Hutton Roof and Newbiggin Local Producers

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Anne Huntington, Hutton Roof village Post Mistress for over 40 years, born and bred in the parish, is a tireless fund raiser for the church.

Anne was presented with her 40 years long service award on 21st September 2009, one of the longest servers in the country. The post office and small shop is open mornings Mon-Thur and all day Friday. Here you can find many examples of Anne's own handiwork, particularly in art and photography. Get your Christmas cards here with real local views.

After many years of successfully using complementary therapies Anne qualified as a Bi-Aura practitioner to add another dimension to her abilities.

Jenny Holt moved to Hutton Roof 30 years ago and has always been interested in working dogs. She is a member of the British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers and competes successfully all over the country with originally German Shepherd Dogs and now Border Collies in Working Trials. (www.workingtrials.co.uk)

Working Trials test dogs on their ability to use their noses to follow tracks, find articles left by a track layer, test for fitness over jumps and obedience both with and away from the handler.

Jenny teaches dog owners all aspects of dog training from general obedience to specialist working trials through group sessions or on a one to one basis. She believes that a trained dog is a happy dog and should be a pleasure to own.

She can be contacted at South View, Hutton Roof Tel: 01524271584, mobile 07774972906 or E-mail huttonroofholt@tiscali.co.uk

Sue Prickett is our local star maker of preserves, winning North West Producer of the Year 2004 and a silver medal in the UK Great Taste Awards with her blackcurrant jam.

Sue produces a wide range of chutneys, marmalades, jellies and jams from traditional recipes. Everything is made in small batches in her farmhouse kitchen at Hutton Roof Hall and uses locally sourced produce wherever possible. As a result some preserves are only available seasonally.

Tim Holt is one of several villagers who own vintage cars including a 1928 Lagonda Tourer, 1933 Daimler and a 1947 Post Office Engineer's Morris van. These are not museum pieces, but are used for regular long distance trips, most recently a round the coast of Britain tour.

Tim has been the event organiser of the Cumbria Steam Gathering for over 30 years. This 2 day summer event has been going for 36 years and is a must for anyone interested in machines of any type, not just steam driven! Read Gazette Report

Marilyn Edwards, author of the Cats of Moon Cottage Books, has recently published "The Coach House Cats" which follows on from "The Cats on Hutton Roof" .

Marilyn says "Before we moved here I spent hours on the web trying to find out more information about the local area and because my name is Marilyn I found references to a Marilyn on Hutton Roof and became curious."

A Marilyn is a hill with a relative height of at least 500 feet, regardless of absolute height or other merit. The name is a pun based on Scottish peaks over 3000' being named Munros after Sir Hugh Munro (although of course Marilyn Monroe was spelt differently) so now Hutton Roof has two!