{"id":553,"date":"2018-09-15T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T18:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2025-07-15T15:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:37:01","slug":"port-carlisle-britain-at-low-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/15\/port-carlisle-britain-at-low-tide\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Carlisle – Britain at Low Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Carlisle featured a little in episode three of the third series of the excellent Britain at Low Tide. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can currently watch it on catch-up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The episode focused on the area round the Solway Firth, covering: the Solway Viaduct; a little bit about the port and the canal; a Victorian swimming pool at Powfoot, and; the Wellington Pit disaster.<\/p>\n

I covered the Wellington Pit disaster in a post which you can find here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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An old summar<\/a>y by Channel 4 says:<\/p>\n

\u201cBritain at Low Tide<\/em> is a mixed-menu archaeology format\u2026 In every episode, Tori Herridge and Alex Langlands will strip back a different area of our coastline to tell a new story of our nation\u2019s extraordinary maritime, industrial and natural history. Using the latest technology, Britain at Low Tide<\/em> will reveal one of the richest historical treasure troves on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

An ideal location on all counts<\/h2>\n

Port Carlisle is, of course, a perfect place for that, with the remains of the canal, railway, jetty, and harbour etc still visible. And along with its (brief) history as a port, the coast is a haven for wildlife.<\/p>\n

Its role as a starting point for people emigrating to a new life in \u2018new worlds\u2019 also makes it of interest – indeed, the researcher who contacted me to ask if I\u2019d be interested in taking part in the programme said that was an angle they were looking into.<\/p>\n

In the end, that aspect wasn\u2019t covered.<\/p>\n

I declined the invitation, but David Ramshaw (author of The Carlisle Ship Canal<\/a>)\u00a0did get to talk a little about the port and the canal.<\/p>\n

Sadly, with three distinct topics covered in a one-hour (less adverts) programme, there was nothing about the village, or the people who tried so hard to make it work.<\/p>\n

Port Carlisle \u2013 a history built on hope<\/h2>\n

If you are interested, you can read about them, the canal, the viaduct, the railway, and a lot more, in my book, Port Carlisle, a history built on hope <\/a>which, if you haven\u2019t already done so, you can read more about in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n