January, 2012 Issue

Shameem Arnold’s Cleator Moor fans in her Moky dance fitness classes at St Bega’s Church Hall are thrilled to hear that she has been chosen as an official torchbearer when the…

The feeling that Christmas should bring people together was beautifully expressed when children from each of Egremont’s primary schools, St Bridget’s Primary, Orgill Primary and Bookwell Primary, congregated in St Mary’s…

Alan Cleaver interviews Paul Marks   When did you form and why? The band was formed in April 2011 for several reasons. Having bought a house in Gosforth five years…

In the afternoon of Christmas Eve in 1963 1 received a message in my surgery asking me to visit a dog in difficulty having pups. The village to which I…

By Edna Branthwaite   When Brian Capstick and his Lakeland Construction team rebuilt the retaining wall between Mill Cottage and the River Ehen in August 2011 they used only the materials…

Nothing could have been further from spouting Shakespeare. This was a party where people had come to share delight and above all to listen to one another with all barriers down….

Law abiding residents looked on in amazement as no fewer than sixty Santa Clauses chased a giant Christmas Turkey round the streets of Egremont. Many of those taking part in the…