A dreadful thing to do, why destroy everything?

Much improved since this film was produced. Greater variety of employment opportunities, better leisure facilities, better schools, dockside being developed, new General Hospital, shipyard thriving with order book full for years ahead, Dock Museum, The Forum, modern police station, improved transport links to the M6, ……….

So sad to see my Town in decline...progress is sometimes not always for tge best ... Like many towns its had the heart ripped out of it 😢😢

There was a guy lived in North Scale village by the name of Ambrose Turner.. What he couldn't tell you about the area wasn't worth knowing. I met him a couple of times. Such a pity all his knowledge is lost.

It was once a great town. Even I, living in distant New Zealand, have heard of this shipbuilding mecca. I am sorry it is now in decay.

Any. 1980s. Carnival s.

Can't believe how vibrant the town looked, populated by slender, healthy looking people. The exact opposite of 2024.

Society peaked in the 90’s

Hope they had a good life

Love the music

THE 99 CLUB GREAT TIMES 👍

Back in those days, people left their phones at home, wired to the wall.

I left Barrow shortly after this date. Happy memories, but now there is virtually nothing left of the place I called home. Of the four schools I went to until I was 16, only one remains, South Newbarns Junior. In the dream of "progress", the town was killed.

Looks better then it does today

2:33, some bod goes into the platts house

in the 80s and 90s it was full of violent drunks. now its a shambles.

👍 'Promo SM'

I was 12 years old and living on Walney in 1980. Great video. Less traffic on the roads then nowadays and less litter. Tidy streets. Nicer then today. Great childhood memories of living in Barrow.

Such clear footage from them times. I'll have been 1 year old back then.

Amazing footage. I was born that year so it's really interesting to see. Just to the left of the cooling tower was the school I first went to in 1973... namely Thwaite Street school (which is now replaced with Ramsden Infants which I also went to briefly in 1975) which was a classic Victorian type school... I've never really seen any decent photos of it inside sadly... I put a lot of them on the Barrow in old photos facebook.

The title picture is synonymous of what is wrong with Barrow's inner town area. All the high street is dead, and all thanks to this kind of shopping estate. Barrow is a hollow husk of what it used to be.

I remember barrow being this way.teachers told everyone back in ‘88 that moving away was the best thing we could do because there was no future in barrow for us. After seeing some of the videos on KZbin recently,they obviously knew something well in advance.

My Wife’s father on the video , walking in the town 👍

I don't really understand how its got so bad now. Such a shame.

Amazing, thanks for sharing this. Lived in Barrow from 76 to 81, so a real trip down memory lane.

I would be very interested to know what that tower like structure is located behind the left side of the viaduct, it is visable approx at 1.46 minute into the video and also at the 5.03 mark. You could always see it on the " End of Part One Title" during the mid to late 80s

The town will never be the same again a sad loss 😢

The town will never be the same again a sad loss 😢

Amazing footage. Sad to see the town centre as it is nowadays.

It wasn't a rebirth. It was a murder. A lost opportunity.

How you doing?! that is beautiful editing- bye,😍

Wow! Shops are open and there’s people around who look quite healthy…. Today, well…….. lotsa closed spaces and illness abounds! So sad💋🇬🇧

This is rather good Sir. Kind regards.

I remember the day well but in Ulverston, thanks for posting this David

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1:03 I used that phone box back when I was around 9 years old, so around 1993-94 ish. My grandma took me & my sister. I remember ringing home from the phonebox & told my mum that''s where I was calling her from 😂😂, I went on the granada studios tour twice as a kid, was a good day out from what I can remember.

The liveliness of the town in this film is something I wish would return to Barrow. The market hall is half-empty with nearly no outdoor stalls, & most of the units on the high street look half-derelict. Someday, maybe, the town will regain some of that life.

best watched with the sound off !

Nice video! Is this really 1972? Seems like it might be a little bit later than that for some reason...

That Levelling Up should bring back the Sunlit Uplands 😂😂 #brexthick

Really like this. I taught at Risedale for just 2 years between 1974 and 1976 and it was a lovely school. I remember Freda well.

Its so litter free compared with now! The people and council need a thrashing to get their arses in gear!

20 years of central bank crime has destroyed the uk.

A shame barrow used to be alright good night life and the town centre was ok there is nothing much to offer now it has poor nightlife nothing entertainment wise nothing in town centre its gone right down hill in my opinion I left about 18 months ago

Before the internet and out of town centre stores helped Barrow shoppers do major damage to our town's shops.

Marvellous! A wonderful record. The organ sounds well and Mr Whitten's playing is pretty near impeccable. As for Mr Noble, it's great to hear a local accent (I'm from Penrith) and if nobody told him otherwise, how was he to know how to pronounce Karg-Elert? Thank you very much for this.

It is the wedding of Richard Collinge and Heather York, 1972, the youngest son of William Collinge

Bring back John major!

That open air market was where I first used to get material from n i got my first towel set from there and my daughters first nappies! I had to make Terry towelling squares ❤ but I did it! Xxxx

Absolutely glorious, I remember even in the 2000's me and my Grandad used to walk just about every inch of barrow, very fond memories with him. Just glorious.