Licenced today… This mansion overlooking Bowness Bay - now the Belsfield Hotel - was the home of Henry William Schneider, chairman of the Barrow Shipworks. He began every working day by strolling down to the lake, followed - at a respectful distance - by his butler carrying his breakfast on a tray. Schneider boarded his steam yacht, the Esperance, and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast afloat, as his crew delivered him to Lakeside, at the southern end of the lake. He transferred to a private carriage on the Furness Railway – of which he was a director - for the scenic route along the coast to his office in Barrow-in-Furness…
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