On Lindale Hill Find!
15 March 2010 from Helen | Whilst working on Reading Detectives, the Grange team decided that they would like to commission a poem about the local area, written by a poet living in Cumbria. We decided that it would be a fitting finale to our work,... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Reading Detectives film
6 January 2010 from Ruth Harrison | Watch the film of Cumbria Reading Detectives' finale event.... Read more or Comment
Grange-over-Sands: The Story of a Gentle Township Find!
31 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | Well, I thought it would be nice to finish this amazing project with a final book which tells the story of this 'gentle township' where I live. The author, W. E. Swale, published his book in 1969 and in it... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
Thank you!
31 October 2009 from Helen | The last day of October brings the last day for the Reading Detectives project in its present form, and having just posted my last find I wanted to say a huge thank you...or to be accurate lots of thank yous!... Read more or Comment
The Silent Traveller: A Chinese Artist in Lakeland Find!
31 October 2009 from Helen | In 1936 Chiang Yee visited the Lake District, staying for 2 weeks in B&Bs around Wasdale and Keswick, and this book, published in 1937 is the journal of his stay. It is one of the most beautiful and amazing pieces... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Red Ike Find!
30 October 2009 from Anne | Get ready for a tale of gypsies, outlaws, poaching and romance set among the Cumberland fells. This really is a bodice ripping adventure of wronged heroines and their courageous, honest suitors. The original story was written by 'Mr' Denwood but in... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Cumbrian Privies Find!
28 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | This fascinating book written by John Dawson and published in 1997 records the history of Cumbrian privies from the soldiers' latrines at the Roman forts on Hadrian's Wall, the 'garderobes' in the great castles and religious houses of the Middle... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Ethel Fisher's West Cumbrian Dialect titles Find!
27 October 2009 from Helen | Cumbria has its own distinct dialect...or to be more accurate, that should read "dialects" given that there is so much variation between the north, south, east and west of the county! Dialect has already been touched upon in my post about Jacob Polley's Talk of... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
The Embalmer's Book of Recipes by Ann Lingard Find!
27 October 2009 from Helen | Last week we had two library events with the author, Ann Lingard. Ann was a lecturer and research scientist at the University of Glasgow, before changing career to write and broadcast. She and her husband and a few... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
Nella Last's Peace Find!
27 October 2009 from Helen | Thanks to the wonderful play Housewife 49, written by and starring Victoria Wood, I think a great many people are now familiar with the war diaries of Nella Last, upon which it was based. However, considerably fewer people may know that a... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
Riding the Stang by Dawn Robertson Find!
25 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | "Riding the Stang" is the first novel by writer Dawn Robertson and was published by Hayloft Publishing in 2000. I have already posted a find by this author - "Secrets and Legends of Old Westmorland" - and she is obviously... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
Life on the Fell - a pictorial chronicle of a Lakeland community Find!
20 October 2009 from Anne | This book had its origins about 25 years ago when the late David Caldwell, who had retired from the Civil Service to Cartmel Fell, began to collect old photographs. David died in 1985 but the collection continued to grow with... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
About Scout Scar Find!
17 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | Last year we had a very enjoyable evening listening to Jan Wiltshire, the author of "About Scout Scar", giving a talk in the library about her book which had just been published. She explained how her habit of writing a... Read more or Comment
William Wilberforce - A Summer Diary 1779 Find!
14 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | My detective work has now led me to the discovery of a diary written by the great anti-slavery politician, William Wilberforce. In 1779, in his final year as an undergraduate at Cambridge, he set out to meet Thomas Cookson, Wordsworth's... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Beatrix Potter - the unknown years Find!
13 October 2009 from ChrisS | Reading the blog about Harriet Martineau and her connection with the Armitt Collection reminded me of the other treasures there, Beatrix Potter's paintings of fungi. While Beatrix Potter is well known for her children's books it is not generally known that... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
Smoke over Shap by Margaret Potter Find!
