Cumbrian patrols aiming to catch truanting school kids
The new school year starts on Monday so it’s back to school for some 68,000 Cumbrian youngsters. Or that’s the theory. The reality is somewhat different.
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Confining child sweeps to history
As early as April 1803 the Carlisle Journal was reporting on the invention of a machine for sweeping chimneys.
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The new school year starts on Monday so it’s back to school for some 68,000 Cumbrian youngsters. Or that’s the theory. The reality is somewhat different. 