Gretna Tavern, Cumbria: Curbing Wartime Drunkenness

Gretna Tavern, Cumbria: Curbing Wartime Drunkenness

In 1916 the civil service bought pubs and breweries in the Carlisle area in an effort to control drunkenness among munition workers.

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.

BBC Radio Cumbria

BBC

First broadcast 2014

Streamed audio file

Twentieth century, World War One

6 minutes 56 seconds