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Massive impact of a key Ulverston employer
THERE is not much left to show the major impact the iron industry had on Ulverston in the 19th century.
Last updated 10 May 2013
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Walney pub’s new owners celebrate a right royal business success
AN actress and an artist who breathed life back into a community pub are celebrating winning a prestigious accolade. (1 comment)
Last updated 9 May 2013
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Key Burlington link to places of industry
THE important role in the development of Furness played by an aristocratic landowner who became an industrialist was explored in a lecture by Barrow local historian Walter Johnston.
Last updated 7 May 2013
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Crew jump to safety from runaway Haverthwiate train
TODAY’S pictures show a railway accident which involved a runaway goods train – including an empty gunpowder wagon – at Haverthwaite in 1932.
Last updated 6 May 2013
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Opportunity to share your Furness College days
WE have been bringing you a regular series of Memories articles on the staff, students, buildings and notable activities in the world of further education.
Last updated 3 May 2013
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Furness College unveils its new look worth £1m
IN our latest look at the buildings, staff and students who came together to form Furness College, we take a look at some of the successes and big changes which took place in the 1980s.
Last updated 3 May 2013
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Ration diet kept us healthy and wealthy
THE wartime youngster Derek Lyon takes his final look at the effects of the ration era on people’s health.
Last updated 2 May 2013
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Growing up in wartime Barrow
BARROW’S archive and local studies library is used to people using old documents and newspapers to discover the past but doesn’t often provide the chance to hear history from someone who has lived through it.
Last updated 2 May 2013
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Golden age of steam at Furness Abbey crossing
his picture was taken by Stainton photographer Jim Panting in the 1950s and shows a locomotive at the Furness Abbey crossing, about to enter the tunnel towards the Abbey Tavern.
Last updated 1 May 2013
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New Barrow Technical School base had gallery and metal furnaces
IN the latest of our looks at the buildings, staff and students which came together to form Furness College, we take a look at how the new Barrow Technical School was described on its opening Day on August 25 in 1903.
Last updated 26 April 2013
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Wartime children had poor choice of sweets
THE wartime youngster Derek Lyon has taken a look back to the era of rationing when we were all involuntary weight watchers.
Last updated 25 April 2013
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Drama hints at real anguish for parents
THE First World War drama My Boy Jack, which was staged by Ulverston Outsiders at the Coronation Hall, would have come close to reality for many Furness families.
Last updated 23 April 2013
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Ongoing study of mining past
THERE is a choice of two very different talks on the mining and quarrying industry on Thursday night.
Last updated 23 April 2013
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Home entertainment in the days before TV
THE ways people kept themselves entertained in the 1950s, before there was widespread access to TV, feature in this set of pictures taken by Bert Whalley.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Recalling era when Barrow had 56 grocers
THIS fascinating group of 1950s pictures shows the Redman store in Dalton Road, Barrow.
Last updated 9 April 2013
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Outings a highlight of social calendar
THERE was a time when the bus outing was the highlight of the social calendar for most groups, organisations, factories and trades unions.
Last updated 8 April 2013
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Venerating Ursula and 11,000 virgins
THE discovery of the bones of King Richard III under a Leicester car park has led to a 20-fold increase in inquiries about visits to the city.
Last updated 8 April 2013
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Technology helps to unlock Cumbria past
HOW a growing online collection of centuries-old documents is changing our understanding of life under the control of lords of the manor is explored in a study day.
Last updated 6 April 2013
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Watched Barrow liner taking shape
OUR recent look at the sad fate of the Barrow-built cruise liner Oriana which was broken for scrap in China after suffering storm damage during life as a floating hotel and entertainment centre prompted Paul Taylor to get in touch.
Last updated 6 April 2013
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Piece of shrapnel was poor consolation for lost school in Barrow
MEMORIES of the Second World War conclude our look at Barrow through the eyes of Joseph Hucknall from his book A Life’s Tales.
Last updated 6 April 2013
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