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WagtailOctober 2018 • The parish magazine

of Whittington, Arkholme and Gressingham

Friday 5 OctoberHarvest Supper

7.30pm Whittington Village HallMeat Pie Supper plus vege optionsbring your own drinks and glasses

Sunday 7 October

HarvestFestivalServices9.30am Whittington

Harvest Songs of Praise

9.30am Arkholmewith Holy Communion

9.30am Gressinghamwith Holy Communion

The churches always lookspectacular for the Harvest Festivals,

packed flowers and produce tocelebrate the bounty of the earth

In Arkholme this year, the school isjoining in, decorating the south side of

the church, while the rest of thecongregation decorates the north side

and the altar, ready for both theSunday service (9.30am on 7 October)

and the school Harvest Festival (onMonday 8 October, also 9.30am)

Non-perishable donations for the foodbank will be gratefully received alongwith any cash donation to support the

homeless shelter in Lancaster

Wednesday 10 October 1pmLunch Club

Arkholme Village HallOpen to all retired residents of

Whittington, Arkholme andGressingham – three-course lunch

for £7 – please book by Mondaywith Carole 22202 or Doreen 22023

Sunday 14 October 12noon to 3pm

Apple PressingArkholme Village Hall

Come and join in the fun pressinglocally collected and donated apples

In return for a donation of localapples (or a donation towards costs)

you can take away some freshly-pressed Arkholme apple juice(bring your own containers)

Donations also welcome towardsanother apple press for an even bigger

and better event next year

Food and drinks available(including veggie) plus some of last

year’s cider (possibly some beer too)

Everybody welcomewith our without apples!

Other home produce alsowelcome – bring along and share

more events on the back cover...

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WagtailWelcome to the October edition.

The next edition is the November edition. The deadline for items for inclusion is 19 October. Please submit all items to [email protected]

You can advertise in Wagtail from just £1 per line per edition. The print-run is 475 copies, distributed to every home in Whittington, Newton, Arkholme, Docker, Gressingham, Eskrigge and Aughton. Contact [email protected].

Wagtail is also available online at www.wagtail.org.uk

Many thanks as always to all our contributors and distributors.Michael Hampson

DirectoryArkholme Post Office Arkholme Village Hall Mondays and Thursdays 2pm to 4pm

Whittington Post Office Whittington Village Hall Thursdays 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Arkholme School Headteacher Joy Ingram arkholme.lancs.sch.uk 21418

Arkholme Village Hall 07716 122940 www.arkholme-village-hall.co.uk Committee usually meets second Thursday of each month (email orphone to check) – all welcome

Arkholme Methodist ChurchRev Steve Charman 01524 33327

Arts Society Lunesdale [email protected]

Book Club Simon Acomb 07710 721108

Bowling Club Arkholme Monday evenings David Smith 03330 119 303

Drama Group hornbydrama.org.ukNeil Read 21339 [email protected]

Hornby Singers Tuesdays 7pm to 9pmat Hornby Institute Pat 21449

Kirkby Lonsdale Voluntary Car Scheme Car and volunteer driver, 45p per mile measured from driver’s house back to driver’s house 07788 522511

Lunch Club Carole Webb 22202 or Doreen Airey 22023 for retired residents of the three villages – second Wednesdayof the month from October to May

Lune Valley Community BeekeepersIf you get a swarm of honey bees in your garden call Fred Ayres 01524 811978 who will happily remove and re-home them at no cost

Playgroup/Toddlers Danielle 21921 [email protected]

Police PC3511 James Hodgson phone [email protected]

Sewing Group Sue 71677

Whittington Village Hall Karan Metcalfe facebook.com/WhittingtonVillageHallCoffee Mornings first & third Wednesday of the month, 10.30am to 12noon 71287

Women’s Institute Janice McIlveen 21693

Vicar Revd Michael Hampson [email protected] 21712

Arkholme and Whittington Parish Council Clerk Gillian Newton 14 Marton Drive, Morecambe LA4 6RB 07773678608

Gressingham Parish Council [email protected] 015242 21918

Details of all three parish councils, and full minutes for Whittington and Arkholme, are online at committeeadmin.lancaster.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetailsList.aspx

Gressingham Parish Council agendas and minutes are available online at www.hornbyvillage.org.uk/organisations/gressingham-parish-council

Details of all planning applications are online at lancaster.gov.uk/planning

Local problems can be reported to www.FixMyStreet.com

Local churches and community groups can be listed here for free. Please send additions, updates and corrections to [email protected]

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Pearson Trust Working Group Exhibition in Gressingham Church – open until 5 October

The plans on display in Gressingham church until 5 October show three options for the reordering of the church as a new community space for Gressingham and Eskrigge.

