MY HOME TOWN ULVERSTON.
I was born in a small market town called Ulverston, which is on the edge of the Lake District. It was very small when I was young, but then a lot of outsiders came in and the town grew.It is quite rural in as much as most walks lead to the sea of Morcambe Bay, or on to the moors, We did have lots of farms around, but as times changed the farms dissapeared , and became holiday homes.Stan Laurel was born in Argyll St, in the town, and also Sir John Barrow, we have a bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy in the town and also a museum. Son’s of the Desert come to certain gatherings.
Sir John Barrow, was secretary to the Admiral of the Fleet during the first world war, the cottage he was born in still stands at Dragley beck, and there is a Monument,that is a replica of a lighthouse, This stands on Hoad Hill, hence by locals it is called Hoad Monument.Here you will find locals gathering at Easter for Pasche egg rolling, and also there is a ring we call the fairy ring made of stones where the Town Band plays on occasions.I have been up the monument many times, but not for a few years now …too many steps for me lol.
Like lots of rural places we locals have our own dialect, which I will not bore you with now.I just think I was very lucky to be born in a wonderful place, where we can escape for walks out in the countryside.I would have hated city life.
Well that is a small insight to my home town……Tania
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Fascinating description, Tania. Like a lot of towns there’s more history there than many realise.
Perhaps this could set a theme? Any others fancy telling about their town or locality?
Thank you, Way, it would be nice for other people to share a little about their locality.
Hi Tania…….never stayed in the Lake District but passed through Cumbria recently on the way to Ireland……you live in a beautiful part of the country with both the sea and the countryside on your doorstep…..
Hi Starlette, we used to be Lancashire, that is what is on my birth certificate, but the powers that be changed the boundaries in the 70s. I will always be a Lancashire lass , it is what I am.My Grandmother was Irish , Star, but I have never visited Ireland. I can assure you the Lakes are lovely , I have a brother in Ambleside, one in Coniston , and one in Windermere,all beautiful places.
It’s amazing how we move through life, often moving from town to town and even country to country as is my story, and while you enjoy life as you go, there really is no place like your home town
I was borne in Brightlingsea, Essex and lived my earl;y years in and around there Halfway through my working life I was offered an opportunity here in New Zealand which after 50 years I am proud to call home- but I still look at Facebook every day – without fail- to see what is happening in my old home town.
A good blog, thank you Tania
Well, drummer, like you I have moved around through life, but Ulverston will always be home to me, Thank you
I moved to the village I live in at about the age of 4 I would think……its no longer a village but now classed as a small town in the heart of Sherwood Forest……..its surrounded by woodland and forest, 20 miles on the outskirts of Nottingham City, the part of Sherwood Forest where the Major Oak is a ten min drive by car from my house, as a child myself and my friends spent many hours in the forest and used to literally go into the trunk of the Major Oak to hide as did Robin Hood……as teenagers we still went into the Oak to snog……the Major Oak is now being held up by metal girders and is fenced off…….the opening into the trunk is now virtually closed, a child may still be able to squeeze through it but certainly not an adult. .our treats were day trips to the coast…Skegness……Mablethorpe…….. Skegness has the most caravans anywhere, thousands of people still holiday there ……….I still live in the “village ” and attended all the schools, as did my own children and grandson…….Derbyshire The Peak District is 40 mins away…….a beautiful part of the country where I visit often, my dad was from Barnsley Yorkshire and I always feel a great affinity with Yorkshire…….when people hear me speak they always ask are you from Yorkshire so the twang is there…….so i have lived here all my life and cannot see myself moving now…..
Sounds a wonderful Place to live in ,Starlette, we are blessed to be living close to nature.my grandfather was from York, so you see some of our dialect comes from there…Lovely Blog…Thank you
Very interesting account, Tania—– and a lovely area — so much history too.
There is lots of history around us, goldengirl1224, with the Priory ect. I am not good at blogging, just do things out of my head at the time, but I have lots of books on Ulverston, I prefer to try to keep to what I know, so will try my hardest to do more, Thank you.
Its interesting stuff, Tania – appreciate the time you take to share with us.
Keep ’em coming!
I will try …goldengirl1224
Tania , Really enjoyed reading about your home town and thank you for writing about Ulverston.
Thank you annemarie, so pleased that you enjoyed the blog..x