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28 30 March 2012 Austrian Truck Trapped in The Square
27 07 February 2012 A Glimpse of Nepal and It's High Mountains raised £662
26 17 December 2011 Dalston Cemetery Looks Great Thanks to Volunteers
 

Dalston Diamond Jubilee Celebrations begin with a fund raising Car Boot Sale on Saturday 5th May

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Dalston Annual Parish Meeting
Tuesday 1st May 2012
L to R: Alan Dinning, Sue Haynes, Bryan Craig, Chris Drouet, Kevin Walsh
 

60 parishioners attended the Annual Parish Meeting in the Victory Hall. This year's APM was lively with a never ending stream of questions for the Chairman, Bryan Craig, and the principle speaker, Mr Kevin Walsh, Highways Manager, Cumbria Couty Council.

While quite new in post Mr Walsh dealt deftly with the questions about the Station Road and Townhead Road Junctions, as well as other highway related matters around Dalston. He agreed to find out about issues which required more information.

Chris Drouet, Dalston's broadband parish champion, gave a brief update on the current status of the Connecting Cumbria project and Alan Dinning, the Chairman of the Festival Committee, outlined the plans for the 2012 Festival in August.

Carlisle Olympic Torch Bearer From Dalston

8,000 inspirational people will carry the Olympic Flame as it journeys across the UK. Tens of thousands were nominated and 8,000 have been selected. Liz Auld, Parish Clerk in Dalston for 17 years will be one of them. Liz will be carrying the flame on 21st June 2012 when it leaves Carlisle for Wigton having visited Carlisle for the second time. The section of the route on which Liz will be carrying the torch is not yet known (click the map on the left to see a larger version of the map).

Watch this space for more information.


The Redspearlands Footpath Group Needs Your Help
If you value the work that this excellent organisation does within Dalston Parish, then please consider joining and taking part in their activities. A Treasurer is urgently required and if one cannot be found, then the RFG might be forced to close.
Click here for Annual Report and here for the Treasurer's Report


DALSTON PARISH PAPER SPECIAL SOUVENIR JUNE 2012 EDITION

The June 2012 edition of Dalston Parish Paper will be published in its normal format and style including the advertisements, but with a special cover and incorporating a souvenir supplement, both in colour, to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Extra copies will be printed for non-subscribers to purchase for £1 per copy, with no additional charge for
existing readers. Parishioners are requested to contribute to this
commemorative issue. Here’s how:

COVER DESIGN - a competition, open to all ages, is being held to design the front and back cover, both inside and outside. Entries can be a photograph, painting, or drawing on thin card or paper any size up to A3, bearing in mind that it will be reproduced as an A5 size in the Paper. It should be a powerful celebratory image with a Jubilee theme. There will be prizes for the best three entries. It is hoped that all entries will be exhibited in the Victory Hall on 4th June. Please submit your unfolded entry by 30th April 2012 to Wragg Mark-Bell Solicitors, or to one of the Editors, Ronnie Auld or David Marsden. Your name and contact address and telephone number should be printed in block letters on the back of the entry.

MEMORIES FROM THE DECADES - articles, amusing anecdotes, poems, reminiscences, snippets, historical notes and cartoons are all needed for the supplement to make the June Parish Paper a truly special read. We would like something to highlight each decade over the last sixty years. All contributions should be received by 30th April either through Church House letterbox, Wragg Mark-Bell Solicitors, either of the Editors or sent to theparishpaper@hotmail.co.uk Please include your name and contact details with your submission.

This is your chance to highlight the special things about Dalston Please take time to enter something to make the June parish paper a publication to be proud of.

We want the queen to enjoy reading her copy in Buckingham Palace!


Rose Castle has had a reprieve
The Church Commissioners have decided, in principle, to sell Rose Castle, which was the residence of the Bishops of Carlisle until it was declared unsuitable as a See House in 2009. The Commissioners will now begin formal consultations with the Diocese of Carlisle and English Heritage to discuss the nature and terms of the proposed sale.

The Commissioners have also decided to delay the marketing process until Autumn 2013 ... more



Dalston White Bridge Repaired and open to the public again
If you have any pictures of your own and would like to add them to the archive, then please send them to the webmaster

Dalston Annual Parish Meeting 2011

Dalston Cemetery / Churchyard Management Consultation

The Dalston website has been asked by the Parish Council to carry out a special consultation on the management of Dalston cemetery. The cemetery and churchyard are of great importance to the people of Dalston but recently the PC has been asked to consider changing the type of managment which it uses whereby an area of the churchyard is left unmown until the autumn, primarily for the consultation of wildlife.

Futhermore, part of the central area is not cut as intensively as the new cemetery, again as an aid to wildlife.

Some residents have commented that the old churchyard looks untidy and would prefer for it to be cut with the same frequency as the closely mown cemetery area.


Waxwings visit Dalston again in November 2010
There were around 200 in the village on 6th November feeding on rowan berries at the school and Barras Close. On Saturday 6th November single flock of 125 were seen feeding on Station Road Dalston. Pictures by David Hickson. Click here to view David's 2008 pictures. Click on the above pictures to enlarge.

An Opportunity for a Volunteer

There are currently one billion people living day after day without clean water.

