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On this day: Lancashire Archive
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Lancashire Archive
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BOLTON'S 11-plus system is unfair because it gives more grammar school places to girls than to boys,
DAN and Jim Sherry are two examples of local lads who have made good. They were born and bred here in Bolton and were part of a family team that built up a big music hall reputation. Besides Dan and Jim there were three other brothers, making a quintet that went a very long way. Nowadays the tradition is being maintained by the two of them, who, ambitious as ever, have got together a road show and called it Mine's a Sherry. It makes its appearance at the Grand next week. read more
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Parents' plea after school attack
PARENTS of children who attend a local special school are appealing for help after a spate of attacks by vandals and thieves. read more
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Schoolgirls' sex attack fear
SCHOOLGIRLS have started carrying personal alarms after sex attacks in the Bolton area, a court was told. While the man who carried out the assaults was being held in custody, police officers took the unusual step of re-interviewing the girls to find out the effects of being molested. Mr Steven Sargeant, prosecuting, told Bolton magistrates that one 16-year-old girl said all her school friends were now carrying personal alarms. read more
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£1.4m roads bombshell
A MAJOR Bolton road scheme will cost a shock £1.4 million above budget. Cash-starved highways chiefs are now considering cutting back on the A58 ring road improvements. The cost has gone up from almost £5 million to £6.4 million since the last estimate four years ago. read more
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Unlucky gamblers' numbers come up
A GROUP of down-on-their-luck gamblers got a big surprise as they nursed injuries in their hospital beds. read more
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