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Sedgwick books (5 available)
So You Think You Know? Kendal
Hardback
Penrith Photographic Memories
Hardback
Windermere Photographic Memories
Paperback
Sedgwick memories
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Dr Manning's Yard.
My grandma used to live in the Cottage above the head of the Boy leaning on the wall. We use to love visiting and playing in the Yard. Great memories.
A memory of Kendal contributed by Nik Esty
Church where grandparents married
My grandparents, William Delaney and Phoebe Heighton were married here. The Delaney family lived in Burton for several generations. I believe Phoebe worked for the Misses Wilson prior to her marriage. They moved to Australia a few years after their marriage. I visited from Australia in 1980s and was delighted to find charming little church intact and loved.
A memory of Burton In Kendal contributed by Meryll Wodetzki
Greenside
I used to live in the house to the right of this photo [not shown] in the 1960s. It was a big river to a 9yr old and the fun my sisters and I used to have was in my mind a lot better than p/stations. It was a super village and I hope it still is. Best regards - Bill.
A memory of Barbon contributed by bill morton
A steamer ride on Windermere
In April 2008 I went on holiday to the Lakes with my wife, Elizabeth, and we enjoyed a day's outing here. We first took a steam train from Haverthwaite through Newby Bridge to Lakeside where the steamer quay looks not much different from the view shown in this photo. Then we boarded a steamer which took us up the lake as far as Windermere. We disembarked for a couple of hours looking round the town while the steamer went on to Ambleside. Windermere now seems totally focussed on tourists and there was a wide choice of gifts, postcards and ice creams but rather a poor choice of groceries! However do the local residents survive?
We rejoined our steamer for ...read more here
A memory of Lakeside contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Extracts From Sedgwick & Cumbria books
The Furness Railway
Company once
owned the Hazelwood
Hydro. Originally it
was known as Brown
Robin Mansion, and
was built as a private
residence. It became
a hydropathic hotel
in 1887 following its
enlargement. It was not
licensed, and guests
had to order their
own drink a week in
advance of their stay.
This view shows the
back of the building.
An extract from from"Grange-over-Sands Photographic Memories".
Two toddlers (left) are
playing with a toy cart,
something they could
probably still do, as
this steep road leading
up to Hampsfell is
little used by traffic.
At the top are paths
leading to Hampsfell
Hospice, a viewpoint.
An extract from from"Grange-over-Sands Photographic Memories".
The Hydro looks out
over marshy ground
occupied by cattle of
Grange Marsh Farm.
In 1891 the residents
could enjoy whist,
concerts, dancing and
games, and they played
billiards. Did the Frith
photographer stay here,
and use their darkroom
to produce his pictures?
An extract from from"Grange-over-Sands Photographic Memories".
The Hydro had become
the Grand Hotel by this
date, and it had been
extended. It had also
been known as the Golf
Hotel - a golf course
had been constructed
on the land occupied by
the cattle in No 54235.
During the Second World
War it was a training
centre for RAF officers.
An extract from from"Grange-over-Sands Photographic Memories".
The plaque in the centre
of Hazelwood Terrace
bears the date 1889. The
house at the right has a
sign for W A Tattersall,
a coal merchant. The
iron fence and bushes
in the foreground at the
junction with Meathop
Road have now gone,
and the old street lamp
at its end has been
replaced by a modern
one by the side of the
road. The terrace beyond
is Berriedale Terrace.
An extract from from"Grange-over-Sands Photographic Memories".