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Tony Harrison does summer reading for Trust
AS FAR as writing skills are concerned Tony Harrison has them by the bucket loads. No stranger to controversy, his poems and theatre work has drawn huge acclaim in this country and abroad. His much-vaunted Selected Poems was first published in 1984, and
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Collectables
AS SEPTEMBER is forever associated with Kendal's Torchlight Procession, this month Collectables takes a look at lighting - from its humble tallow beginnings to the dizzy heights of the snuffless candle. Before the days of electricity, candles were the
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Web sites help us navigate through petrol crisis
The petrol problem is not going to go away - as witnessed by recent activities. It appears to be on the political and public agenda for at least the next two months. So, how can the Net help you get mileage on this issue? The first place to start is news
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Gig Guide
TO HAVE your gigs included FREE of charge in the Gig Guide, telephone Kathryn Kittley 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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Kendal jazz club
DANCE music as it would have been heard in the hotels, clubs and dance halls of 1920s America will drift out over the old grey town this week when Kendal Jazz Club presents The Harmony Hounds. The group is an entertaining and original four-piece jazz
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Songs of Georgia in Dent
SINGER, composer and storyteller Helen Chadwick has returned from a field trip to the Racha region of Georgia, with apparently a fantastic range of songs learned from the villagers. She was accompanied by two Georgian ethnomusicologists, Nino Tsitsishvili
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Helping Hands - John Lomax walk
AT THE end of September, the president of Kendal Rotary Club John Lomax is doing a sponsored walk over four days along the Cumbrian Way. Supported by members of the Rotary Club, he will leave Carlisle on the first day and walk to Caldbeck. The subsequent
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Lancaster Jazz festival
THAT'S JAZZ: Four days of Jazz heaven will kick-off in Lancaster this week. From September 21-24 a plethora of acts will bloom all over the city. Lancaster Jazz 2000, which incorporates everything from Latin Jazz to big band sounds, should guarantee a
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Man auctions car to help student
A KENDAL man is auctioning his car to raise money to help a Ghanaian man studying for the priesthood return home to see his family. John Bullock is selling his H-registered Citroen BX 19 to the highest bidder and all proceeds and donations will be given
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Helping Hands - Coffee morning
AS PART of the Macmillan Cancer Relief World's Biggest Coffee Morning on September 29, Ambleside recovery and repair business Young Motors is offering a free cup of coffee to every Britannia Rescue member it attends on the day. In addition, Britannia
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Food & Drink 2nd helpings - cheese recipes
TO CELEBRATE National Cheese Week, here's a selection of cheesey recipes, kicking off with a couple which use Wensleydale ... Wensleydale Bannock 1lb self-raising flour salt and pepper 4oz butter 16 tblspns milk 8oz streaky bacon 2oz butter 8oz Traditional
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Food & Drink - Christine says cheese
CHEESEY GRIN: Westmorland Gazette shop customers will recognise the new face behind the counter of The Cheese Larder, in Kendal's indoor market. Former receptionist Christine Burton has decided to branch out into the cheese business. "I've always been
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Web sites help us navigate through petrol crisis
The petrol problem is not going to go away - as witnessed by recent activities. It appears to be on the political and public agenda for at least the next two months. So, how can the Net help you get mileage on this issue? The first place to start is news
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Major anti-flu campaign launched
A MAJOR national campaign offering protection against influenza will target the 57,000 people in the Morecambe Bay area aged 65 and over. The campaign launched yesterday will encourage elderly people to be vaccinated by GPs or nurses. Those in at-risk
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Romney works on display at Barrow
TWO of George Romney's oils have been loaned to Barrow's Dock Museum by the National Portrait Gallery. The Unknown Sitter and Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool, are on show in the museum's new art gallery which features artists with local links
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New tower to tower challenge completed
KEEN cyclists have raised more than £ 40,000 for kidney patients through a tower to tower challange. Father-of-three Jonathan Lenney, of Grange-over-Sands, was one of 29 fund-raisers who covered the 500-mile bike ride from Blackpool Tower to the Eiffel
