Pentecost celebrated at Shap.

Worshippers at St. Michael’s church, Shap enjoyed a lively and inspiring service to mark Pentecost or Whit Sunday. Following a welcome by church warden Elsie Davidson, the service was conducted by Canon David Jenkins, the Director of the Diocesan Board of Education.

Knit 2gether

The contemporary craft tour ‘Knit 2gether’ visited Shap over three days. The exhibition was staged in the Memorial Hall, with visitors walking under a lace effect hanging knitted from paper.

Local History Society looks at Victorian Shap.

Shap Local History Society will open its summer exhibition in the Heritage Centre at the Market Cross over the May Bank Holiday weekend. This year’s topic ‘The development of Shap in the Reign of Queen Victoria’ will look at the major events and changes seen by the village during that period.

2007 Nativity plays at Shap

The pupils at Shap Endowed C of E Primary School performed two separate plays for relatives and friends in the lead up to Christmas, and both had a nativity theme. All donations at both plays were for this years chosen charity, Barnardos.

Christmas fundraising for Shap church.

The annual Christmas fundraising day in aid of St. Michael’s church, Shap was held in the Memorial hall on Friday. The event included stalls selling festive fare and gifts, competitions, a raffle and a separate draw for a magnificent Christmas hamper.

Advent Sunday

Advent Sunday was marked at Shap with a Family service in St Michael’s church. The congregation was welcomed by Revd Carole Marsden and Janet Wood was organist for a selection of lovely Advent hymns.

Remembrance Day at Shap.

Armistice Day was marked at Shap with a village Act of Remembrance in St. Michael’s church. The service began shortly before eleven o’clock when the standard of the Royal British Legion Women’s Section carried by Bill Martindale led representatives of the village organisations into the church.

Bishop opens Shap’s new school building.

Staff and pupils of Shap Endowed Church of England Primary School had much to celebrate when the newly completed building was officially opened by the Right Revd Graham Dow, Bishop of Carlisle.

Latintastic was fantastic

There was a distinctly South American atmosphere in Shap Memorial Hall when Salsa Theatre Productions performed ‘Latintastic’. Unfortunately the evening attracted a small turn-out; however those who made the effort were rewarded by a performance that was both lively and amusing.

Special day for the Lowis family.

Members of one of Shap’s ancient and prominent families gathered in Shap Memorial Hall recently for a special exhibition and family day dedicated to of the Lowis family history.

Worshippers experience the peace of Keld Chapel.

The annual summer service was held in Keld Chapel near Shap over the Bank Holiday weekend; the congregation was down a little on recent years, but the special atmosphere of the ancient chapel made the vent a special as ever.

Mrs Amy Johnson, 100th birthday

A well known resident of Shap celebrated her 100 th birthday this week 18 th October 2007; Amy Johnson who has lived the community for the past 46 years is a native of Jamaica.

Harvest festival Celebrations

Harvest celebrations at Shap were observed on the first weekend of October, and St Michaels’s church had been beautifully decorated with flowers by women of the parish in readiness for the services. On the Friday pupils, teachers from Shap Primary School together with families attended for their own worship led by Revd Carole Marsden.

Michaelmas confirmation at Shap

The bells of St Michael’s church, Shap rang in welcome to a large gathering of people who packed the church to capacity for the Michaelmas confirmation of 21 candidates from parishes in the Appleby Deanery.

Shap Flower Show

The annual Shap Flower Show organised by St. Michael’s church was held in the Memorial Hall on Monday. Entries were little down overall on last year; this may have been due in some part to the decision to hold the event on Bank Holiday Monday instead of the Saturday.

Two Victorian Tales

Shap Memorial Hall was the venue for the one-man dramatisation of Two Victorian Tales by two of the 19 th century’s best known authors, Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy. The audience were welcomed by Janet Wood, who announced that ‘Once a Lady’ the play about the life of Charlotte Deans, a Cumbrian-born travelling player, who once performed in Shap, is to have its opening night at Shap in February.

Epiphany at Shap.

The monthly family worship in St. Michael’s church, Shap took the form of a Christingle service to mark Epiphany. Worshippers were welcomed by the Revd Carole Marsden, and the organist was Janet Wood. The bible reading telling of the visit of the Wise Men was read by Katie Hale.

Railway anniversary exhibition is a big hit.

The weekend exhibition organised by Shap Local History Society to mark the 160th anniversary of the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway proved most popular and attracted a lot of visitors over the three days.

Shap school Christmas performances.

