Barrow BID boss Colin Garnett defends controversial Super Soapbox Challenge billboard
A controversial billboard advertising this year’s Super Soapbox Challenge has been accused of dragging Barrow 'back to the gutter'. Th advertisement outside Barrow Raiders’ Craven Park features a 2019 participant taking part in the challenge, running in a shirt and underwear with a ‘censored’ sign covering his pants. Paid for by Barrow’s Business Improvement District (BID), the billboard sparked anger from the Barrow Business Concerned Rate (BBCR) group, which said it was not promoting the right image for an event in the town. Colin Garnett, manager at Barrow BID, rejected B...
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