Events
For a 50p entrance fee come along and enjoy coffee and biscuits in the Victoria Institute – and maybe buy some plants in aid of the Caton and Brookhouse Gardening Club. This is our major fund raising event of the year and always turns out to be a friendly sociable gathering even if you don’t find anything to buy.
This lovely club is set in the heart of the Lune Valley with 3 beautiful grass courts and 2 floodlit hard courts. We invite you to come down and join us on our open afternoons and welcome players of all calibres, from beginners to champions. So please come along to our mixing-in days on Sunday 10th and 17th May at 1.30pm. Beats going to the Gym.
On Thursday May 21st we start our Summer outings we are going to Carlisle, setting off at 10.00am returning about 6pm. We have only one coach booked, but if we have room will welcome friends who are not members. Agents will contact members. Any queries ring M. Dyson on 770364.
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- Ongoing minor issues and nuisance complaints concerning local Juveniles loitering around Brookhouse Methodist Church and St Pauls Church, also local primary schools at Caton and Brookhouse, during evenings, particularly at weekends.
The trip to Hawkshead/Coniston/Ambleside will leave the Victoria Institute at 9.30am on Thursday 28th May. Your representative will be calling on you to book your seat. Please remember there will be one coach only and also the coach leaves the Victoria Institute first with a pick-up at Brookhouse. Please tell your representative where you would like to board the coach when you book your seat.
Sunday, May 31st - 9:30 am - 5:30 pm at Halton Army Training Camp.
Elections take place for Lancashire County Council. The parish is in the Lancaster Rural East Electoral Division. The candidate list is:
Pat Hayward is the speaker this month.
Hostesses: M Hickson, P Jamieson, M Johnson
Entertainment for the day includes BBC’s One Man and His Dog Gus Dermody and his dog and duck display team, Tricky Tykes terrier racing, returning by popular request the bungee trampoline and for the first time a full size climbing wall.
Price £7.00 per adult, accompanied children free. No dogs. The major part of the garden can be reached by wheel chair. Refreshments are available.
DIRECTIONS: Take the M6 to junction 34 then A683 to Caton (2 miles), turn right towards Quernmore and after half a mile you reach the entrance.
June Meeting of the Parish Council
On June 11th we have arranged a special evening trip to a garden which has been featured in Amateur Gardening and on the BBC. This is Fell Yeat near Casterton, a one acre garden with all sorts in it including the national collection of ligularia. It is not hilly with slight inclines. And there is a nursery next door where you can buy plants.
- 8:30 am - Dog Trials start
- 3:15 pm - Open Fancy Dress
- 3:45 pm - Open Children’s Sports
- 4:00 pm - 7 A Side Football
- 6:00 pm - Adult Sports
- 7:00pm - Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling
Summer Fair Sun 14th June 12 noon to 2pm come and enjoy a light lunch in the Church Hall and browse the stalls, Cakes, Raffle, Plants, Tombola, Fair Traid etc.
The second in a series of three concerts is on Sun June 14th The Rushley Singers at 7-30pm.
Tickets £6 includes a glass of wine.
The third will be the Lancaster Show Band in November date to be arranged, each concert will be £6, for further information or to buy tickets see Kevin in St Paul’s Church or tel 771271. Every one welcome.
SportsReach in conjunction with Brookhouse Methodist and Caton Baptist Church are holding a Soccer School at Caton St Paul's School.
It will be from 6pm to 8pm Wednesday to Friday and 1pm onwards on the Saturday with a BBQ and parents v coaches match. The Awards Service will be at 10.45am on Sunday morning at Brookhouse Methodist Church followed by lunch.
SportsReach in conjunction with Brookhouse Methodist and Caton Baptist Church are holding a Soccer School at Caton St Paul's School.
It will be from 6pm to 8pm Wednesday to Friday and 1pm onwards on the Saturday with a BBQ and parents v coaches match. The Awards Service will be at 10.45am on Sunday morning at Brookhouse Methodist Church followed by lunch.
Friday 19th June between 5pm and 8pm and Saturday 20th June between 12noon and 4pm.
