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Bothel maps
Historic maps of Bothel and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bothel maps
Bothel photos
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Aspatria| Ireby| Boltongate| Uldale| Bassenthwaite| Cockermouth| Allonby| Mawbray| Wigton| Brigham
Bothel area books
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Cumbria memories
Great-Grandparents Marriage
My great-grandparents Robert Close and Annie Head were married at this church on January 8th 1888.
Spyatry in The 70s
My dad had the grocers shop opposite the gift shop, there was a shoe shop a childrens clothes shop, a launderette, a wool shop, Mrs Tinnion with her small Pekinese dogs, Bobby Askews the hardware shop who sold absolutely everything anyone ever needed. The huge ugly car park was built and some smaller houses were pulled down. Robinsons fish and chip shop, the best in Cumberland. On the occasions I drive through now, they've all gone, closed down and are houses. The pictures at the top of the town with Ella getting the latest releases as soon as she could, usually much later than release date. The cafe with the juke box and the penny ice lollies. Posh upstairs pictures 12p bottom seats, many with springs sticking out of them, 10p. Dear old Peter the lollypop man who was so kind to all the children each morning. Billy Gibson who sat by the wall, talking to everyone.
Fletchertown
Like many people who live in Cumbria I come from another part of the country. This is why I am particularly interested in the history of where I now live in Fletchertown.
The Fletchertown Community Group is putting together an Archive for the parish of Allhallows. So far we have over two thousand pictures and a lot of information from our research into local people and thier families in this area. In particular we are in the process of gathering information and pictures of George Moore and William Parkin-Moore's families, if anyone has anything we would love to hear from you. Another line we are always looking into is the local schools and old businesses both in Fletchertown and the surrounding area. We have put together books on the Allhallows School copied from an old scrap book from 1953, this was written by the children themselves, and three books on George Moore and his philanthropy across the world but especially in this part of Cumbria. He was a remarkable man... Read more
My Ancesters
My mother and father were married here in 1932 and I remember living here about 1036 or 7. The churchyard is full of my ancestors on both my mother's side and of my father's side, I also have many friends interred there and I think I am able to connect and recognise almost 90% of names of persons interred there. I now live in Melton Mowbray, Leics but visit Boltongate Church once or twice every year.
Uldale - The War Years.
My mother and I lived in Uldale during the war years, while my father was abroad with the RAF. I recall there were only two cars in the village. We had no electricity, we had paraffin lamps for light, cooking was done on an open fire and oven. My mother always said the cakes were always perfect. We had a radio, this was run on batteries that were brought from the Uldale post office just across the road, they were recharged, large glass-like things that would nearly always run out half way through the play or programme that Mum was listening to. I recall going to the village school just past the post office on the right. There was only one classroom for all the children, youngest at the front (that was me) with the eldest going to the back. It was felt that if you learnt to read and write you were doing well. The school teacher had a fierce face. My father home from leave arrived one day... Read more
The George And Dragon Pub
I was born in the pub in 1939 and when I was eight months old my parents sold the pub to the Workington Brewery and we moved to the Qeens Head at Distington.
My Family
I have never been to Mealrigg but that is about to change. My ancestors all came from Mealrigg, a Richard Hetherington 1753, Joseph 1781, William 1814, so it is in my blood.
