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no.6197

District Bank & Post Office

1920s

View from Black Beck Bridge to the junction of Morass Road and the lane to Braystones Very small building on the corner with a tall chimney. Then there is the District Bank and then Beckermet Post Office which has Bewley above the door. Miss Jane Bewley was as listed as draper, stationer and Post Office in 1914. A gable end has a barely recognizable advert for The Whitehaven News.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=3717

no.6197

District Bank & Post Office

1920s

View from Black Beck Bridge to the junction of Morass Road and the lane to Braystones Very small building on the corner with a tall chimney. Then there is the District Bank and then Beckermet Post Office which has Bewley above the door. Miss Jane Bewley was as listed as draper, stationer and Post Office in 1914. A gable end has a barely recognizable advert for The Whitehaven News.

Location: Beckermet Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/1838
Sankey Number: 6197

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Album Number: Unidentified Album 6090-6284

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