100 Years Ago The proposed sale of Kendal Corporation land at High Tenterfield was the subject of a Local Government Board of inquiry. There was no formal opposition and little criticism of the scheme by the inspector Strictly speaking there is no scheme except to sell the land for other people to build upon it, and to cut roads through it.

50 Years Ago The biggest scheme ever embarked upon by Lakes Urban Council - a sewage scheme for Grasmere which will cost more than a quarter of a million pounds - was approved without comment at a meeting of the authority in Ambleside.

25 Years Ago Controversial plans for a wind farm on Kirkby Moor took a major step forward despite a flood of protests from local authorities and conservation groups. Proposals by the Wind Energy Group to put up 15 wind turbines as a means of generating electricity have won the backing of South Lakeland planners. Now the group must persuade Environment Secretary Chris Patten that the project should go ahead.