12 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | This book finds me making a link with the BBC, another partner in the Reading Detectives project. "Smoke over Shap" was created for BBC children's programmes and was first broadcast in six parts as a 4th Dimension serial on Radio... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Songs of a Cragsman by George Basterfield Find!
11 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | After a very busy week at work I've been having a lovely time today being a Reading Detective! I discovered this book while having a hunt along the Local Studies shelves in Ulverston library a couple of weeks ago and have been... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
The Grasmere Dialect Plays Find!
11 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | In an earlier find I talked about Canon Rawnsley and his charming book "Lake Country Sketches". One of my favourite chapters from this book is entitled "At the Grasmere Play". In it Rawnsley tells of a visit he makes to... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
The Grizedale Experience: Sculpture, Art & Theatre in a Lakeland Forest Find!
11 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | Grizedale is a magical forest tucked away in the fells of Furness in the southern Lake District. When Bill Grant arrived at Grizedale as Head Forester in 1963 he recognised that it was time to start managing the forest as... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
An Atlas of The English Lakes Find!
9 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | "An Atlas of The English Lakes" is written by John Wilson Parker and was published in 2002 by Cicerone Press. I am delighted to say that the author, John Parker, is a resident of Grange and a regular visitor to... Read more or Comment
How Hall. Poetry and Memories. A Passion for Ennerdale by Tom Rawling Find!
8 October 2009 from Helen | Today is National Poetry Day and we had an event at Cockermouth Library this morning, with Michael Baron talking about the Ennerdale Poet, Tom Rowling. Michael has edited, and also written the preface to, How Hall, which has just been published by... Read more or Comment (14 comments)
Stumpy, Hero of the Lakes Find!
8 October 2009 from ChrisS | I discovered this little book on sale in a local community shop and a few weeks later saw it at Dalemain, a stately home near the shores of Ullswater. It is described as suitable for all ages from 8 to... Read more or Comment
The High Places by A. Harry Griffin Find!
6 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | Harry Griffin grew up in Barrow-in-Furness and his interest in outdoor activities really began the day he took himself on a bicycle ride to Coniston. That day this teenage boy climbed Coniston Old Man, wandered down the slopes to Goat's... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
The Highest House in Wathendale Find!
5 October 2009 from Helen | The Highest House in Wathendale is a story by Harriet Martineau. Harriet Martineau was one of the most emininet women writers of her day. As well as being a writer she was a philosopher, a sociologist, and political economist, noted for her feminist and abolitionist... Read more or Comment
Kendal by Roger Bingham Find!
4 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | The full title of this book is "Kendal A Social History" and as the author explains his aim was 'to record widely the diverse life story covering a thousand years and more of an important northern town within the matrix... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Secrets and Legends of Old Westmorland Find!
4 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | This book tells many stories; stories which were never written down but survived for over a thousand years passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth. Each story is illustrated with wonderful and very atmospheric black and... Read more or Comment
Reminiscences of Wordsworth Among the Peasantry of Westmorland by Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley Find!
3 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | Canon Rawnsley was born in 1851, one of a family of 10 children. As a young man he went to Balioll College, Oxford where he met John Ruskin who was to remain a lifelong friend. In 1877 he became vicar... Read more or Comment
Little Gods by Jacob Polley Find!
3 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | Last Thursday some of the Grange Reading Detectives, plus members from the other three reading groups based in Grange Library, were treated to a very special evening with Jacob Polley. Jacob was born in Cumbria and still lives in Carlisle... Read more or Comment
A Lakeland Summer Find!
3 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | "A Lakeland Summer" was written by Elizabeth Battrick and is the story of a family holiday which took place in the Lake District early one summer in the 1930's. It tells of a young girl's introduction to the high fells,... Read more or Comment
Hunter of Harter Fell by Joseph E Chipperfield Find!
1 October 2009 from Janet | Anyone who likes dogs and the fells will enjoy this regardless of their age. The book was written in 1976 by Joseph Chipperfield who obviously loved Alsatian dogs and the Cumbrian hills. The main character is Hunter, a much... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
And Nobody Woke Up Dead Find!
