John Hambler News Today

High street shop in Barrow sees worst trade in over 20 years, and calls for action.

Barrow’s 60-year-old Hindpool Road bus depot could soon be replaced by a brand new state-of-the-art garage, reported The Mail in March 1994. Cumberland Motor Services was making plans to move its 58-vehicle maintenance and repair operation to the Project Furness site. The Hindpool Road depot had been developed by the former Barrow Corporation Transport department in the 1930s and occupied a prime town centre site. CMS operations manager Steve Barber said: “The building is years old ...