"THE PLACE I CONSIDER TO BE THE
       NICEST SUMMER RESORT IN
         CUMBERLAND, AND  WHY?"
 
 
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Dear Uncle Sam, - Of all the places I like best to visit in the summer is  
Seascale. I like to go along the sands and gather pebbles, and see the people  
enjoying themselves.
 
Of all the places I like best,
I think Seascale will beat the rest,
For what with trips on a summer's day,
And the children always are at play.
 
I remain, your loving nephew,
 
Jonathan SHEPHERD,
South Lodge, Calderbridge.
 
 
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Dear Uncle Sam, - I consider St. Bees the nicest summer resort. I sometimes  
go in the summer holidays and stay with my Uncle John, when we go to the beach 
 and gather shells. I like St. Bees because it is cleaner than town. I would 
like  to stay in a village better than a town. - I remain your affectionate  
nephew,
 
J. H. WARWICK,
The How, Seascale.
 
 
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Dear Uncle Sam, - The nicest Cumberland resort I know is Eskdale. The  reason 
why is, that it is such a pretty place, and it is visited by hundreds of  
people every year, some for pleasure, some for the benefit of their health, and  
which the fine pure air soon puts all right again.- From your loving  niece,
 
Hannah HIRD,
Hollinghow, Eskdale.
 
 
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Dear Uncle Sam, - I have visited several places in Cumberland, but I  
consider St. Bees the most charming of all. It has advantages which are wanting  in 
larger and more popular resorts. The sands are firm and clean, bathing can be  
safely enjoyed, the views out to sea are expansive, the air is bracing, and 
the  short visit I paid there was to me a time of perfect enjoyment. - Your  
affectionate nephew,
 
W. H. GARLAND,
Wasdale Head.
 
 
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Dear Uncle Sam, - I think Whitehaven is the nicest place I know of, as I  
think I could spend two or three days at Whitehaven the best, where I could have  
a walk on the pier and see the beautiful ships and the harbour and the sea, 
as I  like to see the waves splashing round the pier, and see the birds 
following the  boats. I think I could spend a day or two watching them and another 
day or two  looking at the beautiful shops and walking up and down the streets. 
- I am, your  affectionate niece,
 
Anne MOFFAT,
Prospect House,
Eskdale.
 
 
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Creditable letters have also been received from the following comrades:  -
 
Robert Brew BEATTIE
 
Richard WILSON
 
Annie Grace THOMAS
 
Annie TYSON
 
Ethel M. PATTINSON
 
Jane STRAITSON
 
John R. HODGSON
 
John BATEMAN
 
Barbara TTOUGHTON
 
J. DOWNIE
 
M. E. GLAISTER
 
Thomas ASHBURN
 
Jane WEIR
 
Wm. LIGHTFOOT.
 
Jane CROASDELL
 
John HIGGINS
 
A. EILBECK
 
Mary J. BETHWAITE
 
John BURNS
 
Issac HERDMAN
 
J. R. EILBECK
 
John DOUGLAS
 
Thomas HORN
 
Sarah Jane CURRY
 
Elsie NICHOL
 
Sarah DOWNIE
 
Mayson FEARON
 
Maggie TURNBULL
 
Geo. D. MIERS
 
C. WRIGHT
 
W. S. BARRIE
 
Edith May DOBIE
 
C. PEEL
 
James FINLAY
 
Esther TROUGHTON.
 
 
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