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[Closed] High Borrans near Staveley. Lake District

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Does anyone know what the building on Borrans lane was used for. Some kind of factory I guess. Its near Staveley. Grid ref 433 010.
Cycled past lots of times and always wondered.


 
Posted : 26/06/2020 8:40 pm
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Is that the outdoor education centre? We went there with school about 1989.....great memories of that trip.


 
Posted : 26/06/2020 8:54 pm
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No. Its before the hall and before the sleeping pod things. Its just to satisfy my curiosity. I have googled building near Borrans hall but nothing comes up.


 
Posted : 26/06/2020 9:05 pm
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Is it on Streetview?


 
Posted : 27/06/2020 10:11 am
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I checked on Geograph, and drew a blank in this instance.
(Yes, I know this isn't particularly helpful right now, but it's usually very informative about stuff like this. Lots of researchs done into the history of random places)


 
Posted : 27/06/2020 11:52 am
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Have a look here Stavely

Lots of lead and quarry work up there


 
Posted : 27/06/2020 12:32 pm
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Oooh I know this! I wondered the same thing years ago and emailed the outdoor centre.

Apparently years ago the owner was really into collecting cars and it was built as a kind of workshop and garage!

Don't have the email anymore as it was about 6 years ago so can't remember all the exact details.


 
Posted : 27/06/2020 12:40 pm
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There's a photo on the "Friends of High Borrans" FB page, with the comment:
Did you know that our garage block was built in 1923 (during the Depression) by Liverpool dock workers to house the Holt family's Rolls Royce?


 
Posted : 27/06/2020 12:51 pm
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Thanks for the replies. Yes it could have been a garage. A very nice one. I can imagine my Honda NSX, Lotus Elan, and RS1600 parked up in there. In my dreams.
Its on streetview. Round the bend after the reservoir.
Cracking riding around there.


 
Posted : 27/06/2020 9:31 pm

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