Secret Cumbria: The secrets of the Keswick museum wars

When rival 18th Century Lakeland museums jockey to be the top dog, almost anything goes!

When self-styled ‘Admiral’ Crosthwaite opened his museum, he didn’t bank on local rough diamond Thomas Hutton opening his museum across the street.

BBC Radio Cumbria’s Andrew Carter tells the funny story of a decades long grudge match, that became the talk of the town, that was hoping to cash in on the beginning of the tourist boom.