Are there other things that we could focus our expectations on?
Like supporting the activities of our local young people.
Would Carnival Day be a better focus for our support?
How about cheering the Karate Academy who are leading the Carnival Parade at the week end at short notice?
How about the successes of the Orienteering activities of Ulverston Victoria High School in their recent visit to New Zealand (Where they had an extended stay because of the Volcanic dust scare)?
Any other suggestions?
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We have a great school band — it would be good to see more of it playing in the square.
I find it quite sad that nobody in Ulverston knows that one of the men responsible for popularising orienteering in the UK lived in Ulverston. He was P.C. Gerry Charnley of Lancs Police who served here in town during the 1960s.
Chad,
Please tell us more - say 100 words of background would be great.
We can make the piece into a separate posting.
Chad,
Please tell us more - say 100 words of background would be great.
We can make the piece into a separate posting.
Gerry was a Preston lad, a happy, friendly chap, the ideal copper. He lived on Priory Road during his service here. He'd read of Scandinavian orienteers and organised the UK's first ever mountain marathons which he saw as a combination of fell running, mountaineering and orienteering.
In 1962, following a twin fatality on the Bowland Fells, Gerry was instrumental in founding the South Ribble Fell Search & Rescue team.
In November 1963 Gerry organised England's first ever Orienteering event on the fells at Whitewell, near Clitheroe and a few months later he founded the country's first club - South Ribble Orienteering Club.
Gerry transferred from Preston to Ulverston in the mid 60s, a move not unconnected with our proximity to big hills and fells!
He continued with his orienteering well into retirement. Sadly he died in 1982 in an accident on Helvellyn. He was a great guy, passionate about his mountains,Ulverston ought to be proud of his connections to the town (which he also loved and served well).
Chad,
Thanks for taking the time to write all this.
I can now understand why orienteering is so popular here.
I once went out to an event in the 80s near Newby Bridge when they had three levels of course. I did the easy one and immediately wanted to do the intermediate, which I more or less managed, I think.
We all then went to a house above Backbarrow with a fabulous view of the valley below for supper - great company.
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