Village Green flooded

I took this photo during the storm this afternoon (Thursday). I am pleased to report the water has now receded.  

      Fiona Holman

Help Wanted!

The Natland & Oxenholme Village Hall Management Committee arranges a very successful Craft Fair & Exhibition every November to raise funds (£900+ last year).   Midge Fairhurst has acted as Coordinator for this event for the past 5 years but now wishes to retire and so the Hall Committee is seeking someone to take over.  The main duties include booking the 23 tables with local crafts people and liaising with the exhibitors who kindly loan items for the day.    Very good support is provided by the Committee members and others who help with publicity, run the Cafe, set up the Exhibition and steward it, sell raffle tickets and collect entrance money and much more. 

For more information please contact Midge – tel: 01539 731727 or email: midge@thefairhursts.freeserve.co.uk.

Please volunteer!

David carries the Olympic torch - pictures

Photos from Pat Tetlow and Brian Miller. 

Open Gardens

Garden Open Event 15 July

I hope that by now all blog readers are aware that on 15^th July we will be holding a garden open event in Natland. We now have 17 owners who have agreed to open their gardens spread across the whole village.

The event will run from 11.30 to 4.00 and will be followed by a Songs of Praise at 4.30 on the village green. The village hall committee will be serving refreshments in the village hall from 1.00 until 4.30.

Programmes granting entrance are now on sale at £3.00 at Natland and Oxenholme Post Offices. Entry on the day will cost £4.00.

The organising committee need help. There are a variety of ways in which folk can help ranging from spreading the word to friends, family and acquaintances, displaying a poster, distributing flyers inside or outside the village, selling programmes in advance or on the day, helping greet visitors as they arrive, assisting a garden owner to greet guests or helping on a plant stall.

If you can spare an hour or two and help either in advance of the event or on the day please contact me on collin4mansfield@homecall.co.uk or 07740 447858

Thank You

Collin Mansfield

Women's Institute - report of June meeting.

     Vice President Kirsten Cannon welcomed members and one visitor to a well attended June meeting of Natland and Oxenholme W.I. Our delegate to the A.G.M. Sylvia Shaw, gave a comprehensive account of the day's events.

      Two members of staff from Haverigg Prison told of their 'Smokery' business project, also giving us an insight into the many other work programmes within the Prison helping with rehabilitation skills.  They also cooked and prepared tasty samples of their smoked fish and chicken recipes, which members enjoyed.

      The competition for a fish recipe was won by Pat Tetlow.

       

     Sam Smith from Cancer Care is the speaker at the next meeting on 18th July.

      Visitors always welcome.

              Margaret Lancaster, secretary.

200 Club Winner for June

The winners in the Village Hall’s 200 Club June draw are:

1st           71

2nd          91

3rd          44

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Quiz

Thank you to everyone that attempted the fun quiz during our Jubilee celebrations. I had 14 entries of which 4 managed to name all the Prime Ministers, Presidents and Archbishops. Only one person, Mr Mike Duff, managed to get them all in the correct order, congratulations to him.

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS

1. WINSTON CHURCHILL 1951-1955

2. ANTHONY EDEN 1955 – 1957     

3. HAROLD MACMILLAN 1957-1963

4. ALEX DOUGLAS– HOME 1963 –1964

5. HAROLD WILSON 1964 -1970 1974-1976

6. EDWARD HEATH 1970 – 1974
7. JAMES CALLAGHAN 1976 - 1979 
8. MARGARET THATCHER 1979 - 1990 
9. JOHN MAJOR 1990 – 1997              

10. TONY BLAIR 1997- 2007

11. GORDON BROWN 2007 - 2010

12. DAVID CAMERON 2010 – Present

 

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

1. HARRY S TRUMAN                                               7. JIMMY CARTER

2. DWIGHT D EISENHOWER                                    8. RONALD REAGAN

3. JOHN F KENNEDY                                                9. GEORGE H W BUSH

4. LYNDON B JOHNSON                                         10. BILL CLINTON

5. RICHARD NIXON                                                   11. GEORGE W BUSH

6. GERALD FORD                                                     12. BARACK OBAMA

ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY

1. GEOFFREY FISHER                                             4. ROBERT RUNCIE

2. MICHAEL RAMSAY                                                5. GEORGE CAREY

3. DONALD COGGAN                                                6. ROWAN WILLIAMS

David Walker

Pre-School Jumble Sale

Jumble Sale - Saturday 30th June, 10.00am to 1.00pm, free entry

Natland and Oxenholme Preschool are holding a jumble sale on Saturday 30th June at the Village Hall, Natland.


