Search Currently displaying: 23 results You've searched for:type: "story" xTheme: "Fun in the Bay" x Search term Filter by Theme Archaeology of the Bay (4)Jenny Brown's Point (1)Warton Crag (3)Defending the Bay (3)Castles and forts (3)Working in the Bay (8)Copper, iron and steel (1)Fishing (4)Ports, docks and canals (1)Tourism (1)Women's lives (2)Filter by Location Arnside and Silverdale (4)Barrow-in-Furness (4)Carnforth (1)Fleetwood (1)Flookburgh (1)Grange-over-Sands (2)Heysham (2)Morecambe (6)Sunderland Point (2)Ulverston (1)Walney Island (1)Warton (3)Filter by Century 18th (1)19th (4)20th (18)21st (5)30th (2)31st (2)32nd (2)33rd (2) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Growing up at Sunderland Point - Jackie Bailiff 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. ... 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 ... 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 ... Heysham Head interactive guided walk Come on a fascinating journey into Heysham’s mysterious past with tales of Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, saints and pirates. Discover what makes ... 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, ... 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 ... Being in the wrong channel when sailing - John Howell Growing up at Canal Foot - Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson Getting Easter eggs for the first time - Leeds Children Holiday Home The Aqua Lovlies Keith Willacy Photographic Collection Elephants in the water - Sid Eastwood Jenny Brown's Point One of the key projects of the Headlands to Headspace community archaeology programme is the investigation of an intriguing chimney ... The Romans are Coming, Don’t Panic !!! … Or … “They Came, They Saw, They Went Away Again” … maybe ! In 1785 the antiquarian William Hutchinson visited Warton ... A Lofty Conical Eminence One of the earliest images and written descriptions of Warton Crag was made by William Hutchinson in 1789. Hutchinson described ... Understanding Warton Crag Iron Age hillfort Warton Crag Iron Age hillfort is a Scheduled Anicent Monument and currently on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register. As part of our H2H ...