Thornhill, The Ehen c.1965
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Memories of Thornhill, the Ehen c1965

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I can vaguely remember Les Walker catching a big salmon in Rock Dub although I'm not so sure of the year. Lots of salmon were caught in those days, it was a great river until the water authority ruined it by over extraction at Ennerdale. I myself witnessed a kill of millions of smolts and parr just below the temporary extraction pumps at the lake sometime in the 1960s. But back in the good old days I once caught ...see more
This is where my brothers and I swam.
WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT A BOMB DROPPED FROM AN UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT AND WAS FOUND BURIED IN A HEDGE ADJACENT TO THE PARK HEAD PUB----.IF IT HAD EXPLODED __NO PUB__.
Does anyone remember the catching of a 26lb salmon by les walker in the rock dub one sunday morning.Taking from 9 30 until 12 30 to get out in the waddle hole . RIVER EHEN. THORNHILL CUMBRIA .