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

10 YEARS AGO

There was a plan to link woods and copses in Cumbria with plastic tunnels to help save the native red squirrel from extinction.

Eddie Goodson, aged four, from Grizebeck, became one of the youngest walkers to reach the top of Coniston Old Man. He went up with dad Richard.

Wildlife expert Jenny Holden, from Dalton, was given the task to helping to put beavers back into the UK ecosystem. She would be based in Kintyre, in Scotland.

There were no plans to redevelop a 40,000 sq ft plot of land left by the demolition of Haverigg tannery, near Millom.

25 YEARS AGO

A blueprint for the future development of Cartmel was to go on show to the public at an exhibition in the village hall.

Dead and dying birds were found on the beaches at Rampside after a major pollution alert in Morecambe Bay. A sticky material had been seen in the sea between Barrow and Anglesey.

Male strippers The Chippendales were due to appear at Ulverston's Coronation Hall on Valentine's Day to raise cash for the Barrow and District Blind Society.

A German firm was tipped to develop the site of the former Risedale School, Barrow, for a supermarket.

50 YEARS AGO

English apples were a shilling (5p) for a pound and a three-course lunch was four shillings (20p) at the Home and Colonial supermarket, in Dalton Road, Barrow.

A semi-detached house with garden at Monks Brow, Barrow, was offered for sale at £2,850. A terraced house at Coulton Street, Barrow, could have been yours for £1,500.