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CARLISLE

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The Great Border City has a phenomenal past. Many of its factories made goods that were sent all over the world. Fortunately a vast archive of films and atmospheric photographs have survived which enable us to travel into the past.

Carlisle
Carlisle Part 1
05:31

Carlisle Part 1

Capture the atmosphere of the city centre a century ago. We go back to the age of the tram and early omnibuses in this trip down memory lane.
Carlisle Part 2
05:39

Carlisle Part 2

Carlisle’s town crier starts off this film and then we look at Victorian poverty in the city’s suburbs. We also go back to the old lanes before they were demolished to make way for today’s shopping complex.
Carlisle Part 3
05:13

Carlisle Part 3

Carlisle used to be an industrial powerhouse and in this programme we look at just a few of the firms that put the city on the map. Carr’s biscuits, Hudson Scott and Buck’s shirt maker are all here.
Carlisle Part 4
06:11

Carlisle Part 4

In part four see some classic street scenes, markets and pubs of yesteryear in The Great Border City.
Carlisle Part 5
06:08

Carlisle Part 5

In Part five there is a lovely mixture of photographs waiting for you to explore … including some lovely shots of Pleasureland which is now better known as Hammond’s Pond.
Carlisle Part 6
06:59

Carlisle Part 6

In part six we look at the early days of law and order in Carlisle. There is, of course, a unique mix of rare photographs of the city centre in days gone by.
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