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Sunday Post
08-05-2025
- Sunday Post
Stanwix: A family holiday park with something for everyone
Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The award-winning holiday park in Cumbria has everything for the perfect family holiday in (buckets and) spades! About partnership content Some Sunday Post online content is funded by outside parties. The revenue from this helps to sustain our independent news gathering. You will always know if you are reading paid-for material as it will be clearly labelled as 'Partnership' on the site and on social media channels, This can take two different forms. 'Presented by' This means the content has been paid for and produced by the named advertiser. 'In partnership with' This means the content has been paid for and approved by the named advertiser but written and edited by our own commercial content team. Holiday season is fast approaching, and that means now the perfect time to plan a fun-filled family staycation ahead of the schools finishing-up in June. Only a few hours' drive from the central belt and located in the Cumbrian seaside town of Silloth, the award-winning Stanwix Park Holiday Centre offers everything you need for a fabulous family holiday just a short walk from the sandy beach. It even won the prestigious title of AA Holiday Centre of the Year for 2022/23, coming first out of a line-up of 2,000 UK holiday parks. If you think of holiday parks as only being the large, impersonal big-brand chains, think again. Stanwix has been owned and run by the same family since it opened in the 1940s, and that family-focussed ethos is what makes Stanwix stand out. © Supplied by Stanwix Holiday Park Family-run holiday park with a family focus Sophie Leslie is the advertising and marketing manager for Stanwix – and is the perfect person to tell us about the Stanwix holiday experience. While the holiday park may be her place of work, she revealed that at the regular request of her young daughter, the family also holidays there too. Sophie told us: 'My daughter loves it here so I actually come here for my holidays as well. When I ask her where she wants to go, she'll always say Stanwix, so I've experienced the park as a holidaymaker. 'As it's family run, it's very much got a personal touch and that's what our customers love about it. We have lots of return customers who visit once then keep coming back once they've experienced it. 'One family recently checked-in, sighed and declared 'we're home' – and that's very much the feeling you get.' Sophie continued: 'We're not a big chain, and although in some ways we are similar to big chain parks we definitely offer something different. Here, it's not 100 miles-per-hour where you need to book every activity or your place at the pool in advance. We're much more relaxed.' © Supplied by Stanwix Holiday Park All activities are included – no hidden costs However, that doesn't mean there aren't numerous activities to fill your time and something for everyone to enjoy, from tiny tots to teenagers, and adults too. Sophie explained: 'You can go swimming when you want, as much as you want. And as well as the indoor pool we have an outdoor one too – on a lovely day it literally feels like you're abroad! 'We have loads of activities and you can just turn up and join in with them. There's no need to book ahead and they are all included in the price, there's no hidden costs. 'For kids, activities start from about 10.30am when there will be something on for little ones – a story time or soft play for example. For older kids there's things like laser tag and soft archery. We've also always got activities like arts and crafts and pebble painting, and there's a petting counter, bowling alley and arcade too. Also, every Wednesday there's a pantomime which is always a big attraction.' Sophie continued: 'In the evening, entertainment for families starts at 7pm with magic shows, prize bingo and live music. On Fridays and Saturdays throughout the summer there's also live entertainment in our adults-only bar, the Dunes Bar.' To maximise the holiday spirit when the sun is shining, Stanwix also has an outdoor bar that hosts events during the summer season – everything from family-fun days to street food carts. © Supplied by Stanwix Holiday Park Self catering accommodation & touring pitches We asked Sophie about the accommodation options at the park. 'We have a range of apartments and caravans,' she explained, 'and some are pet friendly so the whole family can come! 'We also have fully-serviced touring pitches for tents, caravans and motorhomes, and camping pods too. No matter what accommodation you book – apartment, caravan, touring pitch or pod – access to all the facilities and activities is included.' Sophie believes Stanwix provides a wholesome and traditional holiday park experience you'll struggle to find elsewhere – and that's what makes it so special. Even the location offers all the benefits of a traditional UK beach holiday as Sophie explained: 'We're located in the seaside town of Silloth. The beach is just a ten-minute walk away and the town has a lovely big promenade and nice shops and cafes. 'We're not too far from The Lakes either – but we find many people come to us, for us, and often feel they don't need to venture far.' The perfect family holiday park is one that all ages can enjoy, and Stanwix delivers that in spades – or should that be buckets and spades? Sophie finished by telling us: 'As a family, we've been to other parks for our holidays, but our little one always wants to come back to Stanwix. Even though I work here, I love holidaying here too – and that says it all really!' Enjoy everything on offer at Stanwix, a fabulously family-friendly holiday park, and book your break today.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Memories of guide dogs: the four-legged friends who never failed us
