Askam In Furness, Dunnerholme Rock c.1955
Photo ref:
A294004
Photo ref:
A294004
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Askam had an ironworks, and two mines, both of which closed in the 1890s; at that time, it attempted to attract seaside visitors. Dunnerholme Rock juts out into the Duddon Estuary about a mile and a quarter from the town. Various footpaths lead to it, including the Cumbria Coastal Way.
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A Selection of Memories from Askam in Furness
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Askam in Furness
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My father Leslie Edgar Simpson Smith was born in Askam-In-Furness at Greenscoe Cottages in 1902 and he passed away in Canada in 2003. My grandfather William Smith was also born in Askam in the Vulcan Hotel which his father and mother, Hezekiah Cook Smith, and Hannah Simpson Smith ran. My two sisters and myself came there in May of 2004 to see where dad came from and met the now owners of the ...see more
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