10 years ago

A SPECIAL theatrical event was held to mark the diamond jubilee of Grange Drama. A theatre costume show was held in the Victoria Hall called Dress Sense.

BARROW Male Voice Choir was part of a 1,000 voice choir at London's Royal Albert Hall. The Festival of Brass and Voices raised £95,000 for Cancer Research UK.

WALNEY Central's Mark McKinley was chosen as captain for the British Amateur Rugby League Association's under-21 tour of Russia.

ST Mary's Hospice, based at Ulverston, was given £502,000 by the Department of Health to improve palliative care facilities at the Lesser King's Hall, in Hartington Street, Barrow.

25 years ago

BARROW Council wanted to mark the 30th anniversary of Thorncliffe Crematorium with an open day in July.

THE Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament wanted to hold a national demonstration in Barrow on April 30 - the naming day for the first Trident nuclear missile submarine.

AUCTION bidders stripped bare the former Tudor Cafe, on the corner of Cavendish Street, Barrow. Bundles of cuttlery went for £3 and 20 wooden chairs made £600.

ULVERSTON Methodists held a procession to celebrate the end of a £400,000 refurbishment to their church in Neville Street. The church had been opened in 1901.

50 years ago

IRENE Wallace, of Lincoln Street, Barrow, won the Lancaster and Morecambe Hairdressing Cup. The runner up was Elaine Hall, of Montague Street, Barrow.

ROOFTOP parking for 280 cars on the top of a modern market hall featured in outline plans from up by London architects for a Barrow town centre redevelopment.

EXCAVATION work started on the 170 acre Holbeck housing estate in Barrow. The building work was expected to take more than 10 years to complete.

ACTORS from Broughton won the Dobson Shield in a three-day Furness and Cartmel Drama Festival held at Grange.

Happy birthday

ELI ROTH, actor, 45; NIALL FERGUSON, historian, 53; HAYLEY MILLS, actress, 71.