THREE medals from the most peculiar of Barrow tragedies are among a sale of treasures from far more famous military exploits such as Trafalgar and Waterloo at a major auction being held at Gateshead today.

THIS weekend sees the creation of a vintage transport world in miniature at Millom Palladium.

• County bus fleet in focus

WHEN next you are at Cark airfield, Flookburgh for a spot of car booting or even to tackle a parachute jump spare a minute to look at some of the buildings which have survived from the Second World War.

NINE years ago Barrow was the centre of Royal Navy celebrations for the centenary of the Submarine Service.

• Century of running packed into 694 pages

IN this seventh extract from the letters and newspaper cuttings sent to an American pen pal by Barrow teenager Margaret Stanswood we take a look at what life was like in the town in the years after the Second World War.

MANY of you will remember dancing the nights away when the old Barrow Public Hall was home to Maxims and Scorpio.

WE now have a full set of names for the Millom firemen which featured in Love Memories on Saturday August 7 thanks to former Station Officer Eric Robinson.