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Fulford Walk, CARLISLE, CA3 9RA

One of the bricks in this structure Image . The turntable was installed in 1903 at the Kingmoor steam locomotive depot. At that time it belonged to the Caledonian Railway, which ran trains from Carlisle to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Made by the Nellfield Brick and Tile Company, Carluke, Lanarkshire.

For nearly 100 years, this site was a busy maintenance depot for steam locomotives. After the depot closed in 1968 the structures were cleared, and the ground was recolonised naturally by vegetation. Today it is the Kingmoor Sidings nature reserve. The low brick wall of the engine turntable survives, and part of it now functions as a footpath. The 70ft turntable was built in 1903 (information board on site). Kingmoor Sidings is managed by Carlisle City Council http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/Residents/Leisure/Parks-and-Open-Spaces/ArtMID/8342/ArticleID/379/Kingmoor-Nature-Reserves ; its website used to have lots of interesting information about the history of the railway depot, sadly now only available from the Wayback Machine http://web.archive.org/web/20130515101141/http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/parks_and_open_spaces/park_locations/kingmoor/kingmoor_sidings_nature_reserv.aspx . See also Image .

Electric unit 350403 approaches the Eden Valley Viaduct at Etterby with the 15.09 passenger service from Glasgow to Manchester Airport. The DRS facilities at Kingmoor can be seen on the left.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm30945

The Redfern Inn is one of several Public Houses in Carlisle built in this style by the British architect Harry Redfern (1861-1950). Harry Redfern was commemorated towards the end of his work for the State Management Scheme by the naming of the Redfern Inn (1938), one of the distinctive New Model Inn designs, in Etterby, a district of Carlisle. The Redfern was designed by his assistant architect, Joseph Seddon, FRIBA (with Redfern's collaboration). It was a tribute to a man who had dedicated his talents to the quest for an improved public house style. The State Management Scheme (known locally as 'The Scheme') saw the UK government take over and run the brewing, distribution and sale of liquor in three regions of the UK from 1916 until 1973. [1] The main centre was the Carlisle and District scheme, which was near to the armament factories that were founded in 1916 supplying explosive and shells to the British Army during the First World War. There were initially three schemes, Carlisle & Gretna, Cromarty Firth and Enfield. In 1921 Carlisle and Gretna were split into two separate areas, Carlisle was the large part and supplied some beer to Gretna. Then in 1922 Enfield was ended and the public houses sold back to private enterprise. The Cromarty Firth scheme did not do any brewing. [1]Significant to the scheme was the extensive redevelopment; refurbishment of existing pubs, much demolition and replacement of substandard premises, most of these were designed by the Scheme's chief architect Harry Redfern and in his New Model Inn style which influenced the design of public houses in the rest of the UK.

There is an OS benchmark Image on the left hand parapet about 3m from the near end

Viewed from a Glasgow bound train.

The bowling green at "The Redfern" - still in use in 2007, it is believed recently sold for a private housing development. For information on "The Redfern" - see: Image] .