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Draining The Lands

The Crossroads c1955
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I took my father back here in the 1980s as he said he use to work on the fields around this area draining the lands. He is in his eighties now and recently we went through some of his old photos and came across Quernmore. I have old sepia photo' he had taken of this area and of the small church to the left of this picture halfway down the road on the right hand side. This was his job in 1948 to dig and drain the land around this particular location. They lived in temporary huts just a little further up from the cross roads on this picture.

A memory of Quernmore, shared by Leonie Kerrs.

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1958-1964

My name is Steve Whitfield, we lived in Whitecroft (on the Crossroads) and that is where I grew up. Went most of my time to boarding school with my two brothers, dating back to the 1960s. My father was employed as Chief Accountant for Jas. Williamson in Lancaster (remember them?) and I have so many wonderful memories as a child, cycling down to Condor Bottom, or catching moles with dear old Mr Fox. John Cousins exercised his racehorses on the roads up to Clougha, past Bolland's farm, and that's where I learnt to ride. As a boy, in my school holidays, trips to Manchester and Haydock in the horsebox were dreams come true, the locals in Bowerham used to applaud us when we left the yard fully laden with our equine superstars! Unbelievable now in this day and age.

I now train racehorses in Germany, but still have wonderful memories of my youth, the rain, the sheep, the Border Collies (Ken, he was brilliant), the abundant blackberries, Bees Bros,... Read more

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My Mum's Memories of Galgate

The Village c1960
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My mother's name was Alice Margaret Ellen Davis who was born 6 January 1915. Her mother died when my mum was just three years old on Christmas Day 1918. She was buried in the churchyard in Galgate. Her father went to work in Preston and her older brother was sent to work on a farm, while my mother was brought up by a couple who lived in the village of Galgate in a lovely cottage called "Woodbine Cottage". Their names were Josh and Mary (I don't know their suranames) but they were brother and sister. They wanted to adopt my mother but her father wouldn't allow it. She told me she was so very happy living in the village, the lovely long garden full of tomatoes and flowers and all the railway embankments full of primroses and daisies. The next move in her life was an unhappy one as her father re-married and the lady he married already had a child. She was... Read more

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Cowell Family, Scorton, Lancashire

Hello I have relatives who lived in Scorton, from c1895 upto at least 1927. Moses Cowell had a barn their and a family. They lived at Scorton Hall. Moses had a brother called Aaron Cowell, and he lived at Foxhouses Farm, Foxhouses Lane (off long lane) Scorton. I wonder if anyone can remember anything of the Cowell family Thanks, John Melling

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Scorton Village

Mine isn't so much a memory, but I've been delving into my Family History, and found that my G.G. Grandfather, William Dickinson, lived at 5, Scorton Village. He worked in the cotton mill as an overlooker. Please does anybody have any info on whether this property is still there? Also any info on the mill?

A memory of Scorton, shared by Linda Dickinson.

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