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June 2010 - Unsung flood heroes saluted with top tourism award

A group of unsung heroes who swung into action during the Cumbrian floods have been recognised for the first time with a unique award.
Roy Campbell, representing staff at The Shepherds Hotel and Restaurant, Cockermouth, collected the Bernard Gooch Tourism Personality of the Year Award at annual general meeting of Cumbria Tourism on Wednesday 23rd June.
They were nominated by Cumbria Tourism’s Commercial Members Committee – consisting of leading businessmen and women in tourism throughout the county - who choose a winner every year for their positive contribution to the industry.
Staff at The Shepherds worked around the clock both in the immediate aftermath of the floods and in the weeks that followed when the hotel – part of the former Sheep and Wool Centre - became an unofficial refuge centre, close to the outskirts of the flood-stricken town on the A66.
As the rain came down on Thursday November 19th 2009, scores of people from residents flooded out of their homes, health agencies, police and other local authorities, gravitated to the hotel as a major meeting point.

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