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Lancashire | Archive | 1996 | October

Stories for 4 October 1996

Bolton Business

Howzat! Cashline's 100 not out

LANCASHIRE Cricket Club is delighted with the success of its "Company Cashline" scheme launched in June last year. The 100th company to join was Litterick's Butchers of St Helens Road, Bolton. Mr David Litterick was treated to a meal at Old Trafford and he met Lancashire hero Jack Simmons, now a committee member. more...

Clubbing together for future success

THE Bolton Business Club had its inaugural meeting at Henry's Cafe Bar. more...

Bolton News

From the BEN files:

25 YEARS AGO more...

Spying game

WE share the misgivings of some Bolton councillors who are uneasy about using child "spies" to entrap shopkeepers selling cigarettes to youngsters. more...

Safety moves

BOLTON is at the forefront of moves to cut accidents outside schools. This month this will be one of the first authorities in the country to bring in a legally enforceable parking ban by putting up signs outside school. more...

Mystery man foils mugger

A GOOD Samaritan stepped in to stop a female mugger making off with a pensioner's handbag. The mugger struck as the 71-year-old woman returned to her parked car on Mayfield Street, Atherton yesterday afternoon. more...

£60,000 boost for Bolton drug fight

AN anti-drugs project in Bolton has today received a government cash injection to help deal with local problems. more...

'Cell Block H' classrooms could be moved

TWO temporary classrooms which residents have branded as "Cell Block H" could be moved after a storm of protest from residents. more...

Dietrich reincarnated will take West End by storm

By Doreen Crowther, Showbusiness Correspondent Marlene, Oldham Coliseum. Runs until October 26. SHE is magnificent! Sian Phillips was so mesmerising that last night I felt as though I was in a time warp and the legendary Marlene Dietrich was really on stage. more...

Firm's appeal after clothes are stolen

OWNERS of a Bolton company have appealed for the return of exclusive designer baby clothes snatched from a car yesterday. more...

Little Hulton's reluctant film star

By NICK JACKSON JUDE star Christopher Eccleston is notoriously tight-lipped about his background and personal life. He's even been known to get physically intimidating when quizzed about his roots. But if he continues to fulfil his growing reputation as one of the best actors his generation, it will soon be common knowledge that Eccleston hails from Little Hulton. more...

Residents celebrate house campaign victory

LANS to develop two pairs of semi-detached housing in the City Challenge area of Bolton have been turned down by councillors. more...

Cloak of grey

Autumn nights are closing in, more...

Motorcycle crash horror for van driver

A RADCLIFFE man escaped injury when he was involved in a collision with a motorcycle yesterday in Wakefield Road, Stalybridge, Tameside. more...

It was all fright on the night!

SPOOKED members of Breightmet Labour Club bravely faced bumps in the night when they bedded down in Britain's most haunted house to boost their charity fund. more...

I won't be coming back!

SIR: I am writing to you, as I am absolutely devastated at the callous way I was treated on a nostalgic return visit to the birthplace of myself and my late husband, who died in June this year after a very long illness. We were both born and reared in Bolton and married there 52 years ago. I hadn't been back for many years. As I am still coming to terms with losing him, I was offered, as a special treat, a visit to Bolton. As it was Friday the 13th, I should have realised that things would go wrong. We visited the town centre and saw the changes to the Market Hall. On our way out by the back entrance, as we approached the doors, I suddenly realised that my handbag did not feel right. On looking down, I saw that the zip on the side pocket, where I keep my purse, was open and my purse had gone. This has never happened to me before and I am still not able to understand why anyone would want to treat the elderly and vulnerable in this way. I did not realise that Bolton is now such a den of iniquity. There were no signs to warn people to be extra vigilant. The theft was reported to the police and a security guard who were very sympathetic and we were told that it was the fifth theft in the Market Hall that day - none of which were recovered, including mine. What a sorry state the town is in. more...

Discipline begins at home

SIR: Like many Boltonians I have been horrified by the recent BBC1 programmes on joyriding with much of the action taking place in my prospective constituency. more...

Who will pay?

