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

10 YEARS AGO

The World of Beatrix Potter was to open a Peter Rabbit themed garden at Crag Brow, Bowness.

A petition of 600 names was raised as part of a campaign to have a nursery as part of the £50m revamp planned for Barrow's Furness College campus.

Barrow police gained new powers to deal with a range of youth gang problems thanks to the introduction of South Cumbria's first dispersal order.

Volunteers were being sought to become keepers at Ulverston's Hoad Monument after a planned refurbishment was completed.

25 YEARS AGO

There were plans by VSEL for a waste oil store near Stanley Road, on Barrow Island.

A semi-detached house at Pottery Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £27,950. A terraced house at Marsh Street, Barrow, was £15,000.

The choir of Barrow Workingmen's Club and Institute provided the music for a concert organised to boost funds by Dalton United Reformed Church.

Workers at Coastline Radio Cars raised £500 towards the cost of a minibus for elderly residents at Bevan House, Barrow.

50 YEARS AGO

A bottle of rum was £2.46 and a bottle of Emva Cream sherry was 55p from McLaughlin's, in Brighton Street, Barrow.

A lad, aged 16, was fined £5 for improvising his own set of obscene words to the National Anthem while cheer leading behind the goal at a soccer match at Holker Street, Barrow. He told police: "It's only a football match." He was ejected from the ground after complaints.