged by Taffy and Chrissy Thomas's Northern Centre for Storytelling. Prominent Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English performers from
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Festival moving on apace at Bowness' Old Laundry
NO OLD Laundry festival would be the same without the strings of the Lindsays. This time around the quartet is performing a Classical Music Weekend as part of the Bowness venue's tenth anniversary festival. On Friday, October 4, the foursome play works
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Spirit of Romney
ROMNEY Repro, on show at Kendal's Signature Gallery, ties in with Kendal Windows on Art and is part of the Romney bi-centenary celebrations, with the Romney Society giving an award for the painting deemed to capture the spirit of Romney's work in some
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Adrian Mullen's Arts Diary
A DEFINITE for the diary on the visual arts front is the Green Door Studios Best Contemporary Art in Cumbria exhibition runn-ing at Grasmere Village Hall from October 5-19 (10am-5pm). This is probably the finest opportunity yet to see the amazing and
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Midday magic returns with all-star line-up
SOME say Wednesday lunchtimes aren't the same without a dose of culture at the midday concert club. Others just wait in bridled anticipation as the next concert series dates are released. Next week (October 2) the Northern Sinfonia Chamber Ensemble uncorks
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Winner from the far side of the pond
Way back in late March, along with my vegetable and sweet pea seeds, I sowed some seeds of Stachys coccinea, an herbaceous perennial native to the USA and Mexico. Unlike many herbaceous seeds, it was quick to germinate and grew so rapidly that I was able
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Experience the wonders of the deep
Built at a cost of £45.5 million, the Millennium project, it is said, holds the key to us all gaining a more meaningful understanding of the world's oceans and, more to the point, its amazing inhabitants. Until this giant lump of real estate appeared
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Sport: Fixtures for the week ahead
HOME action is thin on the ground this week with Kendal Town's footballers away in the FA Cup to Altrincham tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm, followed by a Unibond league trip to Chorley next Tuesday (7.30pm) unless there is a replay. MILNTHORPE Corinthians
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Future perfect for touring car champ
AFTER two solid performances in the final rounds of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship yesterday, Tom Boardman is already looking at how to get an advantage over his rivals next year. The Lancashire teenager finished sixth overall in
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RALLYING: Kirkby's title run-in hots up
WITH four rounds of the Kirkby Lonsdale Stage Rally Championship sponsored by ProPrep to go, things are hotting up with just one point separating Kendal's Dave Thwaites and Scorton's Darren Atkinson. In the co-drivers standings Derek Bateson has a seven-point
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Hot band
ONE of the hottest bands on the reggae scene is set to perform live at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. The unique sound of Nucleus Roots was born in Manchester in 1995, and since then they have kicked up a storm at festivals across the UK and Europe.
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One-off Wizz show
ACCOUSTIC guitar ace Wizz Jones (pictured, right) is playing a one-off gig at Kendal's Dickie Doodle' s. The musician, who learned his blues licks from Long John Baldry and Davy Graham in the coffee bars of London's Soho, is putting on a free performance
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Hidden charms of the Lakes await discovery
CORNERS of the Lake District lie undiscovered by many of the visitors who come streaming in, unaware of much of the area's heritage, quirks and hidden charms. But for the more discerning tourist, keen to see under the surface of the honeypots and to seek
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CD Review: While My Guitar Gently Weeps: Various Artists (Universal).
Guitar lovers will relish this 36-track double CD though, personally, I think an 18-track single CD would have provided a tighter and more consistent set. There is loads to enjoy - understated songs like Big Country's Chance and Nils Lofgren's Shine Silently
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CD Review: Judge Jules presents ' Tried and Tested' (Universal)
The bespectacled one hand picks some of the largest trance and hardhouse tunes from his Radio 1 show. Split over 3 CDs the compilation begins with a mix of future anthems. It's recognisably hard and fast but the cheese factor is remarkably low. VPL, DJ
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CD Review - The Cranberries - Stars: The very best of 1992 - 2002 (Universal)
There's distinctive vocalists and then there's distinctive vocalists and it's fair to say that The Cranberries have one of the most recognisable singers around. Listening to 10 years of Cranberries hits brings home just how flexible Dolores O' Riordan's
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PrizeTime: Win some cool shades
A RECENT survey, coinciding with Nation Drivers Safety Week, found that 16% of drivers have vision below the required standard. Drivers need good eyesight to read road signs, to change lane and must be able to read a standard number plate from 20 metres
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Checkout: What's in the shops this week
What's in the shops this week with the emphasis, where possible, on locally produced seasonal and speciality foods Peter Hutchinson, Greenodd: Own-bred lambs from the Woodland Valley - whole lambs only £1.40 per lb - cut & bagged as the customer requires
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Archbishop to visit this weekend
The Archbishop of York David Hope is set to visit one of South Lakeland's most historic churches this weekend. Hundreds of worshipers are expected to attend services at Cartmel Priory when Dr Hope preaches at the place of worship as part of a day-long
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Funding sought for marketing post
Council officers are putting the finishing touches to a bid for funding to enable a project officer to be taken on to revitalise the market towns of Ambleside, Windermere and Bowness. Windermere Parish Council chairman Adrian Faulkner reported that a
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Checkout: What's in the shops this week
What's in the shops this week with the emphasis, where possible, on locally produced seasonal and speciality foods Peter Hutchinson, Greenodd: Own-bred lambs from the Woodland Valley - whole lambs only £1.40 per lb - cut & bagged as the customer requires
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Buzz back at the Brewery
The buzz is back at the Brewery. Some would argue that it never disappeared. I suggest it did, for a spell. Maybe it was just a lull at the Kendal arts centre after retiring director Anne Pierson drove off into the sunset. Whatever it was, her rugby-playing
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Six pack opportunity...
AMBITIOUS young word-smiths are being offered a chance to get their writing careers off to a flying start. Cumbria County Council's literature officer, Susan Tranter, is looking for six talented people to take part in its Six Pack Project. Aged between
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Pulling special strings!
REHEARSALS began this Wednesday for the Westmorland Orchestra's new season. Fifty dedicated amateur musicians from all over Cumbria and North Lancashire launched into a fresh campaign on a special note - conductor Barry Sharkey's 30th year. As well as
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Jobs for the gardener this week
- Give fruit trees and bushes a dressing of autumn fertiliser, low in nitrogen but high in potassium and phosphorus. - Keep an ear open for the weather forecast, low temperatures may mean turning on the heat in the greenhouse. - Prune climbing roses,
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Free coaching clinic
LANCASTER and Morecambe College's Community Sports and Coaching Centre is offering free sports coaching for primary school children in years 5 and 6. Trampolining is on offer from October 2 and table tennis is on offer from October 3, both from 3.30pm
