Huntsman Joe Weir with the
Ullswater Foxhounds pictured in the late 1950s outside the Royal Hotel in Wilson Row,
Penrith, an annual venue on the hunt's fixture list
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Huntsman Joe Weir with the
Ullswater Foxhounds pictured in the late 1950s outside the Royal Hotel in Wilson Row,
Penrith, an annual venue on the hunt's fixture list
A golden age of
motoring. An early motor bus pictured at the Kirkstone Pass Inn, between Patterdale and
Ambleside, in the early days of the 20th century.
The Royal Scot at speed
through Penrith railway station in the 1960s
Famous long-distance
walker Dr. Barbara Moore pictured at Penrith, halfway point on her John O'Groats to Land's
End marathon in 1960.
Donald Campbell with
Bluebird and his team at Glenridding,Ullswater, in 1955 when he broke the world water
speed record at over 200mph.
Flooding in
Friargate, Penrith, in the late 1960s.
The White Horse public house on the right no longer exists.
Penrith Whit Fair in the late 1950s or early 60s - an event which drew large crowds.
How they used to
surface Westmorland's road in the days of steam. The steam roller is a Fowler and its
driver, Jimmy Dowson, from Knock, is third from the left. When Mr. Dowson retired from the
county council roads department in 1963, he bought the roller and took it into retirement
with him. Steam from the roller was used to keep the tar molten in the spreader machine.
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