10 YEARS AGO

Fire crews were praised for rescuing a horse called Storm from a ditch at Next Ness, near Ulverston.

A semi-detached house at Abbotsvale, Barrow, was offered for sale at £145,000. A terraced house at Harrison Street, Barrow, was £55,000.

Cumbria County Council was working on a £150,000 project to revamp the old slag heaps of iron industry waste between Walney Channel and Park Road, Barrow.

Members of Barrow and Furness Pensioners' Association were backing a campaign to improve public toilets in Barrow to encourage more people to visit the town centre.

More than 250 youngsters took part in the Barnardos Big Toddle at South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton.

25 YEARS AGO

Barrow's new mayor Betty Willacy was to invite her milkman, dustman and postman to a town hall reception to counter what she saw as a mayoral bias in favour of the rich and the powerful.

A feasibility study started to see if two iconic Barrow buildings could be brought back into use. Venture Network wanted to find new uses for the Barrow Technical College and the Ramsden Baths, both on Abbey Road.

Cartmel farmer Philip Wilson received a life saving award from the Royal Humane Society after diving into Ulverston canal to save a 52-year-old man.

Youngsters from Barrow Island Primary School dressed as monks to find out about life at Furness Abbey centuries ago. They were shown around the ancient ruins by student teachers from Charlotte Mason College, Ambleside.

50 YEARS AGO

You could earn up to £2,415 per year as a work study engineer working in Furness for the North Western Region of the Central Electricity Generating Board.

William Richardson was appointed general manager of the Barrow Shipbuilding Works and managing director of the Shipbuilfing Group of Vickers.

The unemployment rate in Millom had fallen from nine per cent to 8.2 per cent in the past month.