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Telephone:07780681066.
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Whitehaven Traders
on the web

Whitehaven market's Dave the Knickerman
gets ready for Christmas with his jumbo pair.
..for that special person!
The market is the heart of a good Thursday and Saturday,
but our web traders are contactable every day.
MORE on Whitehaven Traders
and Businesses on the web

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History and features
Pubs of Whitehaven
The Renaissance of Whitehaven

Basking Sharks!
Shipbuilding history
The Egremont Ugly Contest

Whitehaven slave traders
web site for St Bees

Whitehaven as she was in her Heyday


The finest RL side in Cumbria
Whitehaven RL

Fantastic Web site
on the Kells Brake

The most important man on the job, the brakesman
With pictures of the brake incline railway which dates from 1880s thanks to Gordon Nicholson who's excellent website you can visit at www.whitehaven.me.uk

And the band played them out

Old archive picture by former pit deputy and councillor Ronnie Calvin as the band plays out the last shift from Haig Pit. More on the area's mining past.

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ASDA opts to go to Workington
rather than Whitehaven

Superstore giant Asda is to take over part of the Dunmail Park retail site.


New CATS show
The Wedding Singer. Copeland Amateur Theatrical Society (CATS) are gearing up for their show commencing 23rd February to the 27th in the Whitehaven Civic Hall. Find link via our clubs page.


How the Queen Mum helped keep rare Goblet in Whitehaven
Find out how Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002 made the anonymous gift...



All Systems Go for the 2010 Maritime Fest
The festival team have definitely set the dats for 2010 as June 25/26 and 27 in 2010. The big day will be an Armed Forces Day.
Tall ship and dramatic fly-past by a massive Vulcan bomber that used to carry Britain's H bombs featured in this year's (2009)Fest for 100,000 visitors...Find out more and see video of V Bomber take off.


Olde Worlde Whitehaven
See some of the earliest paintings of Whitehaven at a new showing..

Hub lit up at Long Last...

Pic by Jan Fiakowski, who writes, "THIS IS HOW THE HUB SHOULD LOOK ~ IF OUR USELESS COUNCIL GOT THEIR A**** IN GEAR."

The world of Freemasonry in Whitehaven
The previously secret world of freemasonry is now coming out into the public domain. In Whitehaven there are four craft lodges of the movement...find out more.
Our Clogmaker
All about Whitehaven's well known clog maker.

Whitehaven councillor on his Carol Thatcher moment.
The Labour councillor who was reported for saying he had been “Working like a Nigger” tells his side of the story.
Pink Power!
Late on 5th June 2009 Whitehaven was awash with ladies of all ages, dressed in Pink. The 'sisterhood' came out in massive force to do a midnight charity walk in aid of 'Hospice at Home West Cumbria'.. Our local radio station CFM put on a roadshow, with groups, and karaoke singers, ..see more of the fun and games.

Honour for Laal Michael...
Find out more.....

Steam at Lowca
Atmospheric video on the flootplate of steam shunter working at Lowca....you can almost smell the steam and coal dust!

Whitehaven's Mutineer
How a Whitehaven seaman was involved in the famous Mutiny on the Bounty..find out more.

TAKE A STROLL!
Take a guided walk around the town .....
Setting Sail out of Whitehaven

Before the days of SatNav Whitehaven seamen set out at the mercy of the winds and tides from Whitehaven....many of the ships and their skippers are recorded in this web archive...



Memories of the 2005 Maritime Festival
Queen's Visit 2008
On June 5 2008 Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were cheered by around 10,000 wellwishers along the harbourside. The event marked the 300th anniversay of the grant of the Royal charter for the harbour.
See the actual Royal document in which Queen Anne granted Whitehaven her harbour.
All about Whitehaven
plus Where to Stay

Find out more about the old pubs and characters that have made Whitehaven unique.
Click to visit our feature page

Take a stroll through Whitehaven

Map of the Town and around

Also use our Information page

Fireworks Fun!



Old Habourside Scene
Harbour office from old postcard, Courtesy of Serge

Whitehaven as she was
in 1847...
Fascinating detail in this reproduction from a Gazetteer from 1847....
William Pit
Supporting the Whitehaven website

Marina and Harbour


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HFT GOUGH &Co




If you don’t need any more business...then look away now.
But if you would like to see your business grow...the internet is always open for business. And more and more people use the web to search for the products or services they need.
If you have no presence on the web we can help starting from as little as £40 a year..

To ask us for a web advert page or a site of your own
Contact:
Emails
David J Siddall
Tel 07780681066

Posters designed by Whitehaven artist Jonathan Crosby

Report Domestic Violence...new anon. police help link

This site opposes compulsory ID cards and suggests you check out
£50 just to prove you exist?....this site opposes attempts to impose ID Cards...