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Gretna Tavern, Cumbria: Curbing Wartime Drunkenness

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An audio account of the purchase and running of the Gretna Tavern on Lowther Street, Carlisle, which was the first establishment to be opened under the Central Control Board reforms.

'Ice crime' in Carlisle

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An audio account of the breakdown in public order attributed to unsupervised young people frequenting ice cream parlours in Carlisle, and the response which included opening youth clubs. It is noted that employment of women in nearby munitions…

Carlisle, Cumbria: start of the Women Police Service

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A discussion of the Carlisle contingent of the Women Police Service - at 165 members this was the largest branch of the organisation. At its peak there were around 12,000 female munitions workers at the Gretna factory and they were relatively well…

Engine cleaners (?) at Upperby Depot, Carlisle

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Photograph which possibly shows women engine-cleaners, who would have been drafted in to undertake this work during World War One.

Platelayers in Carlisle

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Photograph of platelayers in Carlisle, 1899. Platelayers were employed to inspect and maintain the track, including all its component parts such as rails, sleepers and bolts. Duties included greasing points and generally watching for wear and tear.…

Carlisle Women Munitions Workers Football Team, 1917

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The photograph shows women dressed as munitions workers, posing with a football that has been inscribed with 'EAST CUMB WMW 1917'. Two of the women wear the triangular 'On War Service' badges that were issued to munitions workers.
The implication…

Cumberland and Westmorland Suffragettes, 1911

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On 17 June 1911, suffrage societies joined together in London in a procession of some 40,000 women to demand the vote, with the date chosen as it was the coronation of King George V.

The event included an empire pageant with women representing…