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- Keswick, Cumbria
- Borrowdale, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Grange, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- East Keswick, Yorkshire
- Brigham, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Keswick, Norfolk (near Norwich)
- Keswick, Norfolk (near North Walsham)
- Ullock, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Thornthwaite, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Newlands, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Woodend, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Millbeck, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Swinside, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- Spring Bank, Cumbria (near Keswick)
- High Side, Cumbria (near Keswick)
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Swimming In Langold Lake
I was born in Worksop in the miners houses at Keswick road. My brother who died of Covid and myself used to walk or cycle to Langold lake in the 60's - we would swim there - both of us were good swimmers. My brother was 2 ...Read more
A memory of Langold by
Visiting Uncle Fred And Auntie Stina Ashfield.
Growing up in the late 40s and 50s, a highlight of my visits to relatives was the trip to Horseheath to see uncle Fred and Auntie Stina at the post-office. I was always drawn to the large greenhouse ...Read more
A memory of Horseheath in 1955 by
Buttermere School
My sister Muriel and I attended buttermere school.I passedmy 11plus and went to Keswick school as a boarder.Muriel passed hers two years later and went to Cockermouth grammar. During the years culminating in 1948 (the war ...Read more
A memory of Buttermere in 1948 by
My Grandparents Ran The Red Lion Inn For Just Short Of 28 Years
My grandparents, Albert and Marjorie Walker, moved into the Red Lion in 1954. Following my grandfather's death in 1967 my grandmother continued as landlady until her retirement ...Read more
A memory of Lowick Bridge in 1954 by
Fun On The Broadway
I also have vivid memories of tolworth as I lived over the shops, waters the green grocers near the wimpy bar As a very young person I remember going to the nursery on the corner of fairmead. I remember playing in the fields ...Read more
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Clowes Street West Gorton In The 1950's
I was born in December 1947 at 124 Clowes Street, West Gorton in a terraced house between William Street and Elizabeth Street, directly opposite Bert Hall's butcher's shop and next door to the Beswick ...Read more
A memory of West Gorton by
Achille Ratti Hostel
In 1953 I was a boy scout with St Patrick's 17th Widnes troop when we had our annual camp in The Lake District. I remember getting off the steam train at Windermere station where there was an old single decker bus waiting ...Read more
A memory of Cockermouth in 1953 by
Memories Of A Painter
I used to go to Keswick quite a lot as a child, to visit my great-uncle, David Dickson. He was born in North-Shields, but lived in Keswick for a good number of years, from about 1928-1967until he died. He used to paint ...Read more
A memory of Keswick in 1958 by
Edenfield 1930
I was born at 117 Bury Road in 1930. Soon after we moved a liitle further along the road to 388 Whalley Road just past the Duckworth Arms. Our neighbours were Mrs Bretherton and children Nellie, Jim and Clifford?. On the other ...Read more
A memory of Edenfield by
Schooldays In Tooting
In 1957 I commenced, aged 10, at Franciscan Boys Primary School, in Mr Norman Leslie Caunt's Class 4, and a short while later moved up a year into his Class 2. I have a photograph of Class 2 taken in 1958, with many of the boys' ...Read more
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Captions
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Here we see the bridge over the River Greta in the busy little market town of Keswick in the northern Lakes.
He also operated coaching services across the Lake District to Ambleside, Grasmere and Keswick, and across the Windermere ferry to Hawkshead and Coniston.
Here we see the bridge over the River Greta in the busy little market town of Keswick in the northern Lakes.
The line was opened in 1864 to link the iron industry of West Cumberland with coal from the West Durham coalfield, but it soon became popular with tourists visiting Keswick and the northern Lake District
The pine-clad promontory of Friar's Crag near Keswick on Derwent Water is backed by the forested slopes of Walla Crag.
Erroneously known at the time when this photograph was taken as the Druids' Circle, the Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick is dramatically set in an amphitheatre of hills, including Skiddaw
In a predominately rural area such as the Lake District, there are few towns.The major ones actually within the Lake District are Kendal (which has a separate chapter), Keswick and Windermere
At this time, the great mountains of the Lake District were just being 'discovered' by climbers such as the Abraham Brothers of Keswick, O G Jones, and Walter Parry Haskett Smith.
Set against the background of the Lakeland peaks, the Castlerigg circle, near Keswick, forms a beautiful setting for what is considered to be one of the oldest stone circles in England.
The smooth slopes of 3,054-ft Skiddaw dominates the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.
Many of the coach tours to Keswick and Windermere are advertised in the hoardings along the street.
The Swan Hotel 1926 The Swan Hotel stands on the outskirts of the village of Grasmere, on the A591, and was formerly a coaching inn on the main road between Windermere and Keswick.
Erroneously known at the time when this photograph was taken as the Druids' Circle, the Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick is dramatically set in an amphitheatre of hills, including Skiddaw,
At this time, the great mountains of the Lake District were just being 'discovered' by climbers such as the Abraham Brothers of Keswick, O G Jones and Walter Parry Haskett Smith.
Many of the coach tours to Keswick and Windermere are advertised on hoardings along the street.
The isolated outlier of Latrigg (1,203 ft) is an easy stroll from Keswick; it gives a grandstand view of the 'capital' of the northern Lakes.
The recent history of the ancient village of East Keswick is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the nearby 'big house' of Harewood.
The smooth slopes of Skiddaw dominate the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.
Many of the coach tours to Keswick and Windermere are advertised on hoardings along the street.
Set against the background of the Lakeland peaks, the Castlerigg circle, near Keswick, forms a beautiful setting for what is considered to be one of the oldest stone circles in England.
The Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick was still erroneously being called the Druid Stones when this photograph was taken.
The Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick was still erroneously being called the Druid Stones when this photograph was taken.
From the Queen's Hotel, coaches left for Keswick and Coniston.
This photograph shows Joseph Beswick's Ye Old Fox Tobacco Stores.
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