Soldiers Lump 128, 129, 130
Souther Fell 342
Spean Bridge 120, 352
Spout Force 288, 289
Sprinkling Tarn 107
Stac Polly 297
Standedge 128, 130
Stickle Tarn 232
Stoodley Pike 131
Stranraer 143
Striding Edge 16, 233
Sty Head Pass 37, 235, 239, 291
Sty Head Tarn 107
Suilven 264
Sutcliffe, Mrs, AW’s letter to 270
Sutherland 100, 259, 362
Swaledale 261
Swallow, Mr, AW’s letters to 282–3
Sweden Bridge 67
Swindale 99
Swindale Beck 98, 208
Swirl How 337
T
Tan Hill Inn 126
Tate, Bill, AW’s letter to 82–3
Tennant, Norman 387
Thirlmere 144
Thirwall Castle 189
Thornthwaite Crag 49, 99, 100
Thornton, Jack 100
AW’s letter to 101
Three Dubs Tarn 285–6
Three Men of Gragareth 257
Tilberthwaite 232
Tobermory 200
Todmorden 126
Torridon 297, 306, 352, 362
Trans-Pennine Motorway 129, 134
trespass 285–6
Tryfan 337
U
Ullock Pike 342
Ullswater 50, 78
Understanding the Countryside (Ron Scholes) 333
Upper Eskdale 106
Upper Long Churn Cave 170
Upper Teesdale 175
V
viewpoint indicators 284, 285
Vipond, Mr, AW’s letter to 248
W
Wainwright, Alfred
accountancy studies 13, 15, 16, 17
animal welfare interests 131–3, 160, 219, 233–4, 266–7, 286–7, 330–1, 352–3
see also Animal Rescue, Cumbria; Kapellan
appearance 12
biography 12–13
birth and early life 12–13
birth of son Peter 16, 18
in the Blackburn Borough
Treasurer’s Department 13, 15, 32, 43–4, 64
Blackburn Rovers supporter 16, 17, 22, 39, 336, 362, 385, 390
builds house at Kendal Green 76
character 7
contemplates retirement 367, 399
death 400
Desert Island Discs 353, 399
on development proposals for
Kendal 245, 381–2
dislike of computer technology 279–80
dislike of personal callers 7, 291, 297, 371
Dream Lady 151–2, 207
see also Wainwright, Betty education 12–13
failing eyesight 102, 283, 331, 332, 333, 334, 370, 389, 391, 394
first visit to the Lake District 13
honorary curator of Kendal Museum 187
honorary degrees 286, 287
ill health 238, 331, 332, 341
illustrates children’s Books 228–30, 231–3
illustrates The Plague Dogs 276–8
inheritance 71, 73–6
Inland Revenue investigation of 372–80
in the Kendal Borough Treasurer’s Department 31, 32, 35, 45, 49, 64–5, 76, 82
Kendal drawings 55–6, 58, 59, 76
lack of enthusiasm for going abroad 250–1, 283, 284
letters
copies of 8–9, 364
handwriting 8
method of replying 7, 116
sale of 8
total output 7
marries Betty McNally 236
marries Ruth Holden 15
MBE 196, 214–15, 269, 270–1
meets Betty McNally 151
military service deferment 16–17, 44–5, 51
photography 77–8, 119–20, 368
plans for Lakeland guidebooks 56, 58, 70
retirement 187
rug making 235–6, 238
on Scotland 246, 306–7
separation and divorce 174, 179, 188–90, 195, 212, 216–26
starts writing Pictorial Guides 84
television career 323, 333, 338, 339, 343, 352, 353, 359, 367, 385, 393–4, 399, 400
on Wales 123, 249, 264, 299, 337
will 226–7
Wainwright, Alfred (father) 12
Wainwright, Annie (sister) 12
Wainwright, Betty (second wife) 8, 9, 226, 343, 356, 364, 384
and the animal refuge 340, 342, 343, 375
AW’s letters to 152–67, 168–86,
187–215, 226–7
friendship with Ade Meyer 174,
175–6, 177–9, 180, 181, 182–3
gives AW the name ‘Red’ 153, 154
marries AW 236
meets AW 151–2
Wainwright, Emily (mother) 12, 71
Wainwright, Frank (brother) 12, 76
Wainwright, Peter (son) 16, 17, 19, 29, 71, 72, 111, 172, 173, 185, 194, 205, 207–8, 214, 223
Wainwright, Ruth (first wife) 15, 16, 32, 42–3, 111, 147, 150, 172, 183, 184–5, 196, 384
divorce from AW 174, 179, 188–90, 195, 212, 216–26
Wainwright Fells 10
Wainwright in the Limestone Dales 383, 395
Wainwright Memorial Room 385
Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes 343
Wainwright Society 10
Walkers Gully 122
Walks in Limestone Country 138, 231
Walks on the Howgill Fells 235, 237, 239
Wasdale 19–20, 29, 50, 54, 58, 106
Wasdale Head 19, 27, 106, 291
Watendlath 16
Wessenden Loop 128
West Wall Traverse 61, 62, 254, 255, 339, 340, 352
Wester Ross 100, 259, 292, 293, 298, 362
Westmorland Cairn 239
Westmorland Gazette 84, 124, 230, 243, 311, 322, 323, 331, 332, 360–1, 382, 385, 398
AW’s letters to 124, 245, 383
Westmorland Heritage 260
Wetherlam 34, 40, 303, 304
Whalley 165
Whernside 199
Whinfell 235
White Hill 130
White Moss 161, 179
Wilberforce Pike 241
Wild Boar Fell 282, 283
Wilkinson, Graham, AW’s letters to 361–2
Wolstenholme, Lawrence 22, 32, 76, 244, 387
AW’s letters to 32–46, 55–7, 59–60, 63–6, 77–8, 81–2
Wolstenholme, Marjory 32, 42, 64, 66
Wolstenholme, Teresa 39, 41
Woods, Jack 345
World War II 20, 16017
Worm’s Head 320
Wray Bay 77
Wyatt, Irene 22
Wyatt, John 124
Y
Y Wydffa 264
Yew Crag Quarry 117
Yewdale Beck 277
Yordas Cave 370
Yorkshire Dales National Park 193, 198
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