During the war, Alex was a schoolboy living in Barrow-in-Furness. He recalls a lot of people lining Walney Channel to watch a captured German U-boat being towed into Barrow harbour.

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WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site: Contact Us: Life in Barrow in Furness in World War 2 by Cumbria County Library. You are browsing in: Archive List > The Blitz.

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Message 1 - U-570 Posted on: 19 November 2005 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper. Dear Alexander. I read your account with interest. However, the U-Boat, U-570, wasn't brought to the surface and captured ...

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