Middletown
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Map of Cumbria
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Middletown photos (none available)
We have no photos of Middletown,although these nearby locations do:Middletown books (7 available)
Kendal - A History and Celebration
Hardback
So You Think You Know? Kendal
Hardback
Penrith Photographic Memories
Hardback
Middletown memories
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Childrens names.
The children in the boat are Leslie (boy), Harry (his brother), Noel (his sister) Wren. His other sister Millie Wren is sitting on the riverbank. The other child is a neighbour. For many years Millie Wren was a teacher at Lightburn School, Ulverston.
A memory of Newby Bridge contributed by Jean Wren
Family connections.
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.
A memory of Greenodd contributed by Mr J Jackson
Great-grandparents marriage
My great-grandparents Robert Close and Annie Head were married at this church on January 8th 1888.
A memory of Aspatria contributed by Ellen Neal
Hundredth Anniversary of Wordsworth's Death
I was born in Bridge Street and went to Fairfield School, or "Fairfield Junior Mixed" as it was called when it became Co-Ed in about 1948. I remember the whole class having to walk up to Harris Park and stand round the fountain shown in the picture. Unfortunately we had to hold a daffodil during the walk and then recite Daffodils when we were round the fountain. I noticed when I was in Cockermouth a few weeks ago that the fountain has moved onto the Main Street into the Memorial Garden opposite Wordsworth House. The Garden is on the site of my grandparents house and the Wordsworth tavern.
A memory of Cockermouth contributed by Joseph Douglas
Extracts From Middletown & Cumbria books
Hawkshead’s most characterful street makes a charming picture. Houses with overhanging upper storeys are rare in the
Lake District. The street name derives from the large stone paving flags, which cover a small watercourse running just below
street level. The flags, the central barriers and the ornate lamp have all disappeared since 1892.
An extract from from"Windermere Photographic Memories".
The various advertisements
outside the newsagent’s
on the right add to the
period flavour of this village
centre scene. The Daily
Dispatch is long gone, but
the Westmorland Gazette
endures, as it has for more
than 150 years. A coffee
shop now occupies the
‘pure ices’ premises beyond,
whilst the gable-fronted
building has since become a
book shop.
An extract from from"Windermere Photographic Memories".
Esthwaite Water, near Hawkshead, is surrounded by comparatively gentle countryside, typical of the soft Silurian landscape
of the southern Lakeland fringe. Sloping meadows, scattered woodlands and nestling farmsteads all contribute to the
pastoral scene. Despite appearances, there are no islands in Esthwaite Water.
An extract from from"Windermere Photographic Memories".
The attractively crowded buildings in the centre of
Hawkshead village are well displayed by this early
photograph, with the former Market Hall on the left.
The Lakeland stone structures were built to last, and
apart from changes to shop fronts, little has changed
over the years. The ‘cup of tea’ offered by a small sign in
the second window from the right has developed into
several tea/coffee shops.
An extract from from"Windermere Photographic Memories".
A short distance downstream from Fell Foot, a young boy watches
for fish in the shallow, reed-grown water by the shore, apparently
in charge of a large rowing boat. Gummer’s How rises to a
summit of 1054ft behind the Fell Foot boathouse. All the area of
land to the right is part of the Fell Foot estate, now owned by the
National Trust.
An extract from from"Windermere Photographic Memories".