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9%OFFAlice Leach - Voices from Barrow and Furness - 9780750947435 - V9780750947435
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Voices from Barrow and Furness

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Description for Voices from Barrow and Furness Paperback. Barrow-in-Furness grew from a tiny hamlet into the largest iron and steel centre on the world, and a major shipbuilding centre. This book draws together the memories of life on the Furness peninsula in Barrow itself, and Dalton and Askham, and the villages from a range of people. It includes photographs that capture the spirit of this unique area. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 172 x 9. Weight in Grams: 338.

Barrow-in-Furness grew from a tiny hamlet into the largest iron and steel centre on the world, as well as a major shipbuilding centre, in just forty years. Still home to the busiest shipyard in England, Barrow retains many of the spacious streets and fine buildings that were part of the nineteenth-century planned town, and despite changing economic factors over the years it still has much to offer resident and visitor alike.

Voices from Barrow and Furness draws together memories of life on the Furness peninsula - in Barrow itself, and Dalton and Askham, as well as the villages - from a ... Read more

The stories they recall, collected by members of the Barrow Oral History Group, will rekindle memories for anyone who has lived in this area for more than a few years, and will be an eye-opener for any new arrivals who want to find out more about the history of Furness. Voices from Barrow and Furness is illustrated with a wonderful selection of photographs that capture the spirit of this unique area over the past hundred years or so.

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750947435
SKU
V9780750947435
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99-10

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