THE foundation stone was put in place on Abbey Road for a planned statue to Barrow-born Liverpool and England soccer star Emlyn Hughes.
AUSTRALIAN half-back Pat Weisner signed a two-year deal with Barrow Rugby League Club.
ULVERSTON'S Elsie Wraighte, 16, won the Anne Pierson Award as the best young creative writer in Cumbria. The Barrow Sixth Form College student entered a short story called White Lace and Promises.
WORK started on an extension to Staveley House for elderly residents at Greystone Lane, Dalton. It was run by the Abbeyfield Furness Extra Care Society.
PLANS to impose a 10mph speed limit on Windermere won the support of the 80,000-member Ramblers' Association.
A TERRACED house on Portsmouth Street, Walney, was offered for sale at £38,000. A semi-detached house in Steel Street, Ulverston, was £48,000.
THE new Askam carnival queen was Nicola Lacey. Her ladies-in-waiting were Abbie Martin and Nicola Darby. All were pupils at Dowdales School, Dalton.
YORKSHIRE Dales author Hannah Hauxwell was at the Coot Restaurant, Urswick, to support a charity event by the Ulverston support group of the Furness Hospice.
ETHEL and Norman Haresnape were in charge at the Hartington Hotel in Barrow and invited people to try out the hot and cold snacks served in the new Mayflower Lounge.
BARROW Rugby League Club faced a trip to Workington in the first round of the Lancashire Challenge Cup.
THE engine room telegraph from the submarine HMS Seraph was to be presented to Walney County Secondary School by the boat's first commander, Cpt N. Jewell.
SYDNEY Milligan, of Holker Street, Barrow, retired after 37 years with Ribble Motor Services. Her was night shift foreman at the Ulverston bus depot.
KATE HUDSON, actress, 38; JAMES FRANCO, actor, 39; ASHLEY JUDD, actress, 49.
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