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Crown Street Cabin No.7 |
| locality:- |
Carlisle Citadel Station |
| civil parish:- |
Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
signal box |
| coordinates:- |
NY403553 (about?) |
| 1Km square:- |
NY4055 |
| 10Km square:- |
NY35 |
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hearsay:-
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The signalman here, a railway policeman, was John Kent, an Afro-Carribean. It is said
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"the youthful Prince of Wales, passing through Carlisle shortly after the publication
of Mrs. Stoke's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', saw John in the signal box and asked his attendants
if that was Uncle Tom in his cabin"
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