FOOT and mouth disease … the words cast a chill over the countryside. The devastation which an outbreak caused in Cumbria, a few years ago, is remembered with anguish by all in farming and many others who were aware of the massive slaughter of animals and the dire effect on the local economy.

FOOT and mouth disease … the words cast a chill over the countryside. The devastation which an outbreak caused in Cumbria, a few years ago, is remembered with anguish by all in farming and many others who were aware of the massive slaughter of animals and the dire effect on the local economy.

GOING, going, gone … One by one, the pleasure spots of long ago are drifting into obscurity, through closure, demolition or name-change.

WHY are people without the magic of a computer at their command prevented from assessing the beauty of the Cumbrian landscape?

“KEEP dancing,” presenter Bruce Forsyth tells the nation’s viewers each week as the credits roll to mark the end of another session of Strictly Come Dancing, the Saturday evening favourite of elderly housewives on BBC Television.

“KEEP dancing,” presenter Bruce Forsyth tells the nation’s viewers each week as the credits roll to mark the end of another session of Strictly Come Dancing, the Saturday evening favourite of elderly housewives on BBC Television.

A VERY personal anniversary takes place this week — 70 years of living in Penrith. The time of arrival in 1937 can be pinpointed precisely because it coincided with Guy Fawkes Day, which was celebrated in style, in new surroundings on the fringe of town.

IT seems amazing that in the vast coverage of plans to restore Donald Campbell’s speedboat, Bluebird, to its former glory, there has been no mention of the original breaking of the water-speed record on Ullswater, back in 1955.

IT seems amazing that in the vast coverage of plans to restore Donald Campbell’s speedboat, Bluebird, to its former glory, there has been no mention of the original breaking of the water-speed record on Ullswater, back in 1955.

WITH murderers, rapists and sheep-stealers pleading for leniency and councillors demanding higher rate charges and better services, Appleby’s multi-purpose Shire Hall was once a source of much local news. Now it is back in the headlines because of the reported sale of the building.