This round of consultations is designedto help decide which of the three is the preferred option, in advance of the final decision on whether or not to go ahead.

Two of the three designs are brought forward from last year. One involves inserting a large mezzanine floor, while the other involves clearing as much of the existing floor space as possible.

There is also a third plan, which has a smaller mezzanine or ‘west gallery’, incorporating some of the most useful aspects of the two earlier plans. The space underneath the gallery can be screened off to create a meeting room, or a separate entrance or refreshments area, or alternatively opened out, to open up the whole floor space, as required, event by event.

If you have not already visited, please do take the opportunity in the remaining week. Gressingham and Eskrigge residents are invited to submit their comments on the forms at the back of church, and leave them in the collection

box. Alternatively you can address comments and enquiries to the chair of the Working Group, Jane Paxman – [email protected] / 07785 345380.

Just one of the three plans will ‘go through to the next round’ – which will be a local referendum in Gressingham and Eskrigge on whether or not to go ahead with the project. This will be run by the local council exactly like a local election, complete with ballot cards to every home, an official voting day in the Old School Room, a council Returning Officer, and even the option of postal voting, to guarantee that the whole village has the opportunity to take part.

Even with a vote in favour of going ahead with the project, the Working Group will still have to set about securing the rest of the funding and the various necessary permissions – but this can only be attempted once the village has made it clear that it wishes to go ahead with the project.

The working group appreciates the large number of people who attended last year’s event, and the amount of time they spent going through all the materials, and hopes that this event proves to be equally valuable.

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Remembrance Sunday11 November 2018Remembrance Sunday this year will be a major event nationally and internationally, being the centenary of the First World War Armistice.

Services will start at 10.30am in Whittington, Arkholme and Gressingham, concluding with the 11am silence. (The service in Hornby begins at the war memorial at 10.55am.)

All four churches will have special Armistice Centenary displays, including photographs, war records and biographies for all those named on their First World War memorials, and a special display in Arkholme, which is one of only 52 villages in England and Wales where everyone who served in the Great War returned.

All four churches will be open during the afternoon from 2pm to 4pm, so that people have the opportunity to visit all four displays on this special Remembrance Sunday.

We are also inviting everyone to bring along their own items to add to the Armistice Centenary displays. Many families have items passed down from the Great War. Please do bring them along to the morning services to add to the exhibitions. To keep them safe, all the churches will be locked once everyone has left morning service, and supervised during the afternoon opening (2pm to 4pm) – then locked again afterwards. (It would be helpful if you could label your items, and collect them at 4pm.)

We look forward to a very special Armistice Centenary day across the four parishes.

Whittington is also planning a beacon-lighting on the Sunday evening – more details next month.

Sunday ServicesWhittington Arkholme Gressingham

7 October 9.30am SoP 9.30am HC 9.30am HC14 October 9.30am HC 9.30am HC 8am HC21 October 9.30am HC 9.30am HC -28 October - - 9.30am HC

Hornby 10.45am HC every Sunday plus 8am HC 7 & 14 OctoberSoP – Songs of Praise HC – Holy Communion

Youth-led service 10.45am Hornby, first Sunday of every month (7 October)Saint Joseph’s House of Prayer Open Day from 2pm Saturday 13 October with tea,

coffee and cake, including the option to stay for vespers which is at 5pmnext to the church at the end of Church Lane, Tunstall LA6 2RQ

Weekly Bible Study – a closer look at the readings from the previous Sunday2pm every Wednesday at Station House Arkholme

Midweek communion every Wednesday at 10am in Saint Margaret’s,Hornby – a quiet service running for about 20 minutes

Vicar: Revd Michael Hampson ‧ [email protected] ‧ 015242 21712Curate: Sister Judith OCMM ‧ [email protected] 03330 119563‧

Weekly bulletin and more online: www.these4parishes.co.uk

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News around the villagesHornby Swimming Pool is open again at last – now community owned and operated. This is a fantastic facility for the whole of the Lune Valley. It has been refurbished and stylishly redecorated throughout, and the water quality is superb (new ultra-violet filtration allows for much lower chlorine levels). The provisional timetable (01524 805666 to check) is based on one-hour sessions: adults only Monday 6.30pm, lane swimming Tuesday Thursday and Saturday 9am, over-60s Tuesday Thursday and Saturday 10am, public swimming Tuesday Thursday and Saturday 11am, early-bird swim Wednesday 7am, ladies only Wednesday 7.30pm, family swim Sunday 9am, public swimming Sunday 10am to midday. Also available for private hire.

