Other Old Photographs

On this page we have created an archive of old photographs and postcards relating to Patterdale, that we have found or have been sent. If you have any that would be of interest to others, we would be delighted to include them. Just let us know, or send us a good quality scan, either through our discussion page or by e-mail.

c1935 - This photograph shows Tom Hadwin standing proudly by the Morris V6 Car that he drove as chauffeur to John Dickinson of Rooking Ghyll. The car is parked near to Wordsworth Cottage in Rookings. The field behind is where Grey Walls now stands and further back, partly hidden by the large tree, is Fell Garth. Sadly, Tom was killed during WW2 and is commemorated on Patterdale War Memorial. You can read more about Tom on the War Memorial pages and an adventure he and his pal Walter Dry had with the car whilst trying to enlist (Wally's War).

Patterdale, Township - 1902

This lovely photograph of three young girls, presumably heading off to school, was taken in 1902 by Miss Cecily Janet Adams of Moreton House, Wolstanton, Staffs.

The girls are thought to be the three daughters of Robert Pears of Crookabeck, Lilian (5), Hilda (9) and Mary Elizabeth (12). Robert ran a coaching service.

Goldrill House, Patterdale
This is the house that Mary Mounsey moved to when Patterdale Hall was sold to the Marshalls. It became a Youth Hostel in 1932.

Goldrill House, YHA, Patterdale
The hostel closed in 1967 and was demolished to make way for a new purpose-built Youth Hostel built in a Scandinavian style, including some flat roofs that were covered in grass. The new hostel opened in July 1971 and was managed by Joe and Margaret Boothroyd for over 20 years.

Fell Pony Club Meet at Crookabeck, Patterdale.
Vera Charlton (Roy Charlton's Wife), with Bobbie, Mary and Astie (Astrid)

Fell Pony Club Meet near Crookabeck, Patterdale

'Hudsons' Patterdale Hotel, Ullswater - c1907

A colour tinted 'Phoenix' Series Postcard by Brittain & Wright
Posted on 10 Jul 1907

Patterdale Hotel

" Where mountains rise against the sky"
A Fine Art Postcard by Shureys

Patterdale Hotel

'View from Patterdale Hotel' (not really!)

Patterdale Village - pre 1910

Postcard by Atkinson & Pollitt of Kendal. Posted 21 Jul 1926 but image is much older, as the Post Office, which was built before 1910, is not there.

Patterdale Village - c1929

Patterdale Village c1950

One very windy day in 1951, the corrugated iron garage, seen in the foreground of this photograph, was blown to bits and pieces of the corrugated iron were scattered around the village. One piece soared higher than the rest and came down on Boredale Hause, half way up Place Fell, having travelled a distance of about half a mile and achieved a vertical ascent of at least eight hundred feet.

Patterdale Village - c1955

Postcard by Sanderson & Dixon of Ambleside

Brothers' Water, Kirkstone Pass, Westmorland

A partially tinted Photogravure Reproduction. If you look closely you can just see the word 'Hotel' between the branches of the tree

Glenridding Beck and Birkhouse Moor - c1950

Judging by the model of car, this looks to be a 1950's image

Ullswater Hotel from the boat landing, Glenridding - pre 1918

'Phoenix' Series Postcard by Brittain & Wright

'Raven' Approaching Glenridding Pier

Stybarrow Crag, Ullswater - pre 1909

Valentine's Series. Card Posted 16 May 1909

Patterdale, Ullswater

Rowing boats on the shore near The Ullswater Hotel. Milcrests Hotel is in the background.

Ullswater

A Postcard by Francis Frith & Co

Ullswater

A Davidson Bros. Colour Card

St Patrick's Church, Patterdale

After the Ancient Yew Tree had fallen (1883) but before the Clock was fitted in the Bell Tower.

Ullswater pack around c1940 near the Brothers’ Water Hotel.

On the left is a visitor called Mr. Bownass, who, according to Kenneth Teasdale, was a regular Ullswater Hunt follower from the Windermere area. In the centre is Anthony Barker, the Huntsman of the Ullswater Pack who stepped in to that position when Huntsman Joe Weir was serving in the army during World War II. The children are Sydney Teasdale and Kenneth Teasdale (who were cousins). The adult standing on the extreme right is George Teasdale, Sydney’s father, who was the postman for many years in the Patterdale/ Glenridding area until the late 1950s. The picture was supplied by Shirley and Kenneth Teasdale. Kenneth was born in Patterdale and lived in Glenridding until he emigrated to Canada in 1957.

St Patrick's Church and the Old Yew tree - c1883

The photograph for this old postcard must have been taken before 1883 because the ancient tree in the foreground is the venerable old Yew Tree which, despite a wall being built around the base to help preserve it, was blown down during a storm in 1883. The tree had great girth and was even mentioned as a 'very fine old tree' at the time of the Norman Conquest!

Saint Patrick's Well and Ullswater c1908

Milcrest's Hotel and Glenridding Village c1925

Fully loaded 'Charabancs' descending Kirkstone Pass

Low Hartsop Dodd and Brotherswater - the tree plantation is no longer there

Spinning Gallery in Hartsop

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