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Members of Winton Young Farmers’ Club demonstrated the art of sheep shearing at Lowther horse trials and country fair 25 years ago. Pictured giving a sheep a close shave is Paul Dixon.

In this week in history 25 YEARS APPLEBY

Date: Tuesday 22nd August 2017

Three Appleby young men scaled the heights to raise funds for the town’s new swimming pool appeal. Express Foods workers Kevin Baldwin, Richard Kirkby and Colin Ousby took on the challenge of climbing the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales in 24 hours and raised more than £400 for the appeal. Production manager Alan Mandle drove the three between Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon so they could rest, and meals were supplied by Gardner Merchant, who run the canteen at the Appleby factory.

Organisers and exhibitors at the Penrith festival of talents 25 years ago. Left to right: Mrs. Margaret Brooks, the Rev. Noel Carter, Tamsin Carter, Miss Helena Baily and Ian Milner.

In this week in history 25 YEARS LOWTHER

Date: Tuesday 15th August 2017

In conditions more suitable for aquatic creatures, Lowther horse driving trials and country fair provided a test for horses and humans. Penrith driver George Bowman overcame the conditions to record his 17th success at Lowther. The Duke of Edinburgh, a regular visitor to the prestigious event, was among the competitors and other features included 180 trade stands and a country fair embracing many rural sports and activities.

The charity team at Leeming House, Watermillock, set a new fund-raising record when they completed a sponsored bed push from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding 25 years ago.

In this week in history 25 YEARS CLIFTON

Date: Monday 7th August 2017

The Lowther and Croasdale sawmill at Clifton was a blazing inferno as fire crews from Penrith, Shap, Lazonby and Appleby battled to save the premises, which are part of the Lowther estate. Fire ripped through the storage shed and main machinery shed as fitters were carrying out regular maintenance work at the mill.

Youngsters from the Ivegill area were excited visitors to a Penrith supermarket on Monday. Children from Ivegill School and the village’s Inglewood Nursery visited the Safeway store as part of their curriculum work on money and shopping. Sales assistant Nick Oldman shows some of the children a pineapple.

In this week in history 25 YEARS LANGWATHBY

Date: Monday 27th March 2017

Eden youngster Alex Whitley has been accepted for the Royal Ballet School. Alex, 11-year-old son of Melmberby bakery owners Andrew and Lis Whitley, was one of only a handful of boys chosen following a gruelling twelve-hour audition day. He has been studying ballet since the age of four and has been a pupil of former professional ballet dancer Michelle Moatt since 1975, when she began her Langwathby School of Dance.

Pupils of Hunter Hall School, Penrith, struck a winning chord at Carlisle and district music and drama festival 25 years ago. The winner of the under-nine solo cup, Alexandra Moss, Portinscale, displays her trophy watched by third and fourth year pupils, winners of the open choric prose section.

In this week in history 25 YEARS EDEN

Date: Monday 20th March 2017

A 700-jobs boost could be winging its way to Eden from New Zealand, it was revealed. The district is being considered as a possible site by a New Zealand company wanting to establish a major meat processing plant within Europe. The firm, Fortex, which specialises in frozen and chilled sheep meat, has identified Eden, along with four or five other locations in the United Kingdom, as meeting many of its requirements. Eden Council officers are working on a promotional presentation to be made to company representatives when they visit Britain in June.

In this week in history 25 YEARS BAMPTON

Date: Tuesday 2nd August 2016

A Bampton schoolgirl has won a regional competition aimed at helping children to “play safe” with electricity. Pupils at schools throughout Cumbria and North Lancashire were asked to design a badge highlighting the dangers of playing near overhead lines. Ten-year-old Laura Doherty, a pupil at Bampton Endowed School, was the overall winner in the Norweb-organised contest, which helped get the life-saving message across.

In this week in history 25 YEARS APPLEBY

Date: Tuesday 2nd August 2016

An Appleby teenager has returned from a Buckingham Palace garden party where she met both Prince Philip and Prince Edward. Nineteen-year-old Debra-Marie Burns, of Drawbriggs Lane, was one of around 1,500 young people to attend the party for recent winners of the Duke of Edinburgh’s gold award. She was accompanied by her parents, Ronnie and Jennifer Burns.

The cast of Alston Samuel King’s School Christmas play, Noel, 25 years ago. Back row (left to right) Andrew Reed, Sarah Makepeace, Philip Bell, Tom Horrocks, Sadie Parker, Kelly Dawson, Paul Green. Front: Jesse Reed, Linda Bramwell and Jayne Carrick.

In this week in history 25 YEARS EDEN

Date: Tuesday 29th December 2015

A Penrith councillor’s attempt to cut Eden Council’s spending was thwarted by fellow purse-string committee members, who said they stood alone in Cumbria as the only authority to spend less than Government permitted allowances. The cuts move came from Mr. Ernie Bain, who suggested a further look at each uncommitted growth item across all Eden’s committees. The suggestion was made as members of the Policy and Resources Committee set their own spending for the coming year and then went on to approve the budgets of all Council committees.

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