Bridget Smith is the Wagtail-area contact for the Hornby Singers. ‘A group of about 25 ladies and gentlemen meet each Tuesday evening from 7pm to 9pm in HornbyInstitute to sing. Our programme is varied and includes many well- known songs. Amongst our new music is the waltz from Lehar’s Merry Widow, and the Roses of Picardy. Tea and biscuits are served during the interval and the cost is £4 per evening. We have a number of concerts planned during the coming 6 months and would love to have more members. Please join us.’ Bridget 03330 119303

Would you like to work at Arkholme School? We have space for two more so come and join our team! We require a Site Supervisor, 15 hours per week. We also require a Lunchtime Welfare Assistant 12noon-1.15pm alternate Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Please speak to Mrs Ingram or to Katy Waddington in the school office 21418 for more information. [email protected] / www.arkholme.lancs.sch.uk

Arkholme Hopewell Cup Competition 2018 is for 500 words (maximum) ‘Inspired by Arkholme’ – factual, fiction, prose or verse. Entries to parish clerk Gillian Newton by 6pm on 31 October ([email protected] or 14 Marton Drive, Bare, Morecambe,LA4 6RB). Prizes for Primary School age, Secondary School age, and Adult (£15 book tokens). Hopewell Cup (and the chance to switch on the Christmas Tree lights) goes to the best entry overall from an Arkholme-with-Cawood parishioner. Winning entries willbe read out during this year’s Christmas Lights switch-on event. Get writing!

Arkholme Village Hall Entertainments After a number of years putting on events in the Village Hall, the current entertainments team are looking to step down. Unfortunately, due to other commitments and time pressures, we are unable to organise the Village Bonfire and Fireworks this year, but the Village Hall Adults Christmas Party will be held on Saturday 8 December: there will be a sit down dinner with ‘bring your own’ refreshments, party games and dancing. Further details to follow.After the Christmas party there is an opportunity for a new team to refresh the programme and deliver events for and with our village community. If you would like to get involved, please get in touch. The more the merrier! [email protected]

Grief Share is a support group offering help and encouragement after the death of a family member or friend. Running weekly 7pm Wednesdays from 24 October to 6 February, with a special session ‘Loss of a Spouse’ on 17 October. Carnforth Free Methodist Church, Hunter Street, Carnforth LA5 9BP [email protected] Elspeth Threlfall 01524 702966

Divorce Care and Divorce Care for Kids run alternate Tuesdays from 2 October, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Carnforth Free Methodist Church, Hunter Street, Carnforth LA5 9BP. First session ‘What’s happening to me?’ Tenth season, no charge (donations welcome). www.divorcecare.org / www.dc4k.org (under ‘find a group’ put postcode LA5), Julie and Colin Burrow [email protected] 01524 572809. For DC4K Becki Richardson [email protected] 01524 812020.

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Patients of Bentham Surgery can access this year’s flu vaccinations at two Saturday morning clinics, 9am to 12noon, on 27 October and 17 November, no appointment necessary. For patients of Ingleton Surgery it’s Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am to 12noon, from 8 October for 4 weeks, again no appointment necessary.

Arkholme Village Hall Draw Another year has flown by and it is time to collect the entries for the village hall draw (150 club). Congratulations to those of you who made your fortune this year, commiserations to those who didn't – maybe 2019 will be your year! For those of you who have recently moved to the village or are unaware of the villagehall draw, I would like to invite you to get involved! It costs £20 to join and be allocated a numbered ball. Each month we draw balls from the 'hat' to see who has won the cash prizes (basically a giant year long raffle!). Winners are published in Wagtail. Of each £20, half goes to the running and upkeep of our fantastic village hall and the other half goes straight back out as prizes- over £700 prize money in the last year. Before we start knocking on doors to collect your entries I would like to give anyone who is computer savvy the opportunity to pay online by bank transfer (it really helps cut down my admintime!) Sort code 40-27-02, account no 61808605, put the first line of your address as the reference. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Good Luck! Emily Sapsford Ivy Cottage Arkholme 07824 349276 [email protected]

