Love Barrow Heritage event

Love Barrow at Christmas with a feast of festive entertainment hosted by Barrow Market

Experience the magic of Christmas and enjoy the ambience of the season as you shop in Barrow this Christmas. There will be a full programme of festive entertainment in the Indoor Market.

Saturday 1 December

1 pm KS Musicals

Wednesday 5 December

10 am Sacred Heart and St. Columba’s Schools

Friday 7 December            

2 pm North Walney Primary School

Saturday 8 December

10 am – 1 pm Islanders Dance Troup Entertain at Christmas

2 pm – 4 pm Dalton Town Band

Friday 14 December          

10 am Greengate Infants School

12.45 pm Greengate Junior School

Saturday 15 December

10 am South Furness Singers

Millom Amateur Dramatic Society

2.30 pm Messy Nativity with St. Mark’s Church

Mrs. Ann Taylforth, Town Centre and Festivals Manager commented “This year we have a lovely programme of entertainment in the run up to Christmas.  I am really grateful to local schools and other organisations which are joining with us to bring a festive ambience to the Market.”

Barrow Market will be open 7 days a week from 10 December to Christmas Eve, including Sundays 16 and 23 December. 

Love Barrow Community Awards 2013

Nominations Now Open!!!

Nominations are now open for the Love Barrow Community Awards 2013. Visit http://lovebarrowawards.co.uk/ for more information and to access the nomination form.

This is your chance to recognise the hard work of people in your community or neighbourhood who go that extra mile.

Paper copies of the form are available from the Neighbourhood Management Office, 242-244 Dalton Road, Barrow.

“Walk and be happy, walk and be healthy” – Charles Dickens

The 'Islands of Barrow and Furness Peninsula Walking Festival' programme dates announced.

The Sunday Times on 21st June 2009 declared this Festival one of the best 8 Walking Festivals in the UK. The Festival runs from the 1st July until 31st July and will start with a Love Barrow Walk personally led by the Mayor of Barrow-in-Furness, Councillor John Murphy, and will include a personal introduction and tour of Barrow Town Hall. The full programme of walks is set out below:

1st July Love Barrow Walk 1pm Barrow Town Hall

2nd July Cistercian Way 12noon Rose Garden, Ulverston

2nd July Beach clean Earnse Bay 10-12noon

3rd July Walney Walk plus Widows Crossing 1pm Dock Museum

Meet at North Scale 4pm to explore the beasts of Walney Channel

5th July Barrow – Foxfield long coastal walk. Barrow station 10.30am

7th July Walney North End Sunset walk 6.45pm

8th July A walk from Furness Abbey (Greenway) 6pm

9th July Dalton Walk Meet Tudor Square 1pm

10th July Haematite Heritage Walk 1pm Wax Lyrical Lindal

14th July Walney North End Sunset walk 6.45pm

15th July Biggar Village Walk 5.30pm

16th July Barrow’s Wildside Ormsgill Quarry, How Tun Woods 2pm

16th July 1pm – 4pm Intro to North Walney Nature Reserve

17th July Barrow’s Wildside South Walney Nature Reserve 10.30am

17th July Morecambe Bay Stroll 1 pm Leece Tarn

21st July Walney North End Sunset walk 6.45pm

23rd July Piel Walk 10.30am Snab Point explore the Heritage of Piel and Sheep Islands, Piel Castle and The Ship Inn with John Murphy

24th July Piel Walk and 11am Snab Point A guided walk peppered with interesting stories and facts led by John Murphy. Art Gene want to gather your favourite anecdotes about this magical isle.