1 October 2009 from Mary Rossall | Author Jan Levi has written a fascinating account of Mabel Barker - a quite remarkable woman whose life deserves to be better known. She was born in Silloth in 1885 and grew up to become one of the leading female... Read more or Comment
An accessible paradise Find!
30 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | In the early days as a Reading Detective (it seems so long ago!) I wrote a blog about a visit to the Bluebell Bookshop in Penrith. I can never visit a bookshop and leave without a purchase and that day I... Read more or Comment
The Fleming Family novels and Graham Sutton Find!
29 September 2009 from ChrisS | I have previously written about Graham Sutton's novel, Shepherd's Warning, and Ann has written about the sequel, Smoke across the Fell. We now know that between 1947 and 1955 Graham Sutton wrote 4 novels about the Fleming family spanning the... Read more or Comment (14 comments)
Excursion to Loweswater. A Lakeland Visit 1865 Find!
29 September 2009 from Helen | In 1865, Robert and Rachel Jackson of Waterend, Loweswater, wrote to their Quaker friends in Manchester and invited them to come to stay for a weekend. The invitation was accepted with great enthusiasm...by 44 people! Quite a house party by... Read more or Comment
Writing on the Wall Find!
29 September 2009 from Helen | Writing on the Wall is probably best described as a kind of portfolio or collection of writing arising from a very special creative writing project which ran from 2001 to 2006. It was an international project based on Hadrian's Wall and... Read more or Comment
Beyond Scafell by Alan Robinson Find!
29 September 2009 from Helen | I think that many of us involved in this project have commented how, were it not for Reading Detectives, we wouldn't have chosen to read particular titles or we would simply have "missed" them altogether by not coming across them.... Read more or Comment
Rogue Herries by Hugh Walpole Find!
29 September 2009 from Helen | Rogue Herries is the first of four volumes that make up the Herries Chronicle and was published in 1933, with the succeeding titles (Judith Parris, The Fortress and Vanessa) charting the Herries family up until the 20th Century. Set in the 18th Century,... Read more or Comment
Kendal In The Nineteenth Century by A Wainwright Find!
28 September 2009 from Anne | Doreen's enthusiasm for T'Bacca Queen led me to delve further into books about Kendal's past and particularly Fellside. Alfred Wainwright well known for his pictorial guides, but less well known for his other works, produced one such book 'Kendal in the nineteenth century'. In... Read more or Comment
In There Somewhere Find!
27 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | I've been thinking about dry stone walls! Many years ago I worked for twelve months as a ranger for the National Park. In that time I helped to construct a bridge over the beck which runs next to Rydal Mount, the... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
The Bondwomen by W G Collingwood Find!
26 September 2009 from Anne | Well Helen, I haven't yet read Thorstein of the Mere but I have read the sequel, The Bondwomen. Like you I have found my eyes opened to the historical significance of parts of our county's landscape, areas which were home... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
"Ah'd Gaa Back Tomorra!" Find!
24 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | When I read "The Cumberland Coast" by Neil Curry (see earlier find) he mentioned in the chapter about Whitehaven how the screen lasses worked sorting and grading the coal at the local pits. This caught my attention and after some... Read more or Comment
A Cumbrian Copper by Ray Huddart Find!
24 September 2009 from Chrissy Ogilvie | This is a memoir by a policeman who served his time in Cumbria rising from the beat to detective level. The style is a little plodding at times but then one senses an authentic voice and not one that has... Read more or Comment
The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwards Find!
24 September 2009 from Chrissy Ogilvie | One of a series of crime novels set in the Lake District and featuring academic historian Daniel Kind and professional detective Hannah Scarlett in an arms length romantic dance. In true Miss Marple tradition, the amateur helps the professional to... Read more or Comment
Old Will Stories by Dudley Hoys Find!
