Do you remember when? A look back at what was happening in South Cumbria 10, 25 and 50 years ago

*A 30-bedroomed Victorian villa at High Wray, Ambleside, was offered for sale at £2.5m. It had been used as a nursing home.

*There were plans for an information and learning centre and public toilets at Tarn Hows, near Coniston.

*Planners were considering a scheme to demolish the 19th century Arlington House Hotel, in Abbey Road, to make way for a housing estate.

*Barrow AFC defeated Fleetwood by two goals to one in the FA Cup.

25 YEARS AGO

*Former Barrow schoolgirl Julie Leaves became the first Cumbrian woman to be ordained as a vicar. Julie had worked as a barmaid on Walney and became a priest in Hong Kong.

*Raymond Follows was the new man in charge of planning for everything from nuclear leaks to natural disasters as county emergency planning officer.

*Harold and Ronnie Marsden, of Norland Avenue, Barrow, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. In the Second World War he served in Italy and Africa with the 8th Army.

*A report showed that more than 200 Furness people died each year as a result of smoking.

50 YEARS AGO

*You could dance to the sounds of T.D. Backus and the Powerhouse at Barrow's Public Hall, facing Cornwallis Street.

*Barrow's Alfred Barrow Girl's School was a wonderful example of the excellent education Britain offered today, said Dr Hugh Pollard, principal of St Martin's College, Lancaster, at the school's speech day.

*The Millom Rural District Council area did not have a single site which could be offered to industrialists interested in bringing work to the town, planners were told.