Images of Carlisle

This is a reprint of the 1999 original back due to popular demand. It includes over 400 captivating photographs chronicling Carlisle throughout the 20th Century. It documents people and events as well as the expected photographs of buildings, streets and landscapes. "Images of Carlisle" captures a city which is changing fast. There is hardly a street which has not been touched in some way. "The Cumberland News", as the main chronicler of that change, now provides a lasting photographic document which we are sure will give you many hours of pleasure. We are grateful to readers of "The Cumberland News" who have searched through their personal photographic collections to add to items collected from the newspaper's own archives. This book therefore contains many superb photographs which have never been published before. They tell the story of Carlisle in a series of chapters which capture the essence of the city through the twentieth century. These images will stir the memories of those tho have lived through the changes, and act as a window to the past for those born towards the end of the century.They recall Carlisle people at work and at play, the great events, the city's railway heritage and military links, its sport and entertainment, its life and school days. Many of the people and places which are featured are now long gone - but this book ensures that they will never be forgotten.