D644 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.D644
Across the Duddon, from Millom Park
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| Cumbria Archives Reference: | ??? |
| Sankey Number: | D644 |
D644 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Senders Message
"Dear Son & Daughter Just a line to say we landed alright enjoying ourselves & is very ??? out here a right party ??? Hope you are alright so goodbye for the present - with love from mother & father”
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| Posted From: | Millom, Cumberland | |
| Date Posted: | Millom ironworks closed in 1968 and was subsequently demolished. The ironworks site and the neighbouring iron ore mines are now the Hodbarrow Nature Reserve | |
| Postmark Date: | 2/7/1929 | |
| Stamp if Shown: | 1D red George V commemorative - Postal Union Congress London 1929 | |
| Receiver | ||
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| Receivers Name: | Miss Wall??? -the end of the name is obscured by the postmark- | |
| Address: | 175, Gisburn Road | |
| Town or City: | Barrowford, nr Nelson | |
| County: | Lancs | |
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D644, BDB 86/1/3843 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.D644
Across the Duddon from Millom Park
Mid 1920s
View northeast from the top of the park over the town and across the Duddon Estuary. The Infants and Girls’ Schools are central. Devonshire Road curves round to the Ironworks and Borwick Rails.The terraced streets go back right to the edge of the slag bank. Mainsgate Road on the right leads to Hodbarrow mines. Title handwritten on the negative
D644, BDB 86/1/3843 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.D644
Across the Duddon from Millom Park
Mid 1920s
View northeast from the top of the park over the town and across the Duddon Estuary. The Infants and Girls’ Schools are central. Devonshire Road curves round to the Ironworks and Borwick Rails.The terraced streets go back right to the edge of the slag bank. Mainsgate Road on the right leads to Hodbarrow mines. Title handwritten on the negative
| Location: | Millom | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/3843 |
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| Sankey Number: | D644 |
Album D 1-689 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
Album Number: Album D 1-689
Page Number: 39
All Images on This Page
| Sankey Number | Image Title | Location Image Taken | Description |
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| D642 | Millom parish church and Blackcombe | View over field to church and hills behind | |
| D643 | Millom and the Duddon Valley | View over park to houses | |
| D644 | Across the Duddon from Millom Park | View over park to houses with slag bank and factory chimneys. Hills behind | |
| D645 | The Beach Haverigg | View from foreshore to houses. Several people on foreshore. | |
| D646 | On Haverigg sands | View across sands to buildings and mountain in distance. Three boats resting on the sands at low tide. | |
| D647 | Haverigg from the sands | View across sands to buildings and mountain in distance. Several boats resting on the sands at low tide. | |
| D648 | Haverigg Pool | Boat resting on sand next to river. Two people next to boat. Houses and bridge behind. Mountain in distance. | |
| D649 | Silecroft Sands | Person on sandy beach, large house on right and mountain in distance. | |
| D650 | Whicham Valley | Road through valley hills to left | |
| D651 | Whicham valley looking West | Road with car hills behind | |
| D652 | Black Combe from Silecroft | Bungalows with mountain behind | |
| D653 | Cartmel Priory | Priory Church entrance | |
| D654 | Cartmel Priory | Priory Church with two large trees and gravestones in graveyard behind boundary wall. | |
| D655 | Priory Entrance Cartmel | Priory Church entrance | |
| D656 | Cartmel Priory | Priory Church and gravestones | |
| D657 | The Beck Cartmel | Bridge over river between buildings. Left hand building extended on stilts in the river. |
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