Officials drink a toast at Penrith RAFA Club.

RAISING a glass to the opening of a new £60,000 extension to Penrith RAFA Club in Victoria Road in November, 1981, are (left to right); Raymond Bulman (ex-president); Edwin Martin (treasurer); Jim Laing (vice-chairman); Mrs. Jessie Stephens (chairman of the executive committee of the RAFA, who performed the opening ceremony); Brian Reay (secretary); John Crook (chairman); and Jack Donaldson (president). The extension created a new functions room and games room.

Wardens and rangers clearing an abandoned car from the fells.

SOME of the group of 23 Lake District national park voluntary wardens and rangers who tackled two large dumps of old cars and other rubbish on Moor Divock, overlooking Pooley Bridge, in June, 1979. All the major items were removed with the exception of one old car enjoying a temporary new role as a haven for nesting birds.

Bob Langley makes the draw at Sharrow Bay.

TELEVISION presenter Bob Langley draws the winners in a raffle organised by proprietors Francis Coulson and Brian Sack at Sharrow Bay Hotel, Ullswater, in aid of the Sue Ryder Fund. Watching are members of staff, Pat Langley and supporters of the then Sue Ryder home at Acorn Bank, Temple Sowerby, including Stephanie Bateman, Dorothy Leeming, sister-in-charge Pauline Bateman and resident Barbara Greenwood.

The young riders and their ponies.

ALL smartly turned out are the ponies and young riders at the Pony Club rally held at Kirkby Thore in late-October, 1980. Under the instruction of Suzanne Richardson, Dufton, are (left to right) Rosemarie Dargue, Richard Woodcock, Barry Carruthers, Heather Bird and Mark Little.

Dick Taylor and his winning whippet.

Mr. Dick Taylor, Penrith, with his winning whippet, Gold Cracker, receives the Townhead Trophy from Mr. Alec McIntosh, of the Grey Bull, Inn, Penrith, with his two daughters, Lesley and Alison, in October, 1975. The trophy was donated by Mr. George Bowman and Mr. McIntosh and it was the first time it had been competed for. Second prize went to Mrs. Mary Iceton, Penrith, and third place went to Mr. Jake Thomas, Carlisle.

The Brownies provide a welcome.

MEMBERS of the 1st Kirkby Thore Brownie Pack welcome the new Rector, the Rev. T. E. Kennaugh, after his institution in April, 1968. With Mr. Kennaugh are Mr. N. Heap (Rector’s Warden) and Mr. W. Ellwood (organist). The girls, from left to right, are Pauline Ewart, Linda Mason, Carol Stead, Marilyn Milburn and Janice Balmer.

Penrith Royal Naval Association members at the "Trafalgar Night" celebration.

CELEBRATING “Trafalgar Night” at a dinner in October, 1982 — 177 years after the British victory over the French and Spanish fleets — are members of Penrith Royal Naval Association. Left to right: Mrs. Edna Thomlinson, Mrs. Jean Mitchell, Mr. Stan Mitchell (secretary), Dr. Colin Thomson (president), Mrs. Jean Hutchinson, the Rev. Simon Crawley, Mr. Craig Hutchinson (chairman) and Mrs. Colin Thomson.

Some of the leading players in the pageant.

SOME of the leading players in the “Makers of Appleby”, a historical pageant staged in the town in the summer of 1980. They included Beata Connell, Peter Whitehouse, Timothy Grayson, Reg Folder, Charmaine Joscelyne, Scott Chandler, Jean Gray, David Gray, Canon R. W. Grayson and Andrew Connell.

Fashion show models and supporters.

MODELS and supporters, with compere Donald Scott and Maureen Armstrong, of Maureen’s of Penrith, who presented a fashion show at the town’s George Hotel in aid of the Friends of Greengarth. It was organised by the Friends committee with Mrs. Joyce Robert as secretary and Harold Fell as treasurer.

The band and drums march through Keswick.

CROWDS line the streets of Keswick in September, 1972, as the band and drums of the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment march through the town centre to the rugby ground, where they beat the Retreat.