10 years ago

JAMES Jackson, Denis Horan and Tom Griffiths from Barrow's Red River Club were off to Great Yarmouth for the English Pool Association World Masters tournament.

BISHOP of Penrith, the Right Reverend James Newcombe dropped in at the Piel Castle pub in Market Street, Ulverston, as part of a tour to bring religion to people who might otherwise have no contact with it.

A TEAM from Dowdales School, Dalton, won a quiz final contested by Furness secondary schools at Forum 28, Barrow.

THE TV show Antiques Roadshow was due to visit Ulverston Coronation Hall to film a valuation day in October.

25 years ago

BARROW'S Vulcan housing estate was to get a £230,000 facelift thanks to a government grant. A total of 159 houses and flats would be upgraded.

CONISTON'S historic steam yacht Gondola won the Scania Transport Trust award for transport preservation.

CANON Clive Gillhespey was to retire from St George's and St Luke's Churches, Barrow, after more than 25 years as a priest in South Cumbria.

SIR John Barrow School at Ulverston held an international evening as part of a project to find out more about other cultures. More than 200 parents attended the event.

50 years ago

THE new Triumph Herald 1200 Saloon was £627 from the Central Garage of T. Brady and Sons in Duke Street, Barrow.

THE Right Reverend Thomas Bernard, the Roman Catholic auxiliary Bishop of Lancaster, paid a first visit to Barrow. He was also the parish priest at St Herbert's Church, Windermere.

YOU could buy a Hotpoint Supermatic washing machine for £74 from Frederic Batey at 8 Furness House, Barrow. A freezer was £48.

THERE was up to £13 a week on offer to be a night duty telephone operator for the Post Office, working at the Barrow telephone exchange.

Happy birthday

POLLY WALKER, actress, 51; REBECCA HALL, actress, 35; SAM SMITH, singer, 25.