SportsReach in conjunction with Brookhouse Methodist and Caton Baptist Church are holding a Soccer School at Caton St Paul's School.
It will be from 6pm to 8pm Wednesday to Friday and 1pm onwards on the Saturday with a BBQ and parents v coaches match. The Awards Service will be at 10.45am on Sunday morning at Brookhouse Methodist Church followed by lunch.
Friday 19th June between 5pm and 8pm and Saturday 20th June between 12noon and 4pm.
SportsReach in conjunction with Brookhouse Methodist and Caton Baptist Church are holding a Soccer School at Caton St Paul's School.
It will be from 6pm to 8pm Wednesday to Friday and 1pm onwards on the Saturday with a BBQ and parents v coaches match. The Awards Service will be at 10.45am on Sunday morning at Brookhouse Methodist Church followed by lunch.
SportsReach in conjunction with Brookhouse Methodist and Caton Baptist Church are holding a Soccer School at Caton St Paul's School.
It will be from 6pm to 8pm Wednesday to Friday and 1pm onwards on the Saturday with a BBQ and parents v coaches match. The Awards Service will be at 10.45am on Sunday morning at Brookhouse Methodist Church followed by lunch.
The trip to York will leave the Victoria Institute (onwards to Brookhouse) at 9.00am on Thursday 25th June. The trips are becoming very popular, so please try to book your seat when your representative calls, as there is one coach only. Enquiries:- Joan Fletcher. Hon. Sec. Tel 771232.
Price £7.00 per adult, accompanied children free. No dogs. The major part of the garden can be reached by wheel chair. Refreshments are available.
DIRECTIONS: Take the M6 to junction 34 then A683 to Caton (2 miles), turn right towards Quernmore and after half a mile you reach the entrance.
Open Meeting to view and comment on the proposed plans to redevelop the existing play area at Fell View
Everyone is welcome to the coffee morning at St. Paul's Church Hall on Wednesday 1st July at 10.30 - 11.45am. There will be various stalls including cakes, cards, Fairtrade, a Christian book library and a raffle.
Our speaker for this meeting is Joy Killip.
Hostesses: A Magee, J Nicholson, B North
There will be a car wash and craft fair at Brookhouse Methodist Church on Saturday 4th July from 10.00am till 1.00pm. All proceeds will go to support work with street children and poor families in Albania. Refreshments will be served.
This will take place in our beautiful garden, in Hornby, commencing at 2 p.m
The watercolour painting group will meet on Friday 10th July at Brookhouse Methodist Church from 1.00-3.00pm. All welcome. This will be our last session until September.
Price £7.00 per adult, accompanied children free. No dogs. The major part of the garden can be reached by wheel chair. Refreshments are available.
DIRECTIONS: Take the M6 to junction 34 then A683 to Caton (2 miles), turn right towards Quernmore and after half a mile you reach the entrance.
We have a very enjoyable day arranged travelling via Settle, Grassington, Pately Bridge, Ripon and a surprise visit to an Ice Cream Cafe.
Agents will contact members or if you are not a member of the Friendship club and would like to go on these trips please ring 770364.
Public Exhibitions were first held in November 2008 in Claughton and Caton to inform local communities about the proposal and to gather initial comments and feedback on the renewable energy development, together with the Community Benefits which would be provided and funded by Community Windpo
Public Exhibitions were first held in November 2008 in Claughton and Caton to inform local communities about the proposal and to gather initial comments and feedback on the renewable energy development, together with the Community Benefits which would be provided and funded by Community Windpo
The trip for July will be to Southport leaving the Victoria Institute at 9.30am on Thursday 23rd July. (Onwards for pick-up at Brookhouse.)
Public Exhibitions were first held in November 2008 in Claughton and Caton to inform local communities about the proposal and to gather initial comments and feedback on the renewable energy development, together with the Community Benefits which would be provided and funded by Community Windpo
Please note that the planned meeting for this night has been cancelled
Price £7.00 per adult, accompanied children free. No dogs. The major part of the garden can be reached by wheel chair. Refreshments are available.
DIRECTIONS: Take the M6 to junction 34 then A683 to Caton (2 miles), turn right towards Quernmore and after half a mile you reach the entrance.
