November 2012 - The Parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth

NOTICES FOR
INDIVIDUAL PARISHES
CARTMEL FELL
ST ANTHONY’S ROTAS
Coffee 11th Anne Emmett; 25th Vanda
Lambton.
Flowers: Roselyn Kitching & Vanda Lambton
CARTMEL FELL COMMUNITY TRUST
will be holding their BONFIRE PARTY on
Saturday 3rd November. There will be a
lantern procession, fireworks, and story telling
round the bonfire. Mulled wine and a
hotpot supper will be served. The lantern
procession will leave the Parish Hall at 6
p.m. to take the Guy to the bonfire site.
There will be a competition for the best lantern,
of any kind, and a raffle. Tickets
£7 (children £3) to include supper. If no
food required - adults £5, children free.
Please get your tickets in advance from
Bowland Bridge Stores.
route from Hale Moss through Milnthorpe,
Levens and up the Lyth Valley to Bowland
Bridge. We saw petrol stations, transport
cafés and hostelries, some of which are no
longer in operation.
At our next meeting, on 12 th November,
Hugh Wright, a knowledgeable author about
local furniture-makers, will be talking about
the craftsman Arthur Simpson and the family
firm “The Simpsons of Kendal”.
Andy Lowe will be showing us “some Lakeland
Churches” at our December meeting,
which will be followed by a Jacob’s Join
supper. Both these meetings will be held in
the Cartmel Fell Parish Hall starting at 8pm.
For more information contact the secretary
Jeni Boothman on 015395 68389 or
jeni.boothman@tiscali.co.uk
AN INDIAN EVENING
Come and join us for our “Sari & Dish
Dash” curry evening on 24th November at
7.00pm. Indian Dress optional. Tickets
LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Adults £10 Children £5 available from
Dr. Jean Turnbull came to Cartmel Fell to Vanda 015395 31311; Anthony 015395
talk about her fascination with the structures 31481 and Bowland Bridge Shop. Wine &
created during the development of Westmorland’s
roads and road-side services.
Beer will be available, also a non curry dish.
We were informed that the challenges of the
A DATE for YOUR DIARY Our Carol
20 th century were to make highways suitable Service will be on 16th December at
for motor transport, which entailed the widening
of roads and bridges, smoothing sharp
5.00pm followed by Wine and Mince Pies.
bends, tarmacing surfaces and building bypasses.
There were also opportunities for
CROOK
new businesses such as the provision of fuel
CROOK YOUNG FARMERS
and vehicle repairs, accommodation, and You don’t have to have any farming background
at all to become a Young Farmer.
sustenance for the traveller. With the arrival
of motorways into the region in the 1970s, We do everything from Cinema & Pizza
local facilities became less viable, and some nights, to Stockjudging, to Flower arranging
of these roadside features have disappeared to informative talks by local businesses.
or are at risk. Jean’s slides illustrated the Crook Young Farmers is for anyone between
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