October 2017

The Borderer is our monthly magazine

 

 

PRESIDENT Nicki Quayle

SECRETARY Mike McNally

 

THEBORDERER

OCTOBER 2017

 

CONTENTS

From Our President

Samaritans

Talking Newspaper

Autumn Walk

Theatre by The Lake

Off the Shelf & Cuff

Food for Thought Magnificent Four

Poets’ Corner

Facebook

Poppy Distribution

Wishing Well

Membership Challenge

Jaqui Dankworth

 

REGULAR FEATURES

Rotary Webpages

Diary Dates

Reception Desk

Club Council

Club Meetings

 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Soup time is nearly upon us along with the long dark evenings.  Not my favourite time of the year but I am looking forward to drawing the curtains  and lighting the fire  - except that it is still unseasonably warm and very very  wet!  In fact I am writing this sitting in a train on my way back from meetings in London and following the flood warnings issued by Virgin trains hoping very much that the line will be still be open between Oxenholme and Carlisle.  Thank goodness Peter Atkinson very cleverly managed to arrange not only a very enjoyable walk at Langwathby last Sunday but also the weather too. 

Whilst in London I attended two harvest festivals - the Farmers Club’s at St Martins in the Fields and the Worshipful Company of Farmers service at the Priory Church of St Bartholomew The Great.  This fascinating church was founded during the reign of Henry I in 1123 and boasts remarkable Norman architecture. As you can imagine it has seen a lot of history and more recently was featured in award winning films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Shakespeare in Love.  Following the service the age old tradition of installing the new Master of the Worshipful Company was performed - a moving ceremony making one realise how privileged we are to have such traditions in this country.  The Farmers Club itself celebrates 175yrs this December and we here in Carlisle are making our own history when we celebrate our 95th Charter Night.  I hope to see many of you there but also hope that we can have a good turnout at our annual Youth Speaks competition which is always a very entertaining evening.

 

NICKI QUAYLE

PRESIDENT

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AND FINALLY CONFUCIUS DIDN'T SAY…….

* Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.

* Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent.

* Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement

* Man who leap off cliff jump to conclusion.

* Man who stands on toilet is high on pot.

* Man who eats many prunes gets good run for money.


SAMARITANS

 

 

Softly-spoken Trevor Marney and Mary Skelley addressed us on 27th September about the work of the Samaritans. They are based in a building in Botchergate with a charity shop on the ground floor, a training room on the first floor and a ‘listening’ room on the second floor.

Calls to the Samaritans on 116 123 are free to the caller. They are routed nationally 24/7 to any Samaritans office in the country. In Cumbria there are offices in Whitehaven and Barrow in addition to Carlisle.

 

The organisation’s ethos is of a totally confidential listening service, helping people to say what they want to say – a one-way conversation. Samaritans are not judgemental, do not solve problems or offer advice and will not report any matter to the authorities, but rather encourage the caller to take the action. ‘Listeners’ may discuss calls between themselves but never outside the office.

 

The organisation was founded by a London clergyman, Chad Varah in 1953 and the Carlisle office, staffed entirely by volunteers, was opened in 1968. When the office is open there are at least two ‘listeners’ taking calls and a leader to help with any emotional difficulties. New recruits are given many hours of training followed by listening and handling calls with a mentor. The charity shop pays for a large percentage of their costs and the balance from donations, including our club’s Wishing Well, for which Trevor and Mary were very grateful.

 

The talk was interesting and thought provoking with Trevor Green giving the vote of thanks.

 

DAVID MORTON 

 

 

 


THE TALKING NEWSPAPER

  • PART ONE

 

 

The first Talking Newspaper in the UK was formed in 1970 in Wales following a visit by a senior librarian, Ronald Sturt, to a town in Sweden where a library there had, together with the local Association for the Blind, started a Talking Newspaper with weekly recordings being sent out to 130 listeners on a 3 day loan basis.  Enthused by what he had seen, Ronald spoke to various groups and Round Table picked up the idea.  In September 1969 they began to enlist the experience and expertise of local businesses and professions and within just four months they had secured initial funding, drafted a constitution, negotiated freepost under Articles for the Blind with the Post Office, identified a number of local blind and partially sighted people who might benefit from the service and launched the first UK Talking Newspaper in January 1970.  Tape cassettes dropped through the letterboxes of just 20 blind people in Cardiganshire.

