Search Currently displaying: 50 results You've searched for:Century: "20th" xtype: "story" x Search term Filter by Theme Archaeology of the Bay (2)Central Walney Searchlights (1)Cockerham Observation Tower (1)North Walney Gunners Range (2)South Walney- H5 Battery and Hilpsford Battery (1)Defending the Bay (6)First World War (2)Second World War (5)Fun in the Bay (18)Entertainment (6)Food and drink (3)Holiday homes and camps (1)Natural landscape (1)Sailing and pleasure boats (4)Swimming (7)Working in the Bay (35)Copper, iron and steel (1)Fishing (23)Ports, docks and canals (3)Rescue services and safety at sea (5)Salt (1)Ship and boat building (3)Tourism (1)Women's lives (10)Filter by Location Arnside and Silverdale (7)Barrow-in-Furness (9)Carnforth (1)Cartmel Peninsula (3)Cockerham (1)Fleetwood (1)Flookburgh (6)Grange-over-Sands (3)Heysham (1)Lancaster (1)Morecambe (12)Sunderland Point (9)Ulverston (2)Walney Island (6)Filter by Century 19th (9)21st (15) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Growing up at Sunderland Point - Jackie Bailiff 'Christmas was an exciting time' - Jack Manning Have you heard the cockles sing? Janet tells how the tragedy of the Chinese cocklers in 2004 led to changes in the laws and the effect ... The Sound of Horses in the Night The sound of horses’ hooves in the night, clip clopping up the hill towards the Sands is one evocative memory ... Royal Shrimps on a Toasted Muffin anyone? From Morecambe Bay waters to toasted muffin. How technology streamlines the journey of the humble Morecambe Bay shrimp from the ... Gliding in Furness The Furness Gliding Club The club was formed in Barrow in October 1930 and rapidly attained a very prominent position amongst ... Yachting in Barrow Barrow Yacht Club The Barrow Yacht Club was established in 1870 under the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke ... Cycling in Barrow Barrow Amateur Cycling Club Headquarters The club, which opened in 1906, was based in the Old Royal Hotel on The Strand. ... Vickerstown The Isle of Walney Estates Company Limited was set up in the late 1890s to provide housing for the increasing ... Leisure boat sailing on Morecambe Bay Bruce Eastwood moved to Arnside after enjoying visits from Halifax in the 1960s. He tells many a tale of his ... Crossfields of Arnside With 25 boats and 2 replicas, Crossfields of Arnside are one of most significant builders on the OGA Boat Register. Arnside ... The Fishing Hut Stories During Summer 2018 The Fishing Hut, a handcrafted travelling gallery shed, appeared at various coastal locations around Morecambe Bay. Visitors ... Lovelies vs Loonies Lovelies Before the Miss Great Britain competition rounds, 12 ‘Aqua-Lovelies’ would adorn the poolside of Morecambe’s Super Swimming Stadium and put on ... Taking the Plunge In the summer of 1961 Eric Atkinson was working as a pool attendant at Grange-Over-Sands Lido. He received 10 pounds ... Catching Tales Shrimpers and cockle pickers stretching along Morecambe Bay’s coastline are proud to use family fishing techniques that go back generations. On ... Modern Salt-Making Salt on Walney During the 1880s salt was discovered by chance on Walney whilst boring for coal. By the late 1890s ... Iron and Steel Works, Barrow-in-Furness Iron ore mined in the Furness area and not used in the local iron furnaces at Backbarrow, Newland and Duddon ... Shipbuilding in Barrow-in-Furness “Thousands of men are even now employed and Old Barrow Island-two years since quite a pleasant rural nook, with fields ... Fishing in a male dominated world - Margaret Owen Semi-retired Margaret Owen, née Gregory, moved to Morecambe Bay in 1957 from Manchester aged five. In 1981 she and her husband, ... Born into a family of butchers Ninety-one-year-old Richard ‘Rex’ Lancaster had an idyllic childhood in Grange. In shorts and vest his six-to-eight-week summer holidays were spent ... School Boy Adventures in Barrow, Dalton and Askam On the penultimate day of the school year at Barrow Grammar School for Boys, something happened to upset our headmaster, ... Ulverston inshore rescue on a busy saturday - Bruce Chattaway Cross bay swim Morecambe's Super Swimming Stadium Ginny Marshall remembers the 1960s when thousands of tourists and locals used to flock to the beaches of Morecambe to ... PAGE: 123Next >