A TERRACED house in Ramsden Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £49,950. An extended semi-detached house at Strathnaver Avenue, Walney, was £149,950.
BARROW mayor Ken Williams presented Barrow boxing coach Pat Ryan with a Good Citizenship Award.
MUNCASTER Castle's Patrick Gordon Duff-Pennington was presented with the Blamire Medal for his services to agriculture. The award was named after William Blamire who was high sheriff of what became Cumbria in the 1820s.
ABBEY Musical Society made a presentation of £3,000 to Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue which allowed the purchase of a defibrillator and a pulse oximeter.
VILLAGERS in Lindal were complaining about the taste and smell of their drinking water.
BARROW MP John Hutton was to open a charity shop for Age Concern in Rawlinson Street, Barrow.
A PROPOSAL for vehicle access across Colton Heights to Snow Heights Outdoor Centre, near Spark Bridge, was rejected by Lake District planners.
BARROW schoolgirl Karen Fisher, 13, was to swim in the national championships at Crystal Palace, London, after getting a qualifying time in the 100m breaststroke at a Carlisle event.
ENGINEERS from the Lancashire River Authority had plans to change the course of the river through Haverigg, near Millom, to deal with flooding problems at high tide.
THE Furness Federation of Artists held a painting school at Ulverston with tutors David Bates and John Bailey.
THE vicar at St Mary's Church, Walney, the everend John Davidson, had a new vicarage overlooking Walney Channel.
BARROW Amateur Operatic Society chose The Most Happy Fella as its next production. The show was based on a play by Sidney Howard and was set in the 1920s.
PAUL WHITEHOUSE, British comedian, 59; BILL PAXON, Actor, 62; Enya, Irish singer, 56.
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