 

 

By 1974 there were enough groups to warrant the formation of a national membership body, the Talking Newspaper Association of the United Kingdom (TNAUK). Its objectives were to unite and serve the growing number of active local Talking Newspapers and to stimulate their creation to reach every blind reader throughout Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales who wanted to keep in touch with the local community.

 

 

Today there are more than 500 groups across the UK involving 12,000 volunteers and with more than 100,000 listeners from Orkney to Cornwall

In March this year, the Carlisle Talking Newspaper (CTN) celebrated 34 years of service to the blind and visually impaired people of Carlisle and surrounding area. 

 

Our local group was established in 1983 by the Rotary Club of Carlisle.  Peter Atkinson was President and Donald Edgar Community Services Convenor and the formation of a Carlisle Talking Newspaper was their “baby”. 

The initial funding came from each Rotarian lending £50 to the project to get it off the ground!  This is the equivalent today of £540.77 (approximately!)!

After a short period of time, the operation of the Carlisle Talking Newspaper settled into rooms in Peter ‘s office in Finkle Street which he rented to CTN at a peppercorn rent and then when he needed those rooms for his own business we were lucky enough to be offered space in “The Bungalow” which is part of Austin Friars’ School.  Once again, we are lucky enough to have purpose-built rooms from which to operate

 

 

Jenny MacLeod

Secretary, Carlisle Talking Newspaper

 

 

 

PART TWO FOLLOWS

NEXT MONTH
AUTUMN WALK

SUNDAY 8th OCTOBER

 

An excellent turnout of Rotarians and a good number of ‘supporters’ arrived for our Autumn walk on a glorious day duly organised by Peter Atkinson. The location was Langwathby a bustling village on a Sunday morning but most attractive around the extensive village green.

After the compulsory group photo we set off in the direction of Edenhall over the ‘temporary’ bridge, awaiting replacement since 1968. Then followed a most pleasant stroll along the bank of the  River Eden, known as ‘Ladies Walk’.

Leaving the river, we enjoyed views across the parkland countryside taking in the lovely Eden Hall church dating back to Norman times and looking magnificent amongst the Autumn colours.

 

From there we turned towards Edenhall and all remarked on the superb sandstone buildings contained therein, some of particular grandeur. As we passed the Edenhall Hotel we lost a few of our company who decided it was time for a pre-lunch aperitif. These included David Hoggard whose walking shoes conveniently fell apart at this point. He was most distraught having only had them for thirty years and worse still, he had lost the receipt!!  The rest of us continued back to Langwathby to enjoy the remainder of the walk which took in more excellent views of the Eden valley and some good ‘agricultural’ smells ideal for activating the taste buds!

Our thanks to Peter for organising a superb morning and for suggesting Eden Hall hotel for what turned out to be an excellent lunch!

NICK UTTING


THEATRE BY THE LAKE

‘Handbagged’ - Saturday 30th September

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On a lovely Autumn evening a party of 23 of us had an excellent pre-theatre meal at Morrells, followed by a short walk to the theatre.

The play itself featured both young and older versions of The Queen and Margaret Thatcher, all of whom were on stage most of the time.

 

We were taken through much of the history of the Thatcher era with the older generations criticising the versions of events - “I never said that!” etc.

Two other actors played palace butlers and many of the prominent people of the era, including Dennis Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, Michael Heseltine, Arthur Scargill as well as the Duke of Edinburgh.

 

 

 

At the beginning of one scene both Queens worked their way through the audience shaking hands and having a regal chats!

 

It was generally agreed that we had a most enjoyable evening

 

DAVID MORTON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


OFF THE SHELF & OFF THE CUFF –

Donald Edgar

  

 

This was a talk title that had us all guessing, what would Donald come up with, would he manage to tell all in the allotted time? By way of an introduction he drew the attention of the audience to two Rotary traditions which now have gone by the board, namely The Job Talk and another favourite The Focus Interview, both occasions where members revealed more about themselves.

 

So what did we learn?

