English St, The Viaduct, St Albans Row and a Royal Visit.

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No date on this card but both Liptons and Maypole shops are in the 1914 Carlisle Directory, although I think this is slightly earlier.

On the left is the Maypole Dairy Co. Ltd and opposite it is Liptons Limited (Grocers). Older people may remember their mothers saying something along the lines of 'That womans got more faces than Tommy Lipton has sugarbags'.

A nice bright day on English St, George Tweddle the Hatter is on the left and next to it I think is Boots Drug Store.


Similar view to the previous card but with a nice close-up of a tram. Look at the great lighting on the shop on the right.


A nice card of St. Albans Row in the very early 20th C., the card was posted in 1905.

On the left is Ormans (Fish and game Merchants) then James Lomas's Oyster Bar. Just past this is The Old Queens Head Hotel run by Sanderson Carey.

The Viaduct in the early 1920s. The Gaol wall is on the left with Bush Brow running down from it. The sign on the tram powerline post reads 'ALL CARS STOP HERE', an early bus stop.

On the right we have the National Union and Provincial Bank Ltd, the Home & Colonial Stores and the Viaduct Hotel.

This will be the visit Princess Louise made in 1908 to lay the foundation stone for the Infirmary extensions, people are crowded onto every vantage point, all in their best clothes.

Glaister the Confectioners is on the left as is Nicholson & Cartner (Glass, China and Postcard seller)