10 years ago

BARROW council spent around £50,000 in replacing trees which had been felled on Hartington Street. More trees were to be planted in Duke Street and at some junctions of Hindpool streets.

THE work of artists Douglas Hyslop and Allan Smith went on show at Barrow's Dock Museum.

A WITHERSLACK community fund had plans to set up a shop and post office at the Old Boatyard in the village.

THE Crofters, at Holbeck, Barrow, was voted the best pub in the Northern Hospitality Awards. It was run by Maggie and Geoff Pattinson.

25 years ago

COPELAND'S development and services committee wanted to demolish public toilets at Bootle, Marshside and Silecroft.

MILLOM Amateur Operatic Society was to present the musical South Pacific at Millom Palladium. The cast included Peter Rushton, Angela Lupton and Dave Aspden.

ULVERSTON Photographic Society was celebrating its 10th anniversary with an exhibition at Ulverston library.

FURNESS General Hospital consultant surgeon John Kilshaw announced his retirement. He had worked at hospitals in Furness since 1970.

50 years ago

A SCIENTIFIC officer at the Sellafield nuclear site in West Cumberland could earn £455 a year at the age of 17. This would eventually rise to £1,055.

ALAN Potter won a four-mile Walney road race for apprentices at Vickers.

A MONKEY puzzle tree was cut down in the grounds of the Crown Hotel, Grange, to make way for extra car parking.

MRS J. Howarth, of Craig Walk, Windermere, won the British Legion Women's Section standard bearer contest in London. She had been runner-up the previous year.

Happy birthday

JEREMY PAXMAN, presenter, 67; JEFFREY DONOVAN, actor, 49; FRANCES FISHER, actress, 65.