Secret CumbriaEpisodes Episode guide
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Uncovering the secrets of Roman Carlisle
The Carlisle Cricket Club dig has revealed the largest Roman building on Hadrian's Wall.
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The Secrets of Ullswater’s Sharrow Bay Country House Hotel
For 50 years Francis Coulson and Brian Sack ran this remarkable award winning hotel.
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The secrets of the Ulverston Talisman
Alex Sharphouse had a dream to build from a scratch a Fowler B6 Big Lion Road Locomotive.
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The Secrets of the King of Piel Island
Uncovering the tradition of crowning the landlord of the Ship Inn the 2nd King of England
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The secrets of the Keswick museum wars
When rival 18th Century Lakeland museums jockey to be the top dog, almost anything goes!
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The secrets of the hole that Mark dug in Flimby
West Cumbrian businessman, Mark Telford, built a replica nuclear fuel storage pond.
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The secrets of the Cumbrian who fell to earth
Archie Workman is one of the last lengthsmen maintaining Colton Parish Council's roads.
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The secrets of Mr Pocklington's Keswick island
250 years ago an eccentric bought Vicar's Island on Derwentwater and caused a scandal.
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The secrets of Mr Bells mince pies
Family owned bakery, Bells of Lazonby near Penrith, is the mince pie capital of England.
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The secrets of Kendal's time guns
Forget the speaking clock or pips, in the past you set your watch with a cannon going off!
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The secrets of Brampton's Rocket
After the Rainhill Trials this iconic steam engine rusted away on a colliery line.
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The secret underground world of Carlisle station
Underneath the platforms Andrew Carter discovers deserted kitchens, and hidden tunnels.
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The secret of the lost Cumbrian clapcake
Food historian Ivan Day cooks a food staple, that's disappeared into the mists of time.
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The secret of Mr Bells Christmas mince pies
Family run Bells of Lazonby in the Eden Valley is the mince pie capital of England.
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The Secret Life of the Carlisle Custard Cream
And other stories from the oldest biscuit factory in the world.
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The secret Brampton nuclear bunker
Constructed during the Cold War, it was a refuge for 3 Royal Observer Corp volunteers.
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Secrets of the deepest gypsum mine in the world
Birkshead mine near Appleby-in-Westmorland is a 1000 ft deep under rolling farmland.
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Secrets of the Carlisle railway traction maintenance depot
Meet the guys who show Andrew Carter how they feed, water and repair the 130 ton beasts.
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Secrets of the Borrowdale caveman
Millican Dalton the 'Professor of Adventure' lived in a cave on Castle Crag for 30 years.
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Secrets of Cockermouth Castle
From Bing Crosby, ghosts, and floods to a private archive of national importance.
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Secret Wainwright
In search of the man behind the best selling pictorial guides to the Lakeland fells.
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More secret Carlisle Citadel station tunnels
Andrew Carter explores more subterranean features and the abandoned station master's flat
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Keswick and the secret of the Three Bears
Robert Southey wrote the original version of the world's most famous fairy tale.
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Carlisle Gaol - Secrets of the last public execution
The condemned cell is in Carlisle Citadel, which dominates the city's southern entrance.
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Carlisle Citadel - the secret passages
Underneath the court building the Tudor gun bastion has been hidden for 200 years.
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Carlisle Cathedral's secret painted Tudor ceiling
The Prior's Tower in the Close is home to one of the finest ceilings in the north.

























