10 YEARS AGO: A sports hall project worth £750,000 was planned for Kirkby's sports field to serve villages within a six-mile radius.

The new Dalton carnival queen was Zoe Clark. Her ladies-in-waiting were Sophie Clark and Hannah Fitzsimmons.

Grange was named one of the top 10 coastal towns in the country by Coast Magazine.

There were plans for six houses at land off Argyle Street, Millom.

25 YEARS AGO: Barrow councillors Edie Garside and Jean Waiting had the best attendance record in the borough - being at all 84 meetings they could have attended.

Lindal firm, Colony Gift Corporation, opened a Christmas shop - complete with a life-size talking Santa figure.

A semi-detached house at Hampsfell Road, Ulverston, was offered for sale at £44,950. A detached bungalow at Canny Hill, Newby Bridge, was £130,000.

Walney rugby league fullback Gary Broadbent, 16, made his international debut as England schoolboys beat France.

50 YEARS AGO: The new vicar at St Mark's Church, Barrow, was the Reverend Neil Jefferyes.

Bill Burgess retired as landlord of the Washington Hotel, on Roose Road, Barrow, after 38 years in the pub trade.

You could see The Witnessess Irish Show Band at Barrow's 99 Cabaret Club, in Dalkeith Street.

A two-hour strike over a pay claim was staged by 30 members of the Barrow branch of the Post Office Workers Union. The closure, from 1.30pm, affected post offices at Barrow, Millom and Dalton.

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