Over the years the Heysham residents have seen many www.nationaltrust.org.uk/heysham Welcome to changes to the village and the surrounding landscape. Heysham They have shared their personal memories and what they think makes the place so special.

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Katharine Gregson is a born and bred Heyshamer. John Holding Born in Knowlys Road at a private nursing home, grew up in Cheshire Katharine grew up in her family home on Main Street and moved around the country where she still lives today with her antiques shop. to Newcastle, Manchester then Exeter Katharine is passionate about Heysham, its history with his teaching career. John and his and life, and is a founder member and supporter of Heysham has long been a go-to family moved to Heysham in 1967 when the Heysham Heritage Association. destination: from being the site of he got a job lecturing at St Martin’s pilgrimage to St Patrick’s chapel in the College, Lancaster and have lived there early medieval period, to the holiday ever since, though John still describes hot-spot of the 1950s when tens of himself as a ‘newcomer ’. Heavily involved thousands of people descended to in the Heysham Heritage Association, enjoy the village’s attractions. Now it is John is also a keen naturalist.

a more peaceful area, but the Heysham

coast certainly still has a lot to explore.

This trail takes you through Heysham Heysham

village and along the most prominent cliff on the Lancashire coast to to Welcome explore the area’s rich history and the landscape of today.

Lenora Warner grew up in the cottages Freddie Edmondson was born on on Main Street opposite the church, Lancaster Road, Morecambe in 1927. Getting to Heysham . . . originally her grandfather’s home, and still He moved to Heysham aged 3 and has Alice Saunders has lived in Heysham all her life. Born in 1931 lives there today. She has fond memories lived there ever since. Freddie attended By bike : Near to National Route 69 of of life in Heysham and of her father being the local school and spent a happy the National Cycle Network. on Carr Lane, Alice moved to Knowlys Road where she grew For more information visit up. Alice’s father was the manager of the Co-op store in the verger at St Peter’s Church. childhood with his brothers and sisters www.sustrans.org around Heysham’s coastline. He grew Heysham for 35 years and her mother came from Silverdale. By bus : Route 2 and 2A links Alice is really passionate about life in Heysham and has been up helping in his family run antique Lancaster and Heysham. heavily involved in the resurrection of the Glebe Garden. shops and today has his own haulage From Carnforth route 5 runs company operating out of Heysham. through Heysham village. By train : Heysham Harbour station 1 mile; Morecambe station 2.5 miles By road : Exit M6 at Junction 34. Then take A683 to Heysham village

Here in Heysham the Morecambe For alternative formats, please Bay National Trust team manage the countryside for the benefit of call us on 01524 702815 or email people and wildlife. Our activities are morecambebayproperties@ Peter Cook was born in Heysham very varied and we make a valuable nationaltrust.org.uk contribution to maintaining the in 1946 and grew up and lived in countryside and making it more Heysham until he married in 1969. accessible and to helping you get Peter moved back to Heysham Share your amazing more out of your time here. in 1982 and has lived there ever since. His family had a popular tea days out with us ! gardens in the cottages known We’d love to hear your stories and see photos Turn over to find out as Greese Cottage, which Peter from your days out with us. Get in touch on about the people who helped in as he grew up. Peter has Twitter, send us a comment on Facebook and contributed to this trail . . . a great knowledge of Heysham life tag us in your Instagram photos. and is a keen naturalist and birder. © National Trust 2015 • The National Trust is a registered charity, no. 205846 km .5 km km km .5 km km km .5 km 6 Heysham Head km

Oh I lived and died at Heysham Head, m .5 m m .5 m I loved it there. It had a beautiful rose garden and swings, roundabouts, tea m .5gardens. m They had a wooden dance National Trust National Trust floor and my sister used to put me on her feet and taught me to dance. National Trust — Alice Saunders 8 Half Moon Bay

As a child on my way out my mother 3 Bay Cottage used to say “ where are you going ? ” and I’d say, “ To the beach ” and we’d all go iepoint to St Peter’s Bay Cottage or ‘ the Pot House ’ as they down from being 6 or 7 to the beach. Arnside Knott St Patrick’s Church called it used to have a family living It was different in those days. My mother Chapel there called the Cockers. They all always cared but she never worried. Caution had ginger hair [ . . . ]. During the war narro road We loved diving off the rocks. 5 the Puxleys lived there — they were Heysham illage evacuees from the London area. — Freddie Edmondson Turn right — Katharine Gregson don 9 Barrows Lane path ectory The Woods Dad and I used to go and watch Barros Heritage 4 Shore fishing beach the football off Barrows Lane Centre 1 Main Street ( Village centre ) and if they didn’t like the referee People used to go fishing on the skear they used to chuck him in the Lots of people came to Heysham which is the rocky outcrop further out, dyke over the bridge at the end. in the 1950s [ . . . ]. The bus queues only visible from low tide; there was — Alice Saunders started where the lamp is now, [ . . . ] a big mussel bed. They put fish traps and they used to queue about four out there called ‘ bauks ’— they were like deep down the lane as far as the a v-shaped fence that led to a pool at Royal until about 10.30 at night. the bottom where the fish would be collected. They’d go out with a horse — Katharine Gregson and cart as the tide went out.

— Peter Cook Barros ane Polly Blacow was the last mussel gatherer of Heysham. Polly and her horse — Old Joe would go out to the skear to collect the mussels and the fog would come down and 2 Village Pump you could only see maybe 2 feet in front of Heysham was famous for Nettle Beer iepoint across you and she’d shout, “ Home Joe ”… and do you know Old Joe would take her straight or Nettle drink as they used to call it. orecambe Bay The village pump at back to the slipway safely. There used to be a few ladies in the the lowest point of the old cottages who used to make nettle village at the bottom — Katharine Gregson beer. It was about 3 pence a glass. of Bailey Lane was hit Granny Hutch — Granny Hutchinson by a car in the 1920 s. was the main person. Dad was a good — John Holding friend of Granny Hutch. — Alice Saunders My Dad was the verger for the church and he also worked as the caretaker / gardener. Half oon Bay Route Conditions On a Saturday tea time It was playing on the Barrows that got Distance : he would go up in the me interested in wildlife. You’d go up 5 Church / approx. 1 ½ miles • 2 ½ km dark and get the boiler and see these beautiful birds, which chapel fired up ready for church Facilities : were stonechats and you’d lie in the on a Sunday morning. Parking, toilets & refreshments grass and hear It was in this little in the village grasshoppers and outhouse joined to the skylarks overhead and Hazards : church. I used to like 7 Heysham Barrows see butterflies. There Unsurfaced path along clifftop going with him — it was was a massive colony terrifying this boiler — There used to be a go-cart track on the OS map reference : of rabbits as well. Dad would shovel in the Barrows. On a Sunday afternoon you’d OS Explorer 296 Rabbits everywhere coke and it would roar hear this roaring noise as the cars went there’d be. Route directions : the fire — it fascinated around. Nigel Mansell is said to have me and terrified me. started his early career here when he Begin the circular trail from — Peter Cook We would like to thank all of the interviewees Main Street in the village centre. was 15. Thousands of people would come. © Crown copyright and database rights 2015 — Lenora Warner for their contributions; also Ian Miller, John and Ordnance Survey 0100031673 — John Holding Doreen Read for providing the photographs.