10 years ago

AN exhibition was held to mark the centenary of Fell Church, Grange. It was built in 1907 by Sophia Arkwright in memory of her sister Henrietta and dedicated by bishop of Carlisle the Right Reverend Dr Diggle.

BOUYANT Furness firms planned to create at least 650 jobs by the end of the year, according to a survey of 44 leading companies by Furness Enterprise.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a grass and gorse blaze covering 400 square metes along the Haverigg sea wall.

SOROPTIMIST International of Ulverston folded after more than 50 years as a group for professional women. It had suffered from a declining membership.

25 years ago

DUBLIN folk band the Wolfe Tones appeared at Forum 28, Barrow.

PLANS were unveiled by British Telecom to update Ulverston's telephone exchange with the latest digital technology.

BILL Davies attended more than 200 different functions in a year as mayor of Ulverston.

A SEMI-DETACHED house in Buttermere Drive, Millom, was offered for sale at £43,000. A terraced house in Newby Terrace, Barrow, was £25,500.

THE new manager of the Dicksons Arms, Haverthwaite, was Paul Mitchell.

50 years ago

YOU could get a three piece suite from 32 guineas (£33.60) from Stollers Stores at Barrow, Millom and Ulverston.

COSTUMES and accessories in bright orange, green and mauve greeted the judges as nine young women took part in a contest to find Miss Mod at Barrow 99 Club, in Dalkeith Street. The winner was typist Wendy Bolton, of Delhi Street, Walney.

A DEPOSIT of £50 could secure you a new house on the Greystones estyate at Dalton.

YOU could earn £14 and five shillings (£14.25) per week as a Barrow postman. You had to be aged between 18 and 45 years.

Happy birthday

KATE GARRAWAY, presenter, 50; JAY ASTON, singer, 56; OLETA ADAMS, singer, 64.