From Penrith’ s Memorial to the two World Wars it is a very short walk to its Boer War Memorial, within Castle Park. It is in the form of an angel of victory surmounting an embossed square pillar:-

Closer view:-

Names:-

Penrith’s main War Memorial is in the form of an archway acting as a gateway to Castle Park, Penrith. (There is a Great War Memorial in the grounds of St Andrew’s Church.)

The larger Memorial above is directly across the road from Penith Railway Station which can be seen in the background in this reverse view:-

The name plaques are on the walls of the two alcoves within:-

Great War Dedication and names C J Adam – T Main:-

Great War Dedication and names T Mallinson – T Workman:-

Second World War Dedication and names:-

Penrith, Cumbria, is remote enough from major population centres to have retained some elements of ye good olde days.

Just look at this Drapers, Costumiers and Milliners. Not to mention Furriers, Dressmakers, Shirt Specialists:-

And Carpet, Curtain and Linoleum Furnishing Warehouse:-

A High Class Drapers no less – and a Silk Mercers, Hosiers and Glovers, Irish Household and Fancy Linen Warehouse:-

A real throw-back. Not that most of those trade lines will still be ongoing I’d have thought.

You can see from this the shop front faces on to a square of sorts:-

A bit further on in the town lies this Chemist’s. Cowper’s. 1930s style lettering. I can’t quite decide if the whole is deco or not:-

In St Andrew’s Churchyard lie a good many graves, including the “Giant’s Tombstone”. This is supposedly the grave of Owen Caesarius, king of Cumbria between 900 and 937 AD:-

Giant’s grave stones:-

Giant’s Tombstone in Penrith, Viking hogback stones:-

Penrith’s main War Memorial is, I have subsequently found, in Castle Park but I was parked much nearer the town centre than there. I will look for it the next time I’m in the town.

I did however come across one Great War Memorial in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, inscribed, “In proud and grateful memory of the men of Penrith who gave their lives in the War 1914-1918”:-

Reverse of memorial. Inscribed, “As dying and behold we live.”

Just to the side of the memorial was this remembrance “garden.” Presumably for the 100th centenary of the end of the war:-

This is now a B&M Bargains but may once have been a Woolworths. It has that look:-

Eden Rural Power:-

Reverse view. Art Deco rule of three in upper front and lower side windows:-

Doors on the Alhambra Cinema:-

Seen in an antique shop/yard. An old advert for Critall Windows, which were the height of Art Deco style. (The link contains all my mentions of Critall Windows):-

In all our travels down to England we had never stopped at Penrith, Cumbria, till February last year. We also made a stop there in September 2018 when we went down south again. Photographs were taken over the two visits.

It’s a compact town with some individual shops but some chain ones too.

Like many other towns Penrith’s Burton’s building is typically Art Deco:-

Corner view from south-west:-

Corner view from north-west:-

Art Deco detail:-