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Mike Addison Optician

One of my favourite poets is Robert Frost. He wrote

some incredible poetry. In one of my favourites he

writes about standing at a divergence of two paths and

choosing to take, ‘the one less travelled by’. He muses

how he was sorry he could not take both paths.

Experience had taught him that by choosing one he was,

in truth, never going to know where the other would have taken him. As I

write this letter the discussions are raging over whether Scotland should break

from the United Kingdom. By the time you read this – you will know.

In the churches there have been a lot of discussions about how we should

organise the ministry in the churches and chapels in the County. There are

two paths ahead it seems.

In one we struggle on with less and less clergy as 40% of the clergy retire and

cannot be replaced or frankly afforded. The result might be that like a

business the churches and chapels would concentrate on the big churches and

chapels in the towns and people would have to travel. In the other we share

the tasks once done by the clergy and do more and more of the informal

caring of each other that we have always done. This way we keep the church

and chapels local. It will mean that church services will be taken by a wider

variety of people but this way there will still be a person in each village who

people can go to. The network of Christian caring in our communities would

continue.

In our area because it is so sparsely populated the churches have been run by

teams for a very long time. Churchwardens, retired clergy, Readers, Local

Preachers, Chapel Stewards, the folk who clean the churches and chapels...the

list goes on. Together as a team we have looked after our local buildings and

tried to be there when folk needed us.

Sometimes there are two stark choices. At other times things in God’s

providence things evolve. I think that God has been preparing us for a long

time to take more responsibility locally for our churches and chapels. I know

there are some fantastic people already doing a great deal. However it cannot

be left to just a few. We need more people to share this very important work.

If you feel that you could give a few hours to the community – please ring me

on 015396 24045. It could be practical – to do with buildings or grounds, it

could be more to do with the spiritual life of the area - but we need everyone

to join in to make this path the one that carries on the rich Christian heritage

in this area. Do not think, ‘somebody else will do it’ – it is for all of us to get

involved if this is going to work.

Beverley Lock

The Herald 100 years ago, August/September/October 1914

Fine and warm till late September.

Much holiday traffic delayed 1 hour at Shap, Friday 31st July, after a derailment of Shap

Granite workman’s carriages at Shap station, 6.30pm, while being shunted. Both lines

blocked.

At start of August, Shap CC was top of the table, played 10 matches, won 7, drawn 2, lost 1.

Mr. Richard Winster has been 21 years the local Relieving Officer.

Shap Show was abandoned due to the War, (So was Penrith’s, but not Crosby Ravensworth’s

or Brough’s.

In Shap Workhouse, early September, tramps through 86 (up 25 on Sept. 1913). Mr. Todd the

Master, rabbit-trap caught a hen from Green Farm, whose Mr. Hudson wants its value back,

2/- (2014, £8). The Chairman: Have you been poaching Master? (Laughter). The Master:

Certainly not. It was moved by an inmate. I set it for rats. (Sent to Committee).

Shap UDC heard that water is short at south end of town due to unofficial connections being

made by householders. It was also noted the overgrown state of the path along the road from

Church Street to the Crosby Ravensworth been tended by its householders.

Married: at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Mitchell, S. Dakota, 2nd September, Joseph Wilson,

2nd son of Joseph Fothergill, Swaith Beck, Pooley, to M. E. Kindlysides, late of Shap; at 15,

East Mayfield, Edinburgh, 9th September, Frederick William Thurmott, M.P.S.P.H.C.

(i.e.Chemist), to Agnes, youngest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. James Holkett, late of Shap.

To let: The Nook, Hardendale, house and 35 acres (grazing).

Tramps through Shap Workhouse, late September, 59 (up 4 on 1913); in the house, 15.

Died in Orton, Jane, widow of Mr. John Harper, 28th August, aged 83; has 2 sons (in Glasgow

and Wethersby) and 1 daughter (the wife of Mr. G. B. Bayliffe, Shap.

