Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Barrow-in-Furness has changed and developed over the last one hundred and fifty years.
Author : Gill Jepson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 17,38 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445659115
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Barrow-in-Furness has changed and developed over the last one hundred and fifty years.
Author : Gill Jepson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445690683
A fascinating and evocative look back in time at this Cumbrian town, its people and their way of life.
Author : Gill Jepson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 139810003X
A fascinating collection of images showing how Furness Abbey, its surroundings and land holdings have changed across the last century and more.
Author : Gill Jepson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 144568098X
Explores the rich and fascinating history of Barrow-in-Furness through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Author : Gill Jepson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 38,8 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445668475
Explore the secret history of Barrow-in-Furness through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Author : Ruth Mansergh
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 147385976X
This book is about how Barrow's output of war materials was vital to the Great War effort, and it is about the Barrovians and men from the surrounding south Lakeland area - from all walks of life - who fought abroad, and the area's women war heroes. It includes background information on the history of the town, such as the Furness Railway, iron ore in the area and shipbuilding, and lists vessels built at Barrow pre- and during the war with information on what happened to them. These vessels include Mikasa and HMS Vanguard. At the outbreak of World War One, Vanguard fought in the battle of Jutland. The Mayfly (or the Won't Fly as Churchill called it), built by Vickers at Barrow along similar lines to the very early Zeppelins, was launched in 1911. She was the first British rigid airship to be built. Today, Astute submarines for the Royal Navy keep Barrow busy and local people turn up when new submarines are launched. This book also acts as a reference guide to local war dead and war heroes, lost heroes, the area's recipients of the Victoria Cross, memorials with details of those commemorated (including those whose names were unwelcome on memorials). Barrow's War Memorial in Barrow Park was unveiled in November, 1921 by Field Marshall Sir William "Wullie" Robertson and records close to 600 names of those who fought and died in the First World War.
Author : Stanley Henderson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 15,90 MB
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0750966122
During the second half of the nineteenth century, Barrow-in-Furness became a pioneer in iron and steel production. It went on to grow astronomically – owning collieries in three counties and ore mines in two – and became the largest integrated steelworks in north Lancashire and Cumberland and, at one time, the largest steelworks in the world. Its success was due, in part, to having the prestige of three dukes as directors, as well as to being only 2 miles away from one of the largest and richest iron ore mines in the country. Written by two former employees of the works, Barrow Steelworks chronicles the company's past from the early empire through the inter-war and post-war years, the development of continuous casting in the 1950s, which revolutionised steelmaking, and, finally, the struggles and ultimate demise from the 1960s onwards of this once prominent industry.
Author : Norman Holloway
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445629011
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Kendal has changed and developed over the last century
Author : Jack Smith
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1445635704
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Lancashire Coast has changed and developed over the last century.
Author : Gill Jepson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445670046
A pictorial history of the working life of Barrow-in-Furness over the last century and more through its people and industries.