Welcome to the August edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. Are you all set for the solar eclipse tomorrow? Don’t forget this week is the peak time to see the Perseid meteor shower too, keep your eyes peeled on Wednesday and Thursday night for a spectacular show. The busiest time for the shooting stars is between 2 and 4am, and …
The Kirkgate is hoping for some gain with its panes!
Lovers of Cumbria’s arts and heritage scene are being invited to buy into a little bit of local history if they ‘pay for a pane’ at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre! The centre, based in what was a Victorian-era school in the heart of town, needs to launch an urgent fundraising effort to replace 40 windows to the side and rear of …