Police were hunting for an orange and brown corn snake which had gone missing from a house in Worcester Street, Barrow. It could bite but was not poisonous.

Furness teenager Paul Williamson landed a roll in the touring version of the hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. He auditioned for the theatre producer and Everton FC chairman Bill Kenwright.

More than 1,500 people signed a petition calling for a skate rink in Barrow. The nearest was in Blackpool.

Barrow AFC lost by two goals to one away from home at Boston United.

25 YEARS AGO

The annual show by Lowick and District Agricultural Society was held at Lowick Bridge.

You could earn up to £17,400 per year as an instrument technician at the Barrow onshore terminal for British Gas.

VSEL chief executive Noel Davies said the Barrow-based company would look at ways to use profits from submarine work to subsidise its efforts to break into new markets.

The introduction of wheelie bins had seen a 20 per cent rise in the amount of rubbish collected by Barrow's bin crews.

50 YEARS AGO

You could earn £370 per year as a 16-year-old starting training with the District Bank in Barrow. This could rise to £1,145 by the age of 21.

Mr G. W. Morrell, the Windermere manager for Lakeland Laundries. was to start training to become a deputy governor in the prison service.

Barrow's population had fallen by 1,000 in the past five years. The total was now put at 63,880.

You could get a business lunch for 22p at the Lotus Chinese Restaurant in Duke Street, Barrow.