EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes planned to climb 42 Lake District peaks in 24 hours. The 63-year-old wanted to add his name to the 1,000 who had completed the Gruelling Bob Graham Round.
THE new Dalton carnival queen was Leanne Maguire. Her lady in waiting was Luoise Watson.
THE launch of Barrow's £120m Marina Village was delayed for six months due to a planning technicality.
HELEN Senior, from Grange, was staging an exhibition of her artwork at Lakeland House Holistic Centre, Ambleside, to raise money for research by Allergy UK.
THERE were plans to create an extra 100 car parking spaces for Ulverston on land at Stockbridge Lane, off Daltongate.
A NEW community centre for Hindpool, Barrow, would cost £50,000. The proposed site was near the junction of Bath Street and Blake Street.
FORMER Barrow AFC defender Derek Porter was the new manager for Holker Old Boys.
A PARTY was held for Sid Salmon to mark his 60 years as a regular at the Rose and Crown pub in Ulverston. Mr Salmon was a former Royal Navy seaman and a baker.
A DAY return on the train from Barrow to London was £3.90. An outing to Blackpool cost £1.10.
TYSON Hartley, of Turner Hall, Seathwaite, in the Duddon Valley, won the Rumeyite Cup for sheep at the Herdwick May Fair in Keswick.
A LUXURY coach was offered to take people from Barrow to see the new houses on sale by Derek Barnes at the Croftlands Park Estate in Ulverston. Prices started from £3,395.
BARROW AFC released five players and kept 17 at the end of the season. Among those to go was ex-England winger Brian Pilkington who was planning to retire.
NOEL GALLAGHER,singer, 50; ADAM RICKITT, singer, 39; SARAH MILLICAN, comic, 42.
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