Soldier at war Algiers Rommel Italy oral history video
Soldier at war Algiers Rommel Italy oral history video Started in Home Guard, guarding Thirlmere lake, one rifle one bullet for 2 nights a week,
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Kendal school stink bomb butcher plucking hens
Kendal school stink bomb butcher plucking hens This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives
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
Millom band
Millom band This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter
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.
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
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
Whitehaven lady clogs school big house
Whitehaven lady clogs school big house This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and
Steel Making by Bessemer Convertor at Workington Cumbria video
Steel Making by Bessemer Convertor at Workington Cumbria Sir Henry Bessemer created a new process for making steel and his earliest Bessemser Converters were sited
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,
Millom museum sea walls Hodbarrow mine farming rural industrial life
Millom museum sea walls Hodbarrow mine farming rural industrial life This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned
Distington lady Frankie Vaughan evacuation children rations street party
Distington lady Frankie Vaughan evacuation children rations street party This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by