Nostalgia and Memories

Urswick Fundraisers present cheques in 1996 to Abbeyfield 'Extracare' Home at Dalton, Citizens Advice Bureau at Barrow, the Probation Service Support Group at Barrow and the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Centre at Barrow

Urswick fundraisers join forces with Pennington Church of England School
A bright day brought more than 800 visitors to Urswick Fund Raiser' Antiques and Collectors' Fair at Urswick Recreation Hall on May 12, 1996.

Pupils from Lindale-in-Cartmel CE Primary School and St Matthew's CE School in Blackburn enjoying a day at a farm at Castle Head, Lindale, in 1993

Primary school pupils celebrate 400th anniversary and the Queen's Gala

Sue Stewart from Bouth with Nomadic Arnica, winner of the Best Milked class at Cartmel Show in 1989

Heavy rain defeated by Agricultural Society's annual show

Richard Foster (kneeling) as Tartuffe with other members of the cast of Ulverston Outsiders' production of Tartuffe in 1993

The play depicting the infamous witch trials of Salem

A bus bound for Croftlands at Ulverston in 1997

Buses were going into space in 1998 to make life better for the passengers

Players on the new bowling green at the Ulverston leisure complex in Priory Road in 1990

Ulverston Leisure Centre bowling green welcomes 1.3 million

One of the races at Cartmel on May 27, 1991

Cartmel Race course graced by a visit from 18,800 people

Mr and Mrs Lucas (Brenda Baxter and Chris Barron) are greeted by a harassed Adrian when they pay a social call on the Mole family, during Ulverston Outsiders’ production of The Secret Diary of Adrain Mole Aged 13 and three-quarters in 1991

Group win drama award for outstanding Cabaret performance

The mayor of Ulverston, Cllr Richard Scott, launches a new summer bus service linking Ulverston and Lakeside in 1997

A pleasant surprise for a pensioner who had her pass returned

Broughton Square in about 1921

Broughton hub of village life and the lost public meeting place

Stone mason Bob Cross, who was working on Barrow Town Hall in 1993

Barrow town hall: A real tribute to our founding fathers

Pupils from Thorncliffe in October 1990 on a sponsored litter pick at Ormsgill. Shown is Deborah Grayliss, Karen McCullough and Catherine Sharpe

Reflecting back on the memories created at Thorncliffe school

Urswick’s rushbearing queen in 1988 Carolynne Quayle, 12, flanked by attendants Elizabeth Edmondson and Victoria Makepeace

Annual Rushbearing reflects on two centuries of tradition

Guides in Barrow Park in 1985, the year of the 75th anniversary of the Girl Guiding movement

How the Park was able to be restored by the council in 2001

Urswick Fundraisers present cheques in 1996 to Abbeyfield ‘Extracare’ Home at Dalton, Citizens Advice Bureau at Barrow, the Probation Service Support Group at Barrow and the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Centre at Barrow

Hundreds turn out for fundraising church festival

Horses in the Michael C.L. Hodgson Selling Handicap Hurdle at Cartmel Races in May 1994

A day at the races as Cartmel's annual event sets off once again

Pupils of Allithwaite C of E Primary School dressed in Victorian costume for a 125th anniversary service at the neighbouring St Mary’s Church in 1990. The event was part of a week-long programme of joint celebrations by the church and school, both

School prepare to greet their visitors from Holland in 1989

Broughton Young Farmers (left) and a team from Safeway at Millom compete in the wheelbarrow race at the Haverigg Inshore Rescue It’s a Knock-out event in 1992

2000 people gather for the annual event of excitement and fun

The Barrow-based nuclear flask carrier Stream Fisher

Deal struck to bring Japanese nuclear waste to Cumbria in 1968

Burlington Slate using Diamond Wire Sawing in 1989

Slate mine goes green after revolutionary change in 1989

Barrow mayor Cllr Rose Hamezeian with town hall long service award winners in 1991

Town Hall Awards presented in special ceremony in 1991

Boating enthusiast Keith Newby clearing the lake at Barrow Park of debris as part of a spring clean in 1997

Park boats return to action on the waters in 2005

A photograph at Barrow Railway Station taken in 1989 after it had had a facelift

Railway station named as 'Best Kept Station' in 1992

Children at the new playground at Lawson Street at Barrow in 1989

New £40,000 playground welcomed by the community

Some of the cast of Grange and District Amateur Operatic Society’s production of Oliver! in 1986

Operatic Society and the incredible production show of 1984

The Urswick Fundraisers met at the Coot at Urswick in May 1993 for a social evening and to present cheques worth a total of Â£1,700 to two local organisations. Sharon Stevenson (centre, left) presented Â£850 to Barrow St John

Photographs of the village's past made into calendar

Islanders Dance Troupe brave the atrocious weather conditions to take part in the Barrow Carnival. The carnival was finally abandoned early afternoon. Saturday 26th June 2004. LINDSEY DICKINGS

The greatest moments captured at the popular annual carnival

The popular children’s play area at Barrow Park in 2009

Park judged to be one of the best in the land

A Barrow bus from the 1950s heading to the Tea House and the Ship Inn

A new era for transport as the connection expands its future

Rod Scarr being crowned King of Piel by retiring king Terry Smith in May 1986

Island's history as a memorial sight reminded to the public

Burlington Slate created a ringed bar top in olive green slate in 1985 which was set to grace a multi-hotel and leisure complex in Singapore.

