Christmas and New Year edition of the Church Magazine available here.

You can find out about all the Advent and Christmas activities by clicking here, or you can read all about them when you receive a copy of the magazine through the front door. A copy will be delivered to every house in the Parish for Christmas this year.

Next Monday Club Meetings

Members will be meeting on he 4th December for their annual Christmas lunch catered for in the Village Hall, 1.15pm for 1.30pm, followed by light entertainment.
Our next meeting in 2018 will be on the 15th January, again in the Village Hall at 2pm when we will be pleased to welcome, once again, Maurice Steele with another of his delightful presentations, this one entitled "From a tiny acorn". Refreshments and Bookstall to follow.

Natland Man to be New Chairman of Local Club

Mr. Edward Lawton, well known local musician and raconteur will be installed as Chairman of the Kentside Probus Club at their Annual General Meeting which will be held at The Villa on 13th December 2017. Mr. Lawton, who is also a member and keen worker for St. Marks Church in Natland will hold the post for one year during which he will be attempting to raise money for a charity chosen by him and helped by Probus Club members.
Kentside Probus Club is open to any retired or semi/retired business or professional man aged 55 or over. We meet once a month at The Villa for lunch and a speaker whilst our other activities include ten pin bowling, curling, crown green bowling, walking and putting.  Anyone interested in joining can contact Mr. David Ratcliffe on 015395 61944 for further information.

Encore Concert raises over £500 for churchyard.

Last Wednesday's concert by Encore Opera in St. Mark's Church was very well supported by the village and visitors from further afield.
Those who turned out on a fine night heard Encore give an excellent performance of operatic excerpts with drama, humour or romance wherever appropriate.
The audience were very generous in supporting the retiring collection in aid of the churchyard and after a donation to the group's running expenses over £500 was raised including some donations from those who were unable to attend. This will be allocated for work, or equipment to be used in, the churchyard.
The invitation for volunteers to undertake work in the churchyard remains open. Please have a work with Rev. Angela Whittaker if you are able to help.

Coffee Morning on Saturday

There will be a Coffee Morning in Endmoor on the 25th November for the First Responders, who have been so helpful in setting up our defibrillator. It's from 10am until 12 in the Club Inn, opposite the Village Shop.

Agenda for Parish Council Meeting on 27th November.

Click here to find out what will be discussed, here for the budget statement and here for the cash statement.

W.I. events

The W.I. had their AGM followed by a Jacob's Join and a parcel game at their meeting recently. Click here for a full account.

The next meeting is on the 13th December when Janet Greenhalgh will entertain members with her singing group and the committee will provide supper. 

Support Your Churchyard

One of the finest sights in spring in Natland is the flowering cherry tree in the churchyard near The Green. That tree and others needed the attention of a tree surgeon recently to reduce overhang and prevent wind damage and nuisance to neighbours. Other professionals are engaged when needed such as to repair walls and to mow the grass. Much other work is done by a few volunteers.

Natland Parish Council recognises that the churchyard is a community asset and very kindly makes a generous annual grant towards the cost of mowing the churchyard which means we can pay someone to do the mowing.

All other expenditure including purchasing, maintaining and fuelling of equipment is paid for out of money raised by St Mark’s Church.

The churchyard is of great value to the parish and for many it is the final resting place of family members or friends. Tonight’s retiring collection (after paying Encore’s expenses) will be used to help the church maintain its ongoing upkeep.

If you would like to volunteer to help in any practical way, however great or small, to maintain the churchyard please contact Roy Watkinson on 61373 or Revd Angela Whittaker on 60355

Photos from the wedding of Helen Chandler and Brian Gleeson

Coffee Morning in church on 16th November

There will be a Coffee Morning in St. Mark's Church Vestry on Thursday 16th November, 10.30 - 11.45am in aid of Dementia Awareness.
Do come along to find out more about this organisation and to enjoy coffee/tea and biscuits, take part in the raffle and browse a stall, as well as meeting up with friends and neighbours.
Over £100 was raised at this event - thank you to all who came and gave.

Craft Fair and Exhibition - results

Sue Ashton, the Craft Fair Organiser, and Kirsten Cannon who
organised the raffle

The sun shone and the village was thronged with people last Saturday, partly for the Craft Fair and Exhibition but also for the marriage of Helen Chandler and Brian Gleeson. 

This was the 18th Natland Craft Fair and Exhibition and it was good to see Charles Usher, the widower of Rosemary whose ideas started the event 18 years ago. He had come from Wetherby for the day with his daughter Jane.

