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Rain in Cumbria

Posted on April 21, 2024April 21, 2024 by HarrietP

Rain in Cumbria: a rainy day read, with a wry poem at the end. ‘For the rain it raineth every day…’ Feste’s song at the end of Twelfth Night could have been written for 2023-24 – at least fo... Read More

Flooding: Carlisle 1822; Whitehaven 1827

Posted on December 27, 2020 by HarrietP

Flooding is topical after Storm Bella lashed the UK with roaring winds and heavy rain overnight last night (December 26, 2020). So this post is a look back at previous winter storms, flooding, damag... Read More

Frozen fish, a Cumbrian discovery

Posted on January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 by HarrietP

Frozen fish, a staple of any domestic freezer, was a 20th century discovery by Clarence Birdseye. Or was it? Well, no. But this isn’t a blog about native Canadians, or how the Romans invented underf... Read More

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Rain in Cumbria

Flooding: Carlisle 1822; Whitehaven 1827

Frozen fish, a Cumbrian discovery