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PENRITH


Penrith is an important market town in the centre of Cumbria. Although it looks to the future it has something of a traditional feel about it. We have much fascinating film footage and atmospheric photographs in the Gallery which help us relive that easy pace of life decades ago. Enjoy your journey down memory lane.

Penrith and Eden
Penrith Part 1
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Penrith Part 1

Welcome to Penrith in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The cameras were out and about in the centre of the town to bring us a little snapshot in time from several decades ago.
Penrith Part 2
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Penrith Part 2

A classic collection of atmospheric old photographs await you in this tour around parts of Penrith town centre over a hundred years ago.
Penrith Part 3
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Penrith Part 3

Many areas of Penrith are easily recognisable but others are a little more difficult. See how many of the scenes are familiar to you in part three. There is also fascinating photographs of how the Woolworth store looked on its first day in Penrith.
Penrith Part 4
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Penrith Part 4

Get ready for another photographic treat as we travel back in time to Penrith many years ago. We are sure that a lot of the images you will be seeing for the first time in this section of the gallery.
Penrith Part 5
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Penrith Part 5

Plenty to keep you fascinated in this section. We start off with some bird’s eye pictures of Penrith from decades ago. See how much of the town you can recognise. There are also photographs going back as far as the 1860s.
Penrith Part 6
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Penrith Part 6

Let’s go shopping in this section of Penrith’s superb photographic history. We see lots of corner shops that are long gone and also how Middlegate looked almost a century ago. There is also the visit of the Prince of Wales to the area in 1927.
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