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DENT STORES
THE NEXT MOVE
The Action Group set up to help prevent the possible closure of Dent's only general shop has received well over a hundred responses to the questionnaire circulated to all Dent residents. Its next move is to deliver a detailed report of the survey at a public meeting in Dent Memorial Hall on Tuesday April 25th at 7.30pm.
The survey has produced a very full picture of what the dale's residents like about their local store, and what changes would persuade them to switch more of their spending from the supermarkets to the shop. These will be presented and discussed in detail at the meeting, to which all local residents and visitors are invited.
The Action Group's task will end with the meeting, but the Group will report on the excellent response it has received to the invitation to residents to form an on-going Friends of Dent Stores network. Meanwhile, the shop reports that although takings are up since the "Use it or Lose it" campaign began, there is some way to go before the future of the business is assured.
Only if we all make a bit of an effort to buy more of our basics in Dent Stores, and the shop responds to its customers' requirements, can we be sure that we'll still be able to buy locally this time next year. It's in the balance. David Boulton, Action Group convener
THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH
Easter. Eggs of every size and filled with every type of chocolate there is, fluffy little yellow chicks peep at us from shop counters their tiny feet stuck down a hole in a box, colourful wrapped chocolate bunnies in baskets of pretend moss, and so on. Cards with posies of flowers, bunnies and chickens and .. hey! perhaps, just perhaps a church in the scene!
Easter must be more than all of these, they have their place, some of my earliest memories are off "finding" the eggs left by the Easter Bunny in the garden, a tradition continued to our children, but they went to Sunday School and learnt that Jesus died and was raised to life again at Easter. Enjoy Easter, celebrate the New Life possible in really knowing Jesus symbolised by the eggs and chickens and posies of flowers, but know there is more than those. Happy Easter! LD
LADIES NFU
Our February meeting was held on Tuesday the 21st and our guest speaker was Mr Lowe who showed us slides and gave us an interesting talk on Wrestlers, Crucks and Mullions, these names are to do with features on buildings. The crucks were made from split trees showing square plugs in round holes, the crucks were laid flat on the ground then pulled up into place.
He showed us how a roof can be dated by size and shape. Wrestlers are roof ridges and mullions are part of a window frame. During his talk he told us how the sayings Raising the Roof and Eves Dropping probably originated
Our March meeting is My Life in Service by Mrs Wadlow. On Tuesday 18th April Miss E Home will be talking to us on Plants for Spring and Summer. This will be held in the Peoples Hall committee rooms at 7.30pm come along and join us as new members always welcome.
MOBILE PHONES
Don't throw away your unwanted Mobile Phone!
It could make life easier for a disabled person.
Although polio has been more or less eradicated in the UK, there are many people, who are disabled, often severely, from the effects of the disease. The BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP, a registered charity, operates a scheme through which mobile phones are recycled to raise money to help them.
£5 is given by PHONEHELP, the mobile phone recycling company, to the British Polio Fellowship for every phone received.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
1. Remove the SIM card from your phone.
2. Either collect a Freepost bag from 21 Back Lane or phone 20726 to ask for one to be delivered to you.
3. Place your phone in the bag, and post it.
WESTWARD BOOKS
Westwood Books will be opening for business on Wednesday 12th April. We would like to thank everyone in Sedbergh who has helped, fed, befriended and encouraged us over the past nine months.
All welcome for a celebratory glass of wine or cup of coffee from 12 noon to 6.30 pm.
SETTLEBECK HIGH SCHOOL
Enterprise Learning
Enterprise Learning is part of the government initiative on change in the 14-19 Curriculum. It focuses on 3 key capabilities which students are being taught and encouraged to develop: Enterprise Capability (teamwork, making group decisions, selling ideas, being self-reliant, etc.), Financial Capability (learning about credit, debt, investment, budgeting and planning finances) and Economic and Business Understanding (learning about economic growth, marketing, business organisation). We have several local businesses helping us with this; Pauline Marshall of Picture Palace/Bath House, Mike Clark of Farfield Mill Arts & Heritage Centre and Jean Pearson of Farfield Clothing as well as Enterprise Adviser, Ann Catterson, who has been a franchise holder in Body Shop. But Enterprise Education is not teaching everyone to become little Richard Bransons, although aspiring to his achievement is not to be discouraged!
Students work in an enterprising way in many activities during their life at Settlebeck. Recent examples include Year 9 fundraising for their Zrece Trip, Year 11 groups presenting assemblies and Year 10 providing hospitality and catering at the Bull Hotel for the Year 11 Interview Day. Active learning groups working together to research and give presentations, role plays and teamwork are learning styles used regularly which promote enterprise skills. The basic formula for enterprise projects is Prepare, Plan, Do and Review.