 

Off the cuff meant exactly that, this time no pieces of paper however small to distract him and us.

 

Off the shelf, well that was a different matter. Before he left his house he had gathered a collection of items, three from a window sill and three from a mantel piece. These were then brought out and laid on the table, a horse brass, a leather box, a polished brass tin, and three bottles.

Thirty minutes later we had learned about the history of the souvenir horse brass depicting St David’s Cathedral, information about the Cathedral itself founded in the 6th century and restored by the Normans in the 12th century, and details of the 1982 Royal Maundy Service held at St David’s Cathedral, the first time the service had been held outside England, his Father being one of the recipients.

 

The little brass box had the date 1897, a person’s name, the name of a town and the owner’s occupation inscribed on the lid. It was a Welsh engine driver’s twist tobacco box. We then learned about the arrival of the railway in 1870, the deep mining of coal from the named Mountain Colliery 200,000 tons a year and the move of transporting from Llanelli docks to Swansea docks and from there all over the world.

 

Things then moved from South Wales to Brixton in south west London where Donald worked for four years (not in the prison  ) as was suggested, and a story of how he came into possession of the item given to him by a lady known  as Mona Morgan who was born in Wales

 

That left three medicine bottles

 

The 1901 Bulmer’s History & Directory of Cumberland contained a list of some 30 Chemists and Druggists within the city of Carlisle, two of the bottles had the names of Chemists on that list. Sometime ago Donald had set out to find the location of these premises but found it very difficult due to lack of obvious street numbers and the amalgamation of buildings over the past 100years. A postman did help him in locating a premise in Bank Street now occupied by Oxfam.

The search goes on and perhaps there is more to tell, do we have the time?

 

EXTEMPORANEOUS

 

      Towards the end of Donald’s excellent 'Off the shelf & off the Cuff' talk on September

      20th he used the word Extemporaneous in connection with a private consultation he  

      had with me many years ago. As it was a private client/pharmacist discussion he was,

      therefore, unable to reveal the details!

 

      The working definition of extemporaneous refers, in Donald’s former life, to the

      dispensing or compounding is the mixing together of the ingredients of a prescription

      or drug formula and generally refers to a manual process performed for individual

      orders by a dispenser or pharmacist.

     

      In layman's language 'he took various bottles off the shelf and mixed them together',

      no doubt it was probably illegal, but the resulting tub of 'stuff' certainly cured my

     chilblains!!                                                

                                                                                      IAN WATSON


FOOD FOR THOUGHT

 

Image result for roger bingham cumbria We were pleased to welcome the cheery presence of Roger  Bingham, retired headmaster, lay preacher, master marmalade maker, and general good egg who talked to us about food and diet through the ages .

 

 We learnt about hunter gatherers who had to move regularly until they learned to grow grain.

 

 He told us of the poor children in London in the early 1940s largely living on the fast food of the day – Hot Cross buns, jellied eels et cetera

 

 We were also amused by a recipe from that era for rook pie– was that what we ate at Shepherds that day?

 

 Nearer home in the 1800 /1900s bread in Westmoreland wasn't made from wheat but from oats, barley or Haver (from which the term haversack arose). It wasn't cooked in the oven but often on a griddle and would be a large pizza shape.

 

In the Milnthorpe workhouse 17 out of 21 meals a week were of porridge – vegetables were never consumed.

 

 It is interesting to compare the skinny children of the war years to the many overweight children of today and to wonder which are the most healthy.

 

 Food for thought indeed!

 

DAVID HOGGARD

 

 

 

 

THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH

I find that the harder I work the more luck I seem to have.

Thomas Jefferson

MAGNIFICENT

GOLF PRIZE

 

At Penrith Rotary Club's annual golf day Malcolm Metcalfe, Peter Yates, Joe Watt and David Hoggard were successful in winning the silver Rose Bowl. BUT the prize also included a day's golf on the tournament standard course at Dalmahoy Golf Club where the testing course and lovely weather on the day made for a glorious outing and they will try to retain the trophy next year.


…..and now for something completely different!

