myWhitehaven.net

Your memories of Whitehaven

Whitehaven harbour
Whitehaven harbour
Why not share your memories of Whitehaven and help to preserve the history of the town for future generations? Your memories need not be lost, they can live on after you have gone.

If you are interested preserving your memories, of Whitehaven, please email us your story. All memories sent will be considered for inclusion.

If you remember the war years, your time at school or even John Paul Jones' attack upon the town, we would like to hear from you!


Write your memories!

Write your memories
All of the memories recorded on myWhitehaven.net have been written by people like yourself. Why not contribute to our online archive of memories so that your future family can discover what things were like in the town? To write your memories, simply enter your details on our contact form. If you want to add a photograph to your entry, please contact us via email instead, at: sean.f.duffy@gmail.com

Speak your memories!

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If you would rather speak your memories of Whitehaven aloud, here at myWhitehaven.net we would love to hear from you as well! Simply speak your memories into a microphone, save the resulting article as an MP3 and send it to us at: sean.f.duffy@gmail.com - in addition to the spoken word, please attach a photograph of yourself so that people can put a face to the voice.


Memories of Whitehaven...

Pat W. Bell (text)
Daniel Hay and 143 Calder Avenue

Jeremy Caulfield (text)
Engines on the Dock and St. James Church

Eileen Crisp (text)
Shopping and Ice cream

George Dent (text)
Sunday school and Wilsons charabancs

Amanda Garraway (text)
School and a knicker fetish

Jean Grearson (text)
St. Nicholas church and Jerusalem

Ann Hanlon (text)
The Mission and prayer books

Caroline Hurd (text)
Sandblasting and the Beehive

Lily Labedz (text)
Holy Trinity church and St. James' school

Stephen McCourt (text)
Scawfell Pike and church gardens

Eric Moore (text)
Haig Pit and the wagon road

William Reay (text)
The town hall and electric rates

Roy Steele (text)
St. Nicholas church fire and fishing

Gavin Wilson (text)
A tour around the pubs

Jeff Winter (text)
The Beehive and phosphate powder

David Wylie (text)
The depression and the Selective central school