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Sedbergh, Market Place 1894
Photo ref: 34077
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More about this scene

Here in the Market Place a number of local people and tradesmen are curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street. On the left is the 1858 Market Hall, with a milk carter's wagon outside, complete with milk churn. The shop on the right is insured with the West of England Fire and Life Insurance Company.

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