24th July Family Wildlife Safari North Walney 1–4pm

24th July Barrow’s Wildside Owl Prowl Abbotswood time 9pm

28th July Creatures of the Estuary Sandscale Car Park 2pm –4pm

28th July Walney North End Sunset walk 6.45pm

29th July Local Heritage of Furness Walk Meet Furness Abbey Amphitheatre 6pm

30th July Barrow’s Wildside Extended Westfield Trail 12noon

30th July Bat Walk 8.45pm Barrow Park

31st July Wildlife Walk Sandscale 11am–3pm

Copies of the Walking Festival leaflet can be downloaded at

http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/pdf/BBC_Walking_2011.pdf

Mrs. Ann Taylforth, Barrow Town Centre and Festivals Manager commented “This is the eighth Walking Festival we have organised and it has proved very successful. Every year we try to find something a little different to add to the Festival programme as well as the well loved favourites. This year we are joining with the Barrow Wildside Project being run by Cumbria Wildlife Trust and introducing an Owl Prowl and exploring the wildlife of How Tun Woods. There is something for everyone, from Walks across to Piel island, to an evening Bat Walk with Westmorland and Furness Bat Group, children’s beachcombing at Sandscale Haws and a Get on Track Walk with the Outthere project.

All walks are being led by qualified walking guides and we are delighted to be working in collaboration with SeaChange, Feet First in Furness, Cumbria County Council, Westmorland and Furness Bat Group, Cumbria Wildlife Trust and the National Trust. Walking Festival leaflets will be available from Barrow Tourist Information Centre, outlets across South Cumbria and are featured in the What’s on in South Lakeland Guide. Details of all walks are available on line at www.barrowtourism.co.uk”

Councillor John Murphy, Mayor of Barrow commented “The Furness Peninsula is a wonderful area of the country with stunning heritage and charming, picturesque walks. I urge everyone to come and explore with me the coastal fringes and byways of this wonderful area”

The Islands of Barrow and Peninsulas Walking Festival is a five week festival of walks against the stunning backdrop of the Furness Peninsula and featuring the islands of Barrow and is a Barrow-in-Furness Sea Change Cultural Event. Follow ancient trails, greenways and coastal paths exploring the natural and built history of this south western corner of Cumbria.

For further information contact Mrs. Ann Taylforth, Barrow Town Centre and Festivals Manager on 01229 876389 or walking Guides John Murphy on 01229 473746 or Richard Scott on 823144.

Iconic Barrow event on 18 May - don't miss it!

On the 18th May, Barrow Borough Council will be holding a conference at Barrow Town Hall.

Part of the Townscape Heritage Initiative and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the day will provide an opportunity for those with a responsibility for protecting Barrow’s built heritage to discuss ways we can make decisions about the future of our heritage buildings. The day is open to all interested parties: those involved in our decision-making groups, such as the Local Strategic Partnership, Planning and Building Control, regeneration and any community groups who have an interest in the built environment of the Borough. We would also encourage people who are not attached to a particular group but who are interested in the Urban Environment to come along.

Regeneration Officer Valerie Holden said “This day is about opening our minds to new tools we can use to evaluate the space we use every day. It is for looking at future decision-making, not wringing our hands about the past. The aim is that we will go away having had some fun looking at our Borough through new eyes and with a better knowledge about how we can make our voice heard in future decisions."

The day will look at various themes: what is meaningful, quality of environment, sustainability, historic, archaeological, architectural and artistic interest and our sense of habitat. Delegates will spend time in the afternoon looking at two of Barrow’s landmarks before deciding, with the help of experts, whether or not the buildings hypothetically, should be protected. The final presentation of the day will assist delegates to understand how to make their voice heard within the planning process.

The North of England Civic Trust (NECT) is working with Barrow Borough Council to deliver the event as part of the Heritage Skills Initiative programme.

Local artist John Duffin has given permission to brand the event with his paintings. Many people will be familiar with John’s works, which feature local iconic buildings.

Speakers include: Victoria Lawson, John Barwise (Chair of Cumbria Green Business Forum), Graeme Ives (English Heritage), Graham Bell (NECT), Maddi Nicholson and Stuart Bastik of Art Gene.

The event is FREE, but places must be booked by contacting NECT on 0191 232 9279 or skills@nect.org.uk

Further information:

Contact Valerie Holden, vholden@barrowbc.gov.uk 01229 876370.

Share a Smile ...

See the first in the series of smiling faces here

Share a Smile

Every wondered how you could improve the place in which you live....for free...!!Well here is the answer....

