Viewers in Copeland were the first in the country to lose the analogue television signal for BBC Two in favour of digital. The other channels would switch by November 14.

Planners gave the green light to a major expansion for Ulverston sub-sea engineering firm Tronic. The Sandside Road form was to create a new base at Low Mill Business Park.

Youngsters from Broughton and the Duddon Valley tried their hand at outdoor activities such as archery and climbing at the Kepplewray Centre in Broughton.

St Matthew's Church, in Harrogate Street, Barrow, celebrated its 40th anniversary.

25 YEARS AGO

Lake District planners dropped a proposal to ban electrically-driven craft from the smaller lakes and tarn in the National Patk.

A public inquiry was to be held at the Castle House Hotel into plans for a dump on Walney which had been refused by Cumbria County Council.

Pat Black, Cumbria's director of education, opened the new purpose-built library at Kirkby's Burlington School.

Barrow's banger racing project, aimed at keeping youngsters out of trouble, was to continue for another year thanks to a £2,200 grant from the Co-op.

50 YEARS AGO

There were proposals to turn Walney outdoor pool into a sports centre, said Barrow Mayor Cllr Cedric Ward.

Bishop of Lancaster, the Right Reverend B. Foley, opened a new wing at Boarbank nursing and convalescent home in Allithwaite, near Grange.

You could earn up to £849 per year as a medical records clerk at Barrow's North Lonsdale Hospital.

More than 150 pictures were on show in the annual exhibition by Grange and District Art Society at the Crown Hotel, Grange.