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Barrow-in-Furness

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noun

  1. an industrial town in NW England, in S Cumbria. Pop: 47 194 (2001)

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Myers, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, died in 2024 at the age of 66 from cancer.

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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.

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Myers met Dave, who was from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, while he was filming in Romania for the first Hairy Bikers series.

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The Dock Museum in Barrow-in-Furness has announced it will rebrand to the Dave Museum for the show in June in honour of the chef and presenter who died of cancer last year.

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By the entrance to Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness sits a sculpture of a moon with 11 stars.

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