In 1990, The Forum put on a show for the people by the people.
An enormous Barrow made banner reading ‘by the people for the people, was unveiled at Forum 28 after two and a half months of hard work by the young and old throughout the town.
Hundreds of children from schools in Ormsgill, Walney, Newton and various community groups worked with textile artist Maddi Nicholson to produce brightly coloured patchworks about the people and places dear to them.
They then sewed them all together to make five panels which created a six and half metre by five metre banner, fixed together using more than 200 zip ties.
The banner was hung in the foyer of The Forum until April when the parts were unzipped, and each panel permanently displayed in the community that made them.
In 1993, The Forum held a fun day for the children of the local area.
Held on a Saturday, The Forum was the place to be as young artists and entertainers arrived in Barrow to join the children in a fun day of shows, jokes and excitement.
A display was created in the foyer called Raining Cats and Dogs which was put together by the entertainers with help from the children.
The day had many attendees, and another fun day was requested by the parents following the successful event.
In 1995, children of Furness got stuck in at The Forum as they learned how to create art from dough.
They had joined the Broughton based artist Julie Clucas, of Doughcraft, who were holding a dough dolly workshop in The Forum.
The children were shown how to create figures, shapes, dolls, and straw baskets.
Classes of up to 35 each attracted both the young and the old to the craft.
Others had the chance to do the classes at the Barrow Dock Museum each Wednesday until the end of August that year.
Julie held hour long sessions at The Forum and charged £1 for the secrets of her craft.
Her workshops also took place in Dowdales School in Dalton and Millom Centre.
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