Carnforth
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Carnforth Lodge Lancaster Road
As a child in the 1960’s and 70’s I went several times with my family to visit Mrs Esther Pomfret (Auntie Ettie to us; she was a relation of my father's) at Carnforth Lodge, Lancaster Road. I don't think this is shown in the photo.
The first time I went there I was fascinated by the old house. It had a musty smell which I remember distinctly. The very low ceilinged kitchen had a big old table in the centre. From there a narrow passageway led to the rest of the house; on one side a sort of “snug” and dining area with a big bay window and window seat looking over the garden, and across the passage (overlooking ...read more here
Contributed by Isabel Yeo
Lancashire memories
Carnforth Lodge Lancaster Road
As a child in the 1960’s and 70’s I went several times with my family to visit Mrs Esther Pomfret (Auntie Ettie to us; she was a relation of my father's) at Carnforth Lodge, Lancaster Road. I don't think this is shown in the photo.
The first time I went there I was fascinated by the old house. It had a musty smell which I remember distinctly. The very low ceilinged kitchen had a big old table in the centre. From there a narrow passageway led to the rest of the house; on one side a sort of “snug” and dining area with a big bay window and window seat looking over the garden, and across the passage (overlooking ...read more here
A memory of Carnforth contributed by Isabel Yeo
My Early Years
On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My grandfather was called Seriah Butler and was the tenant of Manor Farm and when my mother Dorothy Butler married Albert Shorrock at the village church my father worked on the farm, in fact we all did.
I remember travelling down the Dykes to bring the cattle home for milking. I would sit on the handlebars of my Dads bike to help with the cows.
There was an orchard around the farmhouse and I can remember my mother making damsom jam ...read more here
A memory of Yealand Conyers contributed by Sue Tomlinson
Hest Bank /Bolton le Sands
I lived with my grandparents in Bolton le Sands. I used to cycle to Morecambe most mornings, to J. W. Blands, painters and decorators, where I was apprenticed, hail rain and snow. I knew every inch of the coast road, the top of Hest Bank hill and down past the Cinderella Home, past the golf links and Happy Mount Park.
Lovely memories now ..
A memory of Hest Bank contributed by john wilson
Extracts From Carnforth & Lancashire books
Carnforth, six miles north of
Lancaster, has a place in history
as a railway town. The Furness
& Midland Railway and the
London & North Western
Railway opened a station at
Carnforth between them in 1880,
and it was always an important
junction. Wolstencroft the chemist
boasts that they serve General
Drugs and Patent Medicines,
Horse & Cattle Medicines
and Thorleys Cattle Spice, as
well as being Oil & Colour
Merchants. They were also agents
for the Caledonian Fire & Life
Insurance and Ocean, Railway
& General Accident. They sold
sleeping powders, cures for influ-
enza and butter colour. As well
as all that, they even advertised
‘Teeth Carefully Extracted’—
this is reassuringly etched into
the glass door.
An extract from from"Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album".
The Lancaster Canal was never connected to the main canal system. Its rugged stone bridges and its proximity to the Pennines make it a most picturesque line. Carnforth is towards the northern end; the top section was abandoned after the M6 motorway was built. Here we see a barge loaded down with hay, with the two horses taking a break as the photographer creates his picture.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Canals".
The southern part of Morecambe was always referred to as
the West End. Here we see the exclusive part of Morecambe.
Our view takes in Werwick’s Revolving Tower and shows what
working-class people did for their week’s holiday: they sat and
relaxed and took in the sea air.
An extract from from"Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album".
The old Town Hall was erected around 1781 on the site of an earlier
town hall. Major Thomas Jarratt was the designer of the building, which
opened in 1783. Market Square is the open area in front of the Town
Hall, and Market Street runs to the left. The locals liked the large Tuscan
portico and its four plain columns. The cupola and top were designed
by Thomas Harrison, and were added just after the building opened.
Harrison also designed Skerton Bridge. The total cost of the building
was £2,054 13s 7d, including a £20 bonus that Mr Dickinson, one
of the builders, had thought due to him.
An extract from from"Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album".
THE ANCIENT city of Lancaster
gave its name not only to the Palatine
County, but also to a royal house.
The Tudors were descendants of the
House of Lancaster, and the Duke
of Lancaster was part of the Tudor dynasty.
An extract from from"Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album".