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Auction of Promises Gaining Momentum

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0100

Arrangements are gathering pace for the Great Stanwix Auction of Promises . The band is booked and there will be a mini auction at Stanwix School's Christmas Fayre on the 27th November. Offers of services to be auctioned and goodies are starting to come in steadily.

The article in this week's Cumberland News will have raised the event's profile considerably.

All you need to do now readers, is get as many people as possible through [...]

Northern Development Route Helps Balfour Beatty to Weather the Recession

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0100

Just found an interesting post about BB which gives me hope that the Northern Development Route is likely to succeed, and thereby reduce the unbelievably heavy traffic on Scotland Road and the Eden Bridge areas.

Looks like they are doing very nicely and picking up a welter of other big contracts according to a report in Building 's online magazine.

Northern Development Route Helps Balfour Beatty to Weather the Recession

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0100

Looks like they are doing very nicely and picking up a welter of other big contracts according to a report in Building 's online magazine.

Stanwix Community Association Notice of Meetings

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:49:34 +0100

Stanwix Community Association

Notice of Meetings to All Members, Affiliates and Other Interested Parties

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) and follow on General Meeting will be held on Monday 30 November 2009 at Community Centre Buildings, Church Street, Stanwix, Carlisle, CA3 9DJ. The meetings will start promptly at 7.30pm.

AGM

The following resolutions will be proposed:

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I Like Weird!

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0100

You can't beat a bit of wacky harmless weirdness. Ever been on eBay? Then you'll NEED to watch this - listen very carefully

Oh No I Brok' the Website!

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0100

Nigel did warn me not to play around with the backend administrative tools of the stanwix.info site .

I'm not a programmer or web designer so I should have known better thanto try and be a smart@>> and try and juggle a new bit of content.

I'd finally got somebody new to advertise their wares on the site and blow me didn't I just completely mess up the layout of the front page. For a horrible moment I thought I had well and truly spoiled the stanwix do [...]

Whats in the Name "Carlisle Airport"

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:00:00 +0100

Funny how a name and an issue can crop up almost as if in a mirror; on different continents.

I happened to stumble across an article about Carlisle Airport in Cumberland. Thinking it was some local news, I had a quick look and it was actually a neoCarlisle: in Cumberland County, just outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Just like the original city they seem to be chewing over the knotty problem of how to develop their local airport. It just tickled my curiosity b [...]

Stanwix Scouts do Themselves Proud

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:00:00 +0100

The dust has finally settled and the smelly clothes are clean. Daughter dear is back into her old routines and grafting hard to complete coursework. Son one is trying to enjoy a bit of Dad time now I'm back; but the weather has scuppered our Ben Nevis plans and he's struggling with some sort of gut rot that has him firing at both ends. Sometimes there's no justice when you're the young one!

So what has that got to do with Stanwix scouts you'll be wo [...]

52 Million Quid!

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0100

Fridays Euro Millions has rolled over again
and stands at a mega £52,000,000.00.

Its a quadruple rollover !

Who wouldn't want a big share of that?

Get the edge on the average player and grab
our great multi win syndicate advantage...

- To Learn More

Deadline is 6.00pm Friday 17th April 2009 .

Stanwix Youngsters Swiss Adventure Floats My Boat

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0100

The 13th Carlisle Scout Group based at Trinity School is the natural scouting destination for children from the Stanwix community. As a pretty regular group parent helper, I like to do my bit and make sure that I'm not just dumping my kids off for a spot of entertainment at the hands of other willing folk. So what has this got to do with a "Sponsored Open Boat Expedition:

Rannoch Moor to Perth. Monday 20th April 2009 (Probable 5 days)"? ... you may ver [...]

Back From the "Crossing" of Scotland Part 1

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0100

I thought I ought to put finger to keyboard to let my kind sponsors know how the Scottish paddling trip went. I can't believe another month and a half has gone by without getting this written.

