AT the risk of seeming irreversibly obsessed by the First World War, I am returning to the terrible events which unfolded between 1914-18. I cannot adequately explain my morbid fascination with "The War To End All Wars", as it was optimistically, and
I am sure any decent person reading about the vicious killing of the male swan at Breightment would have been filled with fury as I was. Whatever goes on in these people's minds is beyond my comprehension. It is almost likely that these creatures will
The story "Town Centre Traffic Chaos" (Bolton Evening News, June 7) comes as no surprise. Bolton Council seems determined to aggravate the motorist. Traffic jams are commonplace. Complaints to the council about the congestion on Bury Road prompted
TAKING your baby home from hospital for the first time is a big event in most people's lives. But for new parents Michelle Birch and Jarrod Crompton it was a day that, in their darkest moments, they thought they would never see. When baby Samuel was
SOME of the world's best darts players descend on the Reebok Stadium tonight but three local hopefuls are out to spoil the party. Phil Taylor, Wayne Mardle and Raymond van Barneveld will be among the elite darts stars to toe the Reebok oche this weekend
WHAT a wonderful job the media has done in getting our World Cup expectations up. Relentless television programmes, radio coverage and newspaper hype has persuaded the English public that 31 countries are going to Germany merely to make up the numbers
A PAIR of mysterious terracotta figures sipping beer are among the hidden treasures of Bolton. These almost lifesize figures could be related to the town's former brewery, Magee Marshall and Co, and are the latest in our Hidden Treasures series. They
THE University of Bolton has been awarded £4.5 million to increase the use of computer-based learning across Britain. Experts will use the money to set up a national network based in Bolton to be used by educational institutions with students over the
SO . . . it is 2pm tomorrow and you are sitting at home or in the pub in front of the telly wearing your lucky pants, in your lucky seat, holding your rabbit's foot and having eaten exactly the right food which means that England will win the World Cup
WHILE I welcome the fact that Arriva Buses is now operating services on the 501 route through Smithills Ward which I represent, I would have preferred it to re-instate a service running to Barrow Bridge. Both First Bus and Arriva have operated and withdrawn
IN a recent letter Mr T T Riley asked the following: "Cllr David Wilkinson installed as spokesman for the Greater Manchester Transport Authority, which has an allowance £6,000 a year . . . for what?" That is not for me to say, but as Cllr Wilkinson was
I have read Cllr Spencer's reply to my letter "Rents pay for council estate clean up days," (Bolton Evening News, May 25), about the funding of clean-up days on council estates and I must say I am rather puzzled by his letter. He states that these days
I have just completed my second book called "What Next". It deals with life in the 1930s and 40s and one chapter is about the time I spent in Bolton, some four months in 1943, following my initial training in Bradford. This was at Bolton Technical College
FOUR football-mad Bolton youngsters are hoping to win the chance to play for England in front of 30,000 spectators. Sam Hulme, aged 12, Danny Leaver, aged 11, and Samuel Wiseman, aged 12, all pupils at Canon Slade School, Bradshaw, are through to the
A COUNCILLOR has called for urgent action to resolve the chaos caused by major roadworks in Bolton town centre. The new chairman of Bolton's Environment Scrutiny Committee, Cllr John Walsh, wants something to be done about the roadworks at the Manchester
BUTTERFLIES are booming in Bolton, thanks to the sunny weather. Normally, over the course of a year, around 3,000 of the insects are reared at Animal World, Moss Bank Farm. But staff at the park say they are astonished after they reached that figure
A TERMINALLY-ILL patient was treated in a "totally disgraceful" way at the Royal Bolton Hospital, an MP has told the House of Commons. Stanley Collins, aged 71, of Tyldesley, died in August last year three days after being discharged from the hospital
WORLD Cup fever was sweeping the nation today . . . and nowhere is the passion greater than in Kylemore Avenue, Deane. The whole of the street has been decked with England flags and bunting. Matthew Nuttall, aged six, and sister Bethany, aged 11, both
Last weekend saw another fantastic weekend of racing action, two classics in two days meant that business was busy. Friday's Oaks was won in emphatic style by the favourite Alexandrova. The Irish raider was heavily backed and went off at a price of 9
GLEN Chapple says he can't wait to get his England career started, after the Lancashire all-rounder was called up to the one-day squad along with teammate Sajid Mahmood. Chapple has been in red hot form for Lancashire this season, with both bat and ball
GERMAN midfielder Dietmar Hamann is expected to join Bolton Wanderers. The 32-year-old, who still has one year left on his contract at Liverpool, is believed to have had talks with Wanderers. He was due to come to the Reebok last summer until Liverpool's
THE nesting mate of a swan killed by air gun pellets at a Bolton country park is coping well, RSPCA officials said today. The swan was killed by yobs in front of horrified schoolchildren at Seven Acres Country Park, Breightmet, on Monday. Caroline Hall
COMMUNITY groups in Bolton found their lucky number was up when they netted £42,641 in Lottery funding. Ten organisations have been given up to £5,000 to fund different projects. Ladybridge Sports and Leisure Ltd will be kicking off the summer with
BLