Cumbria County Council was formed in 1974, when the administrative counties of Cumberland and Westmorland and the county borough of Carlisle were abolished and the areas they covered were combined with parts of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire to form a new non-metropolitan county.
A transcript of the full speech to council delivered by Cllr Hugo Graham today: Madame Chair, Ladies and Gentlemen. I hope you don’t mind me reading from paper, but I find on the odd occasion I have a coherent series of thoughts, it’s best to a.) write them down and b.) use that after, so apologi
