I'm told that bands used to travel from as far away as Manchester to come and play here on a flat part of this field to the people of Ulverston. The field is on the right as you go up what we call Constitution Hill as you leave Gill Banks on the Cumbrian Way.
Can you remember whether you went swimming in the beck at the top of Gill Banks path?
I'm told they rolled a boulder across the beck just below the waterfall and dammed it up so that it was deep enough to swim in?
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Swimming in the stream? Can't imagine how that could be achieved - paddling yes.
When we came here 25 years ago there was no waterfall. A spillway, made up of heavy pieces of stone, took the water to a lower level supported by slate sides, rocks keeping them in place. Then the power of water gradually washed away the spillway during heavy rains. The slates now lie flat in the stream. The remnants of the slope can be seen on the far bank. Paddling -yes, but swimming? No.
The large house up the hill beyond Town Bank, I think was owned by the Fells. We have been told they held fetes and such, for the benefit of the town, on their Flan property. (Since given to the town (part of Town Lands Trust?)
A similar event also took place in the Rectory's extensive garden. I have not heard anything about where you mention. (I used to pick up all sorts of info when visiting Ulverston's elderly) My husband hears about old Ulverston from his friends.He could ask. But we have a booked called The Growth Of Ulverston By Dorothy Ashburn, I'll look through and see if I can find what you want to know.
I'm also reminded that Ulverston had a sports day on the top of Flan which if you've been to the top has views all round the area - even a better vantage point than Hoad.
Beacons lit here would have been seen not only from Lancaster but far into the lakes as well.
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