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

10 YEARS AGO

The elective orthopaedic unit at Barrow’s Furness General Hospital celebrated its first birthday with an afternoon tea.

A terraced house in Vengeance Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £89,950. A semi-detached house at Broughton Close, Ireleth, could have been yours for £140,000.

The top junior boxers in the North West were heading to Barrow next month for the prestigious Royal Navy ABU Junior Championships quarter-finals.

Planning bosses challenged businesses, residents and visitors to make Bowness Bay and The Glebe into a world class attraction.

25 YEARS AGO

Former world lightweight boxing champion Jim Watt was the guests at the Barrow Rotary sports dinner.

A pioneering barter scheme to help people beat the effects of the recession was launched in Ulverston. It was called the Local Exchange Trading System and was based on a currency called Hoads. You collected Hoads by carrying out jobs or services wanted by others.

Youngsters from the 17th Barrow, Dalton Church Brownies, raised £80 by filing Smarties tubes with small change.

A large detached house at Croslands Park, Barrow, was offered for sale at £160,000. A terraced house in Duke Street, Askam, could have been yours for £69,995.

50 YEARS AGO

A terraced house in Manchester Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £1,600. Another terraced house in Wallace Street was £895.

Barrow Steelworks achieved a record export performance figure with 37 per cent of output going overseas.