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AROUND THE PARISH
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Aerobics and Yoga |
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Art Club |
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Bell Ringers |
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Crosthwaite and Lyth Bowling Club |
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Crosthwaite Short Mat Bowling Club |
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Local History Society |
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Crosthwaite Tennis Club |
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Women's Institute |
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The Neighbourhood Forum |
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The Memorial Hall |
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The Landowners of Crosthwaite and Lyth |
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Local Businesses |
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First Responders |
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Parish Plan |
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Village of the Year 2009 |
The Parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth lies 5 miles west of Kendal, 5 miles north of Grange-over-Sands and 3 miles south of Bowness-on-Windermere. The M6 motorway is 5 miles from the parish. Manchester Airport is 82 miles to the south.
Crosthwaite derives its name from the old Scandinavian word, "thwaite", meaning a clearing in a forest or a piece of land, which has been enclosed. This was blended with "Cross", which may reflect the earlier Christian connections with the Irish or Angle missionaries of the sixth or seventh century. The Norsemen also gave the Lyth Valley its name; "hlith" means sloping hillside.
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(Click here for previous issues.) -------- The Annual Meeting for all electors of Crosthwaite & Lyth parish is on 13 Mayat 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall. The parish council will provide an update on their activities and there will be the opportunity to ask questions. A representative from South Lakeland District Council will be explaining Dog Control Orders and how we might use them in the parish. Finally, representatives from local organisations have been invited to tell us what they have been up to. Please come along and find out what's happening in your parish. Click here for the draft 4th April 2013 Parish Council Minutes. Kim Kearney -------- The Go Lakes Travel programme is a £6.9million initiative, funded by the Department of Transport, and being delivered in partnership by Cumbria County Council, the Lake District National Park Authority and Cumbria Tourism. Click HERE to visit their web page where you can download and/or subscribe to their e-newsletter and other information on this initiative. Volunteers are required to support the 541 service which operates a return trip to Kendal, once a week for the villages of Crook, Winster, Bowness, Underbarrow, Crosthwaite and Brigsteer. Local People are being sought to drive a16 seat, fully accessible “Community Wheels” minibus as provided by Cumbria County Council. Volunteers will need to possess a full UK driving licence and be under 76 years of age. Volunteers will be provided with CRB checks and training to a MiDAS standard (Minibus Driver Awareness scheme) and volunteer mileage expenses will be covered at a cost of 45p per mile. We are seeking to recruit a number of drivers to enable us to develop a flexible approach with the commitment from volunteers. This is a great opportunity to support your local community in the picturesque Lyth Valley. Anybody interested in becoming a volunteer driver or wanting further details regarding what’s involved please contact: (Caroline Watson, Community Transport Officer, on 01228 226721) Click HERE for the CCC discussion on the Service 541. -------- 3 ounces, 4 inches & 5 farthings A fascinating, informative, nostalgic yet light-hearted look back at Britain’s ancient and gloriously idiosyncratic weights and measure before decimalisation. Sold in aid of £3.50 from the Crosthwaite Exchange on Wednesdays – or from the Church Or by post:Please send a cheque for £4 (to include postage) to: -------- If anyone has an abundance of snowdrops in the green please consider planting some in the new Queen's Jubilee wood over the clapper bridge on the Starnthwaite road. We would be most grateful for your gifts and they will shine like stars for the future beauty of the wood in years to come. -------- See below for the Exchange DIARY FOR THE SPRING/SUMMER 2013 ..or click HERE to download your
own copy (and what we spent
money on last year.) Click here for the 2013 WI
programme. -------- Cumbria Community Messaging (CCM) is managed by the Cumbria Neighbourhood
Watch Association (CNWA). It offers People and Communities across Cumbria the
means to receive information from Agencies in the County tailored to their particular
preferences for content, priority and means of communication. It is a web based
system and registration is quick, simple and completely free. There are no contracts,
costs or obligations of any kind. Cumbria messaging service is a two way communication system
designed to put you in touch with the people and services in Cumbria. Click on https://www.cumbriacommunitymessaging.co.uk/ and
sign up. -------- The 2012/2013 programme for the Cartmel Fell and District Local
History -------- Click HERE to
download your own copy of the Exchange DIARY FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER 2013 (and what we spent
money on last year) 5th June - Coronation Buffet to celebrate the 60th Anniversay of Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation. 3rd July Swallows and Amazons Tea Party Contact Liz on 01539 535 594 or email
Click HERE to
see what Action with Communities in Cumbria (ACT) (formerley Voluntary Action Cumbria (VAC))
think about our Exchange in their publication - "The Exchange at Crosthwaite -
A Guide to Establishing an Exchange in your area. Pictures and up to date information on the Exchange can be found at http://www.cumbriaaction.org.uk/resources/toolkits;
you will see that Exchanges are County wide now!! There is a need for more volunteers to place their names on the HELPLINE; they are needed to
help people attend Doctor, Hospital, Dentist appointments etc. If you are interested contact
Geraldine Wilson on 68836. The Lyth Valley First Responders Group is now very much in being. 34 people from the 5 villages
involved (Brigsteer, Crook, Crosthwaite, Underbarrow & Witherslack) are now in training supervised
by the North West Ambulance Service and the intention is to become operational during May this
year. We still need further volunteers to be trained as Responders and to help with fund raising. Please contact the Secretary: John Holmes. 015395 68599, 07876 560053 or
(John at South Low)
Parish Council update.
Kim Kearney
Clerk to Crosthwaite & Lyth Parish Council
015395 68341
Clerk to Crosthwaite & Lyth Parish Council
golakestravel
Transforming travel in the Lake District National Park
Wanted – Volunteer Drivers
IMPERIAL MEASUREMENTS FOR CRUMBLIES
St Mary’s Church, Crosthwaite Building Fund
P R Sherratt, 16 Starnthwaite Ghyll, Crosthwaite, nr Kendal LA8 8JN
Snowdrops to spare......?
Many thanks
Mary Harkness and Douglas Blair
on behalf of Crosthwaite and Lyth Parish Council.
The Exchange -
Cumbria Community Messaging
Society in now on-line. Click here to view.
EXCHANGE EVENTS
Exchange video
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view a video that Cumbria Action made at the Exchange earlier in the year.
NEAT FEET
Action with Communities in Cumbria (ACT)
THE LATEST NEWS & DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
HELPLINE
LYTH VALLEY FIRST RESPONDER GROUP
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