Would someone please ask the powers that be to please remove the antique Whittington road sign that is lying at a drunken angle in the hedge on Kirkby Lonsdale road, could we please have it repaired and put in a less vulnerable place away from predatory hedge cutter drivers who seem to delight in decapitating road signs and footpath finger posts. Could it possibly be moved before some passing scrap merchant decides it would just top up his load of scrap iron, as that would see it gone forever.

Marie Blackburn saw the first swallow on April 16th but there are a lot fewer birds about this year and I have yet to see the usual ones flying around the Church.

We will be doing a small presentation in Church on May 31st at the Heritage Service at 5 pm there will be some of the Church records on view lots of other interesting material to look at if you are interested in our villages long history.

The Tartan Sound will be back playing music for dancing in Whittington Village Hall on June 6th at 8 pm, well worth a visit.

Gerald Hodgson