Finished: Completed wartime Windermere flyingboats were moored opposite the factory
HOW the Lake District played an unusual role in aircraft production during the Second World War is shown as part of an exhibition at Windermere library.
A range of pictures and artefacts shows how a site by the lake at Calgarth, near Troutbeck Bridge, was turned into a factory for the production of flying boats — with a village of red brick bungalows and hostels for workers.
At its peak in 1942, the factory employed 1,561 people and Calgarth had a primary school, two shops and a canteen.
The exhibition can be seen daily, except Wednesdays and Sundays, on the first floor gallery.
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