 

 

POETS’     CORNER

 

Give me a doctor partridge-plump,
Short in the leg and broad in the rump,
An endomorph with gentle hands
Who'll never make absurd demands
That I abandon all my vices
Nor pull a long face in a crisis,
But with a twinkle in his eye
Will tell me that I have to die.

 

W.H.Auden.


 

FACEBOOK - A CONFESSION -

Image result for facebook logoFROM OUR IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

 

I am on record as saying that Facebook was for nerds. Well….Our Illustrious Club now has a Facebook site and you can look at it by clicking here or on www.facebook.com/RotaryCarlisleUK.

 

Apologies for the Carlisle UK bit, but we were beaten to it by Carlisle Pennsylvania, Carlisle South and Carlisle Castle.

 

What I really need is constructive criticism from children and grandchildren and then help from the rest of the World who merely have to click on the ‘like’ button on our Facebook site. This will mean that our site gets higher up the search engine rankings – so it is nearer the top of a Google search page.

 

The trouble with Facebook is that unless you are very careful, you get sucked into divulging personal details to the world. So the advice is don’t put anything there, date of birth, education or address and ask the Grandchildren about the privacy settings!

 

HERE IS THE FIRST CRANDCHILD’S OPINION:

 

“I had a look at the Facebook page.   It looks very good – although perhaps they could "invite" people who may be interested (family members et cetera) to "like" the page so it is more effective. Currently they only have two "likes” and that is a bit sad as only two people get their updates.

 

PLEASE GET THE GRANDCHILDREN TO LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE – we really don’t need the ‘sad’ label!!

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DAVID MORTON

POPPY BOX DISTRIBUTION

Image result for british legion poppy imagesMichael Pearson has given out the cans and poppy boxes and still needs volunteers from our club to distribute the boxes on 16th / 17th October and collect them from the various venues on Monday/Tuesday 13th/ 14th November and take them to Michael’s house on those days.

Details of the areas etc are in the Blue Book

 

WISHING WELL

 

The current charity is The Samaritans. In November it will be The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and in December in the lead up to Christmas, the Food Bank.

 

 

 

Image result for people clipartMembership Challenge

Let’s keep the momentum going !!

 

This is not an onerous challenge and only requires you to bring one potential member to one meeting in the year.

 

 


 

Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood  

in concert at

The Buccleugh Centre, Langholm –

Saturday 4th November

 

 

Image result for jacqui dankworth eventsDoes anyone fancy a trip to Langholm to hear Jacqui Dankworth and Charlie Wood in concert on Saturday, 4th November?

 

Jacqui is the daughter of Cleo Laine and the late great (Sir) Johnny Dankworth.  In her own right she has become a much admired jazz singer, here accompanied by her husband Charlie Wood in a concert celebrating the great musical partnerships of the past.

 

I don’t recall the club ever visiting The Buccleugh Centre before, but think this might be a pleasant and pretty inexpensive night if you are interested.  Six people are going so far.

 

Names, please, in our Blue Book.

 

BRIAN EDMUNDSON

Fellowship and Sport Committee

 
ROTARY WEBPAGES

 

Rotary Magazine – current & previous editions

https://issuu.com/rotaryingbi/docs 

 

EDITOR’S NOTE – The Borderer uses the free version of the same ‘issuu’ website!

 

 

 

 

Rotary Policies

Rotary GB&I Compliance Statement – 2017/18

Our Club President or Secretary have been asked to confirm that our Club has read and adopted the following Rotary GB&I documents:

 

 Rotary GB&I Equality and Diversity Policy

 Rotary GB&I Health and Safety Policy

 Rotary GB&I Safeguarding (Children) Policy

 Rotary GB&I Safeguarding (Vulnerable Adults) Policy

 Rotary GB&I Data Protection Policy Statement  

With grateful thanks to the Rotary Club of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire (a long way from the Brecon Beacons - according to our Welsh Correspondent!)

 

 

 

 

Rotary Central

https://my.rotary.org/en

To delve into the detailed Rotary statistics you may need a username and password


DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

YOUTH SPEAKS

Wednesday 18th October at 6.00pm

An enjoyable evening meeting with a difference as schools take the floor in the annual debating competition. There will be a buffet supper to follow. This is an additional evening meeting, and as such does not replace the meeting on 25th which will commence as usual at 7.00pm.