October, fine, dry, cooler till 20th, then mixed; no frosts yet.

Nine men from Shap have joined the Army, as have three from Wet Sleddale.

On Friday 11th September, Annie, wife of Robert Smith, the shepherd in Mosedale, was

feeding the hens in the yard when she slipped and broke her right ankle. Dr. Nicholson (Shap)

came that night, riding the rough fell track (7 miles). Early on Friday 25th September she had a

pain in the head, she died at 5am. Inquest Monday 28th the Coroner walking the 7 miles from

and to Shap; foreman, R. Winster; 2 Douthwaites of Wet Sleddale on the jury. She was 49.

‘Heart failure and delayed shock’, said Dr. Nicholson was the cause of her death. Her son

(adult), Robert junior, identified her corpse. The Tailbert shepherd Tom Routledge’s wife was

her live-in nurse, since 11th September.

Harvest Festivals – Shap Church, Thursday evening 8th, Swindale Friday evening 9th, Shap

Wesleyan in Church, Sunday 4th.

Mrs Grayland, strung along by LNWR, applied for Court Order for 8/- a week from the £75

the Company still owes her for compensation for her husband’s death on the railway, his job.

It’s paid her only £50 so far. Her son gives her 12/- a week her only income. She can’t take

lodgers. - Granted. (8/- = £32 now).

The RDC is to press London to speed up consent for its Mardale Water Scheme.

The Workhouse Guardians (=management) rejected the Master’s expenses, but agreed to give

the Matron her first holiday for three years, as she plainly needs it.

Mr. J. E. Hindson (Keld) is now tenant of New Inn Farm; his successor at Keld is Mr. J.

Thwaites (Ullsmoor).

The UDC has now rid Low Beck Well of fly-tipping, and repaired its overflow.

Died at Church Terrace, Shap, 10th, John Nicholson, 69.

Jeremy Godwin

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MOBILE FOOT CARE IN YOUR HOME

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every Friday 9am – 5pm

by appointment only

Do you have toenails that you

can’t cut any more?

Do you have corns, hard skin or

dry, cracked heels?

I can help with all these

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For an appointment

please ring Carol on

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GARDENING SERVICES SHAP AREA

All types of work considered

Call James on 0788754837

Email: groundscapesshap@hotmail.com

SHAP MEDICAL PRACTICE

Peggy Nut Croft, Shap, Penrith Cumbria CA10 3LW

Tel. No 01931 716230 Fax. No 01931 716231

SURGERY TIMES

8.30 am - 6.30 pm Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri

8.30 am - 1.00 pm Thurs

Surgery times may vary during holiday periods. The surgery is closed on

public

holidays and for Protected Learning Time sessions for staff training.

Wednesday 15th October & Tuesday 11th November

Emergency arrangements In an emergency please contact CHOC on 03000 247 247

Flu Clinics will be held on

Saturday11th October from 9am - 12pm at Shap Medical Practice

Wednesday15th October from 11am - 12pm at Tebay

Thursday 16th October from 2.30pm to 3.30pm at Orton

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HISTORY IN HOUSES by Jean Scott-Smith

No 66 – Mere Syke

This rather grand house at the north end of

the village has quite an interesting history. It

takes its name from the watercourse that

flowed nearby. The River Leith runs from

beyond the church through the north of the

village and fed the troughs in the Low Well

(see article on the Hermitage), it is now

mostly underground. The road from the

junction with the A6 down to the end of the

back lane on the Bampton road is known as

Pow Lane ‘pow’ being a word for a slow

running stream.

