Newby Bridge, The Swan Hotel 1914
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A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere. In the background is the 16th-century five-arched bridge which gave the village its name.

An extract from Lake District Photographic Memories.

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Bridges

Classic photographs of all sorts of bridges from The Francis Frith Collection, spanning modest streams, rivers and broad estuaries. They include footbridges, clapper bridges, pack-horse bridges, medieval arched bridges, toll bridges, decorative Palladian bridges, suspension bridges, bascule bridges, canal bridges, and railway bridges. Evocative and atmospheric, these stunning images show British engineering at its most innovative and graceful.

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Lake District Photographic Memories

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I would like to share with your readers that my father Alban Crossley was born in Staveley and his mother Ethel Crossley (nee Bateman) worked in the bobbin mill in Staveley. Unfortunately my grandfather Michael Crossley died as a result of a motorbike accident. My father died in 1983 age 59years old. We lived in Staveley in 1976 and I really liked the area and have been to visit it on a few occasions over ...see more
My grandfather worked as wheelwright for Thomas Wren, ajoining the Swan Hotel. Can any relitive of Thomas Wren please give me any more information? His name was John Hartley Wilson of Lakeside. My E Mail is johnwilson45@tiscali.co.uk THANK YOU Ken Wilson
The children in the boat are Leslie (boy), Harry (his brother), Noel (his sister) Wren. His other sister Millie Wren is sitting on the riverbank. The other child is a neighbour. For many years Millie Wren was a teacher at Lightburn School, Ulverston.