SIR: Councillor R Evans in his letter to Viewpoint (September 25) looks forward to a Labour government "so we can look forward to local education authorities having the means to ensure that all our schools are equally resourced". This is all very well but Councillor Evans does not explain where the money is coming from and Tony Blair seems to be nearer to the Tories on taxation. more...

About face!

SIR: I was watching Sunday League Football in Leverhulme Park at the Tonge Fold side when I was delighted to see that the Parks Department had installed a pair of benches; good durable metal ones, cemented into the ground, I hope make them vandal resistant. But can someone explain why they are both sited facing away from the pitches they are next to? It cannot be because the view can be thought to be better, one faces the metal changing hut, the other the graveyard wall while behind them the view is over the field and the rest of the park. more...

Christina made my day

SIR: I would just like to say how much I enjoyed seeing Christina Hance 'The Princess of Wales Look Alike', on Saturday September 28 in Crompton Place. more...

Bungling gunmen in raid terror

BUNGLING gunmen brought terror to a Bolton factory but fled without the spoils - after arriving TOO EARLY for a wages snatch. more...

No danger

SIR: I have decided after many years and several sightings of UFOs, as per my autobiography, to tell the people of the world the truth. more...

Hedgehogs warm to their new incubators!

A LACK of funds may well be a prickly subject for volunteers at a Bolton hedgehog hospital, but a surprise donation has helped to slightly soothe worries. more...

Courage of convictions

SIR: I admire Miss L Lever, Dingle Walk, Bolton, for having the courage to express her point of view in print - "Gays disgusted" (Viewpoint, September 27). Miss Lever has the guts to stand up and be counted. more...

Mayor's bypass safety plea

THE Mayor of Blackrod is demanding urgent road safety measures at a notorious accident blackspot. Cllr Mrs Pat Barrow wants to see traffic lights or a roundabout built at the junction of the A6 Blackrod bypass with Manchester Road, where six people were injured in a three car smash on Tuesday. Cllr Mrs Barrow said there had been numerous other accidents at the spot and for 15 years Blackrod town council had been asking Bolton Council for urgent meaures to make it safe. more...

Black ice blamed for fatal car crash

A BOXING Day drive ended in tragedy when a Bolton man's new sports car careered off the road and hit a lamp post. more...

Regulars collecting Christmas gifts for the needy

REGULARS and staff at three local pubs are determined to make this Christmas one to remember for dozens of needy families. more...

Elderly warned over schoolboys' con

SCHOOLBOY thieves posing as litter collectors raising money for school funds are preying on the elderly in Bolton. more...

Speed cuts praised

PLANS to cut down accidents outside school gates by slashing the speed limit to 20 mph have been praised by Bolton's road chiefs. more...

Schools cash in on lessons in learning

STAFF in Bolton will be among the first in the country to be offered lessons in running a school. more...

Beer Fest is coming home!

THE Bolton CAMRA Beer Festival is DEFINITELY coming back to town promising a host of ales next Spring. more...

Water scheme ends a month early

A NEW £400,000 project to improve water in Bradshaw Brook has been completed a month ahead of schedule. more...

Bolton Sport

No favours for super Mac

JOHN McGinlay was given no guarantees when he flew out on Scotland's World Cup double mission today. more...

Prize guy! Todd named Manager of the Month

BOLTON boss Colin Todd has been rewarded for his side's table-topping start to the season by being named Nationwide League division one manager of the month. more...

Flying Scot! McGinlay justifies Todd's faith in him

TWO phone calls in the space of just 15 minutes confirmed everything Colin Todd already knew about his goal stars Nathan Blake and John McGinlay. more...

Top games make it all worthwhile - Ternent

By NEIL BONNAR AS Gigg Lane gears up for its second big Lancashire derby day in four days, boss Stan Ternent declared: "This is what we've worked for." more...

Wanderers put promotion prospects to the test

WANDERERS are ready to put their promotion prospects to the test with back-to-back midweek away games next month. more...

