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29th August 2025

The photographic archive of Joseph Hardman (1893-1972) at Lakeland Arts documents the changing ways of Lakeland life in the mid-C20. Here we see children and adults picking blackberries with a view of the Winster Valley beyond. Hardman also photographed the local damson harvest for which the Lake District was once famous. Happily, there are now efforts to revive Westmorland damsons in the Lyth Valley.
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