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When a Hairy Biker was make-up artist for Adam Ant
The late Dave Myers' career as a make-up artist who once had the job of painting popstar Adam Ant's trademark white stripe is ...
Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers to have museum named after him a year on from death
An exhibition, which will include many of Hairy Biker star Dave Myers' personal belongings, will be held at the museum in ...
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Dock Museum in Barrow shortlisted for tourism awards
Barrow’s Dock Museum, operated by Westmorland and Furness Council, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Cumbria Tourism Awards in the Accessible ...
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Dalton in Furness
Britain First held a demonstration outside the Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria site. A report finds more than 800 young people took part in the scheme in Barrow in February. The Dock Museum in Barrow ...
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Pigeon's medal for war bravery unveiled at museum
The medal was bought by the Dock Museum in Barrow-in-Furness for £30,000 at an auction earlier this year. Louise Burrow, the granddaughter of the bird's owner, said she was "thrilled" that the ...
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Walker and children find dog remains in suitcase
Cara Harper was walking her dogs with her children and other family members when they made the gruesome discovery in Cavendish Dock, near the Old Mills, in Barrow-in-Furness on Saturday.
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Barrow museum to run Dave Myers exhibition for Dave Day
The exhibition will launch in June to coincide with the returning festivities, running for an initial three months to celebrate the life of ...
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'Derelict' northern town about to roar back thanks to Putin and Xi
Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria is home to Britain's most important defence manufacturing site, Devonshire Dock. Run by BAE Systems, the complex employs one in three people in the town, where skilled ...
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Can the U.K.’s Military Spending Push Revive Its Small Towns, Too?
Barrow-in-Furness may be the model. The BAE factory, in the distance, looms over Barrow-in-Furness, England. Barrow has built Royal Navy vessels since the 1870s. Today, BAE employs about 14,500 ...
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Barrow boxer turned diving treasure hunter finds Second World War guns and discarded urn in lake
40-year-old Mike McGoldrick from Barrow-in-Furness was a pro for five years before he decided that too many boxed ears could damage his hearing and stop him pursuing diving, a passion he had had ...
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Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers to be honoured with museum named after him one year on from shock death
Furness will be temporarily renamed "The Dave Museum" in honour of the late Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers. The beloved TV chef ...
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When a Hairy Biker was make-up artist for Adam Ant
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. Myers' long career a ...