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Nostalgic memories of Maryport's local history

Share your own memories of Maryport and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Evacuees From Newcastle
I've just come across some of my mother, Rosa Lamb's memories that she jotted down years ago. They recall her being evacuated, along with her brother Tommy to a home in Nelson Street belonging to a Mr & Mrs Esther & William Rothery(?) Her sister Doreen was placed with a Mr & Mrs McPartland (?). She said it was so different to where they'd left, and they naturally missed my grandparents very much, but ...see more
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Added 01 March 2021

Happy Memories
My family lived in Crosby Street then to moved t Queens Avenue when that estate was newly built. My maternal family names were Messenger and Sewell. My namewas Sandra Clarke and I went to Camp Road School then Cockermouth Grammar School. My best friends were Sandra Wilson and Valerie Clarkson. Dad was in the RAF so we left Maryport in 1962. Still have an Auntie , cousin and niece there and still have many fond memories
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Added 04 September 2016

Great Place To Grow Up
My dad, Adam Pagan, was a great dad who loved his town and told me loads of Maryport history about links with the mutiny on the bounty. I loved going on the shore and the fair coming. When I was young I lived in Kirkby St, then we moved to Edinbourgh Rd, Ewanrigg. I remember going on on the shore in the summer, I remember Harold Brown's chip shop with scraps. My school was Camp Rd Junior then Solway ...see more
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Added 27 September 2012

Down St King St
I remember going to Maryport with mum and dad visiting relations. Mum was Rene and dad was Billy Plaskett. My nan and da was Tom and Kitty Fee. We stayed with Maggie Jane who lived at 5 Nelson St - no longer there. My other grandparents lived at Grasslot in a bungalow. Relations at Flimby and also some still in Grasslot. I remember the jam factory.
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Added 03 March 2012

Down Street
How many people remember the Lall Elf, on King Street, all of it and Nelson Street were partly demolished or empty, we would catch pigeons or look for the nests, there was hundreds of pigeons, people moved out and pigeons moved in. The things people left behind when they moved would be antiques now and worth a small fortune, even the cast iron fire places in every room are now in big demand, and we smashed them up for the sake of a few bob as scrap.
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Added 22 November 2011