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Workington’s lady of the dance who brought a love of ballet to the area
Today is Darcey Bussell’s birthday.
Last updated 26 April 2012
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Thinking big – the maritime feats of our West Cumberland entrepreneurs
Think big!
Last updated 19 April 2012
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Meet the literary giant with local connections and a taste for fame
Reliques! A quaint old word to kick off with.
Last updated 12 April 2012
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Cash over compassion was order of the day for these workhouse bosses
Cockermouth Board of Guardians met fortnightly in late Victorian times.
Last updated 5 April 2012
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A hotch potch of British industry, folk cures and my clothes’ origin
Spitting in public!
Last updated 29 March 2012
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The prince who was obsessed with languages – that’s no word of a lie
“Monie waters cannit slocken luive, nowther can the fluids droun it; if a man wad give aw the gear o’ his hwous for luive, it wad be nae use.”
Last updated 15 March 2012
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The times when nobody wanted a job and women weren’t allowed one
Nobody wanted to go and work in Workington Library back in June 1948.
Last updated 8 March 2012
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Ode to the area’s lost choirs and how they tried to improve hymns
Whatever happened to the original members of the Workington Boy Singers?
Last updated 1 March 2012
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It was a bachelor’s life for these fine fellows who all belonged to the club
Bachelors! That’s what these 14 gentlemen in the photograph are.
Last updated 23 February 2012
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Workington’s musical maestro lost to America after a last great concert
Great Caesar, with our dying breath, thus we hail thee!
Last updated 16 February 2012
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Thermals or a bikini? Changeable weather in Britain is nothing new
Last week, I wrote about the Hair Duty of 1795.
Last updated 9 February 2012
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My plan to beat the recession – pay a beard tax and watch the cash roll in
Money! The Government is always dreaming up ways to get money out of us for some scheme or other.
Last updated 2 February 2012
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Where are they now? The groups that helped West Cumbria’s afflicted
He composed this short verse, according to the West Cumberland Times back in 1898, on “the spur of the moment.”
Last updated 26 January 2012
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Delays in honouring our brave military heroes are nothing new
Just how long do some our brave servicemen have to wait for their medals?
Last updated 19 January 2012
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Taties and touch – a term you’d be tempted to take with a pinch of salt
Taties and touch! It’s not a term I’d come across before I’d skimmed through a piece in a June 1933 issue of the West Cumberland News.
Last updated 12 January 2012
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Economic crisis appears to succeed where temperance movements failed
Six! That’s how many doors the Griffin Hotel, Pow Street, had back in 1891.
Last updated 5 January 2012
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Why you shouldn’t wear black, wash up or go out penniless at New Year
ARE you a dark-haired male? And have you been lined up by your family and/or friends to first-foot?
Last updated 29 December 2011
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When trains had more than mats on their floors – the railway’s heyday
Zokko! Ever heard of it?
Last updated 15 December 2011
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All trespassers will be prosecuted – your local newspaper adverts say so
Trespassing was a bit of a local problem back in 1891.
Last updated 8 December 2011
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Why I’m not crackers about festive parties and how to cure a hangover
You put your left foot in, your left foot out – or something like that. That’s the Hokey Cokey.
Last updated 1 December 2011
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