BERNARD DEVLIN, VICKERSTOWN, WALNEY ISLAND, BARROW IN FURNESS, A LITTLE HISTORY.

VICKERSTOWN, Its construction was prompted by a lack of housing available for the workers at Barrow Docks, owned at the time by Vickers. Some workers were forced to live on board the Atlantic liner Alsaka, which was moored in the docks. Plans for its development were begun in 1898 and Vickers bought out the Isle of Walney Estates Company to handle the construction.

Homes were designed to last, with the houses in a terrace style. Larger houses overlooking Walney Channel were reserved for managers' families. The good construction of this estate meant that Barrow did not have the slums that plagued British towns in the 1950s.

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