Kendal both poles of the Earth, its popularity is mainly due to the very astute decision of the original manufacturer's great-nephew to market it as an energy food, and to supply Ernest Shackleton's 1914–17 Trans-Antarctic Expedition. By the time the business was sold to competitor Romney's in 1987 there were several rival mint cake producers, many of which are still in business. Snuff production in Kendal dates from 1792, when Kendalian Thomas Harrison returned from Glasgow, Scotland, where he had learned the art of snuff manufacture. He also brought with him 50 tons of second-hand equipment, all carried on horse back.
Kendal in the area, including Castle Park, Stramongate School, Heron Hill, Ghyllside, Vicarage Park, St Thomas's and Dean Gibson. In the nearby village of Natland, there is St Mark's School. The Kendal dialect, known as Kendalian, is a variant of the Cumbrian dialect spoken around the Kendal area. Kendal has for many years maintained a voluntary mountain search and rescue team based at Busher Walk. Its members have performed numerous rescues around the Kendal area, and along with other local mountain rescue teams, helped at the Grayrigg derailment in February 2007. The Kendal Mountain Rescue Team is one of ten current