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Pretty little Ainstable
I was brought up in the white cottage mid-left, by the roadside, by my grandparents.
The Crown Inn at the middle of the picture in the distance was run by Jim and Winnie Tuer, and I was friends with their daughter Ruth. The white cottage on the right was the shop, and later also became the post office. The original one was in the white cottage to the left and was run by Mrs Rowlands until her death.
I think this photo was taken about 1955, as council houses were built about then in the field near the pub, and they are not in the picture. The village school was on the right past the pub, and when I attended, pupils ...read more here
Contributed by kate walker
Cumbria memories
Pretty little Ainstable
I was brought up in the white cottage mid-left, by the roadside, by my grandparents.
The Crown Inn at the middle of the picture in the distance was run by Jim and Winnie Tuer, and I was friends with their daughter Ruth. The white cottage on the right was the shop, and later also became the post office. The original one was in the white cottage to the left and was run by Mrs Rowlands until her death.
I think this photo was taken about 1955, as council houses were built about then in the field near the pub, and they are not in the picture. The village school was on the right past the pub, and when I attended, pupils ...read more here
A memory of Ainstable contributed by kate walker
November 5th 1954
I, at the tender age of fourteen, arrived in Croglin on November the 5th, 1954. It was 'Bonfire Night' and as strangers in the village I did not know a single soul. However the bonfire for the celebrations had been situated in the old quarry at the top end of the village and festivities commenced at about 7.pm so my eldest sister and I ventured forth to meet the locals. The weather was reasonable for November and the bonfire was dry so a good start was made. Soon the local lads realised that there were strangers in the camp and approached to enquire who we were and were we the folks who had moved into Quarry Cottage, after an affirmitive reply ...read more here
A memory of Croglin contributed by Walter Moscrop
Croglin 1958
When my husband and I married in March 1958, he bought the cottage nearest the camera on the left; no electricity, no bathroom......it cost the princely sum of £300!
The building at the end of the street is the pub, and behind the trees on the right is the church and graveyard. The trees have been felled now.
In the other photo showing an oddly painted phonebox, the building just behind it was the shop and post office combined. Vans came round from the co-op every week, and Jimmy Cranston the butcher came round too; he made wonderful sausages and brawn, and killed pigs locally. Until the law stopped home butchering. When I last went there in 1988, I ...read more here
A memory of Croglin contributed by kate walker
Extracts From Ainstable & Cumbria books
Here a group of visitors pause to admire the view from Purse Point across the lake towards Glenridding. Ullswater, or
‘Ulph’s-water’, takes its name from the Viking settler Lyulph, whose name was popularised in the 18th century when the
Duke of Norfolk, then owner of Greystoke Castle, built the folly called Lyulph’s Tower on the north side of the lake.
An extract from from"Penrith Photographic Memories".
Penruddock is a small village on the edge of the Lake District
National Park, about five miles west of Penrith. Its name is
thought to be Celtic in origin. The slightly raised location affords
fine views of the Lake District hills to the west and south. The
view is of the east end of the village, looking towards Saddleback.
Modern buildings have since replaced some shown here.
An extract from from"Penrith Photographic Memories".
About half a mile south of the village of Blencow is the house
known as Ennim Bank. The name derives from ‘innam’, meaning
a piece of land which was enclosed or taken in. It is thought to
have been the original residence of the Blencow family before
they moved to Blencow Hall. In the mid 19th century George
Troutbeck greatly improved the mansion and ornamented it with
‘plantations’. More recently it was the home of Viscount William
Whitelaw of Penrith until his death in 1999.
An extract from from"Penrith Photographic Memories".
This hall near Greystoke
was built with defence in
mind. The pele towers of
such buildings protected
owners, their livestock and
goods against raiding Scots
and from the lawlessness
to which they were more
vulnerable due to the
remoteness of the region. The
Act of Union ended border
warfare and Henry Blencow
who lived here was knighted
by King James I and became
Sheriff of Cumberland.
An extract from from"Penrith Photographic Memories".
Hutton John was anciently
part of the Baronry of
Greystoke, and was held
by the Hutton family.
When Thomas Hutton
died without an heir in the
reign of Elizabeth I, the
estate passed by marriage
to Andrew Huddleston
and the mansion became
the main residence of the
Huddleston family. It began
as a square castellated pele
tower to which was added
a hall range. It was further
extended and modernised in
the 19th century.
An extract from from"Penrith Photographic Memories".