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

10 YEARS AGO

More than 20 organisations from Furness and West Cumbria had signed up to attend a big cruise ship seminar being held at Forum 28, Barrow, by the Cumbria Cruises and ferries Steering Group.

A semi-detached bungalow at Summerhill Gardens, Barrow, was offered for sale at £160,000. A terraced house at Hart Street, Ulverston, was £127,000.

A semi-detached bungalow at Summerhill Gardens, Barrow, was offered for sale at £160,000. A terraced house at Hart Street, Ulverston, was £127,000.

Millom Amateur Operatic Society is bidding to win back ownership of the town's Palladium theatre and block plans to build a supermarket on the site.

25 YEARS AGO

County planners decided not to stand in the way of proposals to build a supermarket on the site of the former Risedale School in Barrow.

All the tickets were sold for an Ulverston Coronation Hall show by saucy American all-male dance group the Chippendales. There was a waiting list of 40.

The unemployment rate in Barrow was 10.3 per cent — 0.5 per cent above the national average.

South Lakeland District Council wanted to turn a little-used tennis court on Grange Promenade into a skateboard park.

50 YEARS AGO

The beck running alongside Lindale Hill was full of rubbish, councillors were told on the North Lonsdale Public Health Committee.

School shoes for boys and girls cost from £1.24 a pair in the sale by Barrow Co-operative Society. Pairs of jeans cost from 37p.