Do you remember when? What was in the South Cumbrian news 10, 25 & 50 years ago

10 YEARS AGO

A group of pupils from Walney School had been learning how to choreograph dance routines at Deemon Dance Studio in Barrow.

A terraced house in Shakespeare Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £99,950.

Vickerstown, Barrow Island and St George's CE Primary schools were to share in £5m of government cash for major refurbishments.

25 YEARS AGO

Former Barrow man Derek Wardman, 60, retired as chief executive of Blackpool Council. His first job was in the treasurer's department at Barrow Town Hall.

A £75,000 revamp of Millom's Queen Street Methodist Church was still £6,000 short of its target, said minister the Reverend Nigel Coke-Woods.

Workers at the Millom K Shoe factory raised £100 towards the cost of restoring the town's fire-damaged Guide Hall. Repairs were to cost £2,000.

A lorry became stuck under a bridge on Salthouse Road, Barrow. The vehicle was on its way the Rampside gas terminal.

50 YEARS AGO

Decca recording stars The Elastic Band appeared at Barrow Public Hall, facing Cornwallis Street. The band used to be called The Silverstone Set.

Millom firemen were called to a blaze involving a spraying machine at the West Coast Tanneries, near Haverigg.

An arts and crafts exhibition was held in the Co-operative Hall, Barrow, by the Mutual Improvement Association.

Eric Hammond started his career as a railway junior at Barrow in 1924 but had just been appointed head of passenger services at Liverpool for British Railways.