For John Bateson’s information (Letters, July 23, ‘Many served Labour cause’), Edward Short was not from Kirkby Stephen but from Warcop, eight miles north west.
He gives a vivid description of 1920s life there in his book ‘I know my place’, a punning title.
Jeremy Godwin
Penrith
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