Barrow-in-Furness
Britishnoun
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Myers, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, died in 2024 at the age of 66 from cancer.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
In 2024, thousands of motorcyclists took part in a mammoth ride from London to Barrow-in-Furness to celebrate the life of Myers on the first Dave Day.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
By the entrance to Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness sits a sculpture of a moon with 11 stars.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025
He committed Labour to a "nuclear triple lock": continuing to build four new nuclear submarines in Barrow-in-Furness, maintaining Britain's at-sea deterrent, and delivering all future upgrades for submarine patrols.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024
The northern portion, detached by Morecambe Bay, is known as Furness, belongs really to the Lake District, and has Barrow-in-Furness, with its large shipbuilding concerns, for its chief town.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
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