When hot pants were so cool
Far from the fashion centres of the western world, Carlisle has never been afraid to strut its stuff. The racecourse has always been a good gauge of what the smartest Cumbrians are wearing, and the city has never been short of models to take to the catwalk in local fashion shows.
History with Denis Perriam
Life at the Victoria Hotel, by Charles, aged six
In response to a photograph published in The Cumberland News in February 1957, Charles Armstrong of Cliburn wrote to say “how pleased I was to see a picture of the Victoria Hotel in English Street”.
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So we say thank you for the music...
Talented young Cumbrians are clearing their throats and brushing up their scales for the start of this year’s Carlisle and District Music and Drama Festival.
Dear Edward, you’ve got the job. Yours, Henry VIII. This letter of 1542 – slightly more elegantly phrased – was sent by Henry VIII confirming that Edward Aglionby had been appointed Captain of Carlisle Citadel.