Mossdale
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Map of Kirkcudbrightshire
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Mossdale memories
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Kirkcudbrightshire memories
THE BOMB
WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT A BOMB DROPPED FROM AN UNKNOWN
AIRCRAFT AND WAS FOUND BURIED IN A HEDGE ADJACENT TO THE -PARK HEAD PUB----.IF IT HAD EXPLODED __NO PUB__.
A memory of Thornhill contributed by john walker
salmon fishing
Does anyone remember the catching of a 26lb salmon by les walker in the rock dub
one sunday morning.Taking from 9 30 until 12 30 to get out in the waddle hole .
RIVER EHEN. THORNHILL CUMBRIA .
A memory of Thornhill contributed by john walker
Parochial School
I have fond memories of walking from High Bentham to my primary school - Low Bentham Church of England Parochial School. Teacher Miss Robinson, pupils, Eva Clay, Carol Hinds, Joyce Thornber, snow in the playground, piles of coke, hallway with rows of coats, Junket !!
Francis Hardy-Birt
A memory of Lower Bentham contributed by Francis Hardy-Birt
Bentham Grammer School
I attended Bentham Grammer School which was then located at High Bentham. I believe it has now relocated to Lower Bentham. My memories are many - attending the local church each Sunday Morning, and taking woodworking class at the local carpenters, who also was the coffin maker. Spending my pocket money at the local shops. We also had to do cross country runs around Bentham and on occasions we visited Ingleton Waterfalls.
Peter Wilkinson
A memory of High Bentham contributed by Peter Wilkinson
Extracts From Mossdale & Kirkcudbrightshire books
Some women artists paint the view of Richmond from across the River Swale. In the left distance
can be seen smoke rising from the gasworks beside the falls. Richmond had one of the earliest
gasworks in Europe, built in 1820 to provide street lighting for the fashionable Georgian town.
An extract from from"Richmond Photographic Memories".
The Terrace,
another Georgian
promenade, offers
a spectacular
panorama of the
town. On the right
is St Mary’s parish
church, in the
centre the Grammar
School, and to the
left Church Mill,
demolished in
1969, the last of
many Richmond
watermills once
powered by the
River Swale.
An extract from from"Richmond Photographic Memories".
Richmond had a strong Roman Catholic tradition, partly due to the Lawson family of nearby
Brough Hall, who gave the land here in Newbiggin for the church of St Joseph and St Francis Xavier;
it was rebuilt on a larger scale in 1868. The spirelet is prominent in several vistas, a masterly touch
by the architect George Goldie.
An extract from from"Richmond Photographic Memories".
We are looking up
from the Dundas Street
junction. Few residents
have cars. The terrace
on the left replaced
Bowes Hall, a medieval
mansion, in 1787.
Robert Willance lived in
the whitewashed house
with large chimneystack
on the right (Willance
miraculously survived
when in 1606 his horse
bolted and fell 200 feet).
In the centre are two
fine Georgian town
houses, and St Agatha’s,
the High School for
Girls until 1939.
An extract from from"Richmond Photographic Memories".
This street is so called because the Market Place, Frenchgate and Ryder’s Wynd all drained into it. The coffee merchant
E W Coleman’s van is parked outside his shop (centre); beside its window is an LNER train timetable - Station Road is off to
the left. Swale House on the extreme left was the home of Joe and Veronica Pease, great hosts of balls and parties.
An extract from from"Richmond Photographic Memories".