10 years ago

BARROW hairdresser Ken Riley was new organiser for Barrow Carnival on behalf of Furness Rotary Club. There would be six bands and it was hoped to attract a record number of floats.

VILLAGERS were celebrating at Penny Bridge after United Utilities started looking for an alternative site for a septic tank which would have been 30 yards from houses.

DALTON-BASED drummers Boom Dang had returned from a successful trip to perform in the Bravo Festival in Brussels, Belgium.

BARROW AFC beat Leigh RMI by three goals to nil away from home.

MILLOM was set to get a new Citizens Advice Bureau on the corner of Wellington Street and Katherine Street.

25 years ago

Work started on a £200,000 study to see if the Duddon Estuary would be successfully be crossed by a road and an electricity-generating barrage.

LEANNE Fraser, a pupil at Thorncliffe School, Barrow, became the first gymnast in Furness to be selected for a Great Britain squad.

A TERRACED house at Westmorland Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £29,950. A semi-detached house at Ruskin Avenue, Dalton, was £38,500.

A COMMITTEE of seven sports enthusiasts launched a project to bring new facilities to Askam's community field in Sandy Lane.

50 years ago

SOME of the top amateurs took part in a boxing night of 14 bouts held at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston.

BARROW AFC right winger Roy McCarthy played his 100th league match for the club in a defeat by two goals to one away to Lincoln City.

CYCLISTS from Barrow Central Wheelers won the team prize in the 36-mile Wesham Road Race, near Blackpool.

A SPECIAL train was arranged to take Barrow Rugby League Club supporters to Hull for the third round fixture in the Challenge Cup. The adult rail fare was 27 shillings (£1.35).

Happy birthday

MARK CARNEY, bank governor, 52; JEROME FLYNN, actor, 54; LAUREN GRAHAM, actress, 50.