| Caldbeck and District Local History Society |
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Programme and details of forthcoming events |
| Posters for forthcoming events |
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| Book: 'Memories of Lakeland' |
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The Society came into being on 30th November 1985, when nine people from Hesket Newmarket and Caldbeck met together to promote and explain the domestic, industrial and social history of the Caldbeck area. There are now 58 members. Monthly events (usually a talk by a Cumbrian historian) are held in Caldbeck Parish Hall. Visitors are welcome. |
Since its formation, the Society has been assembling an archive of material relating to the area and its people. It has produced an index of the Caldbeck Parish magazines from 1911-1980, which supplies a quick and clear access to a comprehensive record of village life over almost a century. |
In 1995, a small booklet was printed entltled 'Caldbeck Characters' in which seven members contributed tales of ten local people who lived from 1777 - 1974. The following year, in 1996, 'Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St. Kentigern's Caldbeck Cumbria' was published, which has been of immense value to all who are interested in Caldbeck Church and churchyard and in the history of a Cumbrian fell community, as well as to members of families from various parts of the world who wish to trace their ancestors. It is hoped that before Christmas the Society will have been able to have printed two further publications. |
Included in its programme over the years have been various exhibitions such as one on old photographs of the area and its people, two more on quilts and rag rugs, and an outdoors one on sheep shearing. It's not all work and no play, as there have been a number of highly enjoyable outings and walkabouts all over the county and further afield. |
The Society took part in the Cumbria County Council 'Spirit of Cumbria' project to mark the millenium in 2000 , when a number of older people in the area were interviewed by a members of the Society on tape . These were then included in an exhibition that toured Cumbria. |
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| Secretary |
Diana Greenwood,
Whelpo House,
Caldbeck,
Wigton,
Cumbria
CA7 6HQ
016974 78270
avnd36@dsl.pipex.com |
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| See also: |
| A Brief History of Caldbeck |
| 'The Book of Caldbeck' by Miss Fanny Ashbridge, 1953 |
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