Sedbergh, School And War Memorial 1924
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War Memorials

A special selection of photographs from our Archive of the War Memorials that connect us with those who fought and perished in the conflicts that have shaped the world we live in today. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."- Laurence Binyon, For The Fallen

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