One of the "Hairy Bikers" hails from Barrow. Not sure which one. Probably the one who isn't a Geordie.
Barrow has declared itself, "The gateway to the Lake District". This is not entirely true, unless the prospective visitor is going to the lakes on a direct line from Anglesey, and deliberately avoiding using useful things like roads or land. It is similar to Kettering calling itself the gateway to the Norfolk Broads, providing you are coming in a straight line from Cork.
A Barrow supporter faces a round trip of some 740 miles when they play away at Eastbourne. Consequently they are probably not best impressed that Dover are in the shake-up for promotion into the Conference National! 740 miles! That's pretty much the distance of a return trip from Kettering to Paris!
A famous footballing son of Barrow was cheesy Anfield smiler Emlyn Hughes. Although he became a bit of a gormless jumper wearing "Question of Sport" luvvy he did at least lend his name to the greatest ever computer football game, "Emlyn Hughes' Soccer" for the Atari ST! Happy days, and nights!
The most notable daughter of Barrow is fringe comedienne Karen Taylor who starred in a couple of series of self-titled shows for BBC3 a couple of years ago. OK, she's not enormously well known, but at least it gives me the excuse to use the following photo!
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