10 YEARS AGO: A campaign was being launched to bypass the A595 traffic bottleneck at Dove Farm, Grizebeck.

TV cooks the Hairy Bikers, Si King and Roa Island's Dave Myers, toured the galleys on one of the new Astute class submarines being built by BAE at Barrow.

Fell Foot Park, near Newby Bridge, was shortlisted as one of the United Kingdom's best picnic sites.

Cumbria County Council wanted to reduced the speed limit on parts of Barrow's Holker Street to 20mph. Cumbria police objected as it would push more cars on to Ainslie Street.

25 YEARS AGO: Seven years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, more than 100 South Cumbrian farms were still being monitored for radiation.

A semi-detached house at Romney Avenue, Dalton, was offered for sale at £60,000. A semi at Beach Street, Askam, was £42,500.

South Lakeland District Council sold off 95 of its houses to tenants in the last financial year.

Extra trains were added to Furness line services for the summer season due to increasing numbers of passengers.

50 YEARS AGO: You could have bought a 10-year-old Morris Traveller, or a four-year-old Ford Cortina for £340, at Barrow's Park Road Service Station.

The Post Office was sending its TV detector van to Grange in a search for people who had not paid for a licence to watch programmes.

You could buy a new dining suite for £40 from house furnishers Stables, at King Street, Ulverston.

Work started on a 21,000sq ft underwear factory for J. S. Blair at Dalton. The cost of the work would be £55,000.