10 YEARS AGO

Controversial plans were dropped to increase the cost of parking in Barrow. It would have seen a £1.60 charge for a three-hour stay.

Preacher of the Year winner Pastor Ian Sweeney was a guest speaker at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, on Ulverston Road, Dalton.

A terraced house at Casson Street, Ulverston, was offered for sale at £140,000. A detached bungalow at Quarry Brow, Barrow, was £249,950.

Councillors backed plans to improve recycling rates in Barrow by reducing the size of wheelie bins for general waste.

25 YEARS AGO

The Millom Aggregate Company was given permission to remove former blast furnace slag from Redhills, Millom, for a further five years.

The Society of Friends had ambitious plans for a retreat centre at the historic Swarthmoor Hall, near Ulverston.

A new report showed that birth rates in Barrow's town centre wards were up to 41 per cent higher than the national average. The baby boom was blamed on shipyard redundancies.

Canon John Woolcock, a former curate at St Matthew's Church, Barrow, was appointed team rector of Egremont and Haile, in West Cumbria.

50 YEARS AGO

Rex Fairclough retired as works superintendent at the Barrow Corporation Transport Department. A presentation was made at the King Alfred Hotel, Walney.

A fashion show with youngsters as models was held at Victoria Infant School, Barrow.

Leslie Rigg, of Abbots Vale, Barrow, won the contest for the best council house garden.