Carlisle
About Carlisle
Carlisle is a city located in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is the largest settlement and only city in Cumbria. In 2021, it had a population of 77,730.
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The economic and political problems facing Britain in the twenties and thirties that ultimately led to the Second World War and the rebuilding problems in the fifties and sixties were far more politically urgent than dealing with state management of pubs in Carlisle.
from 383: No Such Thing As A Mead-Based Maasai Gameshow, 2021-07-23 at 00:55:02 · read transcript
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The idea where you would give your landlords big commissions if they sold soft drinks or if they sold food, but you wouldn't really give them any commission if they sold alcohol. It started, the idea started with private temperance people started buying a few pubs to do this, and then the government thought, oh, that's a good idea. Right. Wait, and we should say it did expand out of Carlisle, presumably, or was it just the poor people of Carlisle who couldn't get a drink anywhere? It was mostly Carlisle. I think.
No Such Thing As A Mead-Based Maasai Gameshow, 2021-07-23 · listen
One of the other reasons is because at the start of World War I, there was a bit of a rise of Irish nationalism in Ireland. A lot of the workers who came over to the munitions factories in Carlisle were Irish. There was a worry that if the rise in nationalism in Ireland kind of spilled over to Carlisle, it might not be just that they struggled to work because they were hung over, but also that it might cause political discontent in that area.
No Such Thing As A Mead-Based Maasai Gameshow, 2021-07-23 · listen
Isn't the capsule of North Carolina Rally and they make bikes? It sure is good. He was the first man to own and ride a Rally bike in North Carolina. He used to go to the Lake District and do these long cycle rides. He did one from Glasgow to Carlisle when Scotland came back down. Then Keswick to Grassmere. This is what he loved. Before he died, he was planning his sixth trip.
128: No Such Thing As A Million Dollar Bill, 2016-08-26 · listen
It started, the idea started with private temperance people started buying a few pubs to do this. Then the government thought, oh, that's a good idea. Right. Wait. We should say it did expand out of Carlisle, presumably. Or was it just the poor people of Carlisle who couldn't get a drink anywhere? It was mostly Carlisle, I think. I think it was across the country that the laws were passed that limited things like hours, right?
383: No Such Thing As A Mead-Based Maasai Gameshow, 2021-07-23 · listen
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