Ulverston councillors discussed calls for a 20mph limit in the town centre.

More than 800 people went job hunting at a Barrow work fair held at Waterside House, the headquarters of Furness Enterprise, near Jubilee Bridge.

A modern semi-detached house at Lakeland Avenue, Barrow, was offered for sale at £179,950.

Barrow Raiders rugby league centre Phil Atkinson announced his retirement after a 14 year career with the Craven Park club.

The Barrow-built destroyer HMS Cardiff looked likely to become a seabed grotto for fish and divers to explore off the south coast of England.

25 YEARS AGO

A Christmas shelter for Barrow's homeless people became available to church organisers from Barrow council. The large mobile home had previously been a base for the borough dog warden.

Les Bell won the K Shoe Trophy for the best exhibit in the annual flower show held in Askam Community Centre.

The Ministry of Defence was to offer Ulverston Drill Hall for sale, with the town's Army Cadets as sitting tenants.

Urswick post office and shop was put up for sale at £130,000. A semi-detached house in Stainton Drive, Dalton, was £49,950.

50 YEARS AGO

William Thomas Cavey, 52, was appointed as the new chief constable of Cumbria Constabulary. He had held a similar position in Brighton and was chosen from a shortlist of three.

Upholsterers were wanted to work for Lonsdale Upholstery at the back of Brogden Street, Ulverston.

Manchester Regional Hospital Board was bringing its mobile x-ray unit to Barrow's Holker Street Drill Hall. In last year's visit, a total of 4,068 people used the equipment.

BARROW MP offered his support to families in Dale Street, Askam, who had been flooded four times in the past 12 months.