A group of people, including volunteers from the community, the Community Press, local police officers, Central and Hindpool Neighbourhood Management and Barrow Crime and Disorder Reduction Parntership, have come together to share the smiles of fellow residents of Barrow. Our initial goal was to take pictures of 1,000 smiling faces of people who live and work in our town and display them on 'the Eye'. The 'Eye' is a very large projector that sits in the police station and projects an image approximately 40ft by 40ft on to the Furness House building opposite. You've probably seen it!

Now we want to capture the smile of every person, community group, group of colleagues, group of friends, and any other group you can think of! Do you fancy having your face on there?! Well now you can ... log on to our Share a Smile blog to see what's happening and keep up to date with the project as it develops. On there we ask everyone to send us a picture of themselves - smiling obviously - which we will put on to a slide show and feature on that blog.

Additionaly as many as possible will be shown on 'the Eye'. Some of the best will be chosen to feature in our local Community Press which is distributed for free to residents of local areas of Barrow. Copies of the papers can also be obtained form the Central and Hindpool Neighbourhood Management office on Dalton Road in Barrow (opposite Connexions). You can view the latest editions at http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/community_press_2_3646.

So...get smiling...get snapping...and e-mail your photos to us: Rebecca at: rrawlings@barrowbc.gov.ukRosie at: rhillman@barrowbc.gov.uk

Xmas in Barrow Town Centre

Tap It and Unwrap It
Sunday 29th November Tap it and Unwrap it Show and A590 Theatre Company.
Christmas themed Street Entertainment, Traditional Carols & Christmas Songs with A590 Theatre Group.

Sunday shopping and free car parking. For further information contact Anne Taylforth on 01229 876389

Share a Smile tomorrow ....

11am to 2pm Wednesday 4th November at the 'Spirit of Barrow' statue at the corner of Portland Walk, Dalton Road.

All you have to do is give us the gift of your smile ...

... look forward to seeing you there!

Share a Smile 2 - Love Barrow

Your next opportunity to share your smile will take place on the corner of Portland Walk, near the 'Spirit of Barrow' statue between 11am and 2pm on Wednesday 4th of November 2009.

So get yourself along there - share your smile and show the world how much you, like us, Love Barrow!

'Share a Smile' - Love Barrow

How does the saying go, ‘smile and the world smiles with you’? Well some agencies working in Barrow would like your help to put this to the test.

Workers from Barrow Borough Council and Cumbria Constabulary are working together on a project to record the smiling faces of local people. The ‘One Thousand Smiling Faces’ project will also involve local photographers, and father and daughter team, Steve and Rosie Hillman who have volunteered as official photographers for the scheme.

The original idea came after a local police officer, Inspector Geoff Steele, visited the US city of Chicago recently and saw a piece of public art depicting a sequence of smiling faces of Chicago residents.

Inspector Steele said “It just struck me as a really good idea and something we could easily copy in Barrow. Ours might not be as flashy as the Chicago version, but it’s worthwhile doing just the same. A smile’s a really simple way of showing how happy we are with where we live – and it’s a simple way of communicating with one another in a positive way. You never know this might encourage us all to do more of it.”

The team will be collecting photos of smiling faces over the coming weeks and it’s open to anyone who wants to take part. Collecting the smiling faces will kick off at the Market Hall entrance on Portland Walk between 10am and 2pm on Wednesday 21st of October. All people have to do is give permission for their photos to be used and then strike a pose.

The team intend to use the photographs of smiling faces on video screens, large scale projections and posters to promote the positive side of living in the town and to reinforce the Love Barrow message. One of the team behind the project, Rebecca Rawlings, said “As soon as Geoff told me about it I thought it was a great idea. The idea of giving the gift of a smile to show you Love Barrow is so simple yet really effective. We all know how lucky we are to live where we do and this is a nice way for us all to share in reminding ourselves of that.”

Supposedly it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown so there’s no excuse for not getting involved and the team will also be visiting local schools, businesses and community groups. If you’re interested in them visiting your group or business then you can contact them through the Central and Hindpool Neighbourhood Management Team, 242/244 Dalton Rd, neighbourhoodmgt@barrowbc.gov.uk or by ringing 01229 876546.