How Michael
Test your memory of How Michael
Get your thinking cap on!
Last updated 17 May 2013
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How to liven up a boring meeting? Some Victorian karaoke, of course!
Food and music!
Last updated 29 April 2013
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When fashionable Workington ladies would not be seen dead in fake furs
What were fashionable and elegant ladies wearing in Workington in 1889?
Last updated 12 April 2013
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Spare the rod and spoil the child – but did caning make any difference?
Six of the best!
Last updated 29 March 2013
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West Cumberland’s hidden musical talent - have you got a gem around?
Marching Onto Glory!
Last updated 22 March 2013
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There’s no real need for those wartime rules to apply to us in 2013 – is there?
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die!
Last updated 15 March 2013
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What would you do if your fellow train passenger wasn’t human?
Railways! For years and years probably the only train you ever saw on the telly was Thomas the Tank Engine!
Last updated 8 March 2013
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A rare bit of Welsh life in Cumbria to help celebrate St David’s Day
Dathlwyd yr Wyl hon gan Cymru Workington a ‘r Cylchoedd nos Sadwrn gyda Mr Winstone yn Ysgrifenydd. Daeth tros 100 o Gymry ynghyd o dan lywyddiaeth Mr Griffiths (Ivander).
Last updated 1 March 2013
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Workington’s public baths were a good place for mind, body and soul
A SPECIAL baptismal service was organised by the Workington Apostolic Church in December 1934 in Workington’s newly opened public baths.
Last updated 22 February 2013
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It’s the end of the world as we know it today - or maybe not
Good morning!
Last updated 21 December 2012
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Football was a beautiful game when it was played by the ladies in 1954
Workington AFC Supporters Club organised an international football match back in 1954 – to be played on Wednesday, July 14 – on the Ellis Sports Ground.
Last updated 14 December 2012
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When a fall into the docks would help rid towns of their 'objectionable' folk
“WHAT People are Saying” was a regular feature in the West Cumberland Times back in 1892 and thereabouts.
Last updated 7 December 2012
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Bid to boost tourism was all about turning Maryport into ‘Merry Port’
More visitors! That’s what the members of the Maryport Town Development Committee wanted back in 1930.
Last updated 30 November 2012
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Tracking down details of town’s old toy factory isn’t exactly child’s play
I WANT to pick your brains again this week.
Last updated 16 November 2012
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Airport security laid bare – especially if you happen to set off the scanner!
Timewarp hit me a few weeks ago, when I was on holiday.
Last updated 2 November 2012
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The bright lights of Workington were too much of a draw for country folk
How ya gonna keep them down on the farm, after they’ve seen Paree?
Last updated 19 October 2012
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Seconds out! Is there a chance of a wrestling revival in West Cumbria?
Wrestling is a sport which seems to be enthusiastically promoted in America.
Last updated 12 October 2012
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Olympic legacy has been alive and kicking in West Cumbria for years
Autograph-hunters were out in force in Workington on October 21, 1978.
Last updated 5 October 2012
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Spare a thought for unsung heroes of our football and rugby pitches
The attacking forward dribbles the ball into the penalty area, with no one up to support him.
Last updated 28 September 2012
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Playing truant in West Cumbria was a serious business in Victorian times
Truancy! It’s a problem, if you believe what you see and read in the media.
Last updated 21 September 2012
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