10 YEARS AGO

The Ulverston-born author Sarah J. Dodd launched her new children's book An Angel Anyway.

A terraced house at Garden Terrace, Ulverston, was offered for sale at £197,000. A terraced house at Tower Street, Ulverston, could have been yours for £85,000.

Hundreds of balloons were released at BAE Systems to mark the start of a fundraising partnership with St Mary's Hospice at Ulverston.

The Barrow-built Trident nuclear submarine HMS Vigilant was at Plymouth to be refitted and refuelled.

25 YEARS AGO

Talks were being held between council officials and English Heritage about the dilapidated former Bugle Horn pub, in Soutergate, Ulverston.

A semi-detached house at Leighton Drive, Walney, was offered for sale at £48,950. A terraced house in Wordsworth Street, Barrow, was £28,500.

Lake District planners put £73,000 into a fighting fund to cover costs ahead of a public inquiry into the proposed 10mph speed limit for boats on Windermere.

Dalton telephone numbers all became six-digit to gain best advantage from new digital technology.

50 YEARS AGO

An 11-year-old Ford Zodiac car would cost you £45 from dealers Scotts of Ambleside.

Ribble Motors planned to withdraw the Coniston to Foxfield bus service.

William and Mary Dobson, of Chatsworth Street, Barrow, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mr Dobson was a retired Barrow shipyard worker.

The new licensee at the Crown Inn, High Newton, was Barry Shaw.