FATAL FALL
A PENRITH man, Paul Davidson, 29, of Tynefield Drive, has died in hospital at
Middlesbrough from injuries sustained when he fell from a ladder while helping a friend
with a barn conversion at Thackthwaite, near Dacre. Mr. Davidson, who was married, worked
as a technician and salesman for Lloyd Land Rover at Carlisle.
KIRKSTONE CAR PULL
A TEAM from Windermere saw off a challenge from a team of officers from Lancaster
Farm open prison in the annual car pull up "The Struggle" on Kirkstone Pass, in
the Lake District. The contest involves teams of 14 hauling a car three miles to the
1,500ft summit of the pass.
FIRE RESCUE
NEIGHBOURS rescued three youngsters and a man from a house in Musgrave Street,
Penrith, after fire broke out in the early hours of the morning. Malcolm Johnstone,
Rebecca Crewe (15) and Michaela Crewe (12) and Josh Falshaw (7) were taken to hospital
suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation.
DARK CHRISTMAS LOOMS
PENRITH could be without Christmas lights this year for the first time in a
decade. The Chamber of Trade say they can no longer provide the lights because of lack of
volunteers to replace a handful of stalwarts who have done the work for many years. The
traders say it is a matter of "acute regret" that nobody has come forward to
take over the job.
FORMER TEACHER'S DEATH
FORMER Penrith Queen Elizabeth Grammar School teacher Maurice Thompson has died
at the age of 86. Mr. Thompson taught physical education and chemistry. He is survived by
his second wife, formerly Margaret Nicholson who was also a teacher, of home economics, at
the Grammar School.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
STEWART Simpson, of Catterlen, near Penrith, has won a lifetime achievement
accolade from Charity Times Magazine. Mr. Simpson was head of the Council for the
Advancement of Communication with Deaf People and developed a range of examination and
training standards for communications with the deaf and hard of hearing. The award was
presented at London's Hilton Hotel by the impressionist Rory Bremner.
ON TOP OF AFRICA
PENRITH born Mike Ellwood has scaled Africa's highest mountain, the 5,895 metres
Mount Kilimanjaro, in aid of the charity Breast Cancer Care. Mike, who is a director of
corporate finance for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Leicestershire, raised £5,000.
LEBURNE RETIRES
WINDOW cleaner Leburne Todd, of Wetheriggs Rise, Penrith, has finally retired, at
the age of 79. Apart from war service as a soldier, Mr. Todd has cleaned windows in the
town for 62 years and says he has never taken a holiday.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION
EAMONT Camera Club is staging an exhibition in Penrith Library which compares
Penrith of the past with its appearance today. Guests at the opening ceremony included
Frank Boyd and Lawrence Marlow whose books on old Penrith were the source of many
historical pictures.
CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
ANDY Bracken, who won the singles championship at Penrith Friars Bowling Club for
the ninth successive year, went on to represent Friars in the Cumbria Bowling
Association's Champion of Champions competition. He beat Wigton's international Paul
Barlow in the final.
BIDS FOR JOBS
EDEN Council is marketing 37 acres land it owns adjoining the Penrith Gilwilly
industrial estate in an effort to bring more jobs to the area.
AUSSIE TRIP FOR BLIND GOLFER
BLIND golfer Sandy Burne, who is a member of the Appleby club and formerly ran
the post office at Temple Sowerby, has won a place in the Australian Blind Open, in Perth
where he will play against 60 others from all around the world. He will play with the help
of a guide and caddie, Geoff Iles, from Surrey.