Today is International Guide Dog Day, and what better excuse to show pictures of gorgeous golden retrievers and lovely labradors? Quaver with his owner Chris Clarry and Stanwix year five teacher Tess Worden (Image: Louise Porter) The day is celebrated in support of the community that trains and benefits from guide dogs. The 14th Carlisle Brownies produced a book to raise money for Guide Dogs (Image: Newsquest) These may have been around since 79AD, a fact which was discovered when paintings of guide dogs being used to help the blind were uncovered on the excavations in Pompeii, Italy. A blind and visually impaired awareness day at the Stagecoach depot at Lillyhall with guide dogs Zoe and Odette (Image: Newsquest) Guide dogs have been used in various countries throughout the centuries, such as ancient China and medieval Europe. During the 1700s and 1800s, historians and anthropologists seem to have encountered more observations of guide dogs through children's nursery rhymes and stories. Members of Kirklinton YFC raised £1,000 for Guide Dogs for the Blind in 1990 (Image: Newsquest) However, even though they had been used in previous times, it wasn't until the mid-1800s that some of the first legislation recognising guide dogs started to appear. One such activity was noted in 1838, when the British parliament exempted licence fees for 'shepherds' dogs' and 'those kept by the blind as guides'. Training guide dogs in Carlisle in 1986 (Image: Newsquest) This type of legislation benefits those who keep dogs that help them with their work or with disabilities. Linda Benett from Carlisle with her guide dog Unity (Image: Newsquest) The early 1900s saw the organised training of guide dogs for blind people, and in 1934, the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association was established in the United Kingdom. Brook Street Primary School held a Dress Up as a Pup Day to sponsor three guide dog puppies (Image: Newsquest) People who lived in the era of the Second World War saw extensive use of these kinds of helping dogs, specifically for veterans who had lost their sight in the midst of war due to chemical related injuries. And although communities have made much progress in the way of guide dogs, many people don't realise that it wasn't until 2010 that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) helped establish legal rules for those with disabilities who are in need of guide dogs. A Halloween non-uniform day at Irthington School to raise money for Guide Dogs (Image: Newsquest) International Guide Dog Day was started in 1992 to honour the work that these service dogs provide for people with visual disabilities everywhere. These dogs have skills including leading a blind person around an area, assisting with a hobby, picking up dropped items, providing emotional comfort during their service and much more. This is why guide dogs are some of the best service dogs to have.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Yahoo
Accused tried to frame innocent man with teen's murder
A man accused of murdering an Indigenous teenager after his car windows were smashed has admitted attempting to frame an innocent man for the killing. Cassius Turvey, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after prosecutors say he was chased, knocked to the ground and "deliberately struck to the head with a metal pole" in Perth's eastern suburbs on October 13, 2022. Aleesha Louise Gilmore, 23, her boyfriend Jack Steven James Brearley, 24, and his mates Brodie Lee Palmer, 29 and Mitchell Colin Forth, 26, are on trial in the West Australian Supreme Court for Cassius' murder. Under cross-examination by prosecutor Ben Stanwix, Brearley agreed on Thursday he told police he spotted a neighbour near the alleged murder scene with a weapon that could have been a piece of pipe or a machete. Brearley knew that Cassius was dead when police interviewed him and that he was implicating an innocent man in the murder of a child, the jury heard. Mr Stanwix: So you tried to frame an innocent man for the murder of a child? Brearley: Yeah. Mr Stanwix: Isn't the case you will tell any lie imaginable if it gives you a prospect of getting away with what you did? Brearley: No. Brearley said he did it to protect himself, Palmer and Gilmore before agreeing he previously said Palmer threatened to kill him if he was implicated in the alleged incident. Mr Stanwix asked Brearley if he agreed it was despicable and reprehensible to frame an innocent man. "I don't even know what those words mean," Brearley said. Mr Stanwix explained they meant it was a disgusting thing to do. Brearley said he didn't agree. Mr Stanwix also accused Brearley of choosing the man because he was of a similar height and build, and had been in the area on the day Cassius was allegedly attacked. Brearley agreed he looked similar but denied that it was why he named the man. Mr Stanwix: You knew you had to give someone to police that may be mistaken for you and that's why you named (the man)? Brearley: No. Mr Stanwix: It had nothing to do with Brodie threatening you? Brearley: It did. Brearley also agreed that he and Palmer re-enacted the attack on Cassius a day after the alleged incident, which was recorded on CCTV at Palmer's home. But he has denied he was the one who swung the fatal blows, saying it was Palmer and that he only punched Cassius after the teen slashed him with a knife. During the at-times terse cross-examination, Brearley also agreed he, Palmer and Forth gathered weapons before Cassius was injured and that they went looking for a group of youths he said had threatened to "run through" the home he shared with Gilmore. But he denied the trio discussed violence before going out. The trial continues.
