Barrow-In-Furness
Barrow-In-Furness photos (123 available)
Barrow-In-Furness maps (2 available)
Map of Cumbria
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Barrow-In-Furness books (7 available)
Kendal - A History and Celebration
Hardback
So You Think You Know? Kendal
Hardback
Penrith Photographic Memories
Hardback
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Barrow-In-Furness memories
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Clog Makers
I have recently discovered that my grandfather Charles Alexander Parsons Hall was born illegitimately to Sarah Hall in Barrow in Furness c. 1885. Sarah's father George Hall was a clog maker employing two men at Anson Street in 1881. George was born in Stockport then worked in the Birmingham area before arriving in Barrow. My grandfather married in Salford and lived there the rest of his life. I would love to know where I could see any pictures of the area where the clog making business was or if anyone else has any information about it.
Contributed by Marion Madden
District Bank
My grandfather was Manager of the District Bank, Barrow-In-Furness during the 1950's and 1960's.
Please can somebody confirm if there was only one branch, as I have no idea of the address.
Contributed by Ashley Pilkington
Cumbria memories
Clog Makers
I have recently discovered that my grandfather Charles Alexander Parsons Hall was born illegitimately to Sarah Hall in Barrow in Furness c. 1885. Sarah's father George Hall was a clog maker employing two men at Anson Street in 1881. George was born in Stockport then worked in the Birmingham area before arriving in Barrow. My grandfather married in Salford and lived there the rest of his life. I would love to know where I could see any pictures of the area where the clog making business was or if anyone else has any information about it.
A memory of Barrow-In-Furness contributed by Marion Madden
District Bank
My grandfather was Manager of the District Bank, Barrow-In-Furness during the 1950's and 1960's.
Please can somebody confirm if there was only one branch, as I have no idea of the address.
A memory of Barrow-In-Furness contributed by Ashley Pilkington
Extracts From Barrow-In-Furness & Cumbria books
Note the handcarts parked at the side of the street on the right, and the advertising hoardings on the side of the
shop on the left of the picture, advertising among other things ‘Wheatleys Hop Bitters’.
An extract from from"Cumbria Photographic Memories".
Piel is one of three islands off the coast at Barrow, and is crowned by the ruined remains of 14th-century Piel
Castle, which boasts the largest medieval keep in the north-west of England. The ruined castle is seen here from
the shore at South Point.
An extract from from"Cumbria Photographic Memories".
The extensive remains of Piel Castle date from the early 14th century, and are located on Piel Island to the south of Barrow in Furness.
An extract from from"English Castles".
Note the tramlines in the street, and the industrial chimney on the left. The horse-drawn carts are parked outside
the photographic shop of Hollis Wilkins, which advertises ‘Life-sized Heads, Direct from Life’.
An extract from from"Cumbria Photographic Memories".
Pedestrians could walk down the middle of the street with impunity when
this mid-morning photograph was taken just before the First World War. And
photography was still so unusual that the camera turned more than a few
heads among the Edwardian population.
An extract from from"Cumbria Photographic Memories".