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FOOTBALL: Disappointing end to holiday programme
Witton Albion - 2, Kendal Town - 0 GOALS by Witton Albion's Carl Rendell at either end of the match brought Kendal Town's bank holiday programme to a disappointing close. Town have now recorded one draw and three losses from the opening games in the UniBond
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YMCA hold youth camp
A YMCA in south Cumbria has been hosting a European youth camp, which sees youngsters from Europe and the USA learning about each other's cultures. Camp Philia has been held at YMCA's in Europe and the USA for 25 years. This year Lakeside YMCA at Newby
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Investment for water works
WORK has started on a £21 million upgrade at the Watchgate water treatment works. Investment at the plant, four miles north of Kendal, is designed to improve the quality of water produced. Work at Watchgate is due to be finished by spring 2003 and is
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Shoe store reopens
FORMER Kendal shoe shop Briggs took on a new lease of life when it reopened as part of national retailing group, Stead & Simpson, writes Beth Broomby. The new store, Famous Footwear, will continue the tradition of selling shoes, but extend the business
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Grasmere Sports survive crisis
MORE than 100 fell runners braved the heat to take part in the legendary senior guides race at Grasmere Sports on Sunday, one of the few shows not to fall victim to the foot-and-mouth crisis this year. Organisers estimated that around 5,000 people flocked
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SWIMMING: Walney swim record!
A PAIR of keen swimmers have smashed a 50-year-old aquatic record by swimming around Walney Island in under nine hours. Sustained by only two cans of soft drink and a couple of Mars bars, veteran swimmer Chris Green, of Cartmel, and swimming partner Derek
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TENNIS: Cumbria veterans promoted
LOCAL ace John Bell (Bowerham/Bentham) captained Cumbria's Over-45 team to promotion from Division 4B of then national LTA Veteran Inter-County Men's 45 Championship last Sunday when they beat Derbyshire 3-2. Playing at Ulverston, the team pulled out
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'VIPs' enrolled as cultural ambassadors
IT WAS a celebrity line-up the likes of which had seldom been seen before - Wordsworth and Coleridge, alongside Potter and Ruskin. There was a Parr too, though not Katherine. The famous name folly was part of a Cumbria Tourist Board ploy to find cultural
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Prizetime: Music and fireworks spectacular
Six of the country's top pyrotechnics companies will compete for the coveted title British Musical Fireworks Champions 2001, held at King's Garden, Southport (Aug 31-Sep 2). Their precision displays cast breathtaking reflections on the surface of Southport's
