Common abbreviations used: CP = Carlisle Patriot; CJ = Carlisle Journal;
CN = Cumberland News; ENS = Evening News and Star; CD = Carlisle Directory
VALENTINOS RESTAURANT Abbey Street
CN 29.07.1994 p8 Ad
VALLUM HOUSE HOTEL
CN 27.05.1994 p8 ad
VANDALISM
ENS 20.03.1962 p1 Vandalism on Morton estate
ENS 10.10.1962 p1 War on teenage vandals
CN 06.04.1990 p1 Vandals blitz nature site
CN 06.04.1990 p12 Louts who thrive on vandalism
CN 09.08.1991 p1 Terror at the shops
CN 31.01.1992 p1 Vandal attack put firm at risk
CN 10.12.1993 p1 Dogs patrol OAP name (Petteril House)
CN 15.04.1994 p1 New vandalism outbreak hits Botchergate and cemetary
CN 26.05.2000 55 vehicles vandalised in one night
CN 29.06.2001 p6 Yobs kills animals with gun at Kingmoor Nature Reserve
CN 20.07.2001 p1 Vandals attacks allotments
CN 19.10.2001 p17 Friends of Engine Lonning set up to protect against vandals
CN 30.11.2001 p8 Irishgate Bridge lifts target of vandals
CN 05.03.2004 p1 Vandalism hits local schools; windows broken
VANTAGE Pharmacy
CN 04.12.1992 p10 Ad
VASEY CRESCENT
CJ 12.03.1937 p4 Photograph
VASEYS Scotch Street, Fisher Street
Auctioneer and valuer; Furniture store
CD 1920 Ad p68
CD 1924 Ad p276
CD 1927 Ad p308
CD 1931 Ad p244
CD 1934 Ad p312
CD 1937 Ad p146
CD 1940 Ad p162
CD 1952 Ad p256
CD 1955-56 Ad px
CD 1961-62 Ad p97
CD 1966-68 Ad p268
See Memories of Carlisle 4page section at back of book 2BC 9
CN 18.11.1977 pp23-25 (illus)
CN 25.09.1987 p8 Furniture store Victoria Viaduct; Ad feature
CN 16.03.1990 p48 Shop owner dies
CN 06.12.1991 p1 Store takes on 20 extra staff
VASEY’S STYLE STORE Lancaster street
Furniture store
CN 14.09.2001 p15 After 110 years of service closed for reorganisation
VAULTS see LANES VAULTS
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS
CJ 11.05.1945 pp1,5 (illus) CJ 15.05.1945 p2 (illus) CN 12.05.1945 pp5-6
ENS 07.09.1984 p4 General
CN 28.04.1995 p1 Woman’s 50 year vigil
CN 28.04.1995 p8 Tea and cake
CN 05.05.1995 p1 Veterans boycott VE Day service
CN 05.05.1995 p3 Prince Philip guest of honour
CN 05.05.1995 pp10-12 The day we won the war
VEHICLE WATCH
CN 10.11.1989 p7 Car sticker scheme gets into top gear
CN 18.05.1990 p10 Putting the brakes on car thefts
CN 18.01.1991 p7 Joining up
CN 10.01.1992 p3 Vehicle watch success
VENEREAL DISEASE
City Minutes 1917-18 pp 232-236 Public Health Regs 1916
VERO AND CO English Street
Hatters and hosiers
Leading Trader of the City p26 Ad A616
CD 1902-03 Ad p226
CD 1905-06 Ad p77
CD 1907-08 Ad p84
CD 1910-11 Ad p13
CD 1913-14 Ad p45
CD 1920 Ad p190
VETERAN MOTOR TRICYCLE
CN 25.03.1950 p4 (illus)
VIADUCT HOTEL Built 1887; demolished 1970 to make way for Tescos store
Leading Trader of the City Ad p25 A616
Carlisle an illustrated history p64 Photo of hotel
CP 11.11.1887
Images of Carlisle Cumberland News p22 Photo of hotel in 1958
CN 18.07.1969 p13
CN 20.03.1970 p14 History
CN 10.04.1970 p2 (illus) Demolition
CN 16.01.2004 p6 Built as temperance hotel
VICKERS, Raymond
City Minutes 1926-7 p633 Licensed to operate bus service to Holme Head
VICTORIA, QUEEN; STATUE Victoria Park; by Thomas Brock RA; unveiled 07.07.1902
Carlisle in Camera 2 p22 Photo of unveiling
CJ 08.07.1902 p4 Memorial to Queen Victoria
CJ 09.03.1962 p6 (illus)
CN 19.10.1973 p1 (illus) Statue of Queen Victoria
CN 26.10.1973 p6 (illus) Statue of Queen Victoria
VICTORIA London Road; pub in local directory for 1858
VICTORIA AND UNION HOTELS English Street and Citadel Row
Guide to Carlisle C178 Ad
VICTORIA HALL Foundation stone laid 18.12.1873; opened 26.10.1874; renamed Her
Majesty’s Theatre and Opera House 1879
VICTORIA HOTEL English Street and Citadel Row; in local directories from 1850
to 1914
1851 Ward’s North of EnglandDirectory; ad p19; Aaron Martin moved from
Angel
1861 census Richard Johnston, aged 54, hotel keeper, aged 54, born Carlisle
CD 1880 Ad pxxxvi
CD 1884-85 Ad pxi
CP 15.07.1898 Offered for sale; now under Andrew Tait
CN 07.02.1992 p4
VICTORIA LEAGUE (of EMPIRE FRIENDSHIP)
CJ 26.05.1950 p6
VICTORIA MEWS Entered from Lonsdale Street
CN 25.02.2002 p8 Built 1879; sold in 1919 to for wool store; site next bus garage
VICTORIAN PANTRY The Lanes
See also Rococo
CN 03.05.1991 p8 A tasty treat
CN 29.09.1995 p3 Boutique businessman quits Botchergate (Merger)
VICTORIANS Cabaret Group
