Penrith, Aerial View c.1953
Photo ref:
P33020

More about this scene
Looking northwards we see hostelries, public houses and stores straddle the streets, highlighting Penrith's importance as a thoroughfare on the London to Carlisle and North East to North West routes. The railway, far left, helped shape its economy stimulating tourism and improving agriculture. The latter benefited from huge quantities of the bird manure 'guano' imported from South America to Whitehaven, carried by rail to the town in tons, and retailed by J and W Maxwell in Cornmarket.
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