Saturday 20 September 2008
Tuesday 16 September 2008
BERNARD DEVLIN, A STROLL ALONG, ( WALNEY CHANNEL )
THIS IS A FILM I TOOK, ( ALONG WALNEY CHANNEL, )
LOOKING ACROSS TO ,
BARROW TOWN,
WERE, THE OLD INDUSTRIAL CHIMNEYS OF OUR FOUNDRIES, ONCE FAMOUS ADORNED THE SKIES,
ALL THERE IS TODAY, FOR ME,
IS BITTER SWEET MEMORIES, OF WHAT WAS.
IT DOES' SEEM SAD TODAY, THAT ALL THOSE, FOUNDRIES, HAVE GONE WITH NO , MONUMENT AS TO WERE THEY ONCE STOOD, FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SEE, AND TO REFLECT ON HOW OUR TOWN WAS MADE FAMOUS FOR ITS INDUSTRIAL CAREER
LOOKING ACROSS TO ,
BARROW TOWN,
WERE, THE OLD INDUSTRIAL CHIMNEYS OF OUR FOUNDRIES, ONCE FAMOUS ADORNED THE SKIES,
ALL THERE IS TODAY, FOR ME,
IS BITTER SWEET MEMORIES, OF WHAT WAS.
IT DOES' SEEM SAD TODAY, THAT ALL THOSE, FOUNDRIES, HAVE GONE WITH NO , MONUMENT AS TO WERE THEY ONCE STOOD, FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SEE, AND TO REFLECT ON HOW OUR TOWN WAS MADE FAMOUS FOR ITS INDUSTRIAL CAREER
Monday 15 September 2008
BERNARD DEVLIN, A JOURNEY BACK TO VICKERS AND DALTON ROAD, BARROW IN FURNESS 1960S
A LITTLE JOURNEY TO THE YEARS WHEN VICKERS HAD A FULL EMPLOYMENT, IN THE TOWN, THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE WORKERS LEAVING WORK, AND THEN WE TRAVEL TO DALTON ROAD, 1960S 1970S
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