Crane made 76 years ago in Carlisle still operational in Singapore
A crane built in Carlisle is still fully operational in Singapore more than 75 years after it was built.
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Carlisle crane-making veterans reminisce at reunion
Former employees of celebrated Carlisle crane makers, Cowans Sheldon, gathered for only the second time in decades.
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Reunion planned for engineering company Cowans Sheldon
In 1846, four industrious engineers launched a small railway engineering works on the outskirts of Carlisle.
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Volunteers at hospital are rewarded in prize draw
Volunteers who support patients, staff and visitors in North Cumbria Integrated Care during the pandemic were entered into a special prize draw, with two volunteers receiving prizes. Winners, Gordon Dodds and Anne Marie Hyde received two books - published during lockdown - donated by Bookends in Carlisle and Keswick. Gordon Dodds, a retired crane commissioning engineer, has been a volunteer in Larch A/B ward for four years and now volunteers in A&E at the Cumberland Infirmary. Anne Marie Hyde has been a Meet and Greet volunteer at the West Cumberland Hospital for five years. She said:...
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