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The Old Co-Op.
I was born in Market Street in 1939.Later, because of the war, my mum left me in Millom for my Grandad and Grandma Kirby to look after me.Mum went back to be with my dad in heavely bombed Manchester. I spent the war years here and they were very happy years. After the war I went back to Manchester, but came back to Millom for all my school holidays. Wellington Street was a nice shopping street and I used to go to the co-op with my grandad and grandma and watch money catapulted from the counter across the shop to the office and then the return journey of our change and divi book. We used to go to the co-op bakery ...read more here
Contributed by Ian Jordison
St Georges Church Millom
This is the church where my grandma and grandad Kirby are buried. We recently visited the churchyard to place a wooden memorial cross on their grave. My friend of the 40's Norman Benson made the cross and had a brass name plate made to go on it. He often visited my grandparents when he lost his parents. Norman,his sister Vera, my sister Pam,her husband Bill and my wife Barbara and I were there to see the present vicar kindly say prayers over the grave after the cross was in position. My grandad and grandma were liked and well known in Millom. The church itself was built about 1875 and has a memorial window dedicated to Norman Nicholson the writer and poet. ...read more here
Contributed by Ian Jordison
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St Georges Church Millom
This is the church where my grandma and grandad Kirby are buried. We recently visited the churchyard to place a wooden memorial cross on their grave. My friend of the 40's Norman Benson made the cross and had a brass name plate made to go on it. He often visited my grandparents when he lost his parents. Norman,his sister Vera, my sister Pam,her husband Bill and my wife Barbara and I were there to see the present vicar kindly say prayers over the grave after the cross was in position. My grandad and grandma were liked and well known in Millom. The church itself was built about 1875 and has a memorial window dedicated to Norman Nicholson the writer and poet. ...read more here
A memory of Millom contributed by Ian Jordison
The Old Co-Op.
I was born in Market Street in 1939.Later, because of the war, my mum left me in Millom for my Grandad and Grandma Kirby to look after me.Mum went back to be with my dad in heavely bombed Manchester. I spent the war years here and they were very happy years. After the war I went back to Manchester, but came back to Millom for all my school holidays. Wellington Street was a nice shopping street and I used to go to the co-op with my grandad and grandma and watch money catapulted from the counter across the shop to the office and then the return journey of our change and divi book. We used to go to the co-op bakery ...read more here
A memory of Millom contributed by Ian Jordison
Extracts From Millom & 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".