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Ireby| Uldale| Boltongate| Bassenthwaite| Caldbeck| Aspatria
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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 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.
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
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
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.
Great-Grandparents Marriage
My great-grandparents Robert Close and Annie Head were married at this church on January 8th 1888.
