Carlisle cycle path, near Lidl, Denton Holme. Picture: Google Streetview Work is set to start to restore a Carlisle bridge that forms part of the city’s walking and cycling network, making it safer for users. Skew Bridge in Denton Holme, part of the much-used cycle path from Carlisle to Dalston south of the city following the course of the River Caldew, will be given a £70,000 upgrade after funding for the project was agreed by Carlisle City Council’s leadership. Skew Bridge, which is owned by the city council, is located on the River Caldew, to the rear of the Denton Holme branch of the supermarket Lidl.
IT was Cumbria’s golden age of live music. For decades, Andy Park was at the beating heart of it all first as a local newspaper pop columnist and then as a band manager and successful live music promoter, working with local acts and some of the industry’s biggest names. The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Hollies, The Searchers, the Moody Blues, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds . . . the top performers he worked with read like a Who’s Who of rock and pop. He has now told the story of his professional life in a new book: Andy Park, Cumbria’s Music Man.
Plans: A new Lidl store in Warwick Road, Carlisle, could soon be approved next month Plans to build a new Lidl supermarket store in the city are soon to be decided with council officers recommending it be approved next year. The German grocer has expanded rapidly, with scores of new stores across the country in recent years, including several in Cumbria. The retailer which currently has one store at Madford Retail Park in Charlotte Street, Denton Holme, in Carlisle unveiled multi-million pound proposals to create another branch on land adjacent to Botcherby Community Centre, beside Warwick Road, in October, 2019. The plans include a 1,256sqm store including an in-store bakery and customer toilets, ample car parking spaces, and landscaping throughout the site.
The shadow of Covid is hanging over Christmas this year, even among the children usually just excited by the arrival of Santa Claus. Children’s wishes this year include the usual festive build-up and the much-wanted toys they are hoping to receive. But this year, too, the children talk about what they are missing. They miss extended family, especially grandparents. They miss playing with friends and they miss sport and all their other normal activities. Crosscanonby St John’s Church of England School, in the village of Crosby, reflects all those themes: Tom Gyles, 11, said: “I wish for a snowy Christmas! And also for my football to be back on because I really miss it!”
While Christmas is set to be very different this year, one thing that does not change is the need to be mindful of festive opening times, and changes to local services. Council-run services such as rubbish and recycling collections will be temporarily altered for the next two weeks as a result of the festivities, and supermarkets and other shops will operate different opening hours to normal. Here is a round-up of some of the key changes over this festive period.
Supermarkets: The Carlisle, Penrith, Workington and Whitehaven branches of Morrisons will be open until midnight today and tomorrow. They will close at 6pm on Christmas Eve, and will be closed for Christmas Day.