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At the outbreak of the [[First World War]] major armament factories were set up in the Carlisle-[[Gretna]] area (this was considered safe fron [[German]] naval bombardment or raiding). Worried about the safety implications of drunken munitions workers, the Government in 1916 nationalised all the pubs and breweries in the area; known as the State Managment Scheme, this was only ended in 1971.
 
At the outbreak of the [[First World War]] major armament factories were set up in the Carlisle-[[Gretna]] area (this was considered safe fron [[German]] naval bombardment or raiding). Worried about the safety implications of drunken munitions workers, the Government in 1916 nationalised all the pubs and breweries in the area; known as the State Managment Scheme, this was only ended in 1971.
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The population of Carlisle at the census of 2001 was 100,739.
    
[[Category:United Kingdom Towns and Cities]]
 
[[Category:United Kingdom Towns and Cities]]

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