A BOOKLET advertising a weekend away in the Lake District from 1906 discovered more than 30 years ago is looking for a new home at Carnforth Railway Station.

Martin Stables is looking to emigrate to Australia in the near future and is hoping to see one his prized possessions, an interesting piece of Furness history that he believes is one of a kind, go to a new home where it will be appreciated.

The Ulverston resident has settled on Carnforth Railway Station in a bid to keep this piece of local history in the area.

The booklet gives an in depth look at the schedule of travel from Heysham to Coniston and back all in a day seeing all the sites along the way.

At first there is a voyage across the Bay to Barrow, then 20 miles by train to Lakeside at Windermere, next there is the delightful voyage of 11 miles by steam yacht down the lake to Ambleside, succeeded by a coach drive of nine miles to Coniston, then 21 miles on a train brings the tourist back to Barrow. From there they would return to Heysham.

Railway history from around 1906 shows that the prices on the tracks were almost of negligible quantity compared to railway costs nowadays with people being able to week on the Windermere steamers, all day long, for six shillings, or eight shillings in a saloon. This is just around £23 in today's money.

"I found this when I was working in the Ulverston area back in 1990," Mr Stables said.

"This booklet is the equivalent of a festival flyer nowadays and it is unlikely people keep them.

"So, for this to survive is pretty remarkable and makes me think it is one of a kind now."

He went on to say how people had less holiday time then so they needed to cram in all this in one day, whereas now we would not dream of doing so much in the space of 12 hours as it would be 'too much'.

Mr Stables is no stranger to rare historical finds though as he recently rediscovered a water wheel that has since been given to Coniston Coppermines to renovate and spruce up.

He is keen to ensure the history of Furness remains in the area.