10 YEARS AGO

Prime Minister Gordon Brown approved 139 new wind turbines eight miles off Walney. It would be called the West of Duddon Wind Farm, one of the biggest offshore projects in the United Kingdom.

South Lakes MP Tim Farron made a formal complaint about Cumbria County Council for its failure to question the withdrawal of facilities for heart attack and stroke patients at Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital.

25 YEARS AGO

People in the South Lakes should be charged for being rescued from Windermere by council wardens, said chief leisure service officer Rodger Read.

A semi-detached house at Hest View Road, Ulverston, was offered for sale at £46,500. A terraced house at Abercorn Street, Barrow, was £24,500.

Furness MP John Hutton demanded that the government backed a bid by Barrow for a share of cash set aside for areas hit by defence cuts.

A one-third size Australian steam locomotive was on a working holiday at the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.

50 YEARS AGO

Fire crews from Millom, Coniston and Broughton fought a blaze in a barn at Baskhalls Farm, Ulpha.

You could start work aged 15 on £5.50 per week as a trainee sewing machinist for Blair's new underwear factory at Dalton.

Ulverston Park beat King's Head to take the knockout trophy of the Ulverston Bowling League.

A terraced house in Collingwood Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £1,700.A semi-detached house at Pannatt Hill, Millom, could have been yours for £3,250.