General news

Corin Burdon has been appointed as Threlkeld's Broadband Champion.  He will represent Threlkeld's interests in the Connecting Cumbria project which is aiming to provide access to superfast broadband. 

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Round the tree their merry laughter ringing,

Twinkling in the glow of fairy light

Children's gleeful, smiling faces singing,

Sparkling eyes a-gleam this wintery night....

Wrapping paper garlanding the stairs:

The next edition of Beneath Blencathra will be February 2012 – there will be no January issue. The deadline for material for this will be Wednesday 1st February.

Please e-mail any material to beneathblencathra@hotmail.co.uk or drop it off at 12 Ghyll Bank (Lizzie – 79526) or Cherry Cottage (Madeleine – 79683).

Threlkeld 52 - Penruddock 41.

It's not the winning that matters, it's the taking part. Whoever said that has obviously never played sport!

Help is required to improve the broadband connection in Threlkeld. There are several broadband initiatives being promoted by the County Council (with Government Investment). If anyone is interested in new technology and want to get involved contact the Parish Clerk for more details (threlkeld.parish.council@hotmail.co.uk).

You will all know of the Keswick Theatre by the Lake. Most of you will know that the smartly dressed people who tear tickets at the auditoria doors, sell programmes, sell ice creams, etc. are volunteers (known as Front of House Volunteers) but perhaps less of you will know that Threlkeld plays a unique part in the provision of such volunteers.

Judges Alan Heath and Florence Gowling visited Threlkeld on 12^th July 2011.  Some of their comments are noted below:

Autumn harvest

Autumn harvest leafy rain

Clogging gutters, ditches, drains,

Bright-hued collage spinning dizzy

Council workmen in a tizzy,

Threlkeld 31 - Ireby 36 (like the Manchester derby with each team scoring another 30 goals)!

A disappointing start to our regular matches was really no more nor less than we deserved.  Since the resumption of club nights following the summer recess we have suffered poor attendances for divers reasons and similarly for the match night we were again shorn of some of our good bowlers due to illness, injury and family commitments.