{"id":5731,"date":"2015-05-30T13:20:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T12:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ablogfrommydog.com\/contents1a\/?p=5731"},"modified":"2020-04-21T15:40:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T14:40:09","slug":"pedestrian-arms-pub-in-carlisle-demolished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ablogfrommydog.com\/contents1a\/2015\/05\/pedestrian-arms-pub-in-carlisle-demolished\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian Arms pub in Carlisle demolished"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last year a number of buildings have been demolished in Carlisle to make way for new development and to try and improve the City.<\/p>\n

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Piece by piece – Pedestrian Arms, Carlisle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One building on this list was the Pedestrian Arms Public House on Newtown Road, to the west of the city.<\/p>\n

It has appeared to struggle over recent years and towards the end of 2014 the decision to demolish it was made by the council.<\/p>\n

The two story property had been placed on the market<\/a> in Dec 2012 by the owners Punch Taverns with an asking price of \u00a3175,000.<\/p>\n

Closed since early 2013\u00a0demolition began\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0with the removal of roof slates and the disposal of internal fixtures and fittings.<\/p>\n

State Management Scheme<\/h2>\n

The Pedestrian Arms was one of the many public houses that were taken over by the Government in the early 1900’s as part of the State Management Scheme.<\/a><\/p>\n

This incentive ran from 1916 to 1973 and involved the transformation of the pub or inn from an often neglected unhygenic\u00a0establishment into a renovated, food serving and welcoming social venue.<\/p>\n

During the First World War, the emphasis in the scheme had been upon the elimination of drunkenness and the promotion of temperance; however, in peacetime a subtle shift took place and by\u00a01925 a new policy had been\u00a0introduced for providing comfortable women\u2019s bars.<\/p>\n

Changing names<\/h4>\n

The history of the Pedestrian Arms stretches back more than 100 years. One map<\/a> shows the land occupied as a public house in the 1860’s when Newtown Road was known as Cobden Street.<\/p>\n

According to local archives,<\/a> the pub has been called The Pedestrian since 1869. However, it\u00a0was known as the\u00a0North British Railway Inn between 1876 and 1920, before reverting to its old name in 1921.<\/p>\n

In April 2014 Carlisle City Planning Department agreed an outline planning application<\/a> for the site for a residential development<\/p>\n

Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n