And finally… a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who came to help pull balsam on the fouroccasions that we ventured out this spring and summer on the Great Gressingham Balsam Bash. It was a fun and very rewarding experience knowing that we have startedto halt the spread of this invasive plant through the village. A big thank you also goes out to all the land owners who have allowed us to access their land, and to those who have sprayed the plant on their land, adding a considerable contribution to our efforts. So far we cleared Balsam from the main stream through the village, all the way from the source of the stream down to Mill Bridge. We have tackled plants along the smaller beck that flows from High Dam Barn down into the village, as well as the yard next to Hill Side / Beck Side Houses. We have also pulled plants from the hedgerow behind Box Tree Farm, which with the help of some spraying on the other side of the hedge should have slowed the spread. The hedgerows along Sandbeds Lane are also clear of balsam this year, although some still remains in the fields along the eastern side of the lane and at the far end around the campsite/fishing compound, which will hopefully bea target for next year. The balsam within the compound on Rabbit Lane has also been reduced in its extent this year. With your help next year, hopefully we will check and re-pull the areas we have already covered and start to remove the plant from the woodland downstream from Mill Bridge, from the woodland at High Dam Barn, as well as pull more plants along Sandbeds Lane. I hope you will join us again next year when we have another go and build on our achievements from this year and we will really begin to see the positive benefits of our efforts. Thank you! Alice Helyar

Parish CouncilsWhittington and Arkholme Parish Councils both have vacancies for a fifth councillor – and from 1 January, a vacancy for ‘Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer’. For details please contact a current Councillor or the clerk [email protected]

Arkholme Parish Council met on 20 June. There were updates on various street repairs and planning applications. A public consultation on interpretation (information)boards for the village would be planned. The 2018 Hopewell Cup competition was agreed (see above). Future meetings – Monday 3 September, Wednesday 7 November, Monday 7 January and Monday 4 March, all 7.30pm in Arkholme Village Hall.

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Parish Councils (continued)Gressingham Parish Council met on 21 May, 9 July and 10 September, and discussed ongoing amenity and road safety issues, in particular: measures to prevent further traffic damage to Loyn Bridge; the still unrepaired damaged fences on the Gressinghamside of Loyn Bridge; concerns about the volume and speed of traffic travelling through Gressingham; rural crime and how information can be received from, and supplied to, the police; latest information on the plans for the potential conversion of Gressingham church into social/community space; a project to harness 'green' energy from Gressingham Beck to heat the church; and the successful bid for a defibrillator to be supplied by Lancashire Lifesavers. In addition, the Annual Parish Meeting was held on 20 May, at which the constitution of the Old School Room was discussed, together withproposed revisions to the way in which its Trustees are appointed, in order to clarify responsibilities and obligations and terms of office.

Whittington Parish Council met on 16 July. Lisa Vines, City Council Elections Officer, attended, to discuss the procedure for local council elections in May 2019. The new defibrillator was in position on the outside wall of the village hall, registered with the British Heart Foundation and the North West Ambulance Service. It will be checked daily and reported online weekly by a volunteer parishioner. Training will commence inSeptember. The 999 service will advise how to access and use the equipment if they judge that it is required. Councillors also discussed traffic management, the condition of various roads, and the development of a Parish Plan. Next meeting Monday 19 November 7pm preceded by an open parishioners meeting at 6.45pm, Whittington Village Hall.

Gerald writes...Anne and Rob Pettifor and their daughter Sarah have recently moved to Kirkby Lonsdale. They will be sadly missed as they have contributed so much to village life during their time at Cross House. Anne served as treasurer of the Heritage Society and helped raise the money needed to clean and restore the Royal Coat of Arms now displayed in the Church, and both Rob and Anne were part of the bell-ringing team thatorganised the removal and overhaul and re-hanging of the Church Bells. They have left the village a better place and we hope they enjoy their new home and are as happy there as they were at Whittington.

We knew Vera Hoggarth as a quiet family-loving mum and grandmother, but few of us knew that during the war she was a member of the WAAFs, serving most of the war on an airbase in Northern Ireland, from which aircraft constantly patrolled the North Atlantic searching for enemy U-boats and shipwrecked sailors. After the war she met and married her husband Gerry, and lived at Brookhouse for a time. In 1958 they moved to Providence House at Arkholme and farmed there until their retirement. Sadly she started suffering from dementia and has spent the last few years in a care home regularly visited by her ever-loving family.

If you have a few minutes to spare and enjoy nice scenery take a look at the short video on the Whittington Village Blog called The Bus Trip To Mallham. It highlights all the spectacular views from Morecambe to Mallham. It was made by one of the bus drivers and is very well done, well worth a look [vimeo.com/282226699].

