Today at 2:30pm, a faithful congregation of some five souls will gather at Keenley Methodist Chapel, keeping the tradition and the faith alive in the deep countryside. Services are every fortnight — today Rev’d Alex Dunstan leads the service of…
Category: Organisation
Handbells make a cheerful sound
I’m not quite sure where or how Elizabeth Beardsley found the old bronze handbells, still in immaculate ringing condition, but she brought the seventeen in her collection north to form a distinctive organisation and to contribute a joyful sound to…
It’s snow, Jim . . .
It did snow up in Sparty Lea and beyond into the ‘heeds, on Sunday morning, as predicted, but at 1:00pm there was nobody staffing the rope pull at Ski-Allenheads, and my foray, on what was probably the last snow day…
The charity shop . . . Crafty Allsorts
I’ll be honest, I had to think a bit when I saw someone on Allendale area notices asking about the opening hours of the charity shop. I’d never thought of Crafty Allsorts as a charity shop. But it is, of…
Allendale Pre-School
We all feel wonderful, great, in this amazing balmy weather, as London records temperatures of higher than 21ºC and daffodils even on the fellsides of Sparty Lea erupt in the sunshine. But, on the other hand, it’s terrifying, isn’t it?!…
The Fire & Rescue Service: retained professionals
I guess it’s almost every little boy’s dream (and some girls’ too, no doubt about it) to grow up to be a fire-fighter one day. So I asked our cheerful Retained Fire Service crew, or at least the 7 who…
Arnison Close refurbishment
The works unit has been lodged in front of Arnison Close for some weeks now, but I hadn’t thought to take a photograph of it, or even to remark on it, until a couple days ago. But building work is…
Getting older with the Lions
Of course it was meant to be the first Monday, but every February the final rehearsals for the Pantomime take precedence for several members, shifting the monthly Lions Club business meeting on a week. So the 167th meeting of the…
Oh No — it isn’t . . .
. . . Oh Yes — it is! The annual Pantomime is upon us, with a vengeance as it were, this year, wreaking havoc at every turn, as the grand dame(s) fling themselves around the trembling stage and everyone tries…
Forging ahead . . .
Welcome… The friendly website of Allendale Forge Studios really does convince new browsers that this is a very welcoming place. I’m speaking with Zoë Bell, who runs the Forge Café as her own business, and is also one of the…