Lakeland dry cleaners and London Road Stores
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Lakeland dry cleaners and London Road Stores
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 31 Jul 2011
The cleaners occupies a building that was originally the Samson public house. Opened in 1891, it replaced an older pub with the same name. The Samson was closed down by the Carlisle State Management Scheme http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A644645 in 1917 (information from Carlisle Breweries and Public Houses 1894-1916 by S.Davidson http://www.p3publications.com/page23.htm ). There is a photo of The Samson c.1900 at Cumbria Image Bank http://cumbriaimagebank.org.uk .
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Image Location
Latitude
54.886603
Longitude
-2.921874