Almost 23,000 school days in Cumbria were lost due to "unauthorised absence" in only one term, new figures revealed.

You could earn £34,146 per year as an area engineer for Barrow working for Cumbria County Council on highways projects.

Barrow council drew up fresh plans for the regeneration of the Central Ward. One of the options was to demolish 133 properties.

A foundation stone was laid to mark the start of work on an extension to the Abbeyfield Care Home, in Greystone Lane, Dalton.

25 YEARS AGO

Dalton councillors agreed to spend £4,160 on six new cast iron litter bins.

Cumbrian councillors were the subject for far fewer complaints to the local government watchdog than other areas of the country. Of the 10,063 complaints nationally, just 81 were levelled at councils in Cumbria.

Barrow council wanted to establish a rank for nine taxis outside the Bluebird Club on Holker Street.

A horse called Deb's Ball wandered into the Cavendish Arms at Cartmel to officially start the three-day South Lakeland Beer Festival.

50 YEARS AGO

William Bayliff, of Westminster Avenue, Walney, won the Barrow Corporation annual garden contest. He worked in the photographic and printing department at Vickers.

Barrow would have a "very rough period" if it went into the European Common Market, said Barrow MP Albert Booth.

St Perran's Church was opened at Roose. It replaced a building which had been pulled down after a fire.

The Microns, Duggie Clark and The Melba appeared at Barrow's 99 Cabaret Club on Dalkeith Street. There was a free buffet.