Dig For Victory Photo Gallery

At Home Food From Your Own Space Read More Dig For Victory – The Vegetable Garden Displayed – THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1942 From the Minister of Food, The Rt. Hon. Lord Woolton. “This is a food war. Every extra amount of vegetables in allotments saves shipping. If we grow more potatoes we need not […]
Whitehaven lady clogs school big house

Whitehaven lady clogs school big house https://youtu.be/67mUW2UKE10 This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary of the video […]
Whitehaven lady swim sea confectioner home life

Whitehaven lady swim sea confectioner home life https://youtu.be/urO7EcO2b8E This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this project by typing a summary of the video […]
Submarine shells Whitehaven West Cumbria

Submarine shells Whitehaven Cumberland (West Cumbria) 1915 The Latest in Germ-Hun frightfulness” Newspaper reports:“A German submarine fired several shells at Parton Harrington and Whitehaven on 16th August 1915 but no material damage was caused. A few shells hit the railway embankment north of Parton, but the train service was only slightly delayed. Fires were caused […]
Whitehaven lady born 1939 remembers ww1 German submarine shells Lowca Parton

Whitehaven lady born 1939 remembers ww1 German submarine shells Lowca Parton https://youtu.be/ZUZfXQ0jzPM This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing […]
Lorton lady ww2 driver husband POW drama farmer quotas

Lorton lady ww2 driver husband POW drama farmer quotas https://youtu.be/dIoaVkkV1Bk This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary […]
Kendal fever hospital lady ill boy beaten pawn shop

Kendal fever hospital lady ill boy beaten pawn shop https://youtu.be/6wVGToCwiqY This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary […]
Kendal home shops old streets

Kendal home shops old streets https://youtu.be/etuUIJswukI This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary of the video so […]
Distington lady swim sea husband war POW TB lung out mine

Distington lady swim sea husband war POW TB lung out mine https://youtu.be/82pmvfrwGtU This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing […]
Distington lady makes clothes starts shop

Distington lady makes clothes starts shop https://youtu.be/gziJW20Dzjo This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary of the video […]