The house was built by George Nicholson and completed in 1867. Mr Nicolson

had formerly lived at Prospect House, working on the roads and his wife Sarah

brought in extra money sewing shirts for navvies (building the railway). She died

in 1865 aged 65. George Nicholson then proposed a marriage with Miss Jane

Parker, one of the four daughters from the Cross Farm who was more about forty

years his junior; she agreed to marry him if he could provide her with a house fit

for her requirements; so a small gentleman’s residence was commissioned, the

stone mason was Robert Sarginson and the original building was L-shaped with

some gothic influence in the arched entrance porch and dressing room window

above. Water was obtained from a well beneath the house. The couple married in

1868, and went on to have three children before George died in 1874.

Once mains water came to the village, the house acquired its present square shape,

the enlargement included a scullery with a bathroom and small room with an oriel

window above it. In her later years Mrs Nicholson spent many hours at this

window watching tennis parties on the court behind

Ivy Cottage. The eldest son travelled in the Far East

and only came for occasional holidays, so in the 1920s

the house was let, latterly to surveyors for the

Haweswater dam. It then stood empty for some time

before Mr and Mrs Jack Millray negotiated to purchase

the property in 1932, and they remained there for 45

years.

I have been unable to verify the next owners before it

was purchased by Peter and Sonia Allen. Today,

Sonia and Gary Wall enjoy this lovely house which

has become a tranquil haven for those seeking Yoga

therapy and a base for Sonia’s reflexology business.

Shopping Trip to Carlisle Wednesday 26th November

leaving Shap at 9.30am

To book seats please ring Mavis on 01931 716560 or Elsie on 01931 716517

Autumn Sale and Coffee Morning

Shap Memorial Hll

Sat 18th October

9.30am - 11.30am Raffles, tombola and usual stalls

Admission £1 includes coffee, tea and biscuits

Everyone very welcome to join us.

Shap Evergreen Club

Shap Mother’s Union

OPEN MEETING

Thursday 16th October 2.00pm

The Green Room,

Shap Memorial Hall

Speaker: Dr Carl Hallam

“My Involvement with

Medicins sans Frontieres”

Bring and Buy Raffle

Refreshments

All Welcome

Please come along

to listen to Carl and

support the work done

by Medicins sans Frontieres.

Maulds Meaburn Village Institute

Doug Scott lecture

Friday,3rd October 7.30pm ‘Significant and Joyous Moments of

being in the Mountains’

Tickets are £15

(£10 for under 18s)

Illustrated talk by

Dr Andrew Bell

Thursday30th October 2014

at 7.30pm

Tickets : £6 (£4 for under 18s) Advance tickets: 01931 715509

from Sheila and Ron Smith

THE LAST GREAT CLIMB with Remote Cinema

on Fri 14th Nov at 7.30pm, Doors open 7.00pm Tickets £5.00

Do you need a helping hand ??? I offer an affordable, local, reliable and

friendly handyman service.

ANY household jobs undertaken:

spring-cleaning, de-cluttering,

assembling flat-pack furniture, changing

curtains, changing plugs, etc.

Whether it’s a shopping trip, taking a pet to the vet,

tidying the garden – no job is too small !

Affordable help when you need it – a helping hand at the

end of the phone.

If you would like to discuss anything you need doing then

please contact me for a chat . . . .

Landline (Shap): 01931 717528 Mobile: 07903 474 725

E-mail: helpinghandscumbria@gmail.com

NEW COURSES FOR AUTUMN!

Adobe Photoshop, Creative Writing,

Making a Felt Bag, Website Design,

Family History On-line, Autumn Flower Workshop,

French & Spanish and many more.........

COMPUTER WORKSHOPS From September we are running a series of short

workshops to help you get the most from your PC or laptop.

Includes: Windows 8.1, Word, Excel, Safe internet Shopping, Social Media, Photo

transfers & PC Housekeeping For further details contact us on 01931 716447

or cdc@shap.cumbria.sch.uk

SHAP C E PRIMARY SCHOOL

ADMISSION TO SHAP SCHOOL NURSERY

JANUARY 2015

If your child was born between

1st September 2011 and 31st December 2011

they are eligible to receive free nursery education from January 2015.