We have several Enterprise Learning events booked including a staff training day on 18th April, Year 9 Marketing Day in May and Year 9 Learn to Earn Day in July. More information on these will appear later.
DENTDALE METHODIST
In April the Sunday services are at 2pm then they change to 7pm for the summer, at Dent Foot there are no services in April. Our Chapel Anniversary service last month was a "good do" and the fellowship continued at "Rhumes" over afternoon tea. May 14th sees the areas Christian Aid service take place with us at 6.30pm, everyone welcome, refreshments to follow. It is good to meet to talk together after a service, even to pray together. We send greetings to our oldest member. Miss Elizabeth Middleton, who has not been very well but has recently celebrated a birthday of 90+. We do ask please that people do not make use of the Chapel parking area unless at services or events in the chapel or schoolroom as if they do problems arise. Plans to have an accessible toilet are getting nearer some action, please support our fund-raising where you can. Pray and Share continues fortnightly and all are welcome. J and SE Woof
MEMORIES
After reading the article in February's Lookaround, I was interested to note a reference to my cousin, the late Tony Capstick, in the Dialect Digest column. I thought you may be interested to know that Tony spent quite a bit of time in his youth at Garsdale Hall, where his (and my) grandparents lived and farmed during the war years, moving out in 1952, since when the house has been derelict.
Tony was a war baby, born whilst his parents were both serving in the RAF. His father (my Uncle Joe) was my mother's eldest brother. He served as wireless operator on Halifax bombers, living to survive many bombing missions with 10 Squadron, flying from airfields in Yorkshire. As a consequence, Tony was billeted with his grandparents until the end of the hostilities. Sadly, Tony died just over 2 years ago at the age of 58, but had become quite well known as a comedian and folk singer in his time. As Michael Park mentions, he reached the top 10 in the charts in the early 80's with Capstick Comes Home, and enjoyed numerous TV appearances, including advertising Tetley's bitter as well as regularly playing one of the hapless policemen in Last of the Summer Wine. Tony also had small parts in Coronation Street (playing Harvey Nuttall, the brewery owner, at the time the Duckworth's owned the Rovers Return), and also in Heartbeat. He also had a regular daily slot on Radio Sheffield for many years.
Colin Cowperthwaite
RECYCLING NEWS
We are very pleased that many of the Recycling Centres now have banks provided by the Salvation Army. We have located them at as many of the centres as possible, wherever there is sufficient space and we have been able to get permission to install the bank. The Salvation Army banks can be used to recycle clothing and shoes. The materials collected can be used in a variety of ways, possibly being re-used or sold to raise money, which can then be used to buy supplies, which may be needed such as medicine or food. If you would like more information on these banks please visit www.salvationarmy.org.uk
You may have seen in the press that January saw more waste recycled than in any previous month. We would like to thank everybody that helped achieve this, and hope that it isn't too long until the record is broken again. We publish statistics about the amount of waste and recycling collected each month on our website, including information about the amount of paper, glass and cans collected at each of the Recycling Centres.
If you have any questions about recycling please contact us either through the Customer Contact Centre on 0845 050 4434 or by emailing us at recycling@southlakeland.gov.uk
PHOTO UPDATE
The photo that appeared on Page 31 of the February Lookaround produced many replies and the names are as follows:
Back Row: D Burton; C Moore; Vera Woof; M Capstick; J Cragg; A Harper; L Garnett.
Third Row: L Garnett; P Hogg; A Rowlingson; D Brooks; T Harper; G Fishwick; L Walling; K Mattinson; K Cragg
Second Row: R Sisson; E Sedgewick; H Harper; M Raynerd; J Winn; Miss Lademan; K Teal; D Askew; M Oversby; S Metcalfe
Front Row: J Winn; N Handley; R Udale; W Haygarth; K Turner; H Postlethwaite; T Mattinson.
Thank you to Ann Mitchell for the photo and the names.
PHOTO CALL
Last month I was away for a couple of weeks in Scotland so I didn't get any names for the netball team. That is still open for suggestion.
This month I am submitting a photo from the National School kindly loaned by Ann Allen. I know quite a few names but not everyone, so please get in touch with your ideas as always to Shirley Tebay, Walnut Bungalow, Dent, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5QT tel 015396 25001 or email shirley.tebay@btinternet.com.
From next month, I will also include a small picture from the previous month which will relate to the names provided to save any confusion. Ed
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