The next dance at Whittington is on 6 October when Denis Westmorland is back providing the music for dancing, it will be another enjoyable night.

Gerald Hodgson

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Peace is our themeOver the next few months in the four parishes we are taking Peace asour theme – from Peace Within to Peace with the Universe – and in thiscentenary year of the Armistice, Peace between Peoples and Nations.

Three key themes help define what we mean by Peace:

Harmony not hostility...in relationships between individuals – and in relationships betweencommunities, peoples and nations. Tolerance is half way there, but the

goal for true peace is not tolerance but harmony.

Order not chaos...in our inner lives, in our homes, and in the wider world – though to find

inner peace amidst the chaos, we often need the prayer of serenity:God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

A sense of contentment or completeness...a sense that there is, and always will be, enough, that everything that matters is in

place, that nothing more is required – think “the Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing Ishall want” (23rd Psalm), or “give us this day our daily bread” (and that is enough – theLord’s Prayer), or “all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall

be well” (fifteenth century English mystic Dame Julian of Norwich) – all with a profoundtrust in the goodness of God, and ultimately in the goodness of all that God has made.

We are planning a Peace and Wellbeing Fair for a Saturday in the new year, butbefore that, we have a Peace and Justice Week planned for this November. On the globalscale, many have observed that without justice, there will never be peace. And this isn’t a

justice of punishment or revenge (‘an eye for an eye’ leaves the whole world blind) –this is God’s ‘justice for the poor and oppressed’, a justice of putting things right and

starting over, without retribution or revenge.

The UN’s current global goals include (at number 16) “Peace,Justice, and strong institutions” – in other words, the rule of just laws

in every place, not just in theory, but exercised in practice as well.It is a worthy goal to work towards, and we should indeed work

towards it in every place. But in the mean time, we also ‘pick up thepieces’ in the midst of the chaos. These are the two dimensions of thechurch’s work for Peace and Justice: campaign for what is right, andin the mean time, tend the wounded. It isn’t either-or, it’s both-and.

That’s the foundation of our Peace and Justice Week in November –five evenings on five absolutely current themes, local, national, andinternational, all of them directly impacting people right here in the

Lune Valley. It deliberately leads into the Armistice Centenary and theseventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Do join us for a week that promises to be both informative andinspiring. More than a dozen speakers are already booked, and you

can follow the latest programme details at www.these4parishes.co.uk

In the mean time, join us any Sunday, and see what else is going on in theweekly bulletin, at church or at www.these4parishes.co.uk (updated weekly)

Michael Hampson (vicar of the four parishes)

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PEACE AND JUSTICE WEEK 5-9 NOVEMBER

Monday 5 November 7.30pmISRAEL-PALESTINERenowned international writer and speaker Robert Cohen tells of his personal journey from Jewish supporter of Israel to Jewish campaigner for Palestinian human rights, and explains why the same journey is so difficult for others.

Tuesday 6 November 7.30pmLUNE VALLEY SYRIAN REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMMEPope Francis has challenged every catholic parish and community to take in a Syrian refugee family. Peter King explains how the catholic parishes of the Lune Valley have taken up that challenge in cooperation with the UK government to welcome and support a Syrian refugee family here in the Lune Valley – plus news of other work amongst refugees in Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire.

Wednesday 7 November 7.30pmCHRISTIAN AID and CAFODWith local support in every parish and a global reach, Christian Aid and Cafod have become the leading agencies for local church action in the wider world. With video presentations and a panel of speakers including Arton Medd of Christian Aid, we have updates on their development work and their work with refugees in some of the harshest situations around the world.

Thursday 8 November 7.30pmCHURCH-SPONSORED WORK in LANCASTER AND MORECAMBEWith Jan Norbury from the Night Shelter, Annette Smith from the Food Bank and more – news and insights from the front line of church-sponsored work amongst the homeless and the most vulnerable in Lancaster and Morecambe.

Friday 9 November 7.30pmIN TRANSITIONSo many young people are choosing gender transition that it is now affecting virtually every high school in the country - and primary schools as well. Our panel includes Fr Luiz Ruscillo (head of education for the Diocese of Lancaster), Revd Chris Newlands (Lancaster Priory and Church of England General Synod), Ken Wilkinson-Roberts (Lancaster University LGBT faith group), Kirsty Allan (Creative Wellbeing) and others from Lancaster’s schools, colleges anduniversities with relevant experience and expertise.

