It is just three months since our last newsletter - but what a three months it has proved to be. Our meeting on 13th September began with a one minute silence in recognition of Queen Elizabeth II; the only monarch most of us have ever known. Since then the Government line-up has changed - and as I write this seems to be changing at an ever increasing speed! As you know Cumbria County Council will cease on 1st April next year and Levens Parish Council are monitoring the progress of the change to the new Unitary Council and what the possible effects to us could be.

Other items currently under consideration include the possible replacement of the Parish Council Notice Board by the Methodist Church, because it is showing signs of age and is not really large enough for all the information we feel we have to display these days. The picnic area on the old W.I. site on Brigsteer Road needs the northern boundary wall extended and possibly some other changes. As mentioned elsewhere the Levens Charity has made two recent awards and hopefully will receive a boost to its funds in the near future. At our July meeting we heard about the 20 mile an hour limit recently introduced to the centre of Arnside. It has taken years to be implemented with several surveys and questionnaires on the way.