A lot of building work has been going on at this pub since Marstons turned it into a managed house and trade there seems to have picked up. They are renewing the kitchen area, so currently not serving food. Am told beer is down to £2.70 on a Monday night and that the new management is making a real effort.

The Twa Dogs was rebuilt maybe 50 years ago. The original old pub was right next to the road, which at the time was the main road between Penrith and Cockermouth, before the Keswick by-pass was constructed.

Just up the road from the Twa Dogs is a Travers Perkins depot on the site of what used to be a brewery. There is still an electrical transformer near to the road with the word BREWERY on it.

There used to be a sweet shop opposite the Twa Dogs run by a Mr. Wilkinson, who’s now famous Wilk cartoons fetch good money at auction. When kids bought sweets in his shop he would often draw a lightening cartoon on the paper bag !