‘CHRIST is born’- we have heard it sung by a thousand choirs. It no longer shocks us. Instead, we relax into the innocence of childhood: carols, tinsel, mince pies. We forget that ‘Christ’, meaning ‘Messiah’, signalled revolution.
Those Were The Days by Mary Hopkin, 45rpm 7" single with limited edition picture sleeve on Apple Records, 1968, value £35
THE Beach Hut Gallery Artists Cooperative celebrates its tenth anniversary with a fantastic Winter Exhibition featuring work by artists who have supported and enhanced the gallery down the years. Works on show include paintings, drawings, ceramics, woodwork, willow weaving, glasswork, jewellery and poetry.
Historian Peter Holme continues his look at life in the workhouse at Kendal in years gone by
THREE former Lakes School students are on the exhibition trail staging an art show at the Ladyholme Centre.
A GROUP of young walkers at Church Beck, Coniston. You can see lots more images like this (reference number 2002.8.0435) on the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry website at www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk. And don’t forget, if you have more information about something or someone in one of our photographs, we would love to hear from you, at rroberts@lakelandarts.org.uk.
Kendal Oral History Group aims to compile a picture of earlier times through the recorded memories of the area’s older residents. M. Sherrat was born in 1920 and interviewed in 2000.
DOVA is an acute mental health inpatient unit at Dane Garth in Barrow. It provides services for people with mental health needs.
FOR the past 15 years, Craig Revel Horwood has been the man we have loved to hate as one of the judges on the hit TV show Strictly Come Dancing, writes JOHN ANSON.