In Cumbria a part-time nursery place is funded for every child from the term

after their third birthday. This gives a year or more of nursery education prior to

a child being old enough to start school in the Reception Class.

A part-time place is five half-day sessions.

The closing date for applications is 26 September 2014*

Sessions will be allocated according to date of application

Application form/further information is available from: Mrs Sarah Caton (School Administrator)

Shap CE Primary School, Shap, Penrith

Cumbria

CA10 3NL

Tel: 01931 716274

Bampton Rovers Football Club 6 - 11 year olds

Training Tuesday nights 6pm - 7.30pm

At Bampton Football Field Tel Rob on 01931 713675

or 07840674196 NEW PLAYERS ALWAYS WELCOME

Shap School 100 Club Winners

July J. Barnett August Ivy Kerr

Kimberley Mather Mrs A Barnett

Sept Heather Burton

If anyone is interested in joining the 100 club, where the prize is £100

every two weeks, can they please contact Sarah Caton at the school

tel. 01931 716274

AFTERNOON CIRCLE TEA DANCE WITH ANNE-LISE KRYGER

AT LANGWATHBY VILLAGE HALL

Saturday 1st November 2014

2-6pm, with tea and cake break Cost: £15

Bring cake to share Drinks will be provided Enquiries and bookings ;

tel. 01768 866144

Email: annelise.kryger@tesco.net

Book please before October 25th

Circle Dancing With Anne-lise Kryger

Shap Memorial Hall

Wednesdays

1st, 8th 15th October

7.30pm - 9.00pm with tea break £5 per session

Beginners welcome - No partner needed

Contact Glenis 01931 716484 for details

Prize Bingo and Coffee Evening In memory of John Teasdale

on Saturday 18th October at 7pm Shap Memorial Hall

All proceeds to go to ‘The Pride of Cumbria’ Great North Air Ambulance

12th October 2014

Cinema—Downhill

Remote Cinema and Shap CDC

Sunday 12TH oCTOBER

At Shap Memorial Hall

Doors open 7pm Film at 7.30pm

Adults £4 under 16s £2

Cert 15 BYOB

St Michael’S church

Christmas

Fayre

Saturday 29th November

10.30 am - 2.00 pm

Memorial Hall

Gift Stalls Produce Games Café

Santa will be in attendance

(no charge) see posters for times

Dominoes at 7.30pm

Shap Open-Air Swimming Pool The highest open air pool in England

The Swimming pool is now closed after another fantastic season!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered in the shop, helped to

prepare the pool for the season and maintain it throughout!

Also, thank you to Shap Parish Council to generously agreeing to

purchase winter covers for the pool, which will hopefully save us

on water costs.

Finally, a big thank you to everyone who has supported the pool

this year!

Shap’s Got Talent! We can now announce that

Shap’s Got Talent will be on Saturday 8th November 2014

Look out for posters

for more details!

Carlisle and Eden - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We are urgently seeking a volunteer to help out at our Home

Day Care held at the Wasdale Centre, Shap. This post is for someone to help out every other Monday to assist our Host to look after a group, currently four people. Duties involved are setting up the room, helping with serving tea and biscuits, helping to serve a two course lunch and doing activities such as crafts, games, quizzes and lively conversation. The hours are from 10.30am to 3.00pm. Please contact me for more information, if you are interested. Alison Davies, Home Day Care Coordinator Age UK Carlisle and Eden 01228 536673 or 07785 996 950 Email: alisonbridges10@btinternet.com

CHARITY SHOP

Due to the lack of suitable premises Age UK Carlisle & Eden will be

closing their shop in Shap soon. A steering group has been formed to

investigate alternatives to enable the continuation of a charity shop

in Shap for the benefit of the community.

SHAP YOUNG PEOPLE’S LOTTERY

Youth Club/Playgroup/Swimming Pool

1st August 29th August

£100 Catherine Fairer £100 Liz Holder

£25 Hazel Lightburn £25 Muriel Lord

You’ve got to be in it to win it!