24 September 2009 from Chrissy Ogilvie | A rather quaint and charming collection of short stories featuring a fictional rural Cumbrian character 'Old Will', a man of the land. There is a strong sense of place and a sketch portrait of the kind of farmer who may... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
The Shield Ring by Rosemary Sutcliff Find!
24 September 2009 from Anne | When I was in my first year at Grammar School in 1967, our form had to read Rosemary Sutcliff's version of Beowulf and it left a lasting impression. So it was a pleasant surprise to discover that among the many... Read more or Comment
T'Bacca Queen by Theodora Wilson Wilson Find!
23 September 2009 from Anne | I must confess I haven't read this book, but am writing this entry on behalf of Doreen, a fellow detective, who as a true local has a keen interest in the local history of what is now south Cumbria, but what... Read more or Comment
Furness and the Industrial Revolution Find!
20 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | I am writing this blog on behalf of fellow Reading Detective, Liz. "Furness and the Industrial Revolution" was written by J. D. Marshall and was first published in 1958 with a revised edition in 1981. It is easy to think... Read more or Comment (26 comments)
The Shadow of Black Combe Find!
19 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | Black Combe is the fell that sits in splendid isolation at the mouth of the Duddon estuary and towers over the town of Millom where Norman Nicholson lived all his life. It played a large part in the poet's... Read more or Comment
The Painted Letters of Percy Kelly Find!
18 September 2009 from Anne | I'm putting this up as a find on behalf of a fellow detective, Doreen. After reading 'Hercules and the Farmer's Wife' by Chris Wadsworth, I came across another lovely book by her called 'The Painted Letters of Percy Kelly'. It tells the... Read more or Comment (3 comments)
Ivver Sen Find!
17 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | Ivver Sen is the Cumbrian dialect for ever since and is the title of a book published in 2008 and written by Keith Richardson who lives in Keswick. It has recently won the Lakeland Book of the Year competition and... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Lakeland in the 1830s Find!
16 September 2009 from ChrisS | This book by Wendy M Stuart is a transcription of an original manuscript written by her great-great grandfather, Isaac Simpson. It is a daily journal of a journey taken in a horse-drawn gig in the autumn of 1831 from Preston to... Read more or Comment
Wasdale Climbing Book By Michael Cocker Find!
16 September 2009 from Anne | Having identified myself as a climbing widow (only joking, Mike!), this book was always going to interest my husband but I did think before reading it that I might find it hard work! I'm glad to say I didn't,... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Riding High by Barbara Sneyd Find!
13 September 2009 from Anne | Janet (a fellow reading detective) and I have both read this lovely book set in Finsthwaite, a small village at the southern end of Windermere. It is a beautiful collection of paintings, sketches and letters by Barbara Sneyd who was born... Read more or Comment (3 comments)
Deborah in Langdale Find!
11 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | This fictional story of two sisters, Deborah and Enid Machell, was written by E. M. Ward and published in 1933. The story begins in Folkstone where the two unmarried sisters are living with their aged uncle. Life is hard and when... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Early Recollections of Grange Find!
9 September 2009 from Helen | I have just finished reading the most delightful piece of writing about Grange over Sands, and regular readers of the Cumbria page on the Reading Detectives website will perhaps recognise it as one of the titles referred to by Mary in her very... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Hazard's Way by Roger Hubank Find!
8 September 2009 from Anne | Being married to a climber and mother of another, I automatically reached for this book when I saw the picture of Wasdale adorning the cover. Set at the turn of 19th century, the book revolves around the life of a... Read more or Comment (3 comments)
Yan, Tan, Tethera Find!
7 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | I was thinking today about the Herdwick sheep which are so much a part of the Cumbrian landscape. They are a small hardy breed which 'heft' to the fellside on which they were bred. There is a whole Cumbrian language... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Talk of the Town Find!
7 September 2009 from Helen | In preparation for some upcoming events in our libraries with Jacob Polley I have been reading his debut novel, Talk of the Town. Jacob was born in 1975 in Carlisle. He is perhaps better known as a poet. He won the Eric Gegory Award and... Read more or Comment
Capturing the Mountains Find!
