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Barnard Castle, The Bowes Museum 1914
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The Bowes Museum was designed and purpose-built as a public art gallery by the French architect Jules Pellechet on the outskirts of the historic town of Barnard Castle. The grand French chateau-style museum opened in 1892. It originated in a private foundation created between 1862 and 1875 by John Bowes, illegitimate son of the 10th Earl of Strathmore, and his Parisian actress wife, Josephine. They wanted to house the vast collection of works of art they had amassed from all corners of Europe so that people from all walks of life could see and enjoy them, but unfortunately they died before their dream was realised.

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A Selection of Memories from Barnard Castle

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 Barnard Castle

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The Shoulder Of Mutton
The pub to the right of this image is The Shoulder of Mutton and when this image was taken it was ran by my Great-grandfather Sidney Addison. Three years before this was taken my grandmother was born in the pub and would have been in the buiding the day this image was taken.
Barnard Castle, Blagrave's House 1929
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Lemonade And What A Shame .....
When I was small we used to walk to the abbey bridge from my Nanas house in thorngate,at the corner of Gray lane. The elderly couple who were in charge of the toll used to sell lemonade in one of the little toll houses, and the toilet was in the other, I can remember looking down into the toilet and seeing the tees many,many feet below. This was in the 50s, I went again in the early 90s and the ...see more
Barnard Castle, Abbey Bridge, Toll Gates 1903
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My Birth Place
I was born at Barnard Castle in 1946. My dad Norman Kay, worked for Tommy Carter who owned the brewery next to the Castle and we lived upstairs, before moving to the Bank. My parents also ran the Dance Hall for the soldiers. It's a long way from Colorada Springs USA, where I live now.
Barnard Castle, Galgate West 1892
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The Parkinson Family
George Parkinson and his wife, Ann (nee Bowron) married:13.5.1845 at Rokeby Parish Church. After living and working at Balder Mill, just outside Cotherstone, the family moved to live at Desmesne Mill around 1853/4. The Mill has been renovated, but when The Parkinson family were there, they would have lived in the cottages. During their time at the Mill, another five children were born there, to ...see more
Barnard Castle, the River Tees and Demesnes Mill 1914
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