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Mayfield Avenue, CARLISLE, CA1 3LY

Built I believe in the late 1950s or early 60s with complete lack of style, at least externally. It looks more like a fire station than a church.

The original name "Border Television" was changed in 2006, not long after the business became part of ITV plc. For background information, see Image . In its later years the station's main output was local news, including the popular magazine programme "Lookaround" (commonly referred to as "Border Crack 'n' Deekaboot"). A big campaign to keep its production in Carlisle could not stop ITV from transferring operations to Gateshead, now the centre for a merged Tyne Tees and Border regional news service. The last broadcast from this studio was on 24 February 2009. 51 jobs were lost at Border; 13 staff were retained to cover the area's news, with a much smaller new base at Kingstown, Carlisle. These studios at Durranhill were sold, and demolished in 2010 - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2219886

The factory produces ready meals for Marks & Spencer. Cavaghan & Gray was founded in 1912, it is now owned by 2 Sisters Food Group. This building is in Brunel Way, Durranhill Industrial Estate.

The premises were vacated by ITV Border in 2009 (see Geograph photos http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2219850 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2219833 ) and bought by Carlisle City Council. The sign says "Durranhill Industrial Estate Regeneration Scheme" - a partnership between Carlisle City and Cumbria County Councils, supported by the Northwest Development Agency. They are hoping to attract new businesses to boost the local economy and employment.

Located in Pennine Way, photo taken shortly before demolition in 2010. The pub was originally called The Inglewood Forest, the name was shortened fairly recently. It opened in 1953 (information from Carlisle Encyclopaedia website http://www.carlisleshistory.co.uk/page49.htm ), and had a bowling green (out of shot, to the right).

Border Television, a regional independent station, started broadcasting from this purpose-built centre at Durranhill in 1961. Transmissions covered Cumberland, Westmorland, southern Scotland, parts of Northumberland, and later the Isle of Man. Since 2000 the business was sold twice, and following a merger in 2004 it became part of ITV plc. The latter restructured its regional news provision in 2009, when cost-cutting measures included the merger of Border with its neighbour Tyne Tees. Local news for the Border region is now broadcast from Gateshead. For more information see Image . The studios were demolished in 2010 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2219886 .

Demolition of Border Television studios at Durranhill. 48 years of broadcasting from this site came to an end in 2009 - for more information see Geograph entries http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2219833 & http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2219850 .

Parked at the Border TV studios. The building was demolished in 2010. For more information, see Image .

The "Inglewood Forest" is Carlisle's forgotten pub - receiving not even a mention in the final chapter of "The Carlisle State Management Scheme", written by her son after Olive Seabury's death in 2005. However, it was a Scheme "new build", opening on 21 October 1953 and complete with a bowling green, private garden and car park. While it served a then expanding housing estate, it does not appear to have prospered even after sale to the private sector in 1973. The pub closed in 2007 and was demolished in 2010. The building seen here is built on the site and is a residential and day care centre. A Rose & Trev Clough photograph taken just before demolition can be seen: Image] .