Do you remember when? What was in the South Cumbrian news 10, 25 & 50 years ago
10 YEARS AGO
Fields at Layriggs, Kirksanton, near Millom, were revealed as the planned site for a nuclear power station for RWE npower.
A terraced house at Hartington Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £135,000. A detached bungalow at Parklands Drive, Askam, could have been yours £190,000.
A green energy company hoped to build a £20m power plant on scrubland south of Ramsden Dock at Barrow.
Villagers at Grizebeck were celebrating after raising the £300,000 needed to build a new community hall. The current 80-year-old hall would be knocked down.
25 YEARS AGO
Former Barrow Rugby League Club player Steve Hogan and his wife Diane were new tenants at Barrow's Harbour Hotel on the Strand.
A day-long seminar on windpower was to be held in Ulverston by Friends of the Lake District and the Council for the Protection of Rural England.
Windermere was to host an assault on the world powerboat speed record by London-based Charles Burnett III in his boat Cultured Vulture. He already held the record with 115mph.
Six Ulverston St John Ambulance cadets received Grand Prior badges from assistant county commissioner for youth Kath Marriott. They were Iain Clark, Carl Thistlethwaite, Matthew Griffiths, Andrew Brew, Stephen Brettle and Kevin Higgs.
Soul singer Mica Paris was booked to appear at Barrow's Forum 28.
50 YEARS AGO
A terraced house in Hartington Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £2,200. A semi-detached bungalow in Troy Gardens, Barrow, was £4,500.
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