Caldbeck memories
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Ancestor
My great grandmother was Margaret James who with her husband John, were tenent farmers near Calbeck from about 1897 to the late 1920's or early 1930's. My Mother told me that as a young girl, she, my Mother, spent her summers 'at the family farm at Caldbeck', that would be in the 1920's. I am wondering if my great grandmother would be buried at Caldbeck? I did make a short visit to Caldbeck on a holiday to England about 1960 but at that was not all that interested in family history so never made any inquiries at the churches or anywhere. I do remember taking a picture of the post office. Comments appreciated. Thank You.
Grandfather's Grave
As a child my father frequently told me that his father was buried next to John Peel in Caldbeck graveyard. I now live in Australia, but in 1997 I visited Caldbeck hoping to see my grandfather's grave. Unfortunately it was not in Caldbeck graveyard. A kind lady from the church shop helped me by showing me a complete map of all the graves in the churchyard. There was not a grave with the name James Rice on it. I left in great disappointment, but on my return home I began to trace my family tree and discovered that my father had been born in Thorn Tree Cottage, Caldbeck and his mother's family had lived there and at Cleator Moor for quite a long time.
My ancestors were the Whelpdales of Argill House, Stainmore and they married into the Thornborrow family. I had lived in my younger days at Lazonby and Witherslack, where some of the Thornborrows also lived and died. In 2009 I have planned a return visit to Caldbeck,... Read more
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Grandmother's Stories
My grandmother used to tell me that I had the title of "Clarke of Sebergham" but couldn't tell me what it meant. She said I was decended from a Robert Clarke of Sebergham born in 1797 and his son James Clarke who married Annie Farrar. Their son James married my grandmother Emma Frances Godding. Very grateful if anyone can help in my research. Ian Clarke
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.
Life in The Vicarage at Raughton Head - Early 1900s
Ernest Dueck was the Vicar at Raughton Church in the early 1900s. My mother went to live with there with him and his wife (who was her Aunt Sophie). They lived in a beautiful Vicarage which I saw some years ago. My mother also went to school there and I have a photo of her as a young girl with the Minister, Ernest Dueck. with a group of school children in front of the local school.
I would like to get the name and address of the current residents of the Vicarage, as my niece and I are planning a visit to Raughton Head in 2011. My mother had wonderful memories of Raughton Head. She died here on the west coast of Canada at the age of 99. What a wonderful old historic church - I can't wait to visit there again.
Sentimental Journey April 2011
I finally fullfilled a lifetime dream to visit Raughton Head, in particular the church where I was baptised in in September 1944 ie All Saints' Church. During the blitz of the Second World War my father decided things were getting a bit dangerous and decided that my mother and her sister should evacuate to Carlisle. We stayed for about 6 weeks in a place simply called 'the cottages' according to a postcard sent to my aunt from my uncle. I believe that this place is now called Farm Cottage having now been converted to one large cottage. Having never been further north than Liverpool in 1966 it was a most enlightening experience to see the beautifull countryside. I also visited Gretna Green and of course paid my respects at Lockerbie. My thanks to Steve Carter, the current Vicar of All Saints, who very kindly helped me to comfirm my baptism and his hospitality at our meeting.
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