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Egremont Roard, Hensingham, Whitehaven.
We lived in Greenfields, Egremont Road, Hensingham from 1958 to 1964. My brother William was born here, and I recall the day my parents brought him home in a little puce coloured Morris Minor. I went to Hensingham infant school. Miss Simpson was my first teacher, Mrs Alderton ( with her button up the back jumbers) and Mrs Graham. My best friend was Edward Crosbie, and had a sister Morag, Wendy McKay, Pat Boyd, Denise Fye and Peter.... please do contact me if you remember Fiona Alocrn
Born And Bred in Bigrigg
My twin brother and I were born in 1969 and where brought back to a little terrace house on Springfield road (skid row)just over from Moorhouse building yard, growing up in what was a small village,everyone know everyone else. This was great until we managed to get into trubble. We could not have asked for a better childhood everyone was so friendly and indeed it's still like this today. I remember going to nana and grandad's house in Orepit, they did move to Springfield Road when we were about 7-8 years of age. Grandad used to give us 10p for a 10p mix at the local store owned and run by Bill Williamson (a real gent). As we grew up we would use the garage that was built on the back of their house, to repair cars, I remember going to Bill Jackson boat yard for fibre glass. We also used to run motor bikes on the waste ground at the rar of the terraces, there used to be allotments... Read more
Slag Heaps
I was born in Birks Road, Cleator Moor in 1954. I was from a large family called Sheldrake. We lived over the railway bridge towards the brewery. The neighbours that I know of are: the Watsons, the Moors, the Wrights, the Richardsons, the Sumptons (I married one), the Rogans, Dempseys and Brocklebanks. Does anybody remember the old gasworks house that the Lister family lived in? Also John Kirby that lived at the brewery. My brothers, sisters and husband re-enacted many a cowboy film that they had seen at the Hip on the slag heaps.
My family moved to Birmingham in 1959. A lot of my relatives still live in the area so I still visit occasionally. My grandparents used to live in Egremont Main Street. Their names were Elizabeth and Philip Andrews. Their house was converted into a hairdresser's shop after their deaths. My mother had a large family and maybe someone can remember some of her siblings if not my mother. Her name was Elvina Andrews. There was also... Read more
"Mainscroft"
My father was headmaster, I think at St Cuthberts or St Patricks secondary school and we lived at" Mainscroft" in Cleator Moor. I remember going to school at St Mary's infants and have memories of fr Clayton and the grotto at the church. I remember the walk to school, the quarry pits and the doctors who lived opposite, one of whom drowned tragically at sea when we lived there. We moved to London in 1952 I think. I still have many memories of the streets, the surrounding mountains and the slate roofs of the houses and the stone steps.
Childhood Memories of Cleator Moor
I was born and lived in Reada Terrace near Frizington, Cleator Moor, my parents were Jerry and Margaret Hayhoe and we moved down to Doncaster in Yorkshire roundabout 1964. I can remember St Paul's School in Frizington, the pond in the woods on the way to school where a little girl was unfortunately drowned, I can also remember the sound of the hounds on the hunt. We had to walk to school of course which was about a mile walk I think. Does anyone remember my family at all? I would love to hear from you. My father was from Hensingham and my mother from Egremont, mother's maiden name was Murdoch. It would be lovely to hear if you did remember us.
Hetheringtons
As a boy I lived at 108 Moresby Parks with my family. I was from a large family, 4 brothers and one sister. We moved there in 1976 to 2006, it was a wonderful place to live and still is today. My childhood memories are of playing rugby and football on the square by the shop. Going over parks looking for bird nests and making camps down woods. As we got older we played rugby for MRUFC, we had some good times in there ha and still do when I get a pass out off the wife. I met some good friends in Moresby, some good families lived there. The Carrs, Lowerys, Richardsons, Simpsons, Quinns, Dougans, Rudds, Robinsons, Callans, Flemings, Mossops, Wrens, Jeffreys...sorry if I missed anyone out. My sister still lives on Moresby now. I moved to lowca, my brother Andrew lives there too, Mark and Garry moved to Kells and Shaun moved to Fletchertown, Carlisle. My mam and dad moved to Bridgefoot but my mam got cancer and... Read more
Mary Roberts B 1841 Egremont, Cumbria Sails to Panama
In 1864 Mary Roberts b 1841 in Egremont, Cumbria, married William Sanderson b 1835 in Gosforth, Cumbria. Together Mary and William Sanderson sailed for Panama, arriving in Aspinall, Panama after many months, in 1866. They had their first child, Claudine May Sanderson, born 4 May 1866 and died 5 May at sea on the ship "Arizona".
Mary may have been born at The Globe Inn in Egremont. I have yet to find her parents. Mary and William Sanderson went on to San Francisco, settling in Livermore, California in 1867. They had eleven more children, all born in Livermore: Freferick William, Harry Lincoln, Franklin Wastle, Carlisle Roberts (twins), Mark Mervyn, Grace Greenwood, Maud Mary, James Roberts Blair, Alma May, and Olive Marguerite.
Mary Roberts died in 1931 in Ross, Marin County, California, across the bay from San Francisco. She was ninety years old. William Sanderson died in 1894 in Livermore, California. Both William and Mary are buried in The Pioneer Cemetary in... Read more
