A trip down memory lane: Rare footage of Carlisle unearthed | ITV News

Never before seen footage showing the transformation of Carlisle in the late 1980s has been released online.
The rare footage, given to Cumbria Film Archive, shows the hustle and bustle of life on English Street before a council scheme transformed the heart of the city.
Footage by Cumbria Film Archive

[@hstwodrainage.1410]

On a traffic island there were some toilets, bog island it was called most useful, not enough toilets in town now.

[@Glenn1967ful]

Older people will probably remember a time before Georgian Way and the M6 when the city centre was choked with traffic going to Scotland and down to Kendal. This was the first attempt to get the traffic out of the city centre, then English St being closed to vehicles. I drive, but when visiting Carlisle, tend to go on the train if i want a drink or park on Victoria Viaducr.

[@junkyarddog303]

Fast forward to 2024: Abuja.

[@alans9806]

I remember when Carlisle had one set of traffic lights English St/Viaduct/Burtons' Corner and the old lanes. Globe Lane had a joke shop and a chip shop that you could smell from Lowther St

[@brianw4983]

Remember my aunty taking me on a Saturday to that chippy in Globe Lane for a sit down meal back in the sixties during a break from the shopping can't remember it's name tho

[@alans9806]

@@brianw4983 I was taken to Binns cafe for tea for mother and cocoa for me. Waitresses had starched white uniforms and remember the vacuum tube/overhead wire for handling cash?

[@Adviceforu22]

Oh my god top shop was open in this video 😭😭😭

[@kevinjackson7340]

In my opinion, the council killed the town when they made it pedestrians only. Every saturday we`d go round town hall up to the board and back round, always very busy. I use to catch the bus at the `laundry` under the town hall late 70s / 80s. It`s got no sole now.

[@karenblackadder1183]

Absolutely. The council seem determined to destroy our historic city.
I cannot walk far and rely on taxis to get me to where I need to be. PedestrianisatIon means I can no longer access many places in the city centre.

[@user-vd5gj4nd9u]

It looked far better before
They have paved over beautiful old streets

[@programmingfortheweb]

What happened to the underground toilets? Were they just blocked up or filled in?