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

10 YEARS AGO

Burlington School in Kirkby was visited by creatures from the Lancaster-based Creepy Crawly Roadshow, including Popeye the Royal Python

There was a closure threat to Grange tourist information centre after South Lakeland District Council agreed to slash funding by £60,000 from April. The office at Kirkby Lonsdale was also under threat.

A terraced house at Nelson Street, Millom, was offered for sale at £65,000. A terraced house at Three Bridges, Ulverston, was £92,500.

Conservative MP and shadow chancellor George Osborne was to visit Barrow for a fact-finding trip to the BAE site.

25 YEARS AGO

Building a Booths supermarket at Canal Head, Ulverston, without including visitor attractions in the overall development would not benefit Ulverston, said Furness and Cartmel tourism chief Tim Rogers.

Lake District National Park planners agreed on the need to save historic lime kilns for posterity. It was drawing up plans to have at least 10 of them repaired.

A terraced house in Albert Street, Millom, was offered for sale at £27,000. A semi-detached house at Morecambe Crescent, Barrow, was £39,950.

50 YEARS AGO

A red and white painted six-ton buoy was back in Barrow after breaking free and drifting 15 miles across Morecambe Bay. It had been moored off the south-west coast of Walney and was spotted at the entrance to Heysham harbour.

You could earn £7.35 per week as a 16-year-old apprentice technician working at Barrow for the Post Office.