Over Kellet
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Carnforth Lodge Lancaster Road
As a child in the 1960’s and 70’s I went several times with my family to visit Mrs Esther Pomfret (Auntie Ettie to us; she was a relation of my father's) at Carnforth Lodge, Lancaster Road. I don't think this is shown in the photo.
The first time I went there I was fascinated by the old house. It had a musty smell which I remember distinctly. The very low ceilinged kitchen had a big old table in the centre. From there a narrow passageway led to the rest of the house; on one side a sort of “snug” and dining area with a big bay window and window seat looking over the garden, and across the passage (overlooking ...read more here
A memory of Carnforth contributed by Isabel Yeo
Family ties
My grandfather was Titus Escolme. He lived in Laurel Bank in his later years, before that he lived at Clifford Hall and also the farm down Dykes Lane. My father Reuben was the only son of Titus. I had two sisters, Eileen and Olive. I was the youngest daughter of Reuben. My mother was Evelyn (Tyldesley) from Barrow in Furness, who was in service from the age of 13 to Seriah Butler, and looked after their daughter Dorothy until she met and married my father.
Titus died when I was 1 year old. I spent some time at Yealand School with a lot of evacuees in 1944, while my parents moved to Leeds, and enjoyed almost every school holiday afterwards at ...read more here
A memory of Yealand Conyers contributed by avril grounds
My Early Years
On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My grandfather was called Seriah Butler and was the tenant of Manor Farm and when my mother Dorothy Butler married Albert Shorrock at the village church my father worked on the farm, in fact we all did.
I remember travelling down the Dykes to bring the cattle home for milking. I would sit on the handlebars of my Dads bike to help with the cows.
There was an orchard around the farmhouse and I can remember my mother making damsom jam ...read more here
A memory of Yealand Conyers contributed by Sue Tomlinson
Grandparents
My grandparents live just off shot, and have lived there for as long as I can remember!
My grandad has sadly passed away but is still nearby, he is buried in the church yard! I remember when I first met my husband, and we went to the "fenick" for a drink while my grannie got dinner ready - my grandad was a real character! I used to go mushroom picking in the fields, and walking across the fields to the river, I don't think I ever liked the cows though!! I saw my first birth there too, a cow in the field opposite, something I have never forgotten. What ever happened to local dialect? I would listen to the strange way ...read more here
A memory of Claughton contributed by lindsay barton
Extracts From Over Kellet & Lancashire books
On the village green, the memorial is mounted on to the pedestal of an old cross. The church of St Cuthbert is dedicated to that saint as he is thought to have stayed in the hamlet. It has a 14th-century tower, but most of St Cuthbert's dates from c1860. A charming tradition calls the children to sing from the top of the tower at Easter. Hall Garth, built c1800, stands opposite the cross; behind is a long stone barn to store corn.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
Over Kellet is a village off the main road, on the Arkholme road
out of Bolton-le-Sands. Here we see the two monuments in the vil-
lage centre. The nearest is the old village cross, and the new white
pillar beyond it, with the high railing round it, was at this time the
newly-erected memorial to those who never returned from the Great
War in 1914-18. Later the old cross was turned into a memorial
for the Second World War.
An extract from from"Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album".
Beside this part of the village green we see a grocer and newsagent's shop by the signpost pointing to Carnforth in one direction, Longridge in the other. The shop is an old property, and so is the long barn (left) under the trees, but some newer houses have appeared. This is limestone country, and there are underground streams and caves hereabouts.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
The southern part of Morecambe was always referred to as
the West End. Here we see the exclusive part of Morecambe.
Our view takes in Werwick’s Revolving Tower and shows what
working-class people did for their week’s holiday: they sat and
relaxed and took in the sea air.
An extract from from"Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album".
The old Town Hall was erected around 1781 on the site of an earlier
town hall. Major Thomas Jarratt was the designer of the building, which
opened in 1783. Market Square is the open area in front of the Town
Hall, and Market Street runs to the left. The locals liked the large Tuscan
portico and its four plain columns. The cupola and top were designed
by Thomas Harrison, and were added just after the building opened.
Harrison also designed Skerton Bridge. The total cost of the building
was £2,054 13s 7d, including a £20 bonus that Mr Dickinson, one
of the builders, had thought due to him.
An extract from from"Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album".