When the roads were worth moaning about

WE all love to grumble about the state of the roads in South Cumbria but compared to 200 years ago the surfaces are of amazing quality.

Last updated 6 February 2012
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A catwalk night for Ladies’ Circle

TODAY’S set of pictures from the Evening Mail archive features members of the Barrow Ladies Circle at an evening of flowers and fashion staged at Barrow Civic Hall in October 1973.

Last updated 6 February 2012
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The country cures

Last updated 6 February 2012
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Ruinous party killed off the guild tradition

MOST people have heard of the parade and public events which mark the traditional celebration of the Preston Guild every 20 years.

Last updated 6 February 2012
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County gets new look for museum

FURNESS folk whose memories stretch back further than the creation of Cumbria in 1974 will be tempted to indulge in some nostalgia at the new-look Museum of Lancashire at Preston.

Last updated 6 February 2012
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Unique rolling bridge gets new listed status

A UNIQUE 19th century industrial bridge across Ulverston Canal has just been granted special legal protection.

Last updated 3 February 2012
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Yard trainees made own tools

A MAN charged with murdering a woman who died after she was burnt in a fire has been denied bail.

Last updated 2 February 2012
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Old world look with latest tricks

MODEL railway layouts might seem to be caught in a world of nostalgia but behind the scenes often lurks the latest in technology.

Last updated 2 February 2012
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Yard trainees made own tools

PLENTY of you were quick to suggest uses for the mystery tool which featured on Monday’s Memories Page.

Last updated 2 February 2012
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Researchers raising a glass to beer history

THE history of beer and brewing comes under the spotlight in three Cumbrian events in the next few weeks.

Last updated 1 February 2012
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Two terraces receive their own royal visit

A BATTLESHIP and a new technical school stole the headlines but a pair of Hindpool streets may have made a bigger impression on a visiting princess.

Last updated 31 January 2012
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Were you an evacuee from the Blitz?

MANY Barrow youngsters spent much of the Second World War in adoptive homes in the Lakeland countryside.

Last updated 31 January 2012
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The Sky’s the limit

NOT many 21-year-olds get the chance to fly all over the world and take a leading role in a major NATO exercise, but that was just part of life for RAF navigator Ernie Diamond.

Last updated 30 January 2012
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Jet bomber introduced a new era to warfare

THE English Electric Canberra was a first-generation jet-powered light bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s.

Last updated 30 January 2012
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Haggis for all

THIS week Scots all over the world have been celebrating Burns Night with traditional food and music.

Last updated 30 January 2012
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What might this be for?

WE are hoping that readers may be able to suggest the correct use for this curious vintage tool.

Last updated 30 January 2012
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Stone quarries found everywhere

MOST people driving or walking the country roads in South Cumbria will have seen holes cut almost at random in the hillside.

Last updated 30 January 2012
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Sub’s top secret tasks to help win the war

FEW Barrow submarines were given so many prominent wartime tasks as HMS Seraph – including a star role in a successful project to mislead the Germans with the use of a dead body carrying bogus papers.

Last updated 27 January 2012
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Flying winger turned down big clubs

IN Monday’s Evening Mail we carried tributes to amateur rugby league international player Tommy Trelore, who died at the age of 78.

Last updated 27 January 2012
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