The Craft Fair was successful again this year, raising £769.05 for Village Hall funds; a similar result to last year.

Thank you to everyone who lent treasured work to the exhibition. The winner of the favourite item competition was Julia Baker with her felted sheep's head.



           

Next Monday Club Meeting

The next meeting of the Monday Club will be on 20th November at 2pm. As usual, we will meet in the Village Hall when Christine Knipe will talk on "Westmorland County Agricultural Society".
Refreshments and Book Stall will follow.

Minutes of October Natland Parish Council meeting

The Parish Council continues to keep on top of planning matters. The development on Natland Mill Beck Lane has been refused. In a discussion with the Town Council little headway was made on the future of Helm. The purchase of the defibrillator is now in progress. Click here for the full minutes. 

Light up the Natland Night

Please join the primary school for another great community event, the Lighting up the Natland Night lantern parade, on Friday 10th November, starting at school at 6.00pm. Please join us with or without a lantern. If you are feeling creative, lantern kits can be purchased from the school office for £6.

Age UK events

Natland Young at Heart Social Group for older residents will next meet on Monday 13th November when we will be having a Christmas craft afternoon. If you would like to come along for an afternoon of tea, chat and good company please get in touch. 

Lunch Club You are invited to come along to St Mark’s Primary School for a Christmas lunch on Thursday 7th December at 1.30 pm. Be waited on by the children and enjoy a delicious meal for £4.00. Places are limited, so to book or to cancel a place, please ring Age UK on 01539 728118 by 30th November. This event is in partnership with St Mark’s Church and St Mark’s School.

Police Update for Natland for October

INCIDENTS OF NOTE
Within the wider area that your Parish falls in the last month there have been 46 incidents reported, resulting in seven Crimes being recorded, only one incident relates to the parish.
22nd Oct a vehicle crashed into a parked car on Natland road and was failing to report the incident on further enquiries driver located and arrested for drink driving.

Other local issues of note:
28th Sept Three motorcycles stolen from a property at Hawes lane, Oxenholme.
4th Oct vehicle parked at the seven mile bridge layby at Crooklands had windows broken and Sat-Nav stolen

There have been several reports lately of vehicles in the South Lakes area being broken into and tools stolen, where possible please ensure tools etc. are not left in vehicles overnight.

Police and trading standards have also recently had more reports of unauthorized fish sellers in various locations, if you encounter traders at your door that give any cause for concern please contact the police on 101.

CRIME FIGURES
Crime figures can be obtained via the Cumbria Police Website: https://www.cumbria.police.uk/Your-Area/Your-area.aspx
Alternatively use the following link: https://www.police.uk/

CRIME PREVENTION
Any suspicious activity/vehicles please contact 101.
As autumn approaches and darker evenings please check on your security measures especially security lighting.

CUMBRIA COMMUNITY MESSAGING
Please pass this message onto friends, family and residents of your areas to re highlight the issue.

If you would like to join Cumbria Community Messaging then please contact us or visit: www.cumbriacommunitymessaging.co.uk
It is managed by the Cumbria Neighbourhood Watch Association and offers you and other members of communities across Cumbria the means to receive crime information from Cumbria Police.  You can select which information you wish to receive by managing your own settings, and it is completely FREE.  Anyone can join, you do not have to be a member of Neighbourhood Watch (NHW), or become a member of NHW to join.  Farm Watch, Church Watch and Camping and Caravan Watch are a small example of the schemes that you can register for. You can join as an individual or as a group. If you want to receive information but do not wish to be responsible for a larger group, you are still welcome to make use of this messaging system.
As well as Cumbria Constabulary the partners providing information are Cumbria County Council, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service and Cumbria Neighbourhood Watch Association.  If you do not have internet access, contact your local PCSO and they will aid in registering your details on the system.

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Contact police on 101. For emergency always call 999
Your Police Community Support Officer is: Martin Boak 5251
Email: martin.boak@cumbria.police.uk

Church Magazine Available

The Parish Magazine for November is available by clicking here. It is full of interesting records of activities past and information about things to come.

Natland's Weather in October.

                                             2017       2016
Temperature at 8 am             10.75c      9.5c
Minimum Temperature 9.1c       8.5c
Maximum Temperature 14.1c 12.7c
                                        mm   in          mm in
Rainfall                         203.5  8.1         46  1.8

Another above average rainfall month, in fact the second highest in October in the last 13 years. It was warmer than normal, the only cold nights being at the end of the month. John Dobson