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

10 YEARS AGO

Work started on a £5.5m block of flats for older people on the site of the former Ford garage in Holker Street, Barrow. There would be 41 apartments for the Accent Group.

A terraced house in Fox Street, Swarthmoor, was offered for sale at £128,000. A ground floor flat in Devonshire Road, Barrow, was £120,000.

South Lakeland planners gave the go-ahead for a supermarket for Booths on the car showroom at Main Street, Grange.

Pubs, clubs and shops selling alcohol to those aged under 18 years were to be targeted in a police blitz on underage drinkers in South Cumbria.

25 YEARS AGO

Laura McCormick was selected as the new Ulverston carnival queen. She was a pupil at Ulverston Victoria High School. Her ladies-in-waiting were Mandy Beaton and Daniele Pratt.

A semi-detached bungalow at Greystone Lane, Dalton, was offered for sale at £69,000. A detached bungalow at Yarlside Road, Barrow, was £120,000.

A newly-formed political group, called the Barrow Loyalists, was promising to name people it claimed were IRA sympathisers in Furness.

There were plans to open a fitness gymnasium above the Sub Zero nightclub, in Abbey Road, Barrow.

50 YEARS AGO

It cost £1.25 per week to rent a colour television from Dalton Radio, with branches in Barrow, Dalton and Ulverston.

Remould car tyres cost from 25p at Tyre Services, on Salthouse Road, Barrow.

A spring fair was held for the Catholic Youth Centre, Barrow.