Holker Hall, 1894
Holker Hall, 1894 Ref: 34106
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Year: 1956
Feathers In Our Hair A memory of Flookburgh, Cumbria My aunt and uncle went to live in Flookburgh in the early 1950s. My mum, brother and myself went to stay with them on holiday. I can't remember where we got the coach to but my uncle laughed when we got off the coach with paper carrier bags with our clothes in (no suitcases for us in those days). The road was a country lane (going down the road at the side of the cross) towards the sea. I remember there was a farm on the right hand side where we used to buy milk and further along on the left was their little house (it could have been a bungalow). We went to Humphrey Head where we collected sea gull feathers and put them in our hair pretending to be Indians hiding in the dunes. I still have a photograph of us with the feathers. My husband and I drove there about 22 years ago and the house was still there although derelict and a caravan site was up the road. In May 2007 we again visited but obviously the house had gone and an even bigger caravan site now stands there. We also visited Humphrey Head and Cark and Cartmel. Such lovely places bringing back some happy memories of my childhood. Last edited: 05/06/2007 09:35 by Dianne Littlewood |
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Year: 1983
Home A memory of Cartmel, Cumbria I have lived in the pretty village of Cartmel all my life and I love the quiet, calming atmosphere we have here. Once a friend and myself used to walk through the village with a nanny goat called Nancy and her 2 kids, we'd arrive in the square and rest at the market cross with the goats playing on the "fish slabs" which caused a lot of amusement to the visitors, who in turn must have thought we were slightly mad! Near by is the stately home of the Cavendish family, Holker Hall, once upon a time the Duke of Edinburgh used to compete in the carriage driving trials here and on the sunday himself and The Queen went to church at Cartmel. The Priory church is the main feature of the village(f1188). I once sang in the choir, we were on Songs of Praise and also on Look North, with Stuart Hall. The latter was in a Christmas tree competition and the BBC thought it would be nice for the choir to sing in the market square, let me tell you, with the wind blowing through the arch of the Priory Gatehouse, it was bitterly cold. The village has featured in 2 films, Confessional starring Robert Lindsay (I think), about a priest in a small Northern Irish town! The other was about one of the biggest horse racing stings ever attempted. It was soon noted that Cartmel had no on course telephones so the Irish brought in a "ringer" and cleaned out ALL the bookies, not just the ones on the racecourse! This was rectified the following year! The film was called Murphys Stroke and this happened in the 1970's. There haven't been many changes to Cartmel apart from the "trimming down" of the ale houses, there were once 14 in the village now there are only 4!! I suppose the one glaring change is the fact that there are very few children/young people left. Coming upto date even Cartmel celebrated the Millenium by placing on the village green, which happens NOT to be in the village, a huge lump of granite and a circular bench. This is an exceptional village, it's my home and always shall be, I wouldn't change it for all the money in the world. Posted: 23/10/2006 23:21 by Sharon Dance |
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 Greenodd, Main Street 1921 (ref: 70700) |
Year: 1920s
Family Connections. A memory of Greenodd, Cumbria The gentleman with the scythe over his shoulder was my grandfather. His name was Joseph Jackson, born in 1849 at Bootle in Cumberland. He spent most of his life as a tenant farmer, first at Canleton Farm near Egremont also in Cumberland. He then moved to Lane Ends Farm at Haverthwaite in what was then Lancashire owing to subsidence of the land due to iron ore mining from the nearby Florence Mine. He retired from farming in 1919 to Penny Bridge where he spent the rest of his life. Posted: 06/04/2006 16:20 by Mr J Jackson |
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 Backbarrow, The Village c1965 (ref: B681009) |
Year: 2008
The Whitewater Hotel At Backbarrow, Near Newby Bridge A memory of Backbarrow, Cumbria I stayed in Backbarrow for several days at the Whitewater Hotel which has been converted from a former mill building by the river. The lobby of this lovely "spa hotel" has display cabinets of memorabilia from its industrial heyday in the last century which was interesting and I recommend a visit. My wife Elizabeth and I used this as a base to explore nearby Windermere including a ride on the heritage railway line from Haverthwaite to Lakeside. There are lovely woodland walks signposted in the hills to the north of Backbarrow. Posted: 18/04/2008 14:23 by John Howard Norfolk |
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Year: 1940s
My Mothers Was Evacuated To Penny Bridge During Ww2 A memory of Penny Bridge, Cumbria My mother Iris Woods was evacuated to Penny Bridge during WW2. She first stayed at Penny Bridge House with the Stanley sisters - Franny & Alice? She then was moved to Mrytle Cottage to live with Fred & Ellen Stanley. She has very fond and happy memories of her time there. I'm trying to trace some information for her with a view to visiting in the New Year. If any one can help we'd love to hear from you, my e.mail address is rebeccajwoods@blueyonder.co.uk many thanks Rebecca Posted: 01/12/2008 14:02 by Rebecca Woods |
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