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

10 YEARS AGO

Pupils at Cartmel Priory School planted 1,000 daffodil bulbs in four hours to raise £400 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

A semi-detached house at Lowther Road, Millom, was offered for sale at £179,000. A terraced house at Hart Street, Ulverston, could have been yours for £127,900.

The North West Kitesurfing School, based at Earnse Bay, Walney, was to train two new teachers after a big increase in numbers of people wanting to try the sport.

Seathwaite Tarn, which was built by the Edwardians to supply water to Barrow, was to be waterproofed to prevent leaks by a company from the Czech Republic.

25 YEARS AGO

Barrow-based shipbuilders VSEL agreed to buy a marine couplings business Gall Thomas, in Great Yarmouth, for £3.5m

A four-course Sunday lunch with table service was £8.75 at Clarence House country hotel and restaurant, Skelgate, Dalton.

A terraced house at Newcastle Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £31,950. A semi-detached house at Lamb Croft, Barrow, was £32,950.

50 YEARS AGO

The Lake District was criticised in the latest Egon Ronay Guide for its shortage of places of refreshments. The only one to get a mention was the Toby Jug, in Cross Street, Windermere.

There were plans to merge the parishes of Broughton West and Seathwaite.

It was hoped to establish a Dalton branch of the Abbeyfield Society, to help care for the elderly. The national group had been set up in 1959.