Archive
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Richard Light - man of the moment
RICHARD Light is well in the frame at the moment. The Green Door Studio artist landed the most notable art award in the Kendal Windows on Arts event with his mixed media Past Times, Past Lives. He's had work on display in this year's knock-out Lake Artists
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Mark your calendar for Craft Guild show
CUMBRIA Craft Guild's annual show at the Gallery in the Forest begins next Wednesday. Guild members from across the county will converge on the popular Grizedale venue, with basket makers, ceramicists, furniture makers, woodworkers and those in glass,
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Halle's return
ONE of Britain's best-known symphony orchestras returns to the region tomorrow (Saturday, 7.30pm) as part of the new Sinfonia season. The Halle Orchestra performs at the Westmorland Hall, as one of three concerts in the subscription series with tickets
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Taffy's festival a treat for all
THE roads around Staveley and Ings were alive with stories, street theatre and foot-stomping music last weekend as Taffy and Chrissy Thomas's Storytelling Festival brought the crowds out. The three-day Millennium event backed by South Lakeland District
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Over the Gate
BECAUSE of his breeding and his confirmation, Charlie Drake was soon in demand as a stud. He was also a pony who was always in tiptop condition, with his dark coat shining like glass. He did however develop a trait, which we did not like, and this was
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Cheers for A Chorus of Disapproval
STORTH Entertainers started their 25th anniversary year with a well-directed, well-acted performance of Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval. This is not an easy play to set, light, direct or perform, but the cast and back stage staff, under the experienced
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Wissam and flutes review
INTERNATIONALLY renowned flautist, Wissam Boustany, shared his skills with 11 young flautists in a series of master classes during a visit to Kendal. Such is his enthusiasm and energy that, whether teaching or performing, he is quite inspirational. Suzanne
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Radiohead review
BODY shaking and head bobbing up and down like a nodding dog, Radiohead's frontman meant every word of each song. Giving it all inside a big marquee in Warrington, Thom Yorke sent shivers down the spines of the thousands gathered under canvass to see
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Kendal Jazz Club features The Harmony Hounds
KENDAL Jazz Club enjoyed a treat when "The Harmony Hounds" played at The Brewery's Malt Room. With a more formal approach, the band wore smart, striped blazers and sat behind cartoon-dog shaped music stands to play in a style reminiscent of theTemperance
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Laptop made available for Parkinson's patients
A SPECIALIST nurse for Parkinson's Disease patients has been given a laptop computer. Audrey Stainton was presented with technology to help her set up a database on patients by chairman of the Furness branch of the Parkinson's Disease Society Ron Cowling
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Online vote on proposed traffic changes
thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk has launched its first online polling station with a vote on the traffic changes proposed for Kendal. Everyone is encouraged to register their level of support for the proposed changes - including re-routing traffice, to bus
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Church statue thieves sought
THREE religious objects depicting stations of the cross have been stolen from St George's Church in Kendal. The reliefs - 40 inches tall and made out of a material which resembles wood - are worth £150 in total. The Rev Dr Alan Billings said they would
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Tony Harrison review, a master at work
TONY Harrison is a giant among wordsmiths, no less. Watching him is eyeing a great master at work. "I did not want the poet laureate job - not at any price," he firmly tells the Wordsworth Trust audience at the Thistle Hotel. During his 60-minute reading
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Youth director appointed
IAN Douglas has been appointed youth director of Theatre by the Lake. Ian has been involved in theatre directing and facilitation for ten years and comes to the Keswick theatre from Newcastle's Live Theatre, where he was resident drama worker.
