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Offline Geoff E

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Re: Link: Cumberland Transport
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 03 November 05 09:46 GMT (UK) »
Hundreds of rail photo's here
http://www.cumbriaimagebank.co.uk
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Re: Link: Industrial Cumbria
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 14 December 05 16:42 GMT (UK) »
The Durham Mining Museum site covers Cumberland and Westmorland too. Has reports on deaths in all types of mine.

http://www.dmm.org.uk
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

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Link - Whitehaven
« Reply #11 on: Monday 06 August 07 20:03 BST (UK) »
The Whitehaven.org.uk site contains fascinating details of Whitehaven in a Gazeteer from 1847 The History and special features section contains details of ....
Pubs of Whitehaven - The Renaissance of Whitehaven
Basking Sharks!
Shipbuilding history - The Egremont Ugly Contest
Whitehaven slave traders - web site for St Bees

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Free Cumberland e-books
« Reply #12 on: Monday 15 October 07 18:10 BST (UK) »
Lots of e-books: flipbook, txt and pdf's.You can save the pdf's :)

Cumberland
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=cumberland%20history

Lanercost Area
The Chronicle of Lanercost
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=lanercost

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Florence Mine - Egremont
« Reply #13 on: Friday 11 January 08 23:56 GMT (UK) »
Trystan and I were lucky to find ourselves at Florence Mine this summer.

We took a photo of this poster in the hope that it may be of use to others.
http://www.visitegremont.co.uk/visitors/florencemine.asp
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