Pupils from Shap C.E. Primary school performed to capacity audiences in the run up to Christmas. The older pupils gave a performance of ‘Cinders’ in the Memorial Hall, where the audience were welcomed by head teacher Lois Whittaker.

Christmas events at Shap 2006

Shap has been a busy place over the past couple of weeks with a wide variety of events being organised for all ages.

Major repair work starts on Shap Church

Worshippers at St. Michael’s Church, Shap are looking forward to banishing buckets from the church. For many years any rainfall has resulted in countless buckets being placed beneath leaks from the roof, and many gallons of water must have been collected in this way.

A host of Angels at Shap

There was a host of angels adorning the gardens of Shap on Sunday when a Gardening Angels Day was organised by members of St. Michael’s church.

Shap Special Sunday

A variety of events were held in Shap on Sunday, in the past this would have been the Rose Fete weekend, and so an effort was made to hold a community day.

VISIT TO COCKERSAND ABBEY.

The first of this summer’s outings for Shap Local History Society took them over the county boundary into Lancashire, when they visited a number of ecclesiastical sites.

Tales of Alston Moor.

Members of Shap Local History Society were welcomed by secretary Liz Amos, who then introduced the speaker Alistair Robertson, the Vice Chairman of the Alston Moor History Group, who gave an entertaining account of the history of Alston Moor he also said that he had found three slight links to Shap, the first of these being the altitude and heavy snowfalls.

THE AGM OF SHAP LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

There was a good attendance at the fifth Annual General Meeting of the Shap Local History Society, held in the Green Room of the memorial hall. The Chairman, Jean Jackson welcomed the gathering and reported another successful year of lectures, an exhibition and a social evening.

ARTS REPORT The Sixth Wife

Shap Memorial Hall was filled with the sound of medieval music whilst a large audience gathered for a performance of the one-woman play The Sixth Wife. Before the performance the audience stood to sing the National Anthem in honour of her majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second’s 80th birthday that day

Confirmation at Shap

St. Michael’s Church, Shap was well filled for the confirmation of eleven candidates from the Appleby Deanery. The Revd Carole Marsden welcomed the congregation, and the service began with a procession led by Katie Hale carrying the cross, the Vicar of Shap and Bampton, the Revd Carole Marsden, the Rural Dean, Canon Anthony Clegg, and the Bishop of Carlisle

MEETING OF SHAP LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

When Shap Local History Society met for their March meeting they were welcomed by Vice Chairman Jean Scott-Smith; who introduced the guest speaker Anton Hodge. Mr Hodge hails from over the Border, he studied Classics and Ancient History at university, and developed an interest in the Roman Wall, the subject of his talk.

ARTS REPORT - The Sixth Wife

Shap Memorial Hall was filled with the sound of medieval music whilst a large audience gathered for a performance of the one-woman play The Sixth Wife. Before the performance the audience stood to sing the National Anthem in honour of her majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second’s 80 th birthday that day.

Tales of the days of Steam at Tebay

The topic for the talk – ‘Steam at Tebay in the 1950’s’ would explore another aspect of transport, the theme of the Society’s forthcoming Summer Exhibition.

Transport in Shap

The first meeting of the year for Shap Local History Society welcomed almost thirty members and friends. The speaker of the evening was Wendy Fairer; who was assisted by Liz Amos operating a Powerpoint presentation to illustrate the talk on Transport in Shap.

New beginning for Methodism in Shap

When members of the Methodist Church in Shap learned that the chapel where they worshipped would close at the beginning of 2006, they set about seeking a venue where they could meet for worship

Christmas at Shap 2005.

Christmas events in Shap were varied, with something for all ages. A Christmas service was held in Wasdale sheltered housing, on Wednesday Revd Carole Marsden led an evening of ‘Carols with Carole’. A service of carols by Candlelight was held in the Methodist Chapel on Thursday evening. A Vigil Mass in the Morning Chapel of St. Michael’s church on the afternoon of Christmas Eve.

A brief history of Christmas.

St. Michael’s Church, Shap was packed for the school Christmas presentation on the history of Christmas celebrations throughout the ages. Head teacher, Lois Whittaker welcomed the audience, before the children from the Nursery formed a traditional Nativity tableau at the chancel steps.

Traditional Food of the Lake Counties

The annual social event for Shap Local History Society, and last gathering of the year was held in the memorial hall, and attracted a capacity attendance. As people arrived they were greeted with a cup of hot mulled fruit juice.