LUNESDALE Agricultural Show is ‘back to its former glory,’ according to organisers, after a record number of entrants turned up to the Kirkby Lonsdale event yesterday. Chairman Bert Metcalfe said he was delighted to see so many people enjoying the show at Underley Park after three years of difficulties – including a foot-and-mouth scare in [...]
FILM makers have started work on a documentary to celebrate the life of storyteller laureate Taffy Thomas. The 60-year-old face of fiction accepted the honorary position of UK laureate last year and is now to become the subject of a ten-minute film and mini animation shot in Kirkby Lonsdale and Grasmere. Directors Charly Conquest, 25, [...]
A BUMPER crowd and mostly dry conditions greeted the return of the Lunesdale Show after bad weather and foot-and-mouth disease forced a two-year absence. Visitors to the Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Ground venue were entertained by displays from the Vale of Lune Hunt, fancy dress competitions, Punch and Judy shows as well as the usual agricultural [...]
After 2 years of being ‘washed out’ with bad weather, the Lunesdale Show actually managed to go ahead today. There was a good turn out of people enjoying, if not unbroken sunshine, at least a warm, dry and bright day. With a number of stalls and some ladies demonstrating the delicate art of lace making [...]
