Morecambe Bay Partnership is a small charity with a vision for a thriving bay, rich in landscape, wildlife and culture which connects and inspires residents and visitors alike. From protecting rare birds to beach cleans, from cycle ways to saving the stories of veteran fishermen, we deliver projects that make great things happen for our communities. We'd love you to get involved by volunteering with us, or donating to one of our campaigns. We raise funds to protect rare birds, maintain cycleways, restore local heritage attractions and much more.
And now they are destroying it, Canal and River Trust are a disaster for our canal, leaking and silted up, fish struggling for life, they can't even get booms in to fill up areas above the leak/s, this is absolute hog wash, get it back in experienced hands, disgrace.
I remember crossing the bay to Grange with a friend and then again with my brother in law. We set off from Bare about an hour after high water. It was very interesting, particularly when we crossed the Kent channel. it was very deep and steep sided. So much so that we couldn't see either shore! I had spent the summer as a lifeguard in Morecambe and had carefully studied the movement of water at every stage of the tides, both at neaps and springs. Bill
Just found new information about my Great Grandfathers mother Sarah Robinson, nee Sagar. Sarah drowned in 1894 in Morcambe Bay in the Matchless boating disaster. My Great Grandfathers 13yr old sister survived as she wouldnt get on the boat... this research is very informative thank you ..
This was a brilliant project. Took a day and just off the road, another world in easy reach. Raised my awareness of Saltmarsh conservation and so good to breathe, stretch my eyes and just be there.
Three Brothers used to be one of our favourite walks , closed to public by Leighton Hall even though the walk has been on the ordnance survey map for generations.
Hello, thank you for your comment. We're so glad that you enjoyed this talk. Do have a look through the other talks on our RU-vid channel and keep an eye out to join our events in the coming months - see www.morecambebay.org.uk/whats-on to find out more.
My ancestors, the Cockerham's, were Abbott's there. After the dissolution of the Abbey by Henry the 8th in 1537, they moved south to the Isle of Purbeck Dorset where they purchased Hillersdon house. Then in the early 1600s, my ancestor Captain William Cockerham came to the colonies and settled in Jamestown, Virginia . I read previously that the Cockerham's and Prestons were intermarried. Would love to find out if that's true or not and learn more about the Cockerham's history at Furness Abbey
Also I have seen the Vincent wildlife trust behind the pine Martin reintroduction s in the UK so can I ask who gives the final decision about if pine Martin reintroduction is allowed and who will you work with to actually get the animals into the scheme and the area?
Do you know how many hazel doormice are in the arnside and silver dale area?... Or the north of England...i have heard that this area used to have quite a few of them..
My great grandad John Brierley was the brother of William Brierley who drowned in the Matchless disaster.It was John who brought Fanny, Ben and his brother's body back from Morecambe to Burnley where I still live.Thank you for your research.
The 3 brothers are not on the Crag itself , but can be walked to but not on a public path . They are shown on the os map however . DAVID HUGILL . WARTON
Nice try and all that, a suggestion for the next one would be to employ more sources as this will give you the opportunity to move, lift and combine the audio and avoid the hard cuts with blending you now have.
I'm impressed you managed to have such lovely images without the thousands of wind turbines dominating the sky and coast line, love the bay but it has broken my heart seeing all these ...nuclear power should be considered, take care
I live and work in South Korea, but Morecambe Bay is my spiritual home. I'm really enjoying the lectures. The Trust is doing a fantastic job and I'll try and give what (little) support I can. Thank you!
My 2 x great gran was one of the disaster victims along with her brother John Parkinson. They were both in their 30s and left many small children behind. It is abysmal how this was so quickly swept under the carpet. It was after all, only working class folk who died.
My Grandad, Frank Lambert, had a fish shop in Lancaster in the river Lune loved maps and would have loved this, I too love maps, I live in Canada now but thank you for this and learning a bit more about where 1/2 my family is from. Makes me think about sitting on top of Arnside Knot, really is something.
Thank you for all the very kind comments. Fans of Dr Bill Shannon might like to watch his other Sunset Series talks for us - on "Fire" - how ancient man made and carried fire : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lUfLBp9Jccw.html and on Goose wings and oak galls - how we wrote before industrialised processes - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S-cfmVOTYus.html .
Thank you so much for sharing this article. I've only had time to watch and listen to part of it. It's fascinating to listen to Dr. Bill Shannon's explanation, both in speech and photographs, of how Morecambe got it's name. Wonderful and so interesting. Can recommend this.
