Search Currently displaying: 9 results You've searched for:Century: "20th" xlocation: "Barrow-in-Furness" xtype: "story" x Search term Filter by Theme Defending the Bay (1)Second World War (1)Fun in the Bay (4)Entertainment (1)Natural landscape (1)Sailing and pleasure boats (1)Swimming (1)Working in the Bay (4)Copper, iron and steel (1)Ports, docks and canals (1)Salt (1)Ship and boat building (2)Filter by Location Walney Island (3)Filter by Century 19th (6)21st (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest 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 ... 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 ... 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, ... Zeppelin over Barrow - Denys Vaughan