Figure 1.--Cumbrian children like other children enjoyed the lakes and boating. The children do no seem to have changed their clothes much for boating and there were no life preservers to be seen in a photogragh taken at Newby Bridge in 1914.
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Figure 1.--Cumbrian children like other children enjoyed the lakes and boating. The children do no seem to have changed their clothes much for boating and there were no life preservers to be seen in a photogragh taken at Newby Bridge in 1914. |
Cumbrian children like other children enjoyed the lakes and boating. The children seen here wear school caps and knickers. One boy even has a formal Eton collar. They do no seem to have changed their clothes much for boating and there were no life preservers to be seen in a photogragh taken at Newby Bridge in 1914. A British reader tells us, "You will not even to this day find many children or adults who are messing about on the water, or enjoying a river trip wearing a life preserve. The only time you would have a preserve is if you were canoeing or taking part in an adventure water activity. Just sailing on the river and we don't wear them."
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