 

Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood Concert at Buccleugh Centre

Saturday 4th November 7.30pm

There may still be tickets available for this concert of favourites from the ‘Great American Songbook’, and with two empty car seats another couple would be welcome. Just let me Brian E know if you are interested. It promises to be a great concert.

 

CHARTER NIGHT

Wednesday 29th November

Our main formal night of the year with guest speaker Peter McCall, Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner. The menu is in the circulation folder and we look to supporting President Nicki with a good turn-out for what will be a very pleasant evening.

 

CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Wednesday 13th December at Shepherds Inn

Our final get-together for members and guests in 2017 so please make sure the date is on the kitchen diary at home.  Always a good ‘Do’ – with the odd surprise or two!

 

SANTA SLEIGH

Friday 15th & Tuesday 19th December

 

JOHN PEEL SUPPER

Wednesday 31st January 2018

Watch this space.

 

CARDS NIGHT

Friday 9th February 2018

 

CURLING AT LOCKERBIE

14th March 2018

 

DISTRICT CONFERENCE

Saturday 17st March 2018

North Lakes Gateway. Conference fee £25 includes bacon butties & lunch

 

CHARITY GOLF DAY

18th May 2018

 

 


 

RECEPTION DESK FOR CLUB MEETINGS

October     18             Peter Tiplady

                25            

November  1              Ian Watson

                8              John Harris

                15             Nick Utting

                22            

                29            

December  6             

                13            

                20             NO MEETING

                27             NO MEETING

January     3             

                10            

                17            

                24            

                31            

February    7             

 

 

 

 

Club Council Meetings

 

2017

 

 

November 15th

11.00 am

Shepherds Inn

December

NO MEETING

 

2018

 

 

January 17th

11.00 am

Shepherds Inn

February 21st

11.00 am

Shepherds Inn

March 21st

11.00 am

Shepherds Inn


Club Meetings Programme

11/10/2017

Lunch 12.30pm

Roger Bingham

Food for thought and what we have received

L Mallinson

18/10/2017

Evening 6.00 pm

Youth Speaks Competition

 

S Higgs

25/10/2017

Evening 7.00pm

Anon

Don’t shoot the Messenger

J Watt

01/11/2017

Lunch 12.30pm

Business

 

 

08/11/2017

Lunch 12.30pm

Sarah Wilson

My time in the jungle at Calais

T Wiseman

15/11/2017

Lunch 12.30pm

Keith Twentyman

Agriculture & Brexit

Ian Watson

22/11/2017

Lunch 12.30pm

Sophie Thornborrow & Nicole McCafferty

RYPEN Presentation

Stephen Higgs

29/11/2017

Evening 7.00pm

CHARTER NIGHT

 

 

06/12/2017

Lunch 12.30pm

SGM

 

 

13/12/2017

Lunch 12.30pm

Christmas Lunch

 

 

20/12/2017

 

NO MEETING

 

 

27/12/2017

 

NO MEETING

 

 

03/01/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

 

New Year Address

 

10/01/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

Peter Atkinson

Who do you think you are?

P Atkinson

17/01/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

Informal Lunch

Sit in Committee tables

 

24/1/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

TBA

 

E Amos

31/01/2018

Evening 7.00pm

TBA

 

N Butler

07/02/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

Business

 

 

14/02/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

TBA

 

P.Yates

21/02/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

TBA

 

J. Watt

28/02/2018

Evening 7.00pm

Michael Cowan

The Yellow Earl of Lonsdale

Ian Watson

07/03/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

Business

 

 

14/03/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

Michael Pearson

St Kilda

David Morton

21/03/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

TBA

 

J Venables

28/03/2018

Evening 7.00pm

TBA

 

P Tiplady

4/4/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

Business

 

 

11/4/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

TBA

 

T. Dawson

18/4/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

TBA

 

M. Reed

25/4/2018

Evening 7.00pm

TBA

 

M. Metcalfe

2/5/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

Club AGM

 

 

9/5/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

TBA

 

D. Hoggard

16/5/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

Informal Lunch

Sit in Committee tables

 

23/5/2018

Lunch 12.30pm

TBA

 

P.Hall

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