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Home > Archives for Marmalade Awards

Archives for Marmalade Awards

Marmalade Awards & Festival (Photo Hermione Hasell-McCosh)

Bells peel for the Marmalade Awards & Festival in Cumbria

The World’s Original Marmalade Awards and Festival takes place on 28th February and 1st March 2015 at Dalemain Mansion in Cumbria…

Marmalade Awards & Festival (Photo Hermione Hasell-McCosh)

Things get fruity in Cumbria for the Marmalade Awards and Festival

On 1st and 2nd March, the 9th ‘World’s Original Marmalade Awards & Festival’ will be held at Dalemain in Cumbria, kicking off National Marmalade Week…

Marmalade Awards & Festival (Photo Hermione Hasell-McCosh)

Join Paddington Bear at the Marmalade Awards & Festival in Cumbria

Next month Dalemain Mansion and Gardens host the Marmalade Awards & Festival in Cumbria with a chance to taste over 200 different marmalades, attend lectures and workshops and meet Paddington Bear…

Curiosity of the Week

The world’s biggest paving slab
Worlds biggest paving slab in Colne (Photo: Robert Wade Wadey)

Are you, enjoying listening to English Teacher’s latest song, The World’s Biggest Paving Slab? It’s pretty catchy isn’t it? But have you wondered about the subject of the lyrics? Join us to find out more in our Curiosity of the Week…

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Welcome the Wolf at this year’s Winter Droving
Winter Droving 2023 Ullswater and Penrith in Cumbria

The wonderful Winter Droving events return to Ullswater and Penrith, bringing magic, mayhem and music to the area, along with lots of light…

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