Good news. The Cockermouth Shop Front Heritage Grant Scheme has been recognised again with another award, this time from the Civic Trust Awards. We had a very successful first special members meeting with a request to arrange similar events on a regular basis in the future. We have some member’s activities for you to consider, [...]
At the time of writing I’m thinking that this time last year winter was upon us with vengeance and we ended up cancelling both the December Lecture and Committee meetings on account of the ice. Let us hope for a better winter this year – but we have started off well with an excellent November, [...]
It seems early to be writing our late summer newsletter, but I need to remind you of the excellent events we have this year as part of the Heritage Open Days in early September. It is also time to renew subscriptions. I hope that you will, as we need your support more than ever with [...]
You may be surprised to receive another newsletter so hot on the heals of the last. However, with us having joined Civic Voice, I need to let you know how to claim your free National Trust & English Heritage vouchers. National Trust & English Heritage Vouchers As a member of the Civic Trust, you can [...]
I am pleased to be able to report that we have joined Civic Voice for this coming year. I know that we have been reticent to date due to concerns over cost and value for money. However, the subscription cost has been pegged at £1.50 per member for this year and we have already been [...]
A Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you all survived the cold weather in November and December without too much hardship, which is more than can be said of our December lecture and committee meeting, both of which we had to cancel. I apologise for this, but it has been very rare for us [...]
Autumn now approaches and its time for our late summer newsletter. Although there is still a lot of work to do, Cockermouth has achieved a lot over the past few months. In particular, I hope you agree that our efforts towards improving the shop frontages have been well worthwhile and our thanks go to Darren [...]
