Sedbergh, Market Place 1901
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Photo ref:
46913
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The bold black-and-white half-timbering of G Sedgwick's draper and outfitters shop in the centre of the picture (the owners are proudly standing outside) is in marked contrast to the same shop which can be seen sticking out into the street in photograph 34078, page 113. On the left, a coach and handcart are unceremoniously parked on the corner of Finkle Street.
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A Selection of Memories from Sedbergh
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 Sedbergh
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This mill was built by my ancestor, Robert Foster.
This story was related to me over 60 years ago. I have never had it verified, so how true it is I don't know. One day a family was haytiming up river from Sedbergh when they saw a wall of water coming down the river. Realising that the workmen building Birks dam (Mill Weir) would be caught by the flood one of the family jumped on his penny farthing bike and raced the flood to Birks. He just had time to warn the ...see more
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