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• Focus on a farmer's plight

  I FEEL I must write this letter to put any prospective members of Breightmet Golf Club in the picture as to what will happen if the club is turned into 18 holes as planned. read more

• Asian jaunt whetted appetite

  BURY-based Manchester City and England supporter David Sykes get's a fans' eye view of Seoul and England's recent friendly clash against South Korea read more

• House fire

  FIREFIGHTERS put out a fire involving furniture in the lounge of a house in Kilsby Close, Farnworth, last night. read more

• Forging links

  HELP the Aged will launch a community project aimied at building relationships between schools and local older people, on June 10. read more

• Life laundry show

  A TV company is looking for Bolton people to take part in a new show which will transform their homes. For more details call Life Laundry hotline on 0207 861 8083. read more

• Cash boost for nature

  THE Bolton branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature raised £178.68 during a town street collection. read more

• House! Lucky Freda wins £50

  LUCKY council house tenant Freda Malach won £50 when her name came out in a free prize draw run in conjunction with a tenants' survey. read more

• Tragedy of car victim, aged 81

  A PENSIONER died 10 days after he was involved in an accident with a car, an inquest heard. read more

• Barn music

  THE Houghton Weavers and the Wingates Band will be in concert at Rivington Hall Barn on Wednesday, June 19, 7.30pm. For tickets call 01772 811188. read more

• Police plea to mystery driver

  AN appeal has been made for a mystery motorist to come forward after he took a five-year-old boy home after he was involved in a minor collision. read more

• Golf course schoolboy murder trial date is set

  A 23-YEAR-OLD man charged with murdering Bolton schoolboy Ryan Mason has had his trial date set. read more

• Accident man, 18, fights for his life

  AN 18-year-old pedestrian is fighting for his life in hospital after being in collision with a car in Bolton. Robert Chadwick from Brief Street, Tonge Moor, was on Blackburn Road, Astley Bridge, near to the junction with Sweetloves Lane when the accident happened. read more

• Pub is in S-venth heaven

  DRINKERS in Little Lever turned up for a quiet pint at the Seven Stars -- to find it had suddenly become the Sven Stars overnight. read more

• HARGREAVES TARGETS MAIDEN GOAL

  OWEN Hargreaves set his sights on scoring his first professional goal in the World Cup as Sven-Goran Eriksson prepared to put the midfielder at the heart of his plans against Sweden tomorrow. read more

• Countess will open nursery's new home

  THE hard work and patience of staff at a nursery school is to be rewarded with a special Royal visit. read more

• Spotlight on traffic in the 21st century

  IN response to "Responsible Driver" (Bolton Evening News, May 20) and his or her observations regarding Cllr Harkin's road safety ideas. The White Paint Brigade, or to give them the new hi-tec name "Speed Management", seem hell bent on "Gridlock Bolton", i.e. from Doffocker, Chorley Old Road to Horwich by introducing cycle lanes and reducing the four-lane road down to two lanes. read more

• Names of those lost in wartime

  I HAVE recently visited some of the First World War cemeteries (12 in all) in France and Belgium, also taking in The Last Post in Ypres, one of my cherished ambitions --absolutely staggering. read more

• Our freedom was worth fight

  I INDEED agree with Mr J Boydell with regard to the euro. read more

• Congestion challenge

  ROAD congestion, and its possible solutions, are in the news. Beating congestion is a major target for the UK freight industry -- the delays and unreliability caused by the problem cost UK industry, and thus the consumer, around £20B per year. An astonishing sum. read more

• Dealing with violent youth

  REGARDING the NSPCC campaign report (Bolton Evening News, May 21) -- "If smacking works, why do you have to keep doing it?" If a child has difficulty understanding a particular subject, do you stop teaching them? When the cane and corporal punishment ended and civil rights/liberties began, we saw the end of sanity and the beginning of torment for the timid and less able. The current young criminals are the product of those punishment-free generations, having no idea what punishment means except that which they dish out -- who taught them? read more

On this day: Lancashire Archive