D425, BDB 86/1/3711 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.D425
Nether Wasdale and Screes
Mid 1920s
View down to the Strands Hotel, right, and Screes Hotel, left. Slopes of the Wasdale Screes above Wastwater are beyond. Sign to the left of the inn probably says SMITH. Horse and cart at a barn door and the top of Sankey’s car by a wall. There is a square ten-foot stone built tower with battlements on the left which contains a water fountain.
D425, BDB 86/1/3711 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.D425
Nether Wasdale and Screes
Mid 1920s
View down to the Strands Hotel, right, and Screes Hotel, left. Slopes of the Wasdale Screes above Wastwater are beyond. Sign to the left of the inn probably says SMITH. Horse and cart at a barn door and the top of Sankey’s car by a wall. There is a square ten-foot stone built tower with battlements on the left which contains a water fountain.
| Location: | Nether Wasdale | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/3711 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | D425 |
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D425 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.D425
Nether Wasdale and Screes
| Further Information | |
|---|---|
| Cumbria Archives Reference: | ??? |
| Sankey Number: | D425 |
D425 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Senders Message
"Wed. Many thanks for paper received this morning. Are you feeling better? The wind has dropped and yesterday was warm and sunny. Fell in with a party of five HF people on Monday and scrambled about Wasdale Head. Yesterday visited Buckbarrow and Harrowhead. Today I expect to go up to Windsor for tea.At present it is dull but the sun is shining on the hills. Love to all H”
| Sender | ||
|---|---|---|
| Posted From: | Wasdale Gosforth O.S .?? | |
| Date Posted: | HF holiday company still thriving eg walking holidays etc with 2 bases in lakes | |
| Stamp if Shown: | red one penny | |
| Receiver | ||
|---|---|---|
| Receivers Name: | Mr EE Wakeham | |
| Address: | 7, Linden Rd | |
| Town or City: | Levenshulme Manchester | |
Album D 1-689 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Album Number: Album D 1-689
Page Number: 25
All Images on This Page
| Sankey Number | Image Title | Location Image Taken | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| D418 | No name | Bridge over river | |
| D419 | No name | Bridge over river | |
| D420 | Maryport Composite | ||
| D421 | Ravenglass and Eskdale Narrow Gauge Railway | ||
| D422 | Captain JEP Howey's GREEN GODDESS | A 4-6-2 Steam railway engine | |
| D423 | Captain JEP Howey's GREEN GODDESS | ||
| D424 | No name | Passengers on miniature railway | |
| D425 | Nether Wasdale and Screes | Dry stone walls, road with car, large tree in centre, hotel and other buildings and distant mountains. | |
| D426 | No name | People on shoreline and foreshore | |
| D427 | No name | Golfers on course | |
| D428 | No name | Bridge over river flowing through a rocky gorge. | |
| D429 | No name | View over lake with distant mountains and trees reflected in the still water. Reads in foreground. | |
| D430 | Coniston Old Man and Dow Crag | Man looking at the view over lake between trees | |
| D431 | Dunmail Road | Car on snow covered road | |
| D432 | No name | Indistinct hillside | |
| D433 | No name | View over lake with distant mountains |
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