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Village Link — proudly supporting Carlisle for more than 12 years!
We are independent publishers of our reliable & entertaining “Village Link” magazine, exclusively for the Carlisle area,
as well as carefully curating digital content for our online audience.
Whether you are looking to source local ‘recommended’ tradespeople, want to ‘love local, shop local‘, want to read blogs on a variety of lifestyle topics or simply want to get to know the person behind the business, this is the place to come for everything ‘Carlisle’. We’ve worked hard to be a reliable source of local information, and only featuring traders and businesses we know and trust ourselves.

Nat King Cole
Johnny Mathis once said “Nat King Cole was the God of popular music in our house”…

Olive Oil: Flavours of our time
Many people ask about the difference between regular olive oil and extra-virgin olive oil.

Essential pointers for food toxicity and other potential hazards!
This marks the final article of 2023, and what a bustling year it has been for us at OSCAR Pet Foods Carlisle. Thank you so much for your valued support during 2023.

Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta
My mum recently said that she can’t believe the world she now lives in is the same place from when she was a young girl, and technology must rate high among one of the biggest changes…

Carlisle Canal Water Supply
The basin of the Carlisle Canal, off Port Road, was supplied by water from a reservoir at Ratlingate, before reaching the first lock near Monkhill.

Jerry Lordan — Who Could Be Bluer?
It’s often said that music changed when The Beatles issued their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, but they’d changed the scene long before that.
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