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Lost Barrow-in-Furness

by Gill Jepson
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781445690674
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Amberley Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Amberley Publishing
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 96
  • Original Price: GBP 15.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 294 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Subjects & Themes / Regional

Barrow-in-Furness and its surroundings have changed rapidly over the last century and a half. The contrast between the old and the new is impressive, and nowhere is that better illustrated than in the photographs featured in this book. Focusing on aspects including work, transport, entertainment, buildings and leisure, author Gill Jepson chronicles the changing face of the town across the decades. The transformation from agriculture to industry and the movement of the urban centres is fascinating. The old occupations of iron ore mining have given way to the newer ones of submarine building and renewable energy. The landscape is testament to the rapid growth of the town and its infrastructure and there are numerous pictures which illustrate quieter and more agrarian times. Photographic evidence of hiring fairs, ploughing and shearing are almost timeless until after the Second World War. Barrow Island, now home to a shipyard, was once a rural estate with just one house, the Michaelson mansion. Similarly, a grand house built at Abbotswood, a woodland park above Furness Abbey, was replaced in the 1960s by a nuclear bunker, which has since been demolished and a woodland walk has taken its place. Scenes showing busy streets with urchins playing, shops, markets and visiting fairs are vastly different to those witnessed now. Many old buildings were swept away under regeneration plans in the 1960s and 1970s and some of these too have now disappeared. The town is forever changing and meeting the requirements of the modern age and yet echoes of the old world filter through here and there, reminding us of a time gone by.

Jepson, Gill: - Gill Jepson is a well known author from South Cumbria and founder member of 'Furness Abbey Fellowship' a voluntary group who work alongside English Heritage to support the abbey. She likes nothing better than exploring the beautiful Furness peninsula and this is a great inspiration for her stories. She is a keen local historian and teacher and has researched the history of Barrow-in-Furness extensively.

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