Rather interesting Kendal facts
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Did you know that the world’s oldest manufacturing machinery still in use is to be found in Kendal? Snuff makers Samuel Gawith and Company uses plant made in 1750, bought second hand in Glasgow in 1792 by Kendal resident Thomas Harrison and shipped to South Lakeland on packhorses. It has endured at least three moves that required dismantling. They truly don’t make ’em like they used to.
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Famous Kendal people:
Arthur Eddington
David Starkey
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