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King of Cumberland

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

'A stout, talkative, dynamic man - one of the few who has made a big difference to the land he loves'.
(HUGH WALTON on John Jackson Adams , First
Baron Adams of Ennerdale)
Nigel Holmes tells the story of Jack Adams , the iron ore miner who was the first Cumbrian to be created a baron since 1793. (First broadcast on BBC Radio Cumbria)

Contributors

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Hugh Walton
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John Jackson Adams
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Nigel Holmes
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Jack Adams
Source: Radio Times

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