The Bulletin October 2021

Meetings in October 7pm Weds 13

th Board of Management Meeting

Birthdays in October

31st Anna Webster

Thank you to everyone who contributed to Macmillan Coffee

Morning at Gatesbield. You raised £222.00 for Macmillan.

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Inside this bumper 10-page issue

News 1-2 New additions 3 From the Archive 4 An event by Sight Advice 5 Get Well Soon, Sheila and Wendie 6 Tenant contributions 7 Elsie’s (Chelsie’s) 100th Birthday party 8-9 Just for fun quiz 10

Last month’s answer: Hostel

Tenants Social Event A choice of a Chinese or Fish & Chips in the Common Room on

Sat 30th Oct at 5.30pm.

Menus to follow.

Joanne recently received a note from Sam Westcott at Lakeland Gardens with a kind offer to Gatesbield and more news of his plans

Hi Joanne, Hope you and all the residents are doing well. We are going to be selling Christmas trees this winter and we would like to offer you and the residents the opportunity to come around and select one of our trees as a gift from us. We will have our trees delivered toward the end of November. Also, we plan on opening a small glasshouse coffee shop in the spring, we hope your residents will look forward to that. Any feedback on what we are doing and ways they think we could improve are all welcome.

Sam Wescott Lakeland Gardens

Celebrating Chelsie’s 100th Birthday

Casper wishing his great-grandma a happy birthday. More photos on pages 8 and 9

KALE Resembling each other

ROTE Evocative of past style

DEMO Made a cow noise

LEAP Group of judges

COVE Means of speech

COIL Abdominal pain

More News about Gatesbield on Page 2

A note about recycling We realise it’s difficult to know what items can be recycled. None of the following can be recycled in South Lakeland and

should be put in general waste: Tetrapaks (most cardboard type fruit

juices etc including ’Jorge Oaty Drink’) Cardboard boxes with cellophane windows

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Healing Group The Healing Group takes place on the 6th and 20th of October

from 2:30 to 3pm in the Common Room.

Regular Activities at Gatesbield

Saturday morning Coffee - 10:30am

Film Club - Saturdays at 2:30pm

Meeting for Worship - Sundays at 10:30am

Music Club - Sundays at 2:30pm

Craft Group - Mondays at 10:30am

Exercise Group - suspended until Maime has fully recovered

Scrabble - Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:30pm

Coffee with the Garden Volunteers - Wednesdays at 11am

Healing Group - alternate Wednesdays at 2:30pm

Bible Study - Thursdays at 1:30pm

More details in the Calendar

New neighbours Our new Gardener, Alison, recently met our new neighbours, Steve and Faye, who have bought ‘The Birches’ (the property next to the Gatesbield drive). She wanted to ask their permission to cut part of their hedge to improve visibility for drivers and others leaving the Gatesbield site.

Alison says they are a nice couple and come from Manchester. They will initially be using The Birches as a second home, but intend to make the move permanent once all their children have finished school. They have one child at Lancaster University and seemed keen to get to know us at Gatesbield.

Out with the old, in with the new After some recurring problems with one

of our tumble dryers, it has been replaced with a new one, which comes

highly recommended by Which? Hopefully this give us long service.

A new cordless leaf blower has been bought for Nick and Alison to use to

keep the paths clear, just in time!

Lifts After many delays, we are close to

being able to give the final go ahead on the lifts project. We hope to have

further news shortly.

Defibrillator Following discussion at the Tenants Meeting and the Board, Joanne is

looking in to getting a defibrillator for Gatesbield.

We have received the report of the liquidators for the company that we had originally engaged to carry out the conversion of Craft Cottage.

MORE NEWS ...

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Welcome to Gatesbield Jim’s first great Grandchild Arthur Machair Dombrowsky

(above) who was born on 13

th September and weighed 8 lb 11ozs.

Below: Katherine and Matthias (Arthur’s Mum and Dad) with Arthur and Jim in

the Gatesbield Garden.

Congratulations to Jim on the arrival of his great-grandson,

Arthur and to Gina on the arrival of great-granddaughter, Lily.

Lily Jessica (below) was born on 7

th August, weighing 6lb 4oz.

Lily is the baby daughter of Gina’s granddaughter Lauren and partner Conor. Gina adds, “My son took me to see them

when she was 10 days old. What a wonderful day!”

Stars of the small screen

Did you see our Margaret Roberts’ and Jo Jaffray’s

recent appearance on BBC North-

West Tonight in a news item about

the new accessible path to the summit of Orrest Head?

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From the archive ... As Gatesbield approaches the 40th anniversary of the first tenants moving into their flats in the Autumn of 1982, we continue our look through the archive.

This year at Gatesbield we have celebrated the 100th Birthdays of both Hazel Smith and Elsie (Chelsie) Turner (our second and third centenarians).

Our first centenarian tenant, Elsie Baxter, had lived at Gatesbield since it opened in 1982.

Although in her latter years she developed some memory problems, she remained physically fit and active and had such a lovely, bright personality that lit up any occasion.

This month, we remember Gatesbield’s first Centenarian, Elsie Baxter, who was born on 6

th March

1903 and was our first tenant to celebrate a 100

th Birthday

at Gatesbield.

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Age UK Advice Line 0800 678 1602

Saturday Morning Coffee Saturday mornings from

10.30am in the Common Room

Sight Advice event at Kendal Town Hall, Friday 8th October

We love to receive contributions to the Bulletin. Please pass anything to office

or email it to: bulletin@gatesbield.org.uk

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Wendie has been in Furness General Hospital and has needed surgery, but hopes to be able to return home to Gatesbield shortly.

Our best wishes for a speedy recovery to both Wendie and Sheila who both had nasty falls recently.

