Do you remember when? What was in the South Cumbrian news 10, 25 & 50 years ago
10 YEARS AGO
Work was about to start on a £1.2m makeover for the Sir John Barrow Monument at Ulverston. The work was funded by the Heritage Lottery.
You could earn up to £21,308 per year working as an environmental protection technical assistant for Barrow Borough Council’s environmental health department.
A semi-detached house at Clevelands Avenue, Barrow, was offered for sale at £129,950. A terraced house at Himalaya Avenue, Barrow, was £95,000.
Nearly 80 police officers in Cumbria were registered to carry out a second job or hold a business interest outside the force. It included work as waiters, teachers and beauticians.
25 YEARS AGO
Permission was given to turn a former plumbers’ showroom, in Victoria Road, Ulverston, into a motorbike museum for Phil Cotton.
A terraced house at The Ellers, Ulverston, was £38,000. A semi-detached house at Tantabank Farm, off Station Road, Dalton, was offered for sale at £52,950.
Teenscene, the Saturday afternoon club for under 18s in Abbey Road, Barrow, closed due to a lack of funding. Organisers Mark Logan and Sarah Axford applied to Barrow Borough Council and the Prince’s Trust for grants.
50 YEARS AGO
The Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lord Rhodes, came on a two-day visit to Barrow to meet councillors, trade unions leaders and business chiefs.
A table tennis marathon for 24 hours was played in the showrooms of car dealers Barton Townley, in Duke Street, Barrow, to raise funds for a new Barrow Catholic Youth Centre.
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