ROLL UP, roll up and help Bury fend off the wolves trying to steal their prize players. Another bumper 9,000-plus gate for Tuesday night's clash with Millwall is what chairman Terry Robinson wants to see after the Boxing Day turn-out of 9,115 that witnessed
BOLTON films are among the thousands of moving images safeguarded for the next Millennium by the North West Film Archive. The Manchester-based archive keeps more than 25,000 reels of film and video tape spanning the past century - making it the largest
BELLS at Bolton Parish Church are older than the building itself. While the church dates only from 1871, there is a tenor bell hung in the tower which is exactly 300 years old, being cast in 1699 by Henry Bagley. It is now electrically operated and rung
POLICE may start picking up children roaming the streets of Bolton as part of truancy crackdown in the New Year. Welfare officers and police are hammering out the fine details about how they can work together to collar young people skipping classes to
SAM Allardyce urged his players today to start the new Millennium as they mean to go on. The Reebok boss says January could prove a make or break month with Wanderers pushing for success on three fronts. Two legs of the Worthington Cup semi-final showdown
A NEW Millennium marks a fresh start for members of a family picking up the pieces of their lives following a devastating hit-and-run accident. Roy Fraser, 32, suffered terrible injuries to both legs when a £106,000 Ferrari Spider sports car ploughed
ON December 7 I booked and paid £35 for a taxi to take my husband and myself to Manchester Airport on December 17, returning at 6.15pm on December 24. I was given a receipt and told they would be sure to be at the airport on our return as they ring up
YOUR article in a recent BEN, prompted me to write. In my experience the headline: 'Town cyclists seek safer roads ahead', could well be altered to read 'PEDESTRIANS seek safer PAVEMENTS ahead!' As one of the minority who don't own a car, I have noticed
THE £2 million Lowry painting of soccer fans on the way to Burnden Park has come home to the North West. The painting, called "Going to the Match", has now arrived at Salford Museum and Art Gallery where it will be on public display until April, before
AS we plan our New Year festivities dreaming of fireworks, champagne and parties with friends, some of your readers will be preparing to risk blisters, cramps and many lonesome hours for the challenge of a lifetime. These are the readers who have just
MAY I, through your paper, thank all the people of the surrounding districts who donated clothes and other items, for the Turkish Earthquake Appeal. Many thanks Greenfields Private Members Club, Westhoughton, for allowing us to use their club as a collection
AFTER being in Birmingham for more than 60 years, I still can't forget Bolton, where I was born. The good old days, some 70 years ago when I was around 11-years old. All Saints School, I used to go off Folds Road. I Remember well going to the Drill Hall
HARWOOD Vale in Bolton is to get a millennium boost as part of the Red Rose Community Forest initiative. Dead and decaying trees in the local wood are to be felled and replaced by native tree species such as Oak, Hazel, Ash and Rowan. The scheme, by Bolton
I've written about Xena, (Lucy Lawless absolutely flawless), Which is not a heinous crime. I've written about aching limbs, And armchairs - to no avail. What must I write about to break print? I have no weighty theme; No breathtaking dream To sell in
BOLTON'S loneliest heart Mike Butcher didn't manage to find true love in time for Christmas. In a letter to the BEN, Mike, of Crompton Street, Farnworth, has made a fresh plea for Mrs Right to come forward in time for the New Year after revealing that
BOLTON firm Watsons Steel received an official pat on the back on TV this week. In the fascinating programme, The Mending of Manchester, one of the areas they focussed on was the shoppers' walkway across Market Street. The old one took the full force
FOUR months ago, 24 years-old Jason Waller was living in Bolton just dreaming of Chinese takeaways. Now, the Heaton lad is in remote South-east China living the dream. Jason beat off competition from around 30 other Europeans and Americans to win a post
SPECIAL computers are set to put Bolton's learner drivers to the test. For paper and pens will become a thing of the past for candidates who are sitting their theory tests from January 6 when touch sensitive computerized screens are introduced. The new
A STAGGERING 805 vehicles stopped on Bolton's roads during the festive season were discovered to have mechanical defects, police figures have revealed. The drivers of the cars and vans - stopped in roadside police checkpoints - were warned to rectify
BOLTON Parish Church tower captain Alan Forrester is as much a part of the history of the bell tower as the bells themselves. The 59-year-old caretaker at St Peter's School, Smithills Dean has been ringing the bells at St Peter's even before the current
25 YEARS AGO PATIENTS may have to wait years for non-urgent operations at Bolton hospitals if the work to contract action by consultants drags on. That warning was given today as some of the area's 40 consultants started a work to contract - two days
THERE's something special about the birthdays with '0' in them - 20, 30, 40. But the day before a friend's 30th, she decided she'd like to go out for her last meal while she was still "in her twenties". So four of us set off for the Kwok Man in Manchester's
