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In 1745 it was captured by the rebel forces of [[Charles Edward Stuart|Bonnie Prince Charlie]] thanks to the inability of loyal troops at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] to cross the rough country separating the two places in time.

In 1745 it was captured by the rebel forces of [[Charles Edward Stuart|Bonnie Prince Charlie]] thanks to the inability of loyal troops at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] to cross the rough country separating the two places in time.

The mother of [[United States]] [[President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] was born on Lowther Street, Carlisle.

The mother of [[United States]] [[President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]], Janet Woodrow, was born on Lowther Street, Carlisle in 1826.

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.