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Annetwell Street, CARLISLE, CA3 8AB

The station in Annetwell Street Carlisle next to the Tullie House museum.

Annetwell Street, Carlisle. For more than a year, motorists have been parking here without fear of a ticket. Cumbria County Council failed to implement the legal requirements for a Traffic Regulation Order, and word soon got around - helped no doubt by a story in the local newspaper http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/carlisle-parking-free-for-all-after-yellow-lines-blunder-1.1060951 . Looking towards the Millennium footbridge over Castle Way, with BBC Radio Cumbria building on the left.

Annetwell Street, on the left in this view, has been largely obliterated - the entire north side was lost 1972-3 to make way for Castle Way, the inner ring-road scheme. Only the yellow painted building and its immediate neighbour survive from the early 19th Century - beyond that are the modern studios of BBC Cumbria and beyond that a modern extension to the Tullie House Museum. Photograph is for record only - I have no connection with any business seen in this view and cannot advise on their products or services.

Before 1916, there were two pubs on the left in this view - closest to the camera was the Saracen's Head (also known as the Saracen's Head Hotel), which probably dated from the early years of the 19th Century. Next to it, a little beyond the traffic cones, was the Black Bull Vaults (also known as the Black Bull Hotel or the Old Black Bull), which also dated from the early 19th Century. Both pubs were acquired by the State Management Scheme, the Saracen's Head on 4 August 1916 and the Black Bull on 23 August 1916 - both were almost immediately closed as the Scheme planned a "super pub" on the site, which was achieved by knocking down the partition wall between the two pubs. The re-named Irish Gate Tavern opened in October 1917. The entire north side of Annetwell Street was demolished 1972/73 to make way for Castle Way, Carlisle's inner ring-road scheme, and consequently all trace of the pubs has been obliterated. A 1902 photograph of the Black Bull can be viewed: http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/cumberland/carlisle_irishgatetavern.html

The building home to BBC Radio Cumbria which broadcasts in an area covering Carlisle and Cumbria is seen across the busy A595 road, or Castle Way from the upper floor of Carlisle Castle gatehouse.

On Annetwell Street http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiocumbria .

Viewed from Irish Gate footbridge Image Abbey Street is on the right.