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Windows on Art review
MEANWHILE, Kendal Windows on Art chairwoman Carole Hamby said it had been a good year for the event, adding that she already had 17 new artists in the frame for next year. Speaking at the awards ceremony at the Brewery Arts Centre, Carole championed all
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Taffy leads the storytelling way
TOP storytellers from around the country are clearing their throats in readiness for a veritable verbal banquet of legends, myths, sagas and superstitions, spiced by a little music and dance. Hosted by Taffy Thomas, the doyen of taletellers himself, the
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JALEO at The Brewery
GESTURE, passion, colour, tease, prayer, heartache. Pick any word and it can apply to flamenco, it seems. Like many in the audience, we were won over by flamenco's mystery with a past-midnight visit to a old-town tavern on a Spanish holiday. But would
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Keldwyth winner
THIS year's £1,000 Keldwyth Award was won by Cockermouth's Karina Blackman in the final held at Levens Hall. Keldwyth secretary Sylvia Trohear said the 21-year-old electronic organist captivated the sell-out audience playing pieces such as her own arrangement
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Roots and Blues
THE LAKES could be singing the blues this month when one of North America's foremost interpreters of traditional roots and blues music comes to town. For lovers of acoustic blues guitar, Ken Hamm is the genuine article, but be prepared for a twist. Brought
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Prize Time - Competition of the Week
NOW lovers of beautiful linen can find everything they need for a fresh new look for their bedroom at Beales of Kendal. Dorma, Britain's biggest bedlinen brand, has opened a concession within the newly renovated department store, and you can choose from
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Cumbria Women of the Year seeks nominees
THE search is on for the 11th Cumbria Woman of the Year! The Committee would like to know about women from all over the county who you think deserve to be recognised for their courage, dedication, charity work, sporting or professional success, or any
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Food & Drink - What's Cooking
BOOTHS has won the International Wine Challenge 'regional chain of the year' title for the range, quality and value of its wines. The award follows hot on the heels of the 'Beer supermarket of the year award' which the North West supermarket chain received
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Food & Drink - Wensleydale made famous by Wallace
WHEN animator Nick Park bestowed a passion for Wensleydale on his Plasticine hero Wallace, he unwittingly gave the Hawes-made cheese a priceless publicity boost. Wensleydale Creamery - no stranger to close shaves of its own - suddenly had the world at
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Food & Drink - It's cheese time
NEXT time you're in Hawes, see if you can spot the striking resemblance between the local feathered fowl and certain characters currently gracing the silver screen. For in the run-up to his Hollywood blockbuster, Nick Park thought where better to study
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Miller Howe receptionist retires after 28 years
TWENTY-eight years ago Rita Robinson thought it was "only good manners" to attend an interview for a job which she had decided not to pursue. But after her meeting with the then owner of Miller Howe Hotel John Tovey, Mrs Robinson changed her mind, started
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Artist in residence - in a hotel
ROI Owens is an artist in residence - in an hotel. The former lance corporal reckons he is the only painter in the land to live in catering staff quarters alongside the chef, receptionists and waiters. "It's so great, I've incorporated some of the gang
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ORIENTEERING: Badge event beat fuel crisis
SUNDAY'S badge event at Gowbarrow went ahead despite the fuel crisis, although there was a low turn-out. Conditions were cool and showery and tough courses led to long winning times. Local course winners were: Keith Jones (WAROC M35S), Jim Lambert (SROC
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KARATE:Couple tie up black-belt awards
SHARON Douglas has followed in her fiance's foosteps by becoming a black belt with Kendal Chojinkai Karate Club. Sharon, aged 29, was awarded her 1st Dan black belt at a grading at the Chojinkai annual summer course at Center Parcs in Nottingham. Her
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Gardening
OUR family holiday this year has been to the West coast of Ireland; not an area renowned for the splendour of its gardens, but since we stayed in County Clare on the very edge of the Burren, there was no shortage of plants to be seen. The Burren is a
