THE organisers of Ulverston's annual Dickensian Festival were looking for an entertainment organiser for the popular street event.
ULVERSTON'S Police Community Support Officers had completed training which woild allow them to hand out on-the-spot fines to irresponsible dog owners and litter bugs.
DOWDALES pupil Frances Barrand was picked from 21 hopefuls to be the first Askam carnival queen for 10 years. The street parade was being revived on June 17.
THE Dalton care home Staveley House was expanding to create rooms for six more residents in a new wing. The home was set up in 1996 and was run by the Abbeyfield Furness Extra Care Society.
PUPILS from Dowdales School, Dalton, finished ahead of 30 other schools to win £500 in a Quality Counts contest organised by the Northern Development Company. They made a presentation to show their knowledge about Dalton-based Furness Footwear and K Shoes in Kendal.
TV actress Jill Gascoine visited the Bath Street Women's Group in Barrow to urge support for John Hutton, Labour's candidate to be MP for Barrow.
BARROW was chosen as the base for a world peace centre. It was to be called the Foundation of Overseas Links and would be at the old Barrow Steelworks site, then called Project Furness.
PROFESSIONAL painter Alan Pergusey had a 10-week residency at Barrow Sixth Form College and worked with 40 A-Level art sudents.
THERE was little hope that a start could be made on building a new district hospital for Barrow before 1970, said the Manchester Regional Hospital Board.
MANCHESTER band The Rogues were booked for the Public Hall, in Cornwallis Street, Barrow.
WORK was about to start on a £30,000 shopping centre for the Dalton Lane estate in Barrow. It would have a supermarket and six shop units.
BARROW Amateur Operatic Society was busy putting the finishing touches to its production of The Sound of Music to be held at Her Majesty's Theatre, Barrow.
AGNETHA FALTSKOG, singer, 67; HALEY ATWELL, actress, 35; LILY JAMES, actress, 28.
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