Greg Sadler, chairman of the Eden Access Forum, and Eden Council chairman Joan Raine cut the ribbon watched (left to right) by Judith Clarke, joint museum curator; Annie Hamilton-Gibney, who led the museum’s fieldwalking project; Paul Brunsdon, the council’s architect, who designed the refurbishment; Doug Huggon, Eden’s leisure services manager; and Sydney Chapman, joint curator.

THE Penrith and Eden Museum has reopened following a £75,000 refurbishment with a new state-of-the art display area containing a specially commissioned audiovisual portrayal of prehistoric Cumbria.

Morland School pupils who pulled off a “grand slam” in football, netball and swimming competitions 25 years ago.

John Peel’s hunting horn was sold by auction at Sotheby’s of London for £5,500. A New York dealer bought the single loop copper horn which was accompanied by a letter authenticating it, written by the elder son of John Peel (1776-1854). The horn was last sold by Sotheby’s in 1951, when it fetched £600. The Blencathra hunting pack were not among the bidders at the auction. Major Phil Davidson, the pack’s joint master, was unaware of the sale until he saw a television news report. “I am sorry I didn’t know something about it earlier,” he said.