BILL Shaw was the new community wildlife officer at the North Walney National Nature Reserve and was taking people on a guided walk to look at the range of wildlife in this unique habitat.
CRIME rates had fallen by five per cent in South Lakeland, making it the second safest place to live in the North West, behind the Ribble Valley.
A SEMI-DETACHED house at Laburnum Crescent, Barrow, was offered for sale at £130,000. A terraced house at Silverdale Street, Haverigg, was £97,000.
BARROW community campaigner Joseph Reid met Prince Charles at a lunch for "unsung church heroes" organised by the Historic Churches Preservation Trust in London. He had helped raise more than £36,000 to keep open Barrow's Trinity Church Centre in Abbey Road.
THE blacksmith's forge at VSEL in Barrow was closed with the loss of 25 jobs.
HELEN Walker, from Settle Street, Millom, became Sellafield's first female apprentice joiner.
THE Haverigg raft race, organised by the village inshore rescue team, was cancelled due to a lack of interest. At its peak, the annual event attracted more than 2,000 spectators.
A DETACHED house at Stone Cross Gardens, Ulverston, was offered for sale at £119,500. A terraced house at Princes Street, Ulverston, was £65,000.
LEONARD Redshaw joined the board of directors of Vickers Limited. He was already managing director of the Vickers Shipbuilding Group and on the board of Rolls-Royce and Associates - which worked on nuclear reactors for Barrow-built submarines.
SIX Barrow people were each fined four shillings (20p) for not having their dogs on leads. One was also fined 10 shillings (50p) for not having a dog licence.
THE contents of Winsterholme, on the Esplanade, Grange, were being sold by public auction. The lots included a Georgian mahogany dining table.
TWENTY customers were asked to empty their pockets as police staged a drugs raid at the Rothay Hotel in Grange.
JESSICA ALBA, actress, 36; PENELOPE CRUZ, actress, 43; JAY LENO, presenter, 67.
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