Do you remember when? What was in the South Cumbrian news 10, 25 & 50 years ago
10 YEARS AGO
Restraint was needed if cockle levels in Morecambe Bay were to return to sustainable amounts, according to a report from the North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee.
A terraced house in Leicester Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £84,999. A semi-detached house in Holbeck Park Avenue, was £215,000.
Daytime parking charges in Ulverston were set to increase by as much as 50p from April in proposals from South Lakeland District Council.
Furness MP and Defence Secretary John Hutton defended the Government's decision to set the £20bn Trident replacement programme in motion.
25 YEARS AGO
Cumbria County Council's neighbourhood services committee presented £5,000 to support the work of the Barrow Citizen's Advice Bureau.
Barrow AFC held exploratory talks with a Manchester-based developer over plans for a £3.5m stadium for the club.
Pauline Greenhow, general manager of Furness ITEC, had no takers for almost 30 Youth Training vacancies — of which 20 would lead to permanent jobs.
Several tons of an oil lubricant pollutant — which killed hundreds of birds across Morecambe Bay's beaches — was to be dumped in a Dalton landfill site.
50 YEARS AGO
Barrow AFC player-manager Colin Appleton quit on health grounds after 17 months in charge.
A semi-detached house in Langdale Crescent, Dalton, was offered for sale at £3,200.
Latest figures showed imports to Barrow Docks had increased to 156,214 tons for the past year.
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