Refreshments will be available and there will be a raffle.


If you have any jumble to donate, please bring it to the Village Hall on Friday 29th June between 6pm and 7pm, thanks. Donations cannot be accepted on the day.


Please do come along and support us!

SHED THEFTS

Overnight on Tuesday 19th June 2012 a number of sheds were broken in to in the Raygarth area of Kirkby Lonsdale.  

Make sure your home, outbuildings, cars and vans are locked. Do not keep anything valuable in outbuildings or sheds and make sure they have adequate locks on them.

If you think that your property has been targeted, do not touch anything, call your police straight away. The police telephone number is 101. In an emergency dial 999.  If you have any information about theft or break-ins in your area please contact us on 101. If you wish to remain anonymous you can contact the Crimestoppers confidential telephone number 0800 555111.

Cumbria Police do not wish to cause you any unnecessary concern and you should not be fearful about living in your neighbourhood. You live in a safe area. We feel it is important to let you know that your local police are treating the recent crimes in your area seriously. We need your help to continue in the fight against the problem.

I am sending this message to all members with the South Westmorland and Sedbergh/Kirkby Lonsdale area as a reminder to step up your security.  Criminals will travel and your area could be targeting.  Keep an eye on your property.

Kendal Neighbourhood Policing Team

Message sent by Jessica Bullock (Police, PCSO, Milnthorpe (S))

NATLAND PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

There will be a meeting of the Council in the Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday 25^th June 2012.
Pleas follow link for AGENDA

200 Club - June Draw

The winners in the Village Hall’s 200 Club June draw are:

1^st           71

2^nd          91

3^rd          44

Midge

See Natlander David Ratcliffe bearing Olympic Torch in Kendal on Friday

David writes:  My `bit` starts at Nether Bridge and I run South, away from Kendal towards the College. I start at 9:02am approx. A good place to stand would be on the raised bit opposite the College I think but I don`t know the exact change over point when I finish.

Annual Parish Council Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Annual Council Meeting 28th May 2012 please follow link to MINUTES

Summer Fete

Steam Trains

On Saturday 9th June 46233 Duchess of Sutherland will be northbound through Oxenholme at 11-42, then southbound through Oxenholme at 17-09.

The next train will be on Thursday 14th June ,again the Duchess southbound. No times yet ,but I will be on holiday. If they put them on before about 10am Saturday I will e-mail you.

Pat.

NATLAND CELEBRATES THE QUEENS DIAMOND JUBILEE

Never mind the weather Natland turned out on Sunday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee.  Your pictures speak louder than words.

May Weather Statistics

View towards Crow Park and Hawes Bridge

				2012		2011
Temperature at 8 am				10.9c		10.3c
Average minimum temp.				8.2c		8.1c
Average maximum temp.				17.6c		14.9c
			mm	in	mm	in
Rainfall			103	4.1	136	5.4
May was cold for three weeks and then exceptionally hot! Thus the
averages are rather misleading. The maximum temperature on 28 May
was 27.7 c which is equal to the hottest I have recorded for any day .
Similarly, it was a dry month but we had some very heavy rain in the
middle which brought the total up.

Bluebells in Larkkrigg Wood

Natland Guides Celebration

Natland Guides have had an evening celebration of songs and marshmallows around the campfire in the Vicarage where we were joined by 8th Guides and three very special young ladies:

Three Natland Guides have earnt the highest award they can achieve as Guides.  Verity, Rachael and Evie have been awarded the Baden Powell award.  The Baden Powell award covers five areas that encompases Guirlguiding main aims, Healthy Lifestyles, Global awareness, Discovery, Skills and relationships and Celebrating Diversity.

We're all extremely proud of them, they have now moved on to become Senior Section members in Crosscrake, where they can go on more adventures and hopefully become Leaders in the future themselves!  It's been a pleasure having them at Natland Guides.
Karen Belton
Natland Brownies & Guides