On Tuesday 19th November 2019, John Mather, committee member, celebrated Remembrance by recounting the story of the bravery and lives […]
Past Events
David Ramshaw – Uncovering Carlisle’s Textile Revolution
David Ramshaw, local historian and author, presented a fascinating talk on the history of Carlisle’s Textile Revolution to an enthusiastic […]
Ron Evans – Church bells and their churches
Ron Evans is the tower captain at Carlisle Cathedral and also the Bell Advisor for the diocese with responsibility for […]
Peter Roebuck – Droving Talk
Talk summary coming soon…
Gordon Routledge – Longtown Talk
Gordon Routledge, local historian and author, presented a fascinating talk on the history of Longtown to a packed audience of […]
Frank Grant – Cowans Sheldon
Frank Grant, local historian, presented an inspiring talk on the proud history of Carlisle’s once world famous crane makers, Cowans […]
David Ramshaw – Stanwix Talk
David Ramshaw, local historian and author, presented an entertaining and informative talk on Stanwix to a packed audience of members […]
Max Loth-Hill: Carlisle Castle’s Spectacular History Talk
Max Loth-Hill, local historian, gave an entertaining and detailed talk on the history of Carlisle Castle to a packed audience […]
AGM and Carlisle’s Roman Writing Tablets Talk
Report coming soon… Here are examples of Carlisle’s Roman Writing Tablets:
Stephen White – Carlisle’s War Memorials Talk
Stephen White, local historian and author, gave a fascinating talk on the history of Carlisle’s War Memorials to appreciative members […]
Trip to Our Lady and St Wilfred Church, Warwick Bridge
Report coming soon…
The Conservation and Preservation of Buildings by Peter Messenger
Peter Messenger delivered a fascinating talk on the Preservation and Conservation of historic buildings in Carlisle to enthusiastic members of […]
The Preservation and Conservation for the future of Carlisle
Peter Messenger, of the Cumbria Vernacular Buildings Group, presented a very relevant talk and discuss the future of commerce and town centre […]
Carlisle to Newcastle Military Road Talk
John Mather delivered an illustrated talk on the history of the Carlisle to Newcastle Military Road to appreciative members of […]
A Tale of Two Bridges
John Kelsall, Vice Chair of the Trust and Chair of Carlisle Flood Action Group, provided a fascinating insight into the […]
Railway Heritage Films
The Trust presented a series of classic archive railway films to members and guests of the Carlisle and District Civic […]
Mark Richards – “Peace Trails” Talk
Mark Richards gave a highly entertaining account of his newly published “Peace Trails” walking guide on the 21st November 2017. This […]
Stephen White – History of Rickerby Talk
Stephen White presented a fascinating insight into the history of Rickerby on the 17th October 2017. As well as recounting […]
3rd June 2017 – Annual Coach trip
Caerlaverock Castle, followed by a tour of the Devils Porridge Museum. Report on the visit by committee member Mike Little. […]
25th April 2017 – Thomas Bouch & the Tay Bridge
John Mather, a local historian from Thursby gave us a most informative talk about Thomas Bouch the famous local engineer […]
Steven White – The History of Upperby Village
Stephen White, one of our popular presenters gave us a presentation on “The History of Upperby Village” on March 27th 2017, […]
David Ramshaw Presentation
Carlisle and District Civic Trust members gave a big welcome to David Ramshaw last Tuesday evening, 21 February, at Waterton […]
AGM Report – 17 October 2016
The AGM took place at Waterton Hall in Carlisle with eighteen members present. The committee were re-elected, apart from Lindsey, […]
Stephen White – Clothing Talk
Stephen White gave us an interesting insight into what people wore during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the ladies! […]
Visit to St Mary’s Church, Wreay
Members and guests had a really interesting guided visit to St Mary’s Church at Wreay today. This is a unique […]
Visit to Carlisle Cathedral
May 2016 Members and guests had an extremely interesting visit to Carlisle cathedral and the Prior’s Tower with Canon David Weston […]
Ian Tyler – Thirlmere, the drowning of a valley
Another interesting monthly talk was held at Waterton Hall for the members and friends of Carlisle and District Trust last […]
50th Anniversary Celebration
Probably the most glittering event this year for the Trust was the 50th Anniversary gala night on the 17th July. […]
Every Building Tells a Story
In May we had a guided walking tour of Carlisle entitled “Every Building Has a Story” led by Kathleen Churchill, […]
Outing to Lowther Castle and Gardens
In June members and guests enjoyed a trip to Lowther Castle and its gardens. On arrival we were shown round the […]
Mining in the Pennines
Members and guests enjoyed a very entertaining illustrated talk by local expert and author Ian Tyler. Ian owned Keswick Mining […]
Carlisle Canal
In January 2015 David Ramshaw, local author, gave a very interesting talk on the Carlisle Canal. David has published books […]
Carlisle and the Military
Stuart Eastwood, Curator of the recently opened new Carlisle Military Museum, talked to the Trust in an evening meeting. All […]
Lowther Castle & Gardens
Evening talk – a presentation from Martin Ogle, Head Gardener at Lowther Castle and Gardens, on the history and renovations […]
Visit to Dumfries House
Visit to Dumfries House. Our members and their guests enjoyed a guided tour followed by lunch, then time for further […]
Visit to The Halston
The committee were invited to visit The Halston to see progress with the conversion of the GPO into an aparthotel. […]
Tour of Carlisle Turkish Baths
A fascinating guided tour of Carlisle’s Turkish Baths, a real architectural gem on our doorstep, which is now a listed […]
London Rd & Harraby Green
Denis Perriam gave a talk about London Road and Harraby Green.
Talk by Roger Higgins
Carlisle’s Heritage Officer, Roger Higgins, delivered an evening talk about his work. Carlisle has a fascinating history, we have 19 […]
The Milestone Society
Terry Moore gave a very interesting illustrated talk about his volunteer work with The Milestone Society. Terry is restoring milestones […]