Company's third award comes after expansion and new machinery

Robb McDougal, six, and Pauline McDougal with Knapperton Georgie Girl, winner of the leading rein class at North Lonsdale Show in 1993

Remembering the best moments of the North Lonsdale Show 1993

Participants doing water aerobics at the Park Leisure Centre in Barrow in 1994

Dozens drawn to the water for the 'Splash and Dance'

Michael McNeill, Neil Vickers and Martin Gabriel show off the cheque for £350 the hotel raised for The Mail’s NSPCC appeal in 1995

Historical pub receives upgrade after £1,000,000 investment

An undated photograph of buses from our archives

Transport Buses welcomes four new models brought into service

The cast of Stage’s production of A Christmas Carol in 1997

Youngsters make their debuts on the stage in 1997

Mayor Cllr Hazel Edwards and mayoress Anne Redhead surrounded by Brownies at the St John’s Church summer fundraising event in 1993

Mayor welcomed on the Island for special fundraiser

CMS managing director Barry Hinkley with some of the company’s new buses in 1993

Transport CMS welcome cash boost of half a million pounds

David and Jean Johnson at Orchard Cottage in Coniston, which won a garden award in the Cumbria in Bloom competition in 2003

Exploring the most beautiful village in all of Cumbria

SNOW: From left: Palgie, Rinchen and Dorje enjoying the snow at Conishead Priory in 1996

Priory opens its gates for its annual summer festival in 1996

Entertainment at a Barrow Rotary Club gala in the 1990s

Parachute jumps, motorbike displays and hot air ballooning on display from the Rotary

Gail Whiteley gives instruction from the side of the pool at Ulverston Leisure Centre in 1994

Ulverston Leisure Centre taking the plunge in 1994

Jane Richards and Fred Sharpe show off Tetley Walker's shires William and Star in 1995

Take a trip down memory lane with some Cartmel Show pictures from the 1990s

An undated photograph from our archives of the Grange Carnival parade

Annual carnival launched from the fire station in 1987

Gail Whiteley gives instruction from the side of the pool at Ulverston Leisure Centre in 1994

Leisure Centre taking the plunge in 1994

Mass walk participants in 2011 walking off the Walney sands towards the renovated Ship Inn on Piel Island

Piel Island sees mass walk event joined by both locals and tourists

An undated photograph from our archives showing action from a Barrow AFC match

Barrow AFC study centre gets MP backing for £500,000 project

The procession to St Luke’s Church for a service of dedication in 1964. Pictured, from left: the Bishop of Carlisle, the Rt Rev T Bloomer; the Bishop’s Chaplain Canon R Bradford; the Diocesan Registrar Ian Sutcliffe; the Bishop of Penrith the

St Luke's Church that survived the blitz faces demolition

Brownies, Guides and Rangers capturing the circus theme at Grange Carnival parade and gala in 1989

Windermere Road sees crowd lining the streets for the carnival

Youngsters took to the woods for some target practice at a day camp at Lakeside YMCA in 1998

Lakeside YMCA marked over four decades of bringing joy to visitors

PLAYING: Our Ladys Chetwynde School netball team under 14s team. Back: Sally Bray, Rachel Boyd, Abby Lawrence, Laura Boyd. Front: Rita Jeha, Roanne Wilson, Charlotte Palmer, Julie Mossop, Nicola Foxen. Pictured in 1997

Barrow pupils sporting achievements from 1994

Barrow mayor Joyce Fleet receiving Â£39,000 in donations from British Gas construction director Chris Marchant in 1992 - Â£30,000 was for the installation of a new lift at the town hall and Â£9,000 was for promoting

The town's oldest treasures bring in hundreds of visitors

Enjoying a swing at Barrow Park in 1994 is Morgan Evans, two, of Barrow

How this popular park came to be the place it is today

Some 4,000 south Cumbrians were treated to an entertainment extravaganza at the Rotary Club of Barrow’s Gala at the amphitheatre at Furness Abbey in 1994.
The event included daredevil stuntmen, parachutes, side-shows and attractions galore.
Mark

Were you lay underneath this motorbike when this shot was taken?