10 YEARS AGO

Booze was banned from Millom's town centre streets through the introduction by police of a Designated Public Place Order.

A detached bungalow at Hill Rise, Dalton, was offered for sale at £142,750. A detached bungalow at Church Walk, Millom, was £142,500.

Players from the touring South Africa Rhinos amateur rugby league Club visited Roose School.

It was hoped that Ulverston town centre would get an upgraded CCTV security and safety camera system by April.

25 YEARS AGO

Dalton phone users were to get a six-figure number when the new digital telephone exchange came into use on October 14.

Skilled volunteers were being sought to help with a restoration project at Conishead Priory.

Aircraft engineer Peter Webb, who hoped to break the world water speed record on Coniston Water, completed a 322-mile walk from Kent to the Lake District to raise money for the project.

Barrow's Thorncliffe School, was officially reopened by Bishop of Carlisle, the Right Reverend Ian Harland, after a £2.3m refurbishment project.

50 YEARS AGO

A public appeal was launched to raise £1,600 towards the estimated £4,000 cost to repair Ulverston's Hoad Monument.

Barrow's September accident total of 56 was the lowest for eight years, said police chief Jack Aston.

Barrow Madrigal Society organised a Gilbert and Sullivan For All evening at Barrow Public Hall, facing Cornwallis Street.