CN 22.04.194 p9 Victorians final curtain call
VICTORIA PARK
CJ 08.07.1902 p4 Memorial of Queen Victoria
City Minutes 1922-23 p107 Proposed tennis court at Victoria Parks
CN 05.10.1990 p4 A tribute to Queen
VICTORIA PLACE Number 1, south side, built late 1830s; nos 4-18 ,even north
side, built 1852-54; deeds for no 4 dated June 1854; Victoria Place is named
on the 1841 census returns
CP 20.11.1852 p1 Ad; To let no 2 ‘ modern built dwelling house’
CP 19.09.1863 p1 Ad No 7 Victoria Place to be let
CP 14.10.1865 p1d Number 2 Victoria Place to be let
CP 21.09.1877 p1 To let No 7 Victoria Place in occupation of owner Mrs Armstrong
CN 07.07.1972 p6 carved heads on buildings
CN 25.11.1994 p20 Down your Lane
CN 10.09.1999 p9 The making of Victoria Place
VICTORIA ROAD Botcherby; nos 35-43 built 1830s and 1840s; Wellington Place which
is now part of Victoria Road retained its name upto the 1931 electoral register
CP 02.02.1856 p4b No 3 Wellington Place to let [now Victoria Road]
CN 23.10.1920 p12 No 5 Wellington Place for sale and market gdns opposite
City Minutes 1929-30 p675 Renumbering of houses agreed
VICTORIA STEAMER/ VICTORIA STEAM PACKET INN see ROYAL VICTORIA
VICTORIA VIADUCT Opened by Princess Louise 20.09.1877
Carlisle in Camera 1 p32 Photo of opening by Princess Louise
Carlisle an illustrated history p77 Photo of opening day in 1877
B/CAR 333.333 Sale of property 16.06.1919
City Minutes 1925-6 p552 -3 Proposed reformation of prison site - 2 maps
CN 26.03.1970 p14
CJ 27.08.1946 p2 History of Victoria Viaduct
ENS 20.09.1977 pp6-7 (illus) History
CN 26.05.1995 pp16-17 Ad feature for shops
ENS 02.04.1996 pp11(illus) We didn’t ask for these Viaduct lights
ENS 08.04.1996 p5 (illus) Cabbies see red over new lights
ENS 19.06.1996 p1 Traffic light road rage boils over
ENS 26.06.1996 p13 Admit your mistake and give us back a roundabout
VICTORY PAGEANT
CJ 22.06.1945 p1
VICTORY THANKSGIVING
CN 19.05.1945 p7 (illus) Bitts Park
VIKINGS The Danes moved north from their winter base in Repton into Northumbria
and began a takeover of the Northumbrian kingdom under their leader,Halfdan;
they sacked Carlisle probably in AD 876 [M.McCarthy Carlisle history and guide
p37]; a 10th century Viking cemetery was found immediately adjacent to the west
end of the Cathedral [p38]
Carlisle an illustrated history p8 Illus of Viking battle axe found in Denton
Holme
CN 26.12.1991 p1 Viking axe discovered
CN 03.01.1992 p4 Reminders of Viking past
CN 10.01.1992 p4 Cup and ring marks
VILLAGE CINEMAS Botchergate; opened 30.06.2000
CN 23.06.2000 p7 (illus) The cinema experience you won’t want to miss
CN 30.06.2000 p5 (illus) New complex opens
VIOLENCE see BOTCHERGATE-LAW AND ORDER; CRIME; FOOTBALL
VIOLENCE; RIOTS
VIOLINS
CN 05.03.1993 p7 City made violins on the market
VISION EXPRESS The Lanes
Opticians
CN 19.04.1996 p4 New city shop, 11 jobs
VISITORS CENTRE see TOWN HALL VISITORS CENTRE
VITA GRASS COMPANY Kingstown
Seaweed fodder production
CJ 18.04.1950 p3
CJ 18.07.1950 p3 History and processing
VIVALDI ITALIAN RESTAURANT Lowther Street
CN 29.09.2000 p8 Ad feature
VIXEN East Tower Street
Fashion store
CN 09.11.2001 p15 Ad feature
VJ DAY
CN 09.06.1995 p3 Dozens respond to our appeal
CN 02.06.1995 p3 More events planned
CN 16.06.1995 p6 Cumbrians respond to appeal
CN 23.06.1995 p3 City readies itself
CN 18.08.1995 pp1,10-11 Six remember war heroes
CN 25.08.1995 p1 VJ even brings generations together
CN 18.08.1995 p25 A night to remember
CN25.08.1995 p19 Letter
CN 01.09.1995 p1 Old soldiers moving VJ speech
VOLUNTARY ACTION see CARLISLE COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE
VOLUNTEER BUREAU Supports voluntary orgamisations
See also Carlisle Council for Voluntary Services
CN 07.06.2002 p19 Spencer Street office refurbished
VOLUNTEERS see also CARLISLE VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS; CARLISLE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS
Easter Monday 1860 March to Gosling Syke; first donned uniform
CJ 29.05.1894 Obit S.J.Binning; connected with volunteers 1860 - 1890
CP 21.08.1868 Great Volunteer Review in Carlisle at Swifts next week
VYNNE DINNER (XMAS DINNER)
ECN 29.12.1888 p6a Vynne dinner for old poor folk in city
CP 30.12.1897 p7a Vynne dinner
CN 09.09.1950 p5 CN 16.09.1950 p5 CN 23.09.1950 p5 CN 21.10.1950 p5