Sheila hurt her hand and needed some stitches. She thinks the bandaging makes her look like a boxer ...

… and tried it out on poor Tracy!

1) Golda Mer was the Prime Minister of which country from 1970-1974? Israel

2) What was the meaning of Mahatma Gandhi’s message ‘Satyagraha’? Non-violence

3) In which year was Margaret Thatcher first elected Prime Minister in Britain? 1979

4) Name the Queen’s art expert who, in 1978, was disclosed as being ‘the fourth man’ following the defection of Burgess and MacLean in 1951? Sir Anthony Blunt

5) What nationality was Sir Edmund Hillary, who with Sherpa Tenzing, was the first to reach the summit of Everest in 1953? New Zealander

6) In which country, in 1989 was opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi placed under house arrest for her outspoken attacks on the country military rulers? Burma/Myanmar

7) Who was president when the USA entered the first World War? Woodrow WIlson

8) In which decade was London’s ‘Crystal Palace’ destroyed by fire? 1930s

9) Which two African politicians jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993? Nelson Mandela & Fredrick W de Klerk

10) Which war ended in 1902 with the treaty of Vereeniging? The Boer War

11) Who, in 1963 said: ‘’ Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of hatred and bitterness’’? Martin Luther King

12) Name the Roman Gladiator and rebel who led a revolt against the Roman Empire between 73 and 71 BC. ? Sparticus

13) The Treaty of Panmunjom ended which war? Korean War

14) The Virgin Islands of the United States, a territory in the West Indies, were bought by the USA in 1917 from which European country? Denmark

15) In 1940, who did Hitler make marshal of the Reich, or Reichmarshal, the first and only holder of that rank? Herman Goering

16) Who was the war commissar who led the Red Army to victory in the Russian civil war of 1918 to 1920? Trotsky

17) Mary Todd was the wife of which US president? Abraham Lincoln

18) Who was appointed the head of the Spanish Inquisition in 1483? Tomas de Torquemada

19) Who was the Roman emperor at the time of St. Paul’s execution, circa 64 AD? Nero

20) What name is given to the period between Napoleon’s return to France after his escape from Elba, until his final defeat at Waterloo? The hundred days

Answers to Last Month’s ‘Just for fun…’ Quiz

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Irene Wallace found this anonymous poem in one of her cookery books and sent it to ‘The Bulletin’ to share with you ...

HER FIRST CAKE

She measured out the butter

With a very solemn air,

The milk and sugar also;

She took the greatest care

To count the eggs correctly

And add a little bit

Of baking powder,which you know

Beginners oft omit;

She stirred it all together and

Baked it for one hour,

But she never quite forgave herself

For leaving out the flour!!

Mary Law spotted this vehicle in Bowness. Herdy is a successful Kendal based company that makes a range of products inspired by Herdwick sheep.

The wording on drivers door reads, “No herdys are kept in vehicle overnight even though it looks like they’re still here”

David J J Kinsman and Diane Hewitt

We are sad to report the death of David Kinsman (pictured here with his wife Diane Hewitt). David and Diane were both former colleagues of Martin & Karen Rouen and Dave Aspinall from their time working at the Freshwater Biological Association, but Diane is better known to some at Gatesbield as the co-ordinator of the Yellow Book Open Gardens scheme. We are also grateful to David who gave us advice some years ago on the care of the rhododendron collection in the Gatesbield garden.

David was a true polymath—a successful research scientist, a horticultural judge at Chelsea author of a definitive book on the history of Hebridean sheep among many other things

Our condolences to Diane, whom we are also sad to learn is herself gravely ill.

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Photos: above left — designer Lois Franklin pictured with one of Chelsie’s creations. Above right — a teenage Chelsie Below extreme left — a selection of photos. Below centre left — Chelsie ready for her debut at the Royal Albert Hall Below right Chelsie with her daughters Marie, Anne and Wendy (Anne was Gatesbield’s second Warden).

Chelsie’s card from the Queen (We’re pleased to note that the Queen doesn't have to lick the back of her own head and uses a pre-paid envelope!)

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100th Birthday

Celebrations for Elsie

(Chelsie) Turner at

Gatesbield.

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JUST FOR FUN This time we have a short history quiz, and another photo of someone associated with Gatesbield, but who is it?

Congratulations to Barbara Nelson who had 19 correct answers last month Entries for the quiz the office by 18th October or by e-mail to: quiz@gatesbield.org.uk Answers will be available on request from 19th October. You can just try them at home for fun, of course!

Another short general knowledge quiz this month:

Who is this ? (Someone associated with Gatesbield)

Last month's ‘Who is this?’ was, well to be honest we’re not sure. Will the person in the picture please reveal themselves?!

1) Which British monarch succeeded Queen Victoria?

2) Richard III died at which battle?

3) Who was the last Viceroy of India?

4) Which English monarch married Eleanor of Aquitaine?

5) Who was the last wife of Henry VIII?

6) Which country did Britain fight in the War of Jenkins’ Ear?

7) Which King George did the Prince Regent become?

8) At the Siege of Mafeking who led the British forces?

9) The House of Lancaster kings were all called what?

10) Under what name is Gregor Efimovich better known?

11) Apart from Mad George which kinder nickname did George HI have?

12) Which English queen married Prince George of Denmark?

13) Blucher commanded which country’s troops at the Battle of Waterloo?

14) Who had a horse called Bucephalus?

15) Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather was which monarch?

16) Who was the Wisest Fool in Christendom?

17) Who was the first Prince of Wales?

18) Whose last words are reputed to be “My neck is very slender”?

19) Which Spanish king sent his unsuccessful Armada?

20) Which monarch was murdered in Berkeley Castle?