Welcome to Our Website!
Since our Troutbeck website was originally launched in November 2008, it has grown to include many contributions which provide a permanent record of life in our village – past and present. The latest of these is a live sound interview in our new Memories of Troutbeck section. We hope you enjoy it!
Website News and Highlights…
Memories of A Lifetime In Troutbeck. Jackie and Muriel Bland recently celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary, and they've lived in the same house in Troutbeck all their married life. In this recorded interview with Katharine Brown, Jackie and Muriel share many happy memories of their childhood and their lives together in Troutbeck. To listen to this fascinating interview, please click here.
Our 2010 Village Association AGM was held on 10th May, and as usual we combined an enjoyable social evening with a good informal discussion about the future of Troutbeck. To download a copy of Tony Ashton's 2009-2010 Village Association Report, click here.
Pets and Animal Blessing Service. This annual Jesus Church event was held on one of this year's hottest days (Sunday July 20th). For more photos, please click here.
Troutbeck's Traditional Pancake Races. For a report on this unique Troutbeck tradition, and lots of terrific photos, please click here.
Troutbeck's highly successful 2009 Garden Trail was held on Spring Bank Holiday, Monday 25th May 2009. To see lots of photographs of the day, including many beautiful shots kindly contributed by Val Corbett – just click here.
This informal afternoon 'get-together' was held in the Village Institute in March 2009 to share memories, photographs and memorabilia from Troutbeck’s past. There were at least 80 people through the doors during the afternoon, and an enjoyable and nostalgic time was had by all. To see Katharine Brown's event report and photos, click here.
Memories of Troutbeck. We've just added the first pictures and documents from the Memories of Troutbeck event, including Troutbeck School, and Dorothy Bowness's memories. To go direct to our new Archives page, click here.
Some Records of Troutbeck. This historic book was first published in 1924, in memory of George Henry Joyce, who was Troutbeck’s much-loved schoolmaster and organist for over 40 years, and collects together many of his historic documents and papers. To download, read and print your own free PDF copy of this unique 76-page book – just click here.
About Our Website
Our main focus is on Troutbeck's community. If you're a visitor to Troutbeck we'd like to tell you all about the active community life in our beautiful village. And if you're a Troutbeck resident we hope to enhance our community's activities with a new website that reflects our pride in Troutbeck.
"… to show the world that Troutbeck is a wonderful place to live in, not just to visit."