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MOTOR BIKES - The MBW R1 200C
BMW has achieved the impossible in recent years, changing the image of its bikes from Breezeblock to James Bond's vehicle of choice quicker than you can say "Q." In the last-but-one 007 thriller, Tomorrow Never Dies, audiences stared agog as the international
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Web Watch - Community life online
ALTHOUGH the power of word-of-mouth cannot be refuted, the role of the web in connecting people throughout the globe is gathering steam. Although the concept of having a town meeting online, rather than in the local hall, may seem a far off notion, many
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Carmen review
IRRESISTIBLE tunes and scintillating footwork with a new spin. Bizet's Carmen given The Watermill treatment was, if not grand, fresh, imaginative, and breathtaking at times. The theatre company blazed a trail at the Old Laundry, with eight actor-musicians
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LitFest line-up looks brilliant
BEST-selling author Julia Darling and top poet John Hegley are just a few of the 'names' taking part in this year's LitFest literary bash. Taking place from October 14-22, the top-notch festival of words is packed with readings, performances, cabarets
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Amabile Girls Choir head for Buxton Opera House
NEXT month the young voices of the Amabile Girls Choir travel to Buxton Opera House for their biggest day so far. With an appearance in the glittering final firmly in their sights, the singers are revving up for the last lap in the Sainsbury Choir of
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Food & Drink - What's Cooking
NEW-LOOK RESTAURANT: The Grange Hotel has unveiled the latest stage of a huge refurbishment programme with the opening of a new-look restaurant. Mayor of Grange-over-Sands Pamela Monkhouse performed the honours at the hotel's Carriages Restaurant watched
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Jazz review
THE first Broughton Festival of Jazz got the town on its feet with some stomping jazz, and there promises to be even more next year. The towns' pubs, Victory Hall and Eccle Riggs Manor played host to a total of 14 acts over the course of the weekend.
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From our Files
25 Years Ago Unwanted rubbish October 3, 1975 ULVERSTON does not want Kendal's rubbish, but if all else fails it will start getting it from the beginning of December. The 27-mile trip will put an extra £100 a week on South Lakeland Council's refuse collection
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Maggie tells stories at Kendal Library
CHILDREN'S author, poet and storyteller Maggie Norton is visiting Kendal Library tomorrow (Saturday) between 11-11.30am to tell Ghost Stories to older children. Parents can attend the event which ties-in with the official launch of the library's junior
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Pick of the Week - Part 2
OPERA JOIN Encore on a magical tour of the world of opera tomorrow night (Saturday) at the Forum 28 in Barrow. Encore has produced a programme of operatic gems to delight opera lovers old and new and will take to the stage at 7.30pm. For tickets call
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Nature - Oct 6
CALLITEARA pudibunda is a beautiful animal; bright yellow, furry, endowed with several bristles and a ginger-brown tail. It is rather uncommon up here in the north. The scientific name translates as 'the immodest spring beauty' - or, just as likely, the
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Lakeland Sinfonia review
As I composed my review of the opening Lakeland Sinfonia Society concert of the new season, I was presented by a kaleidoscope of thoughts. An English gem aside, it had been a Classical Viennese programme. The orchestra acquitted itself well (brilliantly
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Mose Fan Fan gives an out of Africa performance
WHEN African guitarist Mose Fan Fan stepped onto the stage and the lights came down, for just one night the people of South Lakeland embarked up a journey to Kinshasa. Picking up his acoustic guitar, Mose Fan Fan, one of Africa's most celebrated musicians
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Checkout - Weekly Grocery Guide
Hutchinsons, Coniston: Forequarters of Lakeland beef for the freezer, cut & bagged to customer requirement average weight 120lbs..........................................75p per lb. Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Kendal Rough Fell Lamb loin chops.
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Shoebox Appeal gets great response
WESTMORLAND Gazette readers are responding to our appeal to help brighten up a child's Christmas. Shoeboxes filled with goodies have started to arrive at our Kendal offices ready to be shipped to Eastern Europe as part of the Operation Christmas Child
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Godber's in town by Karen Barden
DON'T expect a laugh, ribald humour, or smart repartee when you talk to John Godber. He is one of the most performed writers in the English language. His plays, seen by tens of thousands the world over, lurch from being hysterically funny to painful between
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Collins looks at post office services
THIS week's Conservative Party Conference sees Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Collins chair a special fringe meeting organised by the Post Office and the British Bankers' Association on how post offices and banks can work together to provide a universal
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Jeremy Hardy review
JEREMY Hardy provided an entertaining evening of observational humour, delivered in a ruminative and relaxed style. The first half was more topical and biting, with politicians of all parties and the police among the varied targets. There were also some
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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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Powerboats
POWERBOAT star Ted Walsh has become British Formula Two Champion for the second-time in three years. Leading since the early rounds he was able to throttle back a bit and take comfortable fourth places at last two events, at Oulton Broad, Norfolk, and
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Gardening
LIKE groups of small, bright suns, the Rudbeckias or coneflowers have been lighting up the garden at Brockhole for the past few weeks. We have only been growing them for about three years but, when I see them now, I wonder it took us so long to discover
