When fourteen year old Reece Furness realised he had got on the wrong bus, heading for Dalton instead of Walney Island, he did what any youth from Barrow would do: he hijacked the bus. "I was scared for me life," said pensioner Betty Newbiggin. "T...
The announcement of the engagement of Queen Victoria's son Prince Arthur to the Prussian princess, Katerina Brunhilda, was announced in November 1890. The news was greeted by the citizens of Barrow in a variety of diverse ways. 20 November 1890 It was with no small amount of pleasure that I was able to convene today the first meeting of the civic committee tasked with making plans on how best...
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