Cockermouth is a hotbed of motorsport ,as a certain Malcolm Wilson is from the place,he is better known as the team boss of M SPORT the team that run the WRC cars for FORD. back in the day he won the british championship in suprise suprise a escort cosworth,may be somthing to do with them,before they were M SPORT they were known as MWM.
or could be a local garage that did abit,was it rallyed before you got it?
oh and Cockermouth is in Cumbria