Aerial Photos part 3 1940-1949
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1946 Aerial Cockermouth Castle with a few houses on Castlegate Drive before estate built on left. Note centre left is Cockermouth Hospital built in 1914, centre right is the rear of the drill hall that is now the Sports Centre. Top of photo on left of the road is now Cockermouth School.
1946 Aerial Cockermouth Main Street looking at the castle with the brewery in front and the washerwoman’s cottage and adjacent houses beside the Derwent, now all gone. Note on the left bend of the Derwent is the mill race that went past Derwent Mill to power the Gote mills – the mill race is now a walkway to the remains of the sluice gate that can still be seen. Bottom left is the Congregational Church, now URC, and to its right is the line of roof that is Teetotal Lane that was demolished to make way for Irene Court (the road sign on Waterloo Street preserves the name) Many of the yards behind Main Street were workshops and dwellings some of which were demolished to make parking, but Cocktons Yard and Kings Arms Lane are wonderful examples of preservation and repurposing. A few houses are on Castlegate Drive before the estate was built behind them. Note centre left is Cockermouth Hospital built in 1914, centre right is the rear of the drill hall that is now the Sports Centre. Top of photo on left of the road is now Cockermouth School.
1949 Aerial Cockermouth Castle 11 July mono. Note in 1949 there is a lower boundary wall and grass bank on the left bank of the Derwent that in later floods caused the river bank and the wall to be eroded and washed away. Note the washerwoman’s cottage to the right of the lower castle wall, other photos show the lady with her washing photographed from the right bank of the Derwent. At the top right is the Town Hall and the undeveloped car park. To the left of the Town Hall is the long roof of the old Market Hall and between it and Market Place the buildings were later demolished for the current car park.
