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Snap Happy
David Ellison is a freelance photographer living and working in Barrow. He talks about his career, and how he's building a body of work to make Barrow shine. Read David's full story »
David Johnston
This is the third in a series of profiles focusing on ex-students from Barrow Sixth Form College - who have gone on to do great things after starting out in Furness. Read David's full story »
Acting as if life were not a dress rehearsal…
Rachel was one of the founders of the well-known Ashton Group (Theatre Factory), based in Barrow. They have put on about 25 productions in the past 10 years and have been involved in many community and educational theatre projects. Read Rachel's full story »
Will Miners
Will Miners is an Ulverston-based photographer. After finishing 6th Form, and gaining a deferred entry into Bristol university to read Computer Science and Electronics, he decided to take a year out from his studies to travel the world and spend more time on his hobbies: music and photography. Read Will's full story »
Alex Oxley
Born in Sheffield and bred in Ulverston, Alex has returned to the Market Town to create! He went to Ulverston Victoria High School and whilst he was growing up was always interested in discovering new bands. Read Alex's full story »
Maddi by Name!
Maddi is a dynamic whirlwind travelling at the speed of light and bubbling with brilliant ideas. She describes her self as an artist and a thinker and what she does for a living as a business woman. She is a woman of substance, who is not afraid to explore new territory and turn her hand to almost anything. Read Maddi's full story »
A Sound Guy
Barry was born in Barrow where he went to school and to 6th form. Music was his great passion and so he took himself off to Newcastle to do a National Diploma in music and performing arts. He then spent a couple of years performing in funk bands in Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle. Read Barry's full story »
Pocodot Entertainment
Elaine is very well known in the Barrow area for her long-standing work in theatre especially with Furness Youth Theatre (formerly ACT). She studied performing arts has since done a lot of volunteer work in the area over the years while she stayed at home raising her son. Read Elaine's full story »
The Prophets
Ste Tyson & Pete Mossop originally formed a band called 4721 Archer in 1995. They played with Ste's sister Vicky and his old school friend Damien Roberts. Read Ste's full story »
Catching up with Tom Lloyd
I recently caught up with Tom Lloyd again, and have been blown away by his latest work 'Live before you die'. Read Tom's full story »
