APPLICATIONS were being considered for the role of Cumbrioa chief constable to replace Michael Baxter. He was to retire after 38 years of police service.
A DETACHED family house at The Crescent, Dane Ghyll Park, Barrow, was offered for sale at £499,950. An 18th century cottage at North Scale, Walney, could have been yours for £189,950.
THE Lake District National Park Authority was looking for a £43,000-a-year project manager to push the area's bid to be a World heritage Site.
SILECROFT beach, near Millom, was West Cumbria's best performing site of those checked by the Marine Conservation Society on the 20th anniversary of its Good Beach Guide.
BLOOD transfusion officials managed to recruit 2,300 new donors in Barrow, said organiser Elaine Gott.
COUNTY sheriff Myles Sandys turned part of his 4,000 acre estate at Graythwaite, near Newby Bridge, into a £600,000 luxury holiday complex.
BARROW AFC was selling £250 raffle tickets to Furness businesses - with the winner to get its name on the players' shirts.
A TERRACED house in Arnside Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £24,950. A semi-detached house at Stainton Drive, Dalton, was £54,950.
ONE of the first to take the cold water plunge as Grange open air pool opened for a new season was Wilfred Hayhurst, 79, of Eden Mount Road, Grange. He had a season ticket and visited the baths most days.
LINDA Unsworth, of Marsh Street, Barrow, was the new Barrow Road Safety Queen. The telephonist and receptionist was chosen at a social event held at the Old Mill Cafe, Bardsea. Her first official duty was to hand out cycling proficiency certificates at Barrow's ABC cinema.
GRANGE Rotary Club celebrated its 20th anniversary with a dinner at the Grange Hotel.
THE Lake District National Park was at danger of being swamped by visiting motorists as the M6 was extended, said Mr T. Dan Smith, chairman of the Northern Region Economic Planning Council.
HARRY ENFIELD, British comedian, 57; HELEN SHARMAN, astronaut, 54; TOM MORELLO, guitarist, 53.
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