I WAS very disappointed with Bolton Council's decision to re-confirm its position against American-style Mayors. We desperately need a new political system which re-ignites interest in local politics. Elected mayors, voted in on a manifesto, could give
MARTIN Smith's sudden popularity could scupper Wanderers' hopes of adding the Sheffield United star to their Reebok ranks. Sam Allardyce is still keen on the former Sunderland wide man, who has made a massive impact since joining the Blades earlier this
We are working hard to improve standard I MUST admit that I agree with your correspondent on the standard of decorations in our town. However, I am not prepared to stand back and take credit, or even admit to having any involvement with the display and
THE first day of the new millennium is set to bring an extra spot of happiness for Alec and Ivy Boswell. It marks 68 years since they got married. Their time together is all the more remarkable considering their marriage very nearly didn't take place
BOLTON'S Mayor is to greet the town's first Millennium baby with a special medal memento. Cllr John Monaghan will make the presentation on News Year's Day to the first baby born in the Year 2000. Cllr Cliff Morris, chairman of the Millennium Working Party
LEIGH Centurions' coach Ian Millward didn't need to think twice before announcing the same again for Sunday's trip to Rochdale Hornets. "I was pretty happy with the way the 17 guys performed against Widnes on Boxing Day and I'm confident that the same
TODAY we reveal how thousands of motorists may have been overcharged while using the Bow Street multi-storey car park. Under council rules any changes to the town's parking tariffs must be made known to the public before they are introduced. It appears
FOOTBALLERS at a women's soccer club are still waiting to play a match following the destruction of their pitch by vandals in October. The team, Bolton Wanderers Supporters Girls, has not competed in a game since it found 31 holes dug into its field at
BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: junior fitness, 10am-11am, 11am-12 noon and 12 noon-1pm; basketball drop in, 10am-12 noon. DEANE Leisure Centre, Junction Road, Deane, tel: 656033: junior swimming lessons, 9am-12 noon; trampoline junior
MEMBERS of Bolton's Kashmiri community are in shock after learning one of their group may be implicated in the Air India hijacking. Sardar Mohammed Ayub Khan, chief organiser of the town's Kashmir Welfare Trust, spoke to the BEN of his concerns following
A BOLTON professor heading a team of experts working round the clock to find a cure for cancer hopes to make a breakthrough which will make a crucial difference to the lives of millions of sufferers in the next Millennium. Former Bolton School pupil and
BOLTON people are gearing themselves for tonight's party of a lifetime. The champagne's on ice, the beer's in the fridge and the gladrags are ironed for some of the biggest bashes the town has ever seen. Whether people are hitting the pubs and clubs or
EVERY winter and in particular over Bank Holidays, more people need the help of health and social services. The choice of health care available is greater than is often realised, particularly for the treatment of minor ailments. The NHS is running a national
THOUSANDS of motorists using a busy Bolton town centre car park may have been over-charged, the BEN can reveal today. A council investigation has been launched amid fears that customers at Bow Street multi-storey car park, operated by APCOA Parking (UK
TRADERS in Bolton face fines of up to £2,000 if they refuse to make the switch from imperial to metric measurements. When the clock strikes midnight on Millennium Eve, shopkeepers and market traders will be forced to stop selling goods using yards, pounds
FOR hundreds of years bells have rung out across Bolton marking important events and playing a unique part in the town's history. And at midnight tonight - New Year's Eve - the bells of Bolton Parish Church, stirred into action by their team of dedicated
ACCORDING to the latest surveys, most people have still not made up their mind as to what they are going to do to mark the millennium. But whatever anyone's party plans may be, there is still time to do something positive to mark this unique moment in
AS we enter the new Millennium it is truly disappointing to hear of the cruelty which continues to plague the world. Bolton has been linked to the terrible scenes surrounding the hijacking of an Indian jet and yesterday the high-profile stabbing of Beatle
Don't use percentages When giving us a rise. We see through the whole disguise; Fines aren't awarded that way. Don't raise our petrol tax Or our prescription fee; Grants mock what should still be free. We know what you used to say. Don't just deplore
By Karen Stephen WE would all like our children to be born with a silver spoon in their mouths but alas it's only for the privileged few. However, six Bolton babies now have that chance thanks to one of the town's most successful business families. Julie
A SEARCH through the cellars of a Farnworth Christian book shop has unveiled the ghost of Christmas past . . . Old local newspapers of 60 years ago were uncovered by Brother Clifford Edwards at the True Word on Market Street, but due to the moment in
By Irma Heger IT'S the dawn of a new Millennium tomorrow - and Bolton's very own Alice Kay will be celebrating her 100th birthday. The sprightly centenarian was born in Houghton Street and was a pupil at Clarendon Street County Primary School. Orphaned