6 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | I am writing this entry on behalf of Reading Detective June. "Capturing the Mountains: The Lake District Through the Lens of the Abraham Brothers" was published in 2008 and includes an introduction by Sue Steinberg, Ashley Abraham's granddaughter, who also... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
Hope On, Hope Ever Find!
6 September 2009 from Anne | I'm posting this on behalf of fellow Reading Detective, Brenda. The book was written by Mary Howitt and was first published in 1840 and reprinted in 1988. Mary Howitt visited her Quaker relations in Dentdale in 1836 with her husband,... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Mildred Edwards: Our City Our People 1889 - 1978 Memories Find!
4 September 2009 from Helen | Working for Cumbria Libraries we are fortunate in being able to pick the brains of colleagues with specialisms. Our team of Local Studies librarians have an amazing wealth of knowledge and expertise, and they manage collections which hold all kinds of amazing... Read more or Comment
Lakeland Limericks Find!
3 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | Well this must be one of the slimmest hidden gems I've found so far - just thirty-seven pages but sometimes the biggest surprises come in small packages. "Lakeland Limericks", written in 1941, by C.Armstrong Gibbs and illustrated by William H.... Read more or Comment (11 comments)
Surrounding loveliness Find!
3 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | "I started on the scaling in Tup Close, and found that the time taken for twenty-five piles was one hour, including a break for a few puffs at a pipe. The sun had come out. Harter Fell stood clear and... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Haweswater by Sarah Hall Find!
2 September 2009 from Helen | Today I have been at Ulverston Library where I had arranged an author event with Sarah Hall. Sarah was speaking about her latest novel, How to Paint A Dead Man which has been longlisted for this year's Man... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Coast to Coast by Jan Minshull Find!
1 September 2009 from Helen | This find is posted on behalf of one of our group members, Janet. Janet has been busy reading a book called Coast to Coast by Jan Minshull. This is a book about a woman, a wife and a mother, who... Read more or Comment
Sunshine To The Sunless Find!
1 September 2009 from Anne | This is a blog for two of our members, Pat and Janet. Janet ~ The main character is a teenager, Andy, who witnessed the deaths of 2 tourists, a father and son, in the quicksands of the Duddon Estuary off... Read more or Comment (3 comments)
Geese, cattle wallopers and secret Irish paths Find!
1 September 2009 from Mary Rossall | This is the title of a book by Irvine Hunt which was published in 2008. Having just read Norman Nicholson's autobiography I was interested to discover that Irvine Hunt was good friends with Norman and, in fact, they held joint... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Anarchists, Angels and wet Bank Holiday Mondays Find!
31 August 2009 from Helen | Today is August Bank Holiday Monday and true to form, the weather has been vile in south Cumbria! A stiff breeze and patchy showers gave way to an even stiffer wind and a torrential downpour complete with thunder as the day progressed. Having... Read more or Comment
A more unconventional kind of find...? Find!
30 August 2009 from Helen | You don't get a blog from me in ages then just like buses, three come along at once! The internet is a brilliant tool for any Reading Detective, and it also means that many "finds" can be instantly accessed by... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
Skiddaw Summit by Kathleen Jones Find!
30 August 2009 from Helen | Many years ago - more years now than I care to recollect! - I decided that I would like to celebrate my birthday by climbing one of Cumbria's highest peaks, and, hopefully achieving the summit! The fact that my birthday is 4... Read more or Comment
Thorstein of the Mere: A Saga of the Northmen in Lakeland Find!
30 August 2009 from Helen | I can't believe how quickly time passes and I was astounded to discover that a month has passed since I made my first blog entry! I haven't been slacking though, and apart from 2 weeks away on holiday I... Read more or Comment
Wednesday Early Closing Find!
30 August 2009 from Mary Rossall | This is the title of Norman Nicholson's autobiography published in 1975. Norman Nicholson was born in Millom in 1914 and lived all his life in the same house in St George's Terrace. He is obviously best known for his wonderful... Read more or Comment
Smoke Across The Fell Find!
