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

10 YEARS AGO

Barrow Sea Cadets planned to start a new junior section for boys aged 10 and 11. The organisation had been based at TS Sovereign since 1932.

More than 60 tonnes of spruce branches from the Forestry Commission's estate at Grizedale Forest was used to create the 30 fences for the Grand National course at Aintree, Liverpool.

A detached house at Chaucer Way, Barrow, was offered for sale at £220,000. A detached bungalow at Egremont Gardens, Barrow, was £259,950.

BAE was paying staff a £1,000 bounty if they found suitable new workers to fill vacant highly skilled posts at the Barrow shipyard.

25 YEARS AGO

You could earn £3.57 per hour as a care assistant for Cumbria County Council, working at Marsh House for the elderly in Ulverston.

A detached bungalow at Norland Avenue, Barrow, was offered for sale at £105,000. A semi-detached house at Cowlarns Road, Barrow, could have been yours for £48,950.

Walney's Debbie Wassall was the first female in the county to receive the Chief Scout Award at a presentation in Carlisle. Girls had only been allowed to join the Scouts two years earlier.

Christopher Henson, from St Bede's School, Bristol, was to be the new headteacher at St Bernard's School, Barrow.

50 YEARS AGO

Australian Cheddar cheese was 11p and cream crackers were 4p per packet at branches of the Dalton Co-operative Society.

George's Televisions opened a store at Manchester Street, Barrow.