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

10 YEARS AGO

More than 400 people turned up at the first night of a new arts and music venue in the Roxy cinema building at Brogden Street, Ulverston.

Barrow Rugby League Club signed 20-year-old forward Lee Mossop on a month’s loan from Wigan Warriors.

A terraced house at Newcastle Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £75,000. A property at Rose Cottages, Soutergate, Kirkby, could have been yours for £125,000.

The new Poundland, in Dalton Road, Barrow, took on several staff made redundant from the same shop building when Woolworths closed.

25 YEARS AGO

Six people in Millom had by struck down by measles, said to be the worst outbreak since vaccination was introduced in the 1970s. Public health experts tracked the source of the outbreak to an inter-school rugby trip to Carlisle.

The Furness Mountain Rescue Team received a £632 cash boost from an Easter egg draw held by Lakeland Cards in Ulverston.

A semi-detached house at Norland Avenue, Barrow, was offered for sale at £72,000. A detached house at Levens Close, Dalton, was £79,950.

Barrow taxis would have to have rear seat belts fitted from July, borough councillors decided.

50 YEARS AGO

You could earn £6.50 per week at the age of 16 as a trainee assembler for Oxley Developments at Priory Park, Ulverston.

Plans were rejected to extend a 30mph speed limit on the road from Mill Brow to the site of the old Dalton gasworks.