A 1947 view of Low Casterton, from left to right the buildings are, the local primary school, the Post Office, (now Ghyll Cottage), the Church, Church Cottages, War Memorial, various Clergy Daughters School buildings and the Village Hall.

A Sketch of Casterton in the 1950s

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Introduction When I first requested the Kendal archives to retrieve the 1965 Scrapbook of Casterton prepared by the Casterton Women’s Institute as part of that national institution’s 50th Jubilee celebrations, I was given an unexpected document. It was a handwritten essay titled ‘Casterton’, collected together in a blue-grey file. It offers a look at ‘Casterton…