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

10 YEARS AGO

Plans were dropped to fly a pilotless BAE spy plane on test flights from Walney Airfield. The petrol powered Herti aircraft was to be sent to the Australian outback.

A terraced house in Harrison Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £105,000. A semi-detached house at Mill Lane, Walney, was £92,000.

The National Health Service in Cumbria had helped 2,000 people in the county to stop smoking in the past year.

Barrow shipyard bosses wanted to build a 48ft tall plate store on the Bar Field, off Bridge Road, Barrow Island.

25 YEARS AGO

More than 200 people attended a public meeting in Dalton on plans for banger racing at Elliscales.

South Cumbrian speech therapists met the public at Barrow's Asda store as part of an event called National Speak Watch.

Flookburgh band won its way to London for the national brass band finals in October after winning a regional contest at Darlington.

Pupils at South Walney Junior School took part in a sponsored skipping session for the British Heart Foundation.

50 YEARS AGO

The Ministry of Housing brought its Home Improvement Grant Exhibition to Dalton Road, Barrow, in a mobile unit.

Walney County Secondary School was presented with the trophy for winning the inter-schools road safety quiz at the Banqueting Hall in Barrow Town Hall.

Pupils at Millom School presented the William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night at the Alexandra Hall.

A detached bungalow with a garage on a new development at Lake Road, Bowness, was £7,260.