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

10 YEARS AGO

A new centre was opened to help children and their parents. Dalton Children's Centre was run by Action for Children at Dalton Clinic, Dowdales Ground, Nelson Street.

Olive Copson, of Newton Street, Dalton, completed three years of training to gain a church reader ministry qualification with the University of Cumbria and was admitted to the Church of England Reader Ministry in a special ceremony.

Diggers were turning Barrow slag heap at Ormsgill into a reserve for walkers and nature lovers.

A terraced house at Central Drive, Walney, was offered for sale at £89,950. A detached house at Parklands Drive, Askam, was £239,950.

25 YEARS AGO

The new Barrow railway station manager was Owen Jones. He had worked for British Rail for 35 years.

Pupils at Barrow Sixth Form College were staging a production of Dracula by Liz Lochhead. The cast included Carol Semplis, Amanda Quigley and Sonya Lengweiler.

Barrow's Matalan Discount Club had 25,000 new members and had seen 42,000 customers through the doors in its first three weeks of trading.

Clubbers at Barrow's Cee Pees nightclub were refunded their entrance money after a lighting rig slowly lowered itself to the floor and a decision was made to clear the club.

50 YEARS AGO

Poppy Day street collections in Barrow produced a total of £424 — up by £20 on the previous year.

Cash was being made available for an extension at St Mary's RC School, Ulverston, costing up to £25,000.