Do you remember when? What was in the South Cumbrian news 10, 25 & 50 years ago
10 YEARS AGO
The Windermere ferry, Mallard, was to be taken out of the water for a five-yearly refit and full inspection.
A bungalow at Brodgen Street, Ulverston, was offered for sale at £260,000. A semi-detached house at Mill Street, Bootle, near Millom, was £250,000.
Barrow entrants Paige Livingston, Rebecca Dean and Siobhan Rooks made it to the final of the Miss Cumbria contest.
Former workers at Cumbria County Council won the right to take their employer to a tribunal in a landmark judgement for equal pay.
There were plans to turn a former furniture store into a coffee shop on the Market Cross Shopping Centre, Ambleside.
25 YEARS AGO
A total of 22 staff were to lose their jobs at Furness College in Barrow due to a fall in student numbers.
Barrow AFC chief executive Max Rattray stood down after six month in the job but would remain a director.
You could get six Cadbury's Creme Eggs for £1.35 at Asda in Barrow.
A detached house at Romney Road, Dalton, was offered for sale at £90,000. A semi-detached house at Norland Avenue, Barrow, was £72,000.
You could earn £8,341 per year as a janitor at Barrow's Ormsgill Infant and Junior School.
50 YEARS AGO
The 99 Cabaret Club, in Dalkeith Street, Barrow, hosted the Mr North West Adonis and the Open Miss Fashion contest.
A planned expansion of the Bowater Scott tissue mill at Barrow would create 400 jobs.
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