Bardsea, The View From Birkrigg c.1955
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B20051
Photo ref:
B20051
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The tractor is progressing round the field turning the hay, a common sight in the summer during the 1950s. The hay would later be stacked before being taken to a hay barn to be stored as winter feed for the livestock. Holy Trinity, the parish church, dominates the skyline.
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I lived at the Ship with my father George Simpson, mother Joan, sister Mary and grandfather Joseph Simpson. My grandfather had married Elizabeth Robinson whose family had run the pub and farmed the land since Thomas Robinson in 1672. My Great Grandfather George Robinson, who was the tenant farmer for Mr.Hocking, would have passed the tenancy on to his son John but Mr. Hocking gave it to Joseph instead as he was the ...see more
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