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Red Ike Find!

30 October 2009 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

Life on the Fell - a pictorial chronicle of a Lakeland community Find!

20 October 2009 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)

Kendal In The Nineteenth Century by A Wainwright Find!

28 September 2009 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

The Bondwomen by W G Collingwood Find!

26 September 2009 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)

The Shield Ring by Rosemary Sutcliff Find!

24 September 2009 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 (2 comments)

T'Bacca Queen by Theodora Wilson Wilson Find!

23 September 2009 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

The Painted Letters of Percy Kelly Find!

18 September 2009 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 (1 comments)

Wasdale Climbing Book By Michael Cocker Find!

16 September 2009 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 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 (2 comments)

Hazard's Way by Roger Hubank Find!

8 September 2009 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

Hope On, Hope Ever Find!

6 September 2009 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

Sunshine To The Sunless Find!

1 September 2009 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 (2 comments)

Smoke Across The Fell Find!

27 August 2009 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)

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