THERE must be a worthwhile lead for makers of Cumberland sausage to follow in the success of Melton Mowbray in having the town’s famous pies added to Europe’s list of protected foods.

“A MAN of passion”. The Herald headline demanded immediate attention, especially when it appeared among the Women’s Institute reports!

AN MP’s call for a House of Commons debate on safer cycling certainly wins approval in Penrith, in view of the continuing threat of the pavement pedallers.

EDEN is the most moving and meaningful of names, for it inspires many pleasurable thoughts.

VISITORS to Penrith’s admirable museum may ponder over the age and value of eye-catching exhibits and the part they played in local life.

MILLIONS who never miss an episode of Coronation Street, the ITV soap opera, may have wondered about the quality of the beer they sup at the Rovers Return, the hostelry frequented by Jack Duckworth, Ken Barlow and other street characters.

THE question used to be put to small children by aunts, uncles and grandparents: “What do you want to do when you grow up?”

THE new “in” word in British politics, heard in House of Commons speeches and TV interviews, is “transparency” — the latest way of describing open-ness in Government. Information should be kept “in the public domain”, they say.

THE much publicised celebration of the tenth anniversary of ‘The Angel of the North’, the towering metallic statue which dominates the north-east skyline near Gateshead, may have suggested other northern landmarks are of less esteem.

“DON’T believe everything you read in the papers,” they used to say — and that was certainly true of a controversial corner in a recent issue of the Sunday Times, in which townies complained about “the dump” of rural Britain.