Restoration projects:-

Model of old Windermere ferry, with cargo of horse-drawn carriage:-

There is a large Boathouse at the Jetty Museum containing several boats which once plied the lake’s waters:-

The lake from the Museum’s jetty:-

Sailing boat:-

Painting of boats on Windermere:-

Exhibits and memorabilia:-

A more modern launch:-

White Lady II. This sank 120 feet to the bottom of the lake in 1937 and was salvaged in 1982:-

Henry Segrave’s seat from Miss England II, plus lifejacket, helmet and goggles 1930, stopwatch holder, windscreen housing and cleat from Miss England II.:-

Canfly; the boat is unique because it was built for the engine:-

Rob Roy canoe, designed for solo trips:-

The Jetty Museum, Windermere, like Blackwell, is run by Lakeland Arts. It covers the hostory of boating on the lake over 2oo years.

We found the contents very interesting, the experience better than we had expected.

The most imposing exhibit when you enter the main part of the museum is the motor launch, Branksome, whose rear is the first bit you encounter:-

Prow of Branksome:-

Tea setting inside Branksome:-

There is also a model of Branksome in a glass case beside a photograph of a hydroplane on the lake:-

Speedboats on wall behind Branksome:-

Glider and speedboat:-

Hanging on the wall just by the entrance door (and seen behind Branksome’s funnel in photo 3 above) is Beatrix Potter’s Rowing Boat:-

The Roxy Cinema is fairly prominent as you pass through Ulverston to or from Barrow-in-Furness, standing as it does by the main A 590 road:-

Note rule of three, and banding, plus flagpole.

Entrance, also the entrance to the Laurel and Hardy Museum:-

From south, Art Deco lettering, banding on white background and rule of three in windows:-

View from north:-

Jelle Dam was a socialist activist who helped illuminate the living conditions of agricultural workers in rural Friesland.

This replica of his last house is the final exhibit as you go round De Spitkeet anti-clockwise:-

Jelle Dam fared reasonably out of his writing. The interior is well appointed:-

Like many such houses one of the rooms was given over to being a shop selling produce grown on the land (plus some other.) These shops were usually tended to by the wife:-

After the Second World War housing was so scarce in the Friesland area that chicken coops were converted to housing. De Spitkeet contains an example of this. It looked fairly substantial to me and homely enough:-

Goats at De Spitkeet. This type of goat is particular to the area:-

Another building at De Spitkeet (see previous posts) was called the Jehannes-Hinke Hus:-

Side view:-

Entrance (and bikes):-

Entrance from inside:-

View from entrance:-

Looking back:-

Living room:-

Oven/cooker:-

Box bed:-

Another doll’s hosue:-

Thatched roof and tools:-

The Swa Hus type was an attempt to improve the living conditions in rural Friesland.

Swa Hus at De Spitkeet:-

Interiors:-

Doll’s House in Swa Hus:-

Tool room:-

This is an even more primitive house than the Earth House at De Spitkeet. The people dug a hole and strengthened it with wooden beams and poles. They further built up the walls and ceilings with grass or heather sods.

Interior:-

A bit further round the grounds of De Spitkeet there was this opening where during World War 2 young men hid from patrols to avoid being taken to Germany to work in factories etc. It must have been better disguised in those days or the bare earth leading to it would have been a giveaway:-

The cemetery at De Spitkeet has a wooden belfry. This was because it was believed bells frightened away evil spirits. No-one was buried there for nine years until the belfry was erected.

Part of cemetery with spitkeet earth house:-

Belfry and spitkeet house:-