27 August 2009 from Anne | Graham Sutton, the author of Smoke Across The Fell, was a notable Cumbrian writer who died in 1959 at the age of 67. He was born in Scotby and educated at St Bees (on the Cumberland coast) and Queen College,... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
The Sand Pilot of Morecambe Bay Find!
24 August 2009 from ChrisS | Before the advent of the railway, the main route from Lancaster to the Furness Peninsula was across the sands of Morecambe Bay, an area beset by quicksands and ever-changing channels. There is evidence that a guide was appointed in the... Read more or Comment
The Chronicles of Boggerthwaite Find!
24 August 2009 from ChrisS | After enjoying a second historical novel by Graham Sutton, I have turned to something completely different, the Chronicles of Boggerthwaite, pronounced Boggerthit, an everyday story of Lakeland folk, by northern writer David Bean. This hilarious book is based on a his... Read more or Comment
Carrock Fell Find!
23 August 2009 from Mary Rossall | After enjoying the exploits of the 'Two Idle Apprentices' as they climbed Carrock Fell I have just discovered this poem which I thought they would have enjoyed reading. It is in a collection of poems called "Give or Take" by... Read more or Comment
Feet in the Clouds Find!
20 August 2009 from Mary Rossall | This is the title of a book which was published in 2004 and which won Richard Askwith, the author, the Best New Writer prize at the British Sports Publishing Awards. It is a tale of fell-running and obsession. For those of... Read more or Comment
Hercules and the Farmer's Wife Find!
19 August 2009 from Mary Rossall | This curious title belongs to a book published in 2009 by Chris Wadsworth. Chris is the owner of Castlegate Gallery in Cockermouth and the book is the story of how she moved to Cumbria, bought Castlegate House and turned it... Read more or Comment
Shepherd's Warning Find!
18 August 2009 from ChrisS | What a fascinating project this is, giving us the opportunity to read books about the Lake District of which we were previously unaware. I have enjoyed 'Shepherd's Warning', a novel by Graham Sutton written in 1946 but set on the west... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Find!
17 August 2009 from Mary Rossall | In Neil Curry's book 'The Cumberland Coast' he mentions a visit to Cumbria by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. This intrigued me so I located a copy of the book which they wrote - thank you Carlisle Library - and... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
I've been so busy reading I haven't had time to blog! Find!
17 August 2009 from Mary Rossall | The library has been so busy this last couple of weeks with summer activities for the children and library staff on holiday that I haven't had time to record my finds. Anyway here goes! I have been on a bit... Read more or Comment (1 comments)
Coffee and books at the Bluebell Bookshop
1 August 2009 from Mary Rossall | What a lovely hour I spent at the Bluebell Bookshop in Penrith on Thursday morning. With an hour to fill before a meeting at Penrith Library I chatted with Derek, the owner, about the Reading Detectives project and discovered some... Read more or Comment (2 comments)
It was a wet and windy night....
30 July 2009 from Mary Rossall | It was a wet and windy night in Grange-over-Sands but the Reading Detectives didn't have time to worry about the weather. They were too busy discussing their latest finds and deciding what to read next! The meeting began with a... Read more or Comment
Mary learns to blog!
27 July 2009 from Mary Rossall | There has to be a first time for everything and this is my first ever blog! I surf the web every day but blogging and twitter have passed me by so far so thank you Reading Detectives for getting me to... Read more or Comment (3 comments)
Lucky 13!
27 July 2009 from Helen | I work for Cumbria Library Service and I have been co-opted as the 13th member of the Grange over Sands Reading Group for the Reading Detectives project. As this is such an exciting project I like to think that this... Read more or Comment
Grange over Sands get reading
27 July 2009 from Priscilla | Reading Detectives in Cumbria are based at Grange over Sands Library. A dedicated and enthusiastic team has already started the search for forgotten books in the county, and readers are sharing their literary experiences as they go. Can't wait to... Read more or Comment
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