Well we had a good go! Having set off a day late because of Rob's other commitments, we arrived at Ballinluig to drop a car off at what we hoped would be a staging post on the way to Perth. From Ballinluig on the confluence of Tummel and Tay, we then had to drag [...]

It Could be a Proper Winter!

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0100

I know it isn't much good for those who feel the cold, this recent spell of frosty weather, but there are a few of us strange souls who relish the thought of a proper winter.

On the Lakeland Fells and the Scottish Highlands, despite the lack of snow, the watercourses are slowly stiffening. The ghylls are gripped by an icy chill and that's when we get out to play. To be honest, conditions for winter climbing on the Lakeland fells are not brilliant. [...]

Carlisle Mountaineering Club

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0100

We have had a little New Year hiccup in getting the new membership forms sent out to everyone. So just in case you didn't get yours, here is a download link for either the pdf or the word .doc version of the application form.

www.stanwix.info/downloads/2009cmcmembershipdoc.zip for the word version

www.stanwix.info/downloads/2009cmcmembershipPDF.zip for the PDF version

Both files need to be unzipped. If you are unfamil [...]

Bringing Out the Best

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Sometimes, I am sure we all feel that as we wander through the revolving doors of any of the big supermarkets we are removing ourselves from the realm of good old fashioned personal service. Well, maybe not so.

Wandering into Morrisons' with my card full of receipts for the past few weeks of shopping, I thought I was in for a nice little bonus of the £20 voucher for my "loyalty".

The assistant on customer service flicked through [...]

Dollywagon Disappointments

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

I had the chance to nip out on the hill to try and catch the tail end of the recent wintry conditions. Sadly the thaw beat us to it. The walk up was hard frozen in the higher reaches as we went up the zigzags from Grizedale Tarn to the summit of Dollywagon Pike. Dollywagon North is a crag that sometimes comes into winter condition quickly or holds on to its ice and frozen turf a bit longer than most of the crags in the Lake District. So we thought we might just squeeze a [...]

Responsible Dog Owners Please Ignore

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

I don't like to take a pop at people any more, whether it's over their unfathomable interests or apparently strange behaviour - which usually makes perfect sense once you know their story. I have simply succeeded in showing myself up, almost every single time. After all there isn't much stranger than being happiest when I'm scuttling about underground in the wet and muddy glory of a cave or weeping from hotaches as my fingers come back to life half way up a winter [...]

The Perils of Punting for Publicity

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

It's a funny old game ... trying to get this website into people's consciousness; it's proving to be an interesting challenge.

Trying to keep it locally focussed with virtually no budget, means printing my own leaflets and pounding the "mean streets" of Stanwix.

I thought I was joking about mean streets when I first started popping leaflets through people's doors, I thought there weren't any meanies round here. It looks like I misjudged the canines!

1500 Hard Disks crash at once

nigel.burnie@gmail.com — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

I was stumbling around the web the other day and came across this blog about 'What happens when 1500 hard disks crash at the same time'.

The producer of this video decided to play dominoes with 1500 hard disks hence 'crashing them at the same time'.

Anyway, if he can afford a house like this by modding Xboxes I'm changing tack.

[video:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cdD9ypqoBk4 425x350]

Folk, Blues and Native New Yorkers!

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Tonight was a good night. Four days in school this week mean the bank can be held at bay for a little longer. By the time I got home tonight, I had a head like a brick, but the kids were amusing themselves as peacefully as these two always seem to; so I put my head down for an hour (and I don't do day sleeping!!). After an hour's doze, the head was a lot lighter. Pizzas were consumed with salad, there was activity by other people on the forums and on the messen [...]

Stanwix School Dec 08 Newsletter

raycassidy@stanwix.info — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Lets Grow!

Morrisons Gardening Vouchers

Thank you so much for all the gardening vouchers sent into school. A team of year 6 children counted a massive 16,970 vouchers!