Representatives of a Cumbria-based charity that helped fund a major upgrade of facilities at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre have been able to see – and sample – the improvements first hand! Eric Southward, a trustee of the Benny Walker Charitable Trust, and his wife Janet were invited along to Saturday’s sellout performance by Joni Mitchell tribute band This Flight Tonight. The …
Major improvement programme at Kirkgate Centre complete
A near £300,000 refurbishment programme at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre is complete. An 18-month improvement project, with funding from a range of organisations, has allowed the Kirkgate to substantially upgrade the equipment and facilities at its town centre base – a converted Victorian primary school. To mark the event, representatives from one of the major funders, the Benny Walker Charitable Trust, …