The following links will take you to sound clips of people talking about life in Barrow from the 1900s onwards.
Moving to a local farm.
Places a family lived in Barrow.
Working at Drivers' hosiery factory.
An argument about money at a hosiery factory.
Watching men at work in a local lime quarry.
Describing a variety of work on the farm.
The full interviews these clips were taken from are available to listen to at the Records Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland. Quote the reference numbers under the sound clips.
