We hope the articles in this section give a flavour of life in Cockermouth past.
May 2008 Changes to Main Street August 2008 The Hiring Fairs March 2009 Visit by the Prince of Wales to Cockermouth in 1927 January 2010 WWII wristwatch belonging to a Cockermouth man February 2010 WWII poem tribute and local experiences March 2010 Sad story of a Workhouse boy April 2010 Farming memories from WWII era May 2010 Extreme weather June 2010 Georgian life extracts September 2010 The slave trade in Cumberland October 2010 Cockermouth Tweed Mill burglary December 2010 Cariboo Goldfields button January 2011 The Chicken family of Cockermouth February 2011 Summer exhibition 2011: Market Place March 2011 History of Dovenby Hall April 2011 The Globe Hotel May 2011 Wordsworth Celebrations of 1950 and 1970 June 2011 Summer exhibition 2011: hat manufacture + Town Hall July 2011 Update on Norman McMaster and WWII August 2011 St Helen's School September 2011 The Harrison family of Dunthwaite House, Setmurthy October 2011 Old and strange remedies for assorted ailments November 2011 Florence Williams and her civilian Military Medal
War Time Reminiscences – Elsie Hayton The Workhouse – Museum Group United Reformed Church – Museum Group Ups and Downs of a Fratching Town – Frank Carruthers ('Whiteoak') Story of the Cumbrian Mummy – Gloria Edwards, Museum Group
