Damson Day 2010

SATURDAY I7th APRIL 2010

AT LOW FARM, LYTH VALLEY, LA8 8DJ, on the A5074

FROM 10.3Oam - 4.30 pm
Free parking
Entry: £5.adults, children under 16, £2 Family of 4 ; £12
Babies and young children in pushchairs - free entry.

Come and join the fun on Damson Day where there’s music, entertainment, blossom walks, orchard advice, dog displays, spring lambs, piglets, puppies and ferrets. Refreshments, good food, and a chance to try damson gin. The blossom walks are a feature and there is a chance to see local crafts, buy plants, savour various damson products and play crazy golf. There is a fun fair for children and there are the orchard sketch work-shops for budding artists. All this, and more, on a day out in the country to help celebrate the unique damson orchards of the Lyth Valley.

See you there!

Coach transport from Kendal’s Shakespeare Centre and from the Railway Station at Grange runs as follows:

1000 hrs Kendal to Damson Day
1100 hrs Grange to Damson Day
1200 hrs Kendal to Damson Day.

1330 hrs Damson Day to Kendal
1430 hrs Damson Day to Grange
1530 hrs Damson Day to Kendal

A £1. Donation each way would be welcome.

Damson Day Art Workshops

At a workshop at Crosthwaite School, just after the Easter holidays, the children will design and create two large felt panels inspired by the children’s damson drawings. It will be approximately 2.5ft x 3.5ft. and will be exhibited at the Damson Day event.

There will also be Damson Day Felt Making for Families. Children will be able to make miniature felt pieces to take home. Heart shapes or small circles with bees, berries, blossom, birds, bugs or a butterfly on them. All inspired by damson tree flora and fauna drawings. The workshops will be on a drop in basis and will cost £1 per child. The felt pieces will be judged towards the end of the day.

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“DAMSON DAY SERVICE”, Lyth Valley.

Sunday April 18th

Low Farm, Lyth Valley 11.00 am
with The Two Valleys Choir.

To be held in the big marquee that will be retained on the Damson Day site at Low Farm.
This service will replace the normal St Marys Church Sunday service .

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Westmorland Damson Association.

Damson Jam (etc)

We have been advised by the Manufacturer of our Lyth Valley Damson Jam that due to reducing their output they are no longer in a position to continue making our Jam. Up to now the Jam has been made outside the County and it is felt that it would be more appropriate if we could have the Jam made in the Lyth or Winster Valleys.

If anyone knows of anyone or is interested themselves in considering making Jam for us would they contact us. We are also considering other products we can use our Damsons for. For instance, Bottled Damsons, Bottled and Frozen Stoned & Pulped Damsons. We would appreciate anyone's thoughts on this.

John Holmes. 015395 68599 email .

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