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

10 YEARS AGO

David Barlow retired as headteacher at Lindal and Marton Primary School. On one occasion he had to remove a sheep from the classroom.

There was a battle to save 30 allotments behind the Lord Nelson pub at Dalton after growers were given a year's notice to leave.

A terraced house at Risedale Road, Barrow, was offered for sale at £84,500. A terraced house at Newcastle Street, Barrow, could have been yours for £49,995.

South Cumbrian police could soon be carrying American-style Taser stun guns alongside the more traditional batons.

25 YEARS AGO

Barrow sub-sea specialists Rovtech clinched a pair of contracts worth £90,000 to supply equipment to an oil exploration company working in the North Sea.

A semi-detached house at Wheatclose Road, Barrow, was offered for sale at £64,950. A terraced house at Provincial Street, Barrow, was £24,950.

Unemployment in the Barrow travel-to-work area stood at 4,614. That was 10.2 per cent of the working population.

David Mitchell, an Artic explorer from Seascale, was forced to abandon his latest expedition due to atrocious weather conditions 600 miles from the North Pole.

50 YEARS AGO

You could earn £400 per year as a 16-year-old trainee valuation clerk for the Inland Revenue based at Coniston House, New Market Street, Ulverston. This would rise to £870 by the time you were aged 25.

There was £1,200 per year on offer for a driver and salesman working for Prests Bakery, at Ironworks Road, Barrow.