Please ring Glenis Furness 716484 If you would like to join.

MESSAGE FROM SHAP PARISH COUNCIL

BRACKENBER LANE The Parish Council has had the verges on Brackenber Lane cut in an effort to make it look tidier, however they would request that the grass verges are not utilised for parking of vehicles to avoid damage.

DOG FOULING There has been an increase in reports of dog fouling. May we remind dog owners that all dog faeces should be picked up and deposited in a BIN or taken home for disposal, not thrown into the verge or hedge. The presence of dog faeces poses a threat to children and farm animals, and is extremely unpleasant for everyone. PLEASE BE A RESPONSIBLE AND CONSIDERATE DOG OWNER

Please support your local Playgroup.

Everyone welcome.

Family sessions 0-5 years:

**PLEASE NOTE: Monday 9.15 - 11.15am is now a family session

Monday Softplay session 2-3 pm £1 per child

Tuesday - Wednesday mornings 9.15 - 11.15am

9 mths - 1 year £1.10 1 - 3 years £2.20 3 - 5 years £3.00

Tea/coffee 60p

Call in for more details we will be happy to see you

Tel: 07505879297

Shap Local History Society

Monday 27th October Brian Steadman -

‘The Borrowdale (Westmorland) Silver Hoard’ Green Room starting 7.30 pm entrance on the left hand side of the Memorial Hall.

Visitors are welcome at any time, £3 .

Saturday 15th November Social Evening

Supper followed by Andy Lowe

‘A Career in Ruins’ 7 for 7.30pm

Tickets £10 from Jean Scott Smith 716386 of Liz Amos 716244

Heritage Centre Winter Opening Times Saturdays Oct 4th, Nov 1st, Dec 6th 10am -12 noon

Highlights Rural Touring

Autumn Performances at Shap Memorial Hall

‘An Evening with Mervyn Stutter’ Suitable for age 16 and over

Saturday 11th October 8.00pm Tickets: £10 Conc. £8 Tel 01931 716273

Soft drinks available - Bring your own booze!

Mervyn Stutter is an actor, comedian, scriptwriter, satirical songwriter, founder member of The Flying Pickets and something of a national

treasure; he performs at the Edinburgh Fringe every year and audiences love him. He’s worked on Radio, TV, in theatre and cabaret and knows

how to tell stories and sing songs, poke fun at himself and the Baby Boomer generation. His sometimes wicked but always affectionate sense

of humour brings warmth and joy to an audience that is happy to laugh both at his life and their own. You will simply love An Evening With......!

Horse & Bamboo Theatre presents

‘Hansel & Gretel’ For adults and children from 5+

Wednesday 22nd October 4.30pm Adult:£6 Child:£5 Family(2Ad.2Ch or 1Ad.3Ch):£20

Horse + Bamboo’s new production is a delicious treat of a show; dark, chewy and delicious at heart, yet coated with a sprinkle of something light, sweet and zesty. succulent music and film, puppets and masks,

Hansel and Gretel promises to be a feast for the senses.

SHAP VILLAGE WEBSITE Take a look at the newly updated village website at:

shapcumbria.wordpress.com We would love to know what you think of the site and welcome your feedback.

Check out the regularly updated events calendar to find out what’s going on in the village.

Are you holding an event in Shap? Please contact us with the details of your fair, sporting event or coffee morning and we will include it in the village calendar.

We want to advertise your business..... for FREE!

Send us up to 100 words and a link to your website and we will include you on the business pages. We’ll even include a photo!

If you don’t have your own website and would still like to advertise your business we can create a page on the site. Please note there is a charge for this service.

Shap and the surrounding area is a beautiful place to live. The new village website has a series of beautiful photo galleries. If you have any

photographs of the area please send them to us for inclusion.

