Grand deals going on at Container Storage In Carlisle
Cumbria has amazing dialect which is slightly different from town to town. Staff at Container Storage In Cumbria are local, so lets take a fun gander at our local dialect for those that may not be too familiar with it! "Ah's wantin' to hire a storage box" - in plain English, "I'd like to hire a storage unit." It's exactly the kind of thing you might hear walking into our Carlisle depot, and it's exactly what we're here for. Every member of our team is genuinely Cumbrian - not reading from a script in a call centre somewhere else in the country - and between us we cover a wide stretch of Cumbria, not just Carlisle itself.
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Cumbria's dialect changes as you travel across it - Carlisle speaks a bit differently to Penrith, which speaks differently again to Wigton, Brampton, or the villages out past Dalston and Wetheral. It's the same story with storage: whether you're moving out of a flat in the city centre or clearing a house out past Aspatria or Scotby, your needs aren't quite the same as the next person's - which is exactly why we offer such a wide range of unit sizes, not a one-size-fits-all box.
Even the local livestock can spot a bargain when it comes to great value self storage in Cumbria!
Storage across Cumbria - not just Carlisle
- Carlisle city centre - our home depot on Rome Street
- Brampton, Dalston, Wetheral & Scotby
- Wigton & Aspatria
- Thursby, Calthwaite & the villages in between
- Penrith
- Keswick & the fringes of the Lake District
Wherever in Cumbria you're moving from, our Carlisle depot is an easy run in.
A bit about our facility
Container Storage In Carlisle is genuinely easy to get to, thanks to the city's superb road network including the newly constructed Carlisle Southern Relief Road which is a ring road around the city. Carlisle sits right on the M6, with the A69 running east and the A74/M6 north into Scotland - Lancaster is about an hour away down the M6, and Newcastle is roughly the same heading east on the A69. Wherever you're travelling from, getting to us is rarely the hard part.
Container Storage In Carlisle main branch is easy to get to in Carlisle, Cumbria
In Carlisle specifically, money has its own word - "bar." Spend your bar wisely, and that means fair, honest storage pricing with no nasty surprises, whether you're booking from right here in the city or ringing in from one of the surrounding villages and towns.
We don't just store belongings for specifically Carlisle. We've families relocating to villages such as Brampton, Dalston, Wetheral or Scotby - we've also tradespeople coming in from out of the area and folk moving from further afield. So which ever area you are relocating to, there's always a unit at Container Storage In Carlisle with your name on it! We're a 24/7 facility open every day of the year - so you never need to worry about access to your contents. So if you're moving to Cumbria, the Lake District or wherever in Cumbria, we will always be glad to assist.
Home & belongings, the Cumbrian way
Round these parts, home is "yam" - as in "gan yam" (going home). A child is a "bairn." A cushion's a "quishin," and a table's a "teabbel." And if something's small - say, one of our more compact units - round here that's "la'al" (as in La'al Ratty, the famous little steam railway down in Eskdale). Perfect for a la'al collection of boxes rather than a whole houseful.
A "la'al" unit - perfect for a smaller collection of belongings.
Cumbrian weather has earned its own vocabulary. "Claggy" is damp, overcast and misty - the kind of day that gets into everything. "Clarty" means muddy and sticky underfoot. And "rowky" is a proper frosty fog rolling in. Which is exactly why we don't recommend storing anything precious in a clarty old garage or a claggy shed - our units are fully watertight, whatever the Cumbrian sky throws at them.
Counting the Cumbrian way
Cumbrian shepherds have their own ancient way of counting sheep, still used today - Yan, Tan, Tethera, Methera, Pimp, Sethera, Lethera, Hovera, Covera, Dik (that's one to ten, in the most widely recognised Lake District version - it does vary a little dale to dale). It's thought to date back to the Celtic language spoken in this region long before English arrived. Next time you're packing, try counting your boxes the Cumbrian way - Yan box, Tan boxes, Tethera boxes... it might just make moving day a bit less langsom (tedious)!
New to Cumbria? You'll soon learn that a flock of sheep ambling down a country lane, with a farmer in no rush behind them, is just part of daily life here - and the only sensible thing to do is switch the engine off and deek (look) at the view while you wait. Those same sheep, of course, are exactly where the old Yan Tan Tethera counting numbers came from in the first place.
Farming & the land
Cumbria's farming roots run deep, and the dialect shows it. A mole is a "mowdiwarp" - a word straight from Old Norse. A stream is a "beck," also Norse in origin. Farmers and country folk across the county have relied on tools, tractors and outbuildings for generations - and these days, plenty of them rely on us too, for storing everything from trade equipment to a full house clearance, whichever corner of rural Cumbria you're in.
