Do you remember when? What was in the South Cumbrian news 10, 25 & 50 years ago
10 YEARS AGO
Sandside Lodge School, Ulverston, was awarded Healthy School Status to add to its Eco Schools Green Flag, Sportsmark and Activemark awards.
Work started to plant more than 80 trees at Ford Park, Ulverston, to help restore its look to that seen in the 1940s. Ford Park community group received £48,000 to fund the project. Volunteers had already planed 11,000 bulbs.
A bungalow at Allithwaite Road, Flookburgh, was offered for sale at £265,000. A detached bungalow at Hallfield, Ulverston was £229,950.
Slate from the Kirkby-based Burlington company was used to help restore Wentworth Castle, in South Yorkshire.
25 YEARS AGO
Teachers at Furness College were to start strike action in a dispute over contracts of employment.
Retired naval officer Gordon Barrett, from Stainton, wanted to build a tenpin bowling alley in Barrow — and possibly an ice rink.
A first floor flat at Earle Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £22,000. A new detached bungalow at Broughton Road, Dalton, was £42,500.
Beijing flu was sweeping through schools in South Cumbria. One of the worst hit was Ormsgill Infant School, Barrow, where half the children in the nursery class had caught the virus.
50 YEARS AGO
Ulverston Outsiders’ Operatic Society presented The Happy Marriage at the Coronation Hall. The cast included Doug Fairweather, Margaret Fee and Ann Black.
Leading Naval Auxiliaryman Arnold Foxon, of Union Street, Dalton, was presented with a medal for 12 years' service with the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service.
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