Shap Village Website has many other pages to look at, including history, Parish Council information, newsletters & minutes, CDC information and village

facilities.

why not log on and take a look?

If you want to advertise, include an event or give us your feedback please tel. 01931 716441 or contact@shapvillage.co.uk

Alan, Linzi, Ellis and Sienna

would like to thank everyone

who sponsored Alan’s

charity cycle ride from

Manchester to Blackpool.

£2300 was raised for

D.E.B.R.A.

Send your Christmas

Greetings to friends around

the village in the next issue

of ‘Shap Today’.

£5 Donation

Please leave wording plus

contact details at

Anderson’s Newsagents or

Shap CDC

by 7th November

VILLAGE DIARY

OCTOBER

Saturday 11th 8.00pm An Evening with Mervyn Stutter Memorial Hall

Sunday 12th 7.30pm Remote Cinema “Downhill” Memorial Hall

Thursday 16th 2.00pm MU - Open meeting Carl Hallam Green Room

Saturday 18th 9.30am Evergreen coffee morning Memorial Hall

Saturday 18th 7.00pm Prize Bingo & Coffee Evening Memorial Hall

Wednesday 22nd 4.30pm Highlights—Hansel & Gretel Memorial Hall

Monday 27th 7.30pm History Society Green Room

NOVEMBER

Saturday 8th Shap’s Got Talent Memorial Hall

Saturday 15th 7.00pm History Society Social Evening Memorial Hall

Thurs 20th 2.00pm MU - Rev. Clive Pattinson High Buildings

Saturday29th 10.30-2 Christmas Fayre Memorial Hall

Saturday 29th 7.30pm Dominoes Memorial Hall

WORLD WAR 1 SHAP REMEMBERS EXHIBITION

Thank you to the people of Shap, and other friends who helped to

make the exhibition a success. It showed great community spirit.

Over thirty families, organisations and Shap Primary School all

contributed articles and items of interest. Thank you Barbara and Bill Martindale

The offertory taken at the service at Shap Wells on 31st August amounted to £450. This was sent to Christian Aid for the support of persecuted Christians in the Middle East.

Thank you from St Michael’s PCC to all those who helped

with preparations, took part and who assisted with

arrangements on the day for the Village Show. It was an

enjoyable social event which raised £250 for church funds

CHURCH NEWS METHODIST CHURCH 10.00am every Sunday in the Abbey Coffee Shop

except 2nd(Memorial Hall) & 9th November (St Michael’s)

ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH

5th Oct 11.00am Let’s Praise

12th Oct 11.00am Holy Communion

19th Oct 11.00am Holy Communion

26th Oct 11.00am Morning Praise

2nd Nov 11.00am Let’s Praise

2nd Nov 2.00pm Remembering Service (See box below)

9th Nov 10.55am Service of Remembrance

16th Nov 11.00am Holy Communion

23rd Nov 11.00am Morning Praise

30th Nov 10.30am Joint Service, High Westmorland parishes

at All Saints Church Orton

Wednesdays 10.00am Holy Communion followed by Coffee & Chat

4th Thursday 2.00pm Short service followed by tea and a chat at Wasdale

23rd October, 27th November

MESSY CHURCH

in the School Hall 8th October, 12th November

3.15 - 4.45pm Crafts, Fun, Food and Worship

for parents and children

Tel. Beverley 015396 24045 or Janet

716273 for details

Off the Bus This is a Christian club that meets on a Tuesdays after school. It is open to Year 6 and 7. Hot chocolate and cookies, silly games and a thoughtful chat are all on offer. Outdoor games, trips and activities arranged. We meet at St Michael's from 4pm onwards - so those coming on the bus can join us when they arrive back in Shap. If you are in Year 6 at Shap school let us know if you would like us to meet you from school.

Beverley & Paul

Remembering Service Sunday 2nd November

2.00pm

in St Michael’s Church

Anyone who would like to join us at

this special service to remember

loved ones will be most welcome.