10 YEARS AGO

British Telecom had plans for a new wind turbine development in the High Haume area of Dalton. BT was a big user of electricity and wanted to reduce its carbon footprint.

A semi-detached house at Piel View Grove, Barrow, was offered for sale at £135,000. A terraced house in Ainslie Street, Barrow, was £134,950.

Women players at Silecroft Golf Club handed over £1,250 to Cancer Research UK from a Ladies' Day event at the club.

Vandals caused damage to nine cars parked in Lightburn Avenue, Ulverston.

25 YEARS AGO

A total of 14 homeless people in Ulverston were re-housed by South Lakeland District Council in a two-month period, according to latest figures.

There was to be a sponsored walk along the new Dalton bypass by people aged under 25 to raise cash for the Royal National Institute for the blind.

Traditional canal art, by Alan Russell, of Lindal, featured in an exhibition by Ulverston Society of Artists.

A detached house at Parkside Close, Lindal, was offered for sale at £112,000. A terraced house at Stanley Road, Barrow, was £20,950.

50 YEARS AGO

Offers of around £1,000 were sought for a terraced house in Sidney Street, Barrow. A shop in Market Street, Ulverston, was £3,300.

Tickets went on sale for the autumn carnival ball held by Barrow Chamber of Trade at the Victoria Park Hotel. It cost £1.25 — which included a buffer supper.

Jobs offered at £1,000 per year have been turned down by men made redundant by the closure of Millom Ironworks, because they were reluctant to leave their home town.