Countrystride
Countrystride
Categories: Science & Medicine
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...in which we explore the industrial and social history of Barrow-in-Furness in the company of former mayor John Murphy and artist Maddi Nicholson. Overlooking Walney Channel and distant Black Combe, we delve into the Furness peninsula's deep past, when monks arrived in the secluded 'valley of the deadly nightshade'. We proceed to the discovery of iron ore, and Barrow's subsequent overnight transformation, from backwater farming hamlet into 'the Chicago of England'. In a whistle-stop tour of the town, we discuss the leaning tower of its remarkable town hall, the daily toil of workers in 'the Shed', the 'boilermaker's whisper' and the 'hellfires' that blazed above molten slag. Entering the war years, we consider Barrow's role in re-arming the nation, the realities of the Barrow Blitz and the construction of Barnes Wallis’ ill-fated dirigible ‘Mayfly’ – that did not fly. Finally, on a tour of the fabulous space at Art Gene, we learn about the social history of the town – through shops, hairdressing, meat pies and a moose.– before celebrating the forgotten women of Barrow and Walney, including Peggy Braithwaite, Britain’s only woman lighthouse keeper and a mean shot with a rifle. For more information about the Re:discover Barrow Exhibition see art-gene.co.uk/place-rediscover-barrow-exhibition/ You can find out more about Maddi at art-gene.co.uk/artists-and-residences/maddi-nicholson/ and Art Gene generally at art-gene.co.uk
Previous episodes
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134 - 123: Barrow-in-Furness – A tale of iron and ships, hair and shops Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 0h
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133 - #122: Limestone of the Westmorland Dales Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 0h
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132 - 121: A history of paper-making on the River Kent Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 0h
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131 - 120: A history of boating on Windermere Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 0h
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130 - 119: The birth of Quakerism in Cumbria Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 0h
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129 - 118: James Forrest - Record-breaking round of the 214 Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 0h
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128 - #117: Above Great Moss: Stone axes of the earliest settlers Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 0h
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127 - Countrystride #116: Review of 2023 Sat, 30 Dec 2023
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126 - Countrystride #115: A Cumbrian Christmas feast - With Helen Rebanks and Ivan Day Tue, 19 Dec 2023 - 0h
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125 - Countrystride #114: Fell Foodie - A feast on Silver How Fri, 08 Dec 2023 - 0h
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124 - Countrystride #113: Why we Run - Fell and trail running in the Lake District Fri, 24 Nov 2023 - 0h
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123 - Countrystride #112: Melvyn Bragg - Back in the Day Fri, 10 Nov 2023 - 0h
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122 - Countrystride #11: High Stile – and the Buttermere skyline Fri, 15 Mar 2019 - 0h
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121 - Countrystride #10: Mardale Head - A walk on the wild side Wed, 20 Feb 2019 - 0h
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120 - Countrystride #9: Derwent Water: Creation of a landscape Wed, 06 Feb 2019 - 0h
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119 - Countrystride #8: Terry Abraham: Life on the mountains - A stroll on Helvellyn Fri, 18 Jan 2019 - 0h
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118 - Countrystride #7: A Grasmere Christmas - The Wordsworths and the coffin route Thu, 20 Dec 2018 - 0h
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117 - Countrystride #6: Langstrath - and the trees of Borrowdale Wed, 05 Dec 2018 - 0h
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116 - Countrystride #5: Ghosts of Burnmoor - Eskdale to Wasdale Fri, 16 Nov 2018 - 0h
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115 - Countrystride #4: Alfred Wainwright - In the footsteps of a legend Thu, 01 Nov 2018
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114 - Countrystride #3: Farming the Borderlands - Rural life and the Roman Wall Thu, 11 Oct 2018 - 0h
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113 - Countrystride #2: Sheffield Pike - Mines and Community Thu, 11 Oct 2018 - 0h
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112 - Countrystride #1: Scafell Pike - Roof of England Thu, 11 Oct 2018 - 0h
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111 - Countrystride #111: The Herdwick, with Will Rawling Fri, 13 Oct 2023 - 0h
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110 - Countrystride #110: Eliza Lynn Linton and The Lake Country Fri, 29 Sep 2023 - 0h
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109 - Countrystride #109: Aira Force - Lakeland pleasure ground Sat, 16 Sep 2023 - 0h
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108 - Countrystride #108: To the Lakes! The early days of tourism Sat, 02 Sep 2023 - 0h
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107 - Countrystride #107: Tales from Little Langdale Fri, 11 Aug 2023 - 0h
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106 - Countrystride #106: The lichens of Borrowdale Fri, 21 Jul 2023 - 0h
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105 - Countrystride #105: The Old Man and the slate Fri, 30 Jun 2023
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104 - Countrystride #104: Eskdale - Living the Fisherground dream Fri, 16 Jun 2023 - 0h
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103 - Countrystride #103: Ambleside - A town through time Sat, 03 Jun 2023 - 0h
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102 - Countrystride #102: A Coast to Coast love affair, with Debbie North Fri, 12 May 2023 - 0h
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101 - Countrystride #101: The Yellow Earl and Lowther Castle Fri, 28 Apr 2023 - 0h
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100 - Countrystride #100: Why we love the Lakes Fri, 14 Apr 2023
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99 - Countrystride #99: PEAT, POWER & THE PUBLIC – Caring for Watendlath Fri, 31 Mar 2023 - 0h
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98 - Countrystride #98: Askham – A vernacular celebration Fri, 10 Mar 2023 - 0h
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97 - Countrystride #97: Townend – A Troutbeck farming dynasty Fri, 17 Feb 2023 - 0h
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96 - Countrystride #96: Eric Robson – Wasdale, Wainwright, and a champion of Cumbria Fri, 27 Jan 2023 - 0h
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95 - Countrystride #95: Catbells & Hugh Walpole Fri, 13 Jan 2023 - 0h
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94 - Countrystride #94: Review of 2022 Fri, 30 Dec 2022
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93 - Countrystride #93: A Grasmere Gingerbread Christmas Fri, 16 Dec 2022 - 0h
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92 - Countrystride #92: Dentdale and The Dales High Way Fri, 02 Dec 2022 - 0h
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91 - Countrystride #91: Geology of the Lake District Fri, 18 Nov 2022 - 0h
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90 - Countrystride #90: The VIKINGS in Cumbria Fri, 28 Oct 2022 - 0h
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89 - Countrystride #89: Steve Birkinshaw – Smashing the 214 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 - 0h
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88 - Countrystride #88: Forty Farms – Food and nature at Low Sizergh Farm Fri, 23 Sep 2022 - 0h
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87 - Countrystride #87: Trees in the age of the Romantics Sun, 04 Sep 2022 - 0h
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86 - Countrystride #86: Beatrix Potter Fri, 19 Aug 2022
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85 - Countrystride #85: COPPERMINES VALLEY - Landscape legacy of audacious ambition Fri, 29 Jul 2022