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

10 YEARS AGO

Ulverston author Gladys Hobson published a book of collected stories called Still Waters Run Deep.

A terraced house on Butler Street, Millom, was offered for sale at £69,950. A semi-detached house at Festival Road, Millom, could have been yours for £128,000.

Cumbria's tourist board was to share in £20m to help the county's visitor attractions through the credit crunch.

You could earn up to £28,270 per year as an environmental protection officer working for Barrow Borough Council.

25 YEARS AGO

Two women and a dog spent three hours stranded on a quarry face at Ormsgill, Barrow, before they were rescued from a ledge by firefighters with a ladder.

A first floor flat at Yarlwell, Dalton, was offered for sale at £49,950. A terraced house in Goose Green, Dalton, could have been yours for £33,950.

South Cumbria's director of public health, Dr Tom Fryers, was off to take up a post with the World Health Organisation.

Ulverston Travel, based at Market Street, Ulverston, was celebrating 10 years in business as a travel agency.

50 YEARS AGO

Barrow round-the-world trimaran sailor Bernard Rhodes was in Tahiti at the halfway point in his marathon journey.

An eight-year-old Triumph Herald car would have cost you £85 from Furness Park Service Station, on Abbey Road, Barrow.

Work was underway on the main supports for a new bridge to take the A590 across Rusland Pool on the Haverthwaite Flats.