Do you remember when? What was in the South Cumbrian news 10, 25 & 50 years ago
10 YEARS AGO
A trial open day was held by Alex Sharphouse and Charlotte White at their Victorian-themed Old Hall Farm in Bouth.
A country walk around Millom by 19 people raised £1,500 for St Anne’s Church at Thwaites, near Millom.
Youngsters at Newbarns Primary School, Barrow, turned the clock back for a Victorian day including an old-time music hall show.
A semi-detached house at Oxford Street, Barrow, was offered for sale at £170,000. A town house at Mrytle Terrace, Dalton, was £175,000.
25 YEARS AGO
The Barrow AFC management team of Mike Cloudsdale and Tim Parkin signed ex-Manchester United star Scott McGarvey to the end of the season. The 30-year-old made 25 first team appearances for United and was a Scotland under-21 player.
A semi-detached house at Scales View, Millom, was offered for sale at £32,000. A semi-detached house at Seathwaite Close, Millom, was £47,500.
A walk was being organised from Cark to Grange for 170 Staffordshire bull terriers to raise £3,000 for a dog rescue charity.
Steel fixer Stuart Bickerdike, from Barrow, was working 235ft above Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach on the world’s tallest roller coaster.
50 YEARS AGO
Two Saturday night dances were to be organised as an experiment at Ulverston Coronation Hall after complaints that the town offered little for young people.
Mystery surrounded hopes for a chemical works on a field at Moor Moss, Haverigg, near Millom. Planners had held several meetings with the firm behind the scheme.
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