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The weather in ArkholmeRobin McIlveen

August Weather in Arkholme17 Slightly Wet Days (less than 5mm) together adding up to 27.0mm 4 Decidedly Wet Days (from 5mm to just under 25mm) adding up to a further 49.0mm 1 Extremely Wet Day (from 5mm to just under 25mm) adding a further 26.3mm22 Rain Days altogether adding up to 102.3mm (4 inches) – leaving 9 dry daysWettest Day 15th-16th with 26.3mm

Nature’s taps turned on at last in the second week of August, with the total for the month exceeding that for May, June and July combined. August’s third week alone matched the whole of July, and included the first Extremely Wet Day of 2018 whose 26.3mm nearly matched the whole of May. You can see the spikiness of daily totals clearly in the above summary. That one EWD deposited very nearly as much as the 17 Slightly Wet Days, which together delivered only half the total for the four Decidedly Wet Days. Even so the monthly total was only a little larger than the notional average of 90mm, and the accumulated deficit is still showing strongly in the predicted low totalfor 2018’s total rainfall (see below).

September has continued wet, totalling 80mm by the 19th and containing a really bigExtremely Wet Day (31.7mm or 1.8 inches) in the 24 hours ending at 9am on Tuesday 11 September. Coming after many wet days, this heavy fall flooded the Lune very quickly.

The few hours of suddenly cloudy, balmy air (19°C) on the morning of Tuesday 18 September were the debris of a hurricane in the tropical North Atlantic some days earlier, and several of these fierce storms (called Typhoons or Cyclones in other sea areas) have been much in the news recently. Although their winds are dangerously strong (hurling heavy debris about at up to 100mph), they are often much less lethal than the torrential rains which always accompany them. Recent news reports mentioned rainfalls of several hundred mm (a foot or more) in a day – a quarter or more of our annual totals. The slow travel of Hurricane Florence produced especially serious flooding because the torrential rains persisted for days rather than hours in many places. In the Philippines, torrential rains in Typhoon Mangkhut produced lethal landslides, as can happen in hilly terrain. The huge circling air-flows drove storm surges (extra tides) at some coasts, but fortunately nothing to compare with the 5 metre storm surge which drowned 250,000 people in four hours in the Ganges delta on 12 November 1970. We get powerful storms, which occasionally reach Hurricane Force(Force 12 on the Beaufort Scale, or 55mph at standing head height). However these are the bare minimum sustained winds in category 1 Tropical Hurricanes (Typhoons or Cyclones). Category 5 Hurricanes have sustained wind speeds of at least 110mph at head height. Be thankful for our cool northern oceans.

Robin McIlveen

By the end of August July, there have been 96 dry days in the 243 days of 2018, 114 Slightly Wet Days giving 165mm of rain, 31 Decidedly Wet Days giving 330mm, and oneExtremely Wet Day giving 26mm, ie 146 Rain Days giving 521mm of rain (20.5 inches). Continued at this rate, the full year’s rainfall would be 782mm, compared with a typical 1,200mm.

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WagtailMovie night launches at Saint James the Less parishchurch, Lower Tatham, Friday 5 October (and monthly),7pm for 7.30pm – [email protected]

The Book Fair at Hornby Institute on Saturday6 October (10am to 4pm) includes classical CDs as wellas second-hand, out of-print and antiquarian books.

Countryside Society has the first meeting of its winterprogramme at 7.45pm on Friday 19 October at HornbyInstitute: Mike Gosling on ‘Lichens of Lancashire’.

Concert & Cakes is back on Saturday 20 October at2.30pm in All Saints Church, Burton in Lonsdale, withthe Vassallo String Quintet – quartet plus double bass –performing Dvorak (Opus 77) and Boccherini (G349) – [email protected]

A Ceilidh is planned for Friday 30 November in Whittington Village Hall, with local band ‘Blackthorn’, games (with prizes) for kids, and dancing for all ages. Doors open 7pm, refreshments provided, more details next month.

Liverpool Philharmonic plays music from the Spielberg movies (Jurassic Park, Jaws, War Horse, Schindler’s List, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters, ET) at 7.30pm on Saturday 15 June 2019 at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Hornby Probus invites you to make a day of it, by coach, including lunch at Albert Dock, leaving Hornby Institute at 10.15am, back just after 11pm. Dave Collins 21853 / 07772827241 [email protected]

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6pm Sunday 14 October

Song and Operaand all that Jazz

with Bibi Heal

at Saint Margaret’s, Hornby

in aid of the Lune ValleyRefugee Sponsorship project

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