Cumbrian place names carry their own hidden dialect. "Howe" means hill, "thwaite" means a cleared piece of land, "tarn" is a small mountain lake, and "firth" comes from the Norse for a river estuary. So Bassenthwaite really means "Baston's clearing," and Wasdale means "valley of the water." You can read more about the history of the city itself on our Carlisle History page. Wherever in Cumbria you're moving from or to - the fells, the coast, or somewhere in between - our depot in Carlisle city centre is easy to reach from all of it.
Friends & neighbours
In Cumbria, a friend or workmate is your "marra." Folk like a good "yatter" (chat) over the fence, and there's nothing more suspicious round here than something "naud" (strange). Unlike some storage companies, when you call us you won't get put through to "naebody" in a call centre two hundred miles away - every one of our team is a genuine local, a proper Cumbrian marra rather than a script-reader.
Flitting day
In Cumbria, moving house is known as a "flitting." Picture the scene: "Reet, git that gurt sofa on t'van, and mind thee dizzant clart yer clogs on t'step." In plain English: right, get that huge sofa onto the van, and mind you don't get your boots muddy on the step. Flittings needn't be so hard work though - book your unit with us and let us take the strain.
Moving house is proper hard work. Rush the job and you might "wallop" your knuckles on the door frame. Need to get a "tatter" (hurry on) before the van's due back? By the end of it you'll likely be "famish'd" (starving) - and if you've got a full house behind you, your storage unit might end up "pang't" (packed full) before you know it.
Deek this out
Fancy a proper deek (a look) at what you'd actually be storing your things in? Don't just take our word for it - our videos and photos page gives you a full deekabout of our units, inside and out, before you ever pick up the phone.
Bairns grow up fast, and before you know it the toys, the outgrown bikes, and last summer's paddling pool are taking over the house. No need to get in a "ladgeful" state about the mess - box it all up and let us take the strain, without giving your "napper" (head) any more grief than it needs.
Lowie well spent
Nobody wants to waste their "lowie" (money) or their "bar" on storage that costs more than it should. We keep our pricing straightforward and fair - no trips to the "lowie cowie" (cash machine) needed for hidden extras, just honest value from a genuinely local Cumbrian business.
Whether you're a "gadgee" moving house on your own, a "charver" clearing out your first flat, or a sharp business owner needing overflow space - we've stored for all sorts over the years, and never once called anyone a "donnat" (a fool) for asking a daft question. There's no such thing here.
Old & trusted
We're not some "aald" (old), rundown outfit thrown together last week - we've been trading in Carlisle since the 1990s. Read more about us on our About Us page. Call us "heamly" (homely) if you like, but we'd rather say we're varra (very) reliable, with real local roots that go back decades.
Overheard at the depot
"Noo then, hast thoo gitten thee flittin' sorted?" (Now then, have you got your move sorted?)
"Aye, just aboot. It's been a rare tatter, mind - the bairns' aald stuff alone wad fill a la'al unit on it's own."
"Nee bother, we've plenty o' size ta choose from. Nowt too much for us."
"Champion. Reet, ah'm off - famish'd, me."
A few interesting phrases to get you started!
“Ah's gannin' yam”
I'm going home
“Divven't get ladgeful aboot it”
Don't get embarrassed about it
“It's a rare la'al unit”
It's a genuinely nice little unit
“He's me marra”
He's my friend
“Cusdie barrie”
Very good - that's nice
“Ah'm fair famish'd”
I'm really hungry
“It's claggy oot”
It's damp and overcast outside
“Nowt to worry aboot”
Nothing to worry about
“Divven't tak all day, it's a bit langsom”
Don't take all day, it's a bit tedious
“Save yer bar”
Save your money
“There's barie deals to be hed”
There's excellent deals to be had
“Pass us that cowie ower theere”
Could you pass me the item over there
So - gan on then, don't put it off any longer. Whether you're just gannin' through a declutter or gearing up for a full house move, our Sizes & Help page will help you work out what you need, or take a look at our containers for sale if you're after a unit of your own.
Dialect words and phrases on this page are drawn from genuine local sources including the Lakeland Dialect Society, historical Cumberland glossaries, and our own local knowledge as a genuinely Cumbrian business. Cumbrian dialect varies from dale to dale and town to town - this page reflects a general flavour of the dialect, not one single fixed version.