History & Heritage

Bob Copeland 2

In his second interview, Bob mentions further memories of first coming to Cartmel and family connections here, and also of school days; memories of former shops in Cartmel Square, games that boys played, how locals used to sneak into race meetings, first cars in Cartmel, stories of Sunday School, bible study classes, Band of Hope meetings and choir summer outings; memories of muffled church bells after R101 airship crashed, and seeing the Hindenburg airship spying pre war; working at the Grand Hotel and then move to Merlewood Hotel when it first opened; memories of people who built the Cartmel Village Hall.