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Letter for December '10 Shap Today from Leocardia Mushandu

Unedited version of letter for December '10 Shap Today from Leocardia MushanduOne beautiful sunny day in summer of 2006 a European man said to me "masikati sisi" meaning, "good afternoon sister". I was puzzled. I thought I better find out how far the...

Shap – The Way Forward.

Shap Parish Council held two consultation sessions in the Memorial hall on Friday and Saturday to enable local residents to have their say on the future of the village. The event was organised with much assistance from Cumbria County Council Local Ne...

Busy end to term at Shap School.

Pupils of Shap School have had a busy end to the summer term; the Sports Day held on a very hot day saw many spectators cheering on the children who all performed very well.     A new sports trophy in memory of Squadron Leader Mike Andrews has been...

Harvest

Harvest celebrations in Shap began on Friday when pupils from Shap Primary School gathered in St. Michael's church for their own service, where were joined by many parents and friends.  Their theme was being thankful for the food we eat and the food...

Grandparents are celebrated at Shap.

Grandparents have been the centre of two special events held in Shap this week.  On Thursday the pupils of Shap Primary School held Grandparents Day when grandparents were invited to join in classroom activities tour the school and attend a special ...

Women’s World Day of Prayer at Shap

Women from all denominations in the parishes of Shap, Bampton and Morland gathered in St Michael’s church in Shap for the Women’s World day of Prayer. This year’s service with the theme ‘Let Everything that has Breath Praise God’ had been c...

Villagers remember man who chose to settle among them.

Over forty people gathered in St Michael’s church, Shap for a service conducted by Revd Martin Dew to remember one its residents who had died at the end of January. Arnold Ketler was the last survivor of the ten men who had come to Shap as displace...

Pretty Witty Nell dazzles her Shap audience.

Shap Memorial hall was the venue for a performance of Pretty Witty Nell by Two Friends Productions. This was a one woman play about the life of Nell Gwyn written and performed by Caroline Harding.With minimal props, and effective dummies serving as d...

Holy Week at Shap.

Holy Week observations began with a lay led service in St Michael’s church, Shap where worshippers were welcomed by Sheila Parsons. During the first hymn everyone processed around the church and received a palm cross. A lesson from the Old Testamen...

From scorching Sudan to chilly Cumbria

Worshippers at St Michael’s church in Shap were able to hear at first hand what life is like in Sudan and Uganda, when .local lad Gary Ion spoke about his work as a mission partner for the Church Mission Society. Gary, who is a native of Bampton, s...