A mother dies every minute of every day in childbirth because the healthcare systems are not there to save her life. These are just two of the many injustices that exist across the world that Oxfam is working to end. But we can’t do it alone, and our work cannot continue without the support of communities throughout the UK.

Oxfam are looking for a dedicated volunteer to join our team and manage fundraising collections across North Cumbria which will support the world’s most vulnerable people.

If you would like to make a real and lasting difference, please get in touch today and find out more. Call Harriett on 07787 180 194 or email hchristie@oxfam.org.uk


Dog Fouling is becoming a Major Problem in Dalston on The Green, the Churchyard and the Railway Path
Allowing your dog to poop without scooping the result and safely disposing in a bin or taking it home with you is both irresponsible and dangerous. Even worse, some people are throwing bags of dog muck from the railway path over onto the railway. This is a major health hazard for children. This habit can potentially expose young children to Toxocariasis (click the link for more information or the image to see what the worm looks like). Maximum fine £75.

Do you have some good snow or weather pictures? Email them to webmaster@dalston.org.uk and we will put the best of them on the website.
Click here for snow pictures submitted by Stuart Hudson

DALSTON LADIES CHOIR - NEW WEBPAGE

We are always looking for more content for the Dalston website and are happy to carry pages for local organisations. Click on this link to view the page for the Dalston Ladies Choir.


** WARNING **
This collection may not be as charitable as it sounds

This collection has been reported to the Police, who followed it up and discovered that it is NOT a charity, but a bogus company known to Trading Standards and have even been mentioned in Parliament. The registration number apparently means nothing and the phone no leads nowhere. Evidently clothing is a lucrative business these days!

If you read it carefully you will see that they only SUGGEST that you will be contributing to a charity. The Police do not believe this to be the case.

These collections are being made quite regularly in Dalston, so beware.


Read the Parish Council's progress report on traffic and parking issues in Dalston
This report has been written by Liz Auld in an attempt to summarise the progress (or lack of progress) made by the Parish Council in recent years. Many attempts have been made to aleviate the growing crisis in Dalston and it was thought helpful to publish a summary of the current postion. Click here for Liz Auld's report.
At last the Carlisle Northern Development Route is going ahead. Click here to view video.

Caldew - Brampton Neighbourhood Policing Team

You can have a look at the Caldew Neighbourhood Police webpage by clicking here.

 


 
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Date Event
Dalston Gardening Club
19/05/12 Plant Sale and Coffee Morning
Carlisle and District Gardening Club
20/05/12 Plant Sales at Rickerby Ltd
St Michael's Dalston
26/05/12 Messy Church
Diamond Jubilee Committee
04/06/12 DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION
Dalston Gardening Club
09/06/12 Alnwick Castle Gardens
The Northern Sinfonia
10/06/12 The Northern Sinfonia Concert
Dalston Dramatic Society
18/06/12 Dalston Dramatic Society AGM
   
DALSTON GARDENING CLUB PLANT SALE

COFFEE MORNING

SATURDAY 19 MAY
10.00 am to 12.30 pm

DALSTON VICTORY HALL

Come and enjoy home-baking and browse the wide
selection of plants for sale grown by our Members.

Part proceeds in aid of Carlisle Branch of
The Alzheimer’s Society.

Jubilee Memorial Tree
The planting of the Jubilee Memoria Tree will be by Mrs Peggy Jackson at 2.15pm on 4th June 2012. The tree is sponsored by Dalston WI.
Do you know what is happening to the Internet? Did you know that you live in an Internet Filter Bubble? No? Then click here to watch a mind provoking talk by Eli Pariser.
Neighbourhood Watch Report 2011 - click here
Check Dates for Your Diary for next session in Dalston

Click image to view the first Parish Paths Initiative Newsletter

Digital switchover - click image above for more information

Click to find out about how you can help the Spinal Injuries Association

REDSPEARLANDS
New webpages for the Redspearlands Footpath Group hosted by the Dalston website - click image below to view.

Sports for All at Caldew School afternoon and evening - click image above for information

Save Our Red Squirrels - red squirrels in the Dalston area are dying because of the grey squirrel pox - anyone sighting a red or a grey please contact Valerie or David Main on 711342

VICTORY HALL - click image for rates and booking info

Festival Consultation
Crime Report
Barras House
Cumbria Village in Bloom 2006
Dalston Cemetery Information
Victory Hall Terms and Charges 2006/7
Dalston Festival 2010 Voting
Dalston Festival 2008
Dalston Festival 2007
Dalston Festival 2006
Dalston Show 2006
Dalston Library News
MOBILE LIBRARY TIMES
Home Page Flower Pictures
Dalston Black Reds
Housing Needs Survey
Planning Moratorium Updates
Listed Buildings
Tree Preservation Orders
Map of Conservation Area
Redspearlands Footpath Group
Dalston Signpost Project
Climate Watch
Business Advertising
 
 

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Churchyard and Cemetery

Dalston Churches


Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document - Click here

"Dalston"
What place is this
Where people smile
At first time's meeting,
And youths say, "Hi",
To passers by

In friendly greeting?

What place is this

Where people care
And help each other
Everywhere?
In shops and houses
Church and Hall
You'll find a welcome,

One and all.

What place is this?

The answer's true.
A place to find
God's greatest gift,
The gift of love

For me and you.

By Bob Roberts