Women Land Army Photo Gallery
Women Land Army World War 2 Dig For Victory campaign included the Women’s Land Army Hullock Annie Land Army Girl 1943 Land Army Annie Hullock with dog 1943 Land Army Land Army 2 Land Army W Calf Land Army W
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Children School Photo Gallery
Children School Children at school, at play, in the countryside of Cumbria Ambleside Queens Hotel Street Celebration With Women Children Flowers Children And Band In Cobbled Village Square Alston Children Dancing Children Group Of Shabby 1930 To 1960 Children Hens
Mines Quarries Iron Steel Photo Gallery
Mines Quarries Iron Steel Gallery Extraction of Cumbrian mineral resources, and industry for extraction and processing. Clifton Pit Miner Clogs On Miners 1900 4 P16 Clogs On Miners 1900 MM4 P16 Clogs On Miners 1900 MM4 P16 TEXT Coal Miner
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
War Gallery Photo Gallery
War Gallery World War 2 Army At War Arnhem Bren Gun In Trench Army At War Arnhem Field Gun In Action Army At War Arnhem Machine Gun In Action Army At War Arnhem Model Of Gliders In Carlisle Castle Display
Transport Photo Gallery
Transport Gallery Transport used in Cumbria, horse and cart, charabanc, locos, trains, cars trucks Car 1910 Car And Hand Cart In Street Outside Breeches Maker 1910s Car And People 1920s Car By Lake 1920 Car Charabanc Outside Tatters Garage Car
Lowca U Boat Photo Gallery
Lowca shelled by German U Boat In World War 1 a German U Boat surfaced off the West Cumbrian coast and shelled the important industrial works at Lowca and Whitehaven Lowca Submarine Daily Mail Sept 1 1915 Painting Of Submarine
Farming Rural Photo Gallery
Farming and Rural Life Farming and rural ways of life in Cumbria Modern Farm Farm Equipment At Fair Farm House Farmer Farmer Period Clothes 01 Farmer Period Costume 02 Farming Auction Farming Hay Raking Family Farming Hay Sled Horse Collars
Explosion at Broughton Moor Munitions Dump in wartime Photo Gallery
Explosion at Broughton Moor Munitions Dump in wartime Explosion at Munitions Factory!Explosion at Broughton Moor amunition works in WW2Oral history mini filmExplosive chemicalsThe danger of explosion was always presentEarth bunds protect neighboursIf your building exploded then earth walls keep the
Town life street scenes shops Photo Gallery
Street scenes in towns, shops, way of life Streets, shops and normal life in the towns and villages of Cumbria Ambleside Possible Street With Centaur Cycles H J Croft Motor Works Garage Ambleside Queens Hotel Street Celebration With Women Children
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Home Guard Westmorland shot pig oral history video
Oral history Home Guard & WW2 Levens Bridge Westmorland oral history video Home Guard practice at Levens Garth Westmorland and this oral history is of
Servant in Service before the World Wars oral history video
MY LIFE AT HOME AND MY WORK AS A SERVANT A lady explains how life was for her as a child at home. She explains
Alston man charabanc clogs mine foundry eggs
Alston man charabanc clogs mine foundry eggs This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives
Distington ladies school church play
Distington ladies school church play This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was
Bricks of Cumbria
Brick collection from quarries and mines in Cumbria from 1850 This collection of bricks varies from the hand made with finger marks, to engineered bricks
Vintage Excavators at Threlkeld Quarry Cumbria video
Vintage Excavators at Threlkeld Quarry Cumbria video Before the days of hydraulic excavators (leaky incontinent things!) rope excavators were the ingenious and robust diggers, lifters
Keswick Royal Legion Poppy munitions bowling
Keswick Royal Legion Poppy munitions bowling This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and
Mining and Minerals in Cumbria video
Mining and Minerals in Cumbria video Cumbria’s geology and mineral wealth has attracted mining for centuries and the landscape of the Lake District gives clues
Threlkeld Quarry steam train and excavators Photo Gallery
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum and Vintage Excavator Trust Before the days of hydraulic excavators (leaky incontinent things!) rope excavators were the ingenious and robust
Lorton lady ww2 driver husband POW drama farmer quotas
Lorton lady ww2 driver husband POW drama farmer quotas This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by
Keswick to Penrith Railway video
Keswick Railway oral history video Illustrated oral history of Keswick to Penrith railway Cumberland, now Cumbria In 1944 when this 16 years old applied to work on
Sir Henry Bessemer a Tribute for Steel & Rail at Workington Cumbria Video
Workington Steel & Rail from Bessemer’s Convertor Sir Henry Bessemer A Tribute to the Inventor Sir Henry Bessemer was a prolific inventor born in 1813.
Whitehaven lady born 1939 remembers ww1 German submarine shells Lowca Parton
Whitehaven lady born 1939 remembers ww1 German submarine shells Lowca Parton This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000
Explosion at Broughton Moor munitions dump Video
Explosion at Broughton Moor Munitions Dump video Oral history by Cockermouth lady about her mother working at the munitions factory at the Royal Navy Armaments Depot,
Distington lady swim sea husband war POW TB lung out mine
Distington lady swim sea husband war POW TB lung out mine This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000