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Secret Barrow-in-Furness

Gill Jepson

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Description:Barrow-in-Furness has many secrets hidden in plain sight, from its earliest history to the present day. It is known principally for its rich industrial past but on the outskirts of the town a rich and fascinating heritage lies undisturbed. The land where 'the lakes meet the sea' provides an ancient rural backdrop revealing mysteries and tales wrapped in the mists of time. From mysterious monastic murder to raids by Robert the Bruce, or the arrival of Lambert Simnel pretender to the throne at Piel Castle, the town and surrounding Furness peninsula are full of surprises. It was a place popular with the Romantics; William Wordsworth visiting Furness Abbey and allegedly carving his initials into the sandstone. In the municipal cemetery lies the body of an Italian countess, Mary Pepi, and her husband Rino, a Victorian music hall quick-change artist. In the same graveyard is a memorial in the form of a lighthouse for James Gall, a survivor of the SS Forfarshire, who was rescued by Grace Darling and lived until his eighties. Barrow claims a number of famous sons and daughters, including Liverpool and England footballer Emlyn Hughes, Chris Blackhurst erstwhile editor of 'The Independent', Hairy Biker Dave Myers and Dame Stella Rimington, ex-Director General of M15. The little town at the 'end of a cul-de-sac' has many secrets just waiting to be discovered and in Secret Barrow-in-Furness, local author and historian, Gill Jepson pulls back the curtains of history to peer into the distant and not so distant past to reveal the forgotten, the strange and the unlikely.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Secret Barrow-in-Furness. To get started finding Secret Barrow-in-Furness, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Barrow-in-Furness has many secrets hidden in plain sight, from its earliest history to the present day. It is known principally for its rich industrial past but on the outskirts of the town a rich and fascinating heritage lies undisturbed. The land where 'the lakes meet the sea' provides an ancient rural backdrop revealing mysteries and tales wrapped in the mists of time. From mysterious monastic murder to raids by Robert the Bruce, or the arrival of Lambert Simnel pretender to the throne at Piel Castle, the town and surrounding Furness peninsula are full of surprises. It was a place popular with the Romantics; William Wordsworth visiting Furness Abbey and allegedly carving his initials into the sandstone. In the municipal cemetery lies the body of an Italian countess, Mary Pepi, and her husband Rino, a Victorian music hall quick-change artist. In the same graveyard is a memorial in the form of a lighthouse for James Gall, a survivor of the SS Forfarshire, who was rescued by Grace Darling and lived until his eighties. Barrow claims a number of famous sons and daughters, including Liverpool and England footballer Emlyn Hughes, Chris Blackhurst erstwhile editor of 'The Independent', Hairy Biker Dave Myers and Dame Stella Rimington, ex-Director General of M15. The little town at the 'end of a cul-de-sac' has many secrets just waiting to be discovered and in Secret Barrow-in-Furness, local author and historian, Gill Jepson pulls back the curtains of history to peer into the distant and not so distant past to reveal the forgotten, the strange and the unlikely.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Secret Barrow-in-Furness. To get started finding Secret Barrow-in-Furness, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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