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footbridge, Borrowdale, Cumbria, NY27421298 -- Memorial plaque:-
"THIS BRIDGE WAS RE-ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF / GORDON HALLWORTH, AGED 21 YEARS, / A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE / MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MOUNTAINEERING CLUB / WHO DURING THE NIGHT FOLLOWING 7TH. JANUARY 1939 / DIED OF EXHAUSTION IN THIS DALE / NOTWITHSTANDING THE SELF-SACRIFICING ASSISTANCE / OF HIS TWO COMPANIONS AND THE STRENUOUS EFFORTS OF / A RELIEF PARTY OF THEIR FRIENDS. / MAY 1939." (photo 5.10.2007)