I see the good old BBC have run true to form with their usual portrayal of Barrow as a grim northern town to be avoided at all costs. In Thursday nights winter special "The Hairy Bikers Return Home" Dave Myers home town of
"Si and Dave have been on the road for more than two years. After all their global travelling and culinary adventures, it was time to go back to their roots to discover what they have on their own doorsteps. First stop was Dave's birthplace,
So then according to the BBC we in Barrow all live in grim tenements with sawdust strewn floors and walk our whippets through the dereliction whilst scoffing meat n tatty pies.
Friday, January 4
Sawdustpies n Whippets
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Barrow in Furness,
character,
local,
opinion,
travel
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6 comments:
Hush, Bob! If the world finds out about our wonderful beaches, we'll be overrun!
Aye maybe but I believe Greens pie shop was mobbed this morning. Ows yer whippet then eh!
We know, from your blog and lovely photos of the place that Barrow can be much much more than its stereotype.
You forgot the haute couture flat caps n pit boots.
peggy:thanks Peggy and we know that your bit of the UK is very nice too by your pics and words.
agent orange: haute what? none of that French muck here. Aye and no pit boots as we had no coal mines round here.
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