A Meeting With Kevin Alexander












Alex Blackmore, James Alexander and Kevin Alexander in the yard of Ulverston's Hope And Anchor. Kevin is his family's historian. Kevin's family  have Stake Fished the Duddon Estuary from the same spot for over a century, and he was here today to talk us through a few fascinating stories about the development of Askam and to point out areas of  interest on the map provided by Dan from Greenlane Archaeology.

Kevin is a great story teller who can bridge the years with an   aside .  Looking through photos of his ancestors at work in the estuary in the 1930 and earlier, he points out boats that  still  sit on his family land,  oars that are now in his lockup, or the Stakes that were  used as weapons in an altercation before the first world war. We'll see Kevin again soon when we meet him for a walk around the estuary, Askam pier, the ponds nearby and those on former mining land.





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