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

10 YEARS AGO

Former England rugby union winger Rory Underwood visited Barrow to deliver a motivational talk to gas terminal workers at the Abbey House Hotel.

You could earn £6.73 per hour as a mobile warden with the housing department at Barrow Borough Council.

A group of Scandinavian waxwings were spotted in Hawcoat, Barrow, by environmentalist Derek Griffiths, of Leeds Avenue.

Cumbria's police force had the highest proportion of female officers in the country. The figure was 32 per cent.

25 YEARS AGO

Part of Thorncliffe School's former playing fields, off Matlock Road and Harrogate Street, were wanted for a housing estate.

The Kirklees Youth Orchestra, conducted by Donald Ezard, was booked to give an end-of-year concert at the Grange Hotel. It was organised by the Grange Concert Club.

Lake District planners were to visit Hodge Close Quarry, near Coniston, before deciding whether to allow tipping of quarry waste to continue there.

Harriet Dunn celebrated her 102nd birthday at the Risedale Nursing Home, Barrow. She was a former worker at Barrow steam laundry.

50 YEARS AGO

More playing fields for Walney, a new cleansing depot and two roundabouts were on the 1969 wish list for Barrow council, mayor George Hartshorn told members of Barrow Business and Professional Women's Club.

Sausages were 12p per pound and butter was 15p per pack from the Home and Colonial Supermarket, on Dalton Road, Barrow.