Do you remember when? What was in the South Cumbrian news 10, 25 & 50 years ago
10 YEARS AGO
Cumbria County Council wanted to build two mechanical biological treatment plants for waste disposal at Barrow and Carlisle. They would be operated by Shanks and recycle waste into fuel.
A semi-detached house at Westbourne Crescent, Barrow, was offered for sale at £220,000.
Former TV Top Gear presenter Tony Mason visited Barrow as guest speaker at the Rotary Club's annual dinner.
25 YEARS AGO
Barrow sailor Jeffrey Wilkinson completed his specialist training as a radar operator and was to join the crew of HMS Nottingham, a Type 42 destroyer.
A terraced house at Humber Terrace, Barrow, was offered for sale at £38,500. A semi-detached house at Portsmouth Street, Barrow, was £37,500
Sharon Benzie, of Little Fields, Dalton, won four trophies at the Ulverston and South Lakeland Cage Bird Society Show at Ulverston Lower School hall.
There were plans by Copeland Council to make Millom a smokeless zone from April 1995.
50 YEARS AGO
You could earn up to £695 per year as a typist for Norweb Electricity based at Barrow. There was three weeks' holiday with pay for those aged at least 21 after a full years' service.
The Elizabethans presented the northern comedy Man For The Job at St Matthew's Hall, Barrow. Tickets were 20p.The cast included William Parkinson, Edward Burns and Jack Fisher.
More than 240 people attended the annual dinner and dance of Barrow and District Master Butchers' and Park Butchers' Association at the Victoria Park Hotel.
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