Listen on Radio 4 – Barrow women on Woman’s Hour
Barrow Women will be sharing their stories on Radio 4. Spoken stories hold a life of their own that can’t be captured …
What has changed for women
This is a provocative question because of course you could say that everything has changed – but it soon became apparent that …
Walney Island Childhood
All my relatives lived on the island: grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins. Three of my cousins and my sister still live on …
Desperately seeking Susan
I went to Walney School. I moved over there when I was 10. I left school in ’86 and went to Furness …
From dancing to Walney … and marriage
I used to go dancing at The Public Hall and the Rink. I first met my husband on a blind date – …
Starch, underskirts and dancing
When we went dancing, we used to wear stick out dresses. About three or four underskirts underneath. Starched they were. I used …