LOOKING BACKWARDS
25 YEARS AGO

(The following are extracts from our files of 25 years  ago)
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MARYPORT FARMER DIES.

At the age of 85, the death occurred at Maryport on  Monday of Mr. Joseph
DIXON, the head of a very well-known family. For more than  50 years he
successfully farmed at Birkby for Mr. P. RUSSELL, of Manchester, and  at the
same time carried on a milk retail business at Maryport. He was over 80  years of age
when he retired.

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OLD INN CLOSES.

The license of one of the oldest public houses in Cumberland, The  Wheat
Sheaf, Abbey Town, lapsed this week. No application was made for its
renewal.

At this house monks received the dues and rents from tenants of the  estate
in the days when Holme Cultram Abbey was all powerful.

A model is to be built in Abbey Town by the Carlisle State  Management
Scheme. Two other existing inns are also to be closed.

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SALMON EXPERT.

A Carlisle newsboy, John TAYLOR who is a well known salmon angler,  has
opened the season by catching a newly run spring salmon weighing 19 ½
pounds.

John has a rod and a tackle that almost baffles description, but he  can
catch salmon where experts with the most expensive rods fail.


(The following are extracts from our  files of 25 years ago)
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REMARKABLE RECORD.

Mr. James LOWTHER, of Heads Nook, Cumberland, a well known courser,  has a
remarkable Waterloo Cup record. This week he attended for the 46th
occasion, never having missed a meeting since he was 17.

Mr. LOWTHER has trained many Waterloo Cup dogs.

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PREHISTORIC AXE.

Mr. J. MacBETH, Carlisle, was breaking up a piece of pasture land  behind
Borland Avenue on Thursday when he found, a perfectly preserved example  of
a prehistoric axe of the type in use during the New Stone Age (circa 2000
B.C.).

The implement, which measures 12 inches, was of a compact blue  whinestone.
It has been given to the Carlisle Museum at Tullie  House.

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CYCLING CLUB.

A cycling club for Whitehaven and district was formed at a meetingt  held on
Wednesday under the chairmanship of Mr. John KEIR. A fair attendance  heard
that the aims of the club are to provide social runs for both sexes and
create a better feeling of comradeship.Affiliation to the National  Union will also

provide members with manybenefits.

The captain is Fred RUMNEY and the secretary Thomas HODGSON,  jun.