Boro's chance to topple leaders

THE game of the day in the Unibond Division 1 tomorrow is unarguably RADCLIFFE BORO, second in the table and unbeaten in the last seven league games, at home to unbeaten leaders Lincoln United. more...

Lancashire Business

Marching on ahead

A MAJOR contract to supply camouflage material for the Danish armed forces has been won by a Rossendale firm. more...

Lancashire Leisure

10 YEARS AGO: Anger at name change

ANGRY market traders signed a petition to halt the renaming of a street after South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. more...

5 YEARS AGO: Beauty queen's love link

FORMER beauty queen Yvette Livesey, 23, of Clitheroe Road, Whalley, spoke for the first time about her relationship with 41-year-old TV presenter Tony Wilson. She revealed the former owner of Manchester's Hacienda club and his wife of seven years, Hilary, were getting divorced. more...

Lancashire News

Stalking must be made a crime says MP

WOMEN are still at risk from stalkers because the Government has failed to outlaw the persecution of women Rossendale & Darwen MP Janet Anderson told Blackpool Labour Conference. more...

Coal deliveries back on track

COAL is once again to be delivered to Castle Cement in Clitheroe by train. more...

When film was no fun

IDO not think that I, as a young adult, was treated fairly when I issued a complaint to a manager of Apollo Cinemas, Blackburn. more...

History built on a hill

Ron Freethy's England: Penwortham more...

Campaigners open office HQ for hostage fight

A CAMPAIGN office was launched today to highlight the plight of Blackburn student Paul Wells and his fellow captives in Kashmir. more...

Suicide tape message before hanging horror

A DEPRESSED man who had tried to commit suicide three times hanged himself from the roof of his shed, an inquest heard. more...

Monarchy have turned their backs on the people

J ROBINSON (Letters, September 21) says that we have turned out backs on God and suggests that the monarchy does not deem to be observing the Crown's responsibilities of defending the faith and protecting the realm. I am certain that thousands of people would agree with that. more...

Cooking for TV

STUDENTS Rachel McNamee and Matthew Huxley had a taste of television stardom when they were asked to appear on Channel Four's new cookery show Here's One I Made Earlier. more...

Dream trip served up at breakfast

A TRIP of a lifetime to the United States awaits breakfast TV viewer Amanda Berry. more...

Penny on price of a pinta

THE price of your doorstep pinta is to rise by a penny throughout East Lancashire from this weekend. more...

Nightmare returns to bottleneck road

TRAFFIC chaos has returned to Brownhill with a vengeance. more...

Lottery cash slice for the Action

AN ARTS group in Blackburn was celebrating today after scooping a £91,172 National Lottery handout. more...

Howard must act on Janet's stalking bill

CONFRONTATION may be the essence of British politics, but there are times when plain common sense and consensus should take over. more...

Two good moves to defeat drugs menace

IN A COUNTRY beset by drug-related crime - heroin addicts are now said to be stealing goods worth £1.3billion a year - any action to combat the menace, misery and expense has to be applauded. more...

Tragic mum 'delighted' over bid to fight drugs

A POLICE solicitor whose son died of an overdose today said she was 'delighted' with news the Government is to spend £60,000 in the war against drugs. more...

Drugs girl is set free

AN East Lancashire-born model was today free from a living nightmare in an Indian jail after spending more than a year behind bars for a crime she claims she did not commit. more...

Plunderers are putting limestones under threat

NOT far from East Lancashire, the uplands between Settle and Malham are a special place. more...

Design legend's dim view of town

THIS week marked the 100th anniversary of the death of William Morris, artist, designer and Socialist, who described Burnley as the "pit of degradation". more...

Costs could floor young football clubs

JUNIOR sports clubs are heading for financial crises unless more sponsorship and subsidies can be arranged, a football manageress has claimed. more...

Retained fire service row

A MAJOR row flared over moves to cut retained fire services in East Lancashire when a petition with 3,500 signatures was handed over to county council leaders. more...

Writers circle is celebrating

THIS year sees the tenth anniversary of Rossendale Writers' Circle and, as part of our celebrations, we are holding a party/open evening which will be attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Rossendale, among other distinguished guests. more...

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