Defending the Docks was a community heritage project researching the history of Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. It brought together archaeological surveys, archival research, and oral history to tell the town’s story in the 1940s. These interviews with local residents explore what growing up in Barrow during the war was like.
Denys Vaughan speaks about his early life growing up near the docks in Barrow. He talks about his Step Father leaving his job at the shipyard to join the merchant navy, the blackout during the war and what he remembers of Walney’s wartime defences.
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