Crafty Hobbies Barrow in Furness

09/06/2026

Thank you Barrow BID for the flowers. All the lovely pots are really brightening up the street.

05/06/2026

Tomorrow's cardmaking session focuses on butterflies and bees. Drop in anytime from 1.30 - 3.30. No equipment needed.

04/06/2026

A reminder that we will be closed tomorrow. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Open as usual on Saturday, with drop-in card making session 1.30 - 3.30 too

30/05/2026

Never mind the forecast, we have our own Wilson's Wilson’s Weather Service in the shop today. Pop in to ask any questions on weathering models or adding scenics or ballasting track.

27/05/2026

The Class 37s are the latest locos to arrive from Accurascale.
I can't imagine that they'll hang around for long as the Class 37s are always a popular model. We miss the days when they used to run to Barrow and customers would be checking their watches as they didn't want to miss the opportunity to hear two of them pass the station in opposite directions.
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27/05/2026

26/05/2026

We still have a small number of Revolution Trains N gauge1938 Tube Stock & Class 483 EMUs available.
https://craftyhobbies.co.uk/our-web-shop/ols/search?keywords=revolution&page=1&sortOption=descend_by_created_at
RT-N-LU1938-RED402B
RT-N-LU1938-MAR401A
RT-N-LU1938-MAR202A
RT-N-LU1938-NSE201B

22/05/2026

Look what our friends at Heath's have in stock!
I think the owl bookshop may have my name on it if anyone is looking for an early Christmas present :-D

21/05/2026

New in this week and making their way to our website over the weekend are the Manning Wardle L Class 0-6-0 locos from Rapido.
With some liveries already sold out at Rapido we recommend getting your orders in quickly.


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20/05/2026

Phil and Peter were two of the happy winners in our Bachmann take-over day raffle. We had an informative day admiring the pre-production samples, checking out some of the many products that Bachmann supply, and asking questions. There's still time to order most of the models, although some are about to sell out on pre-preorder so don't wait too long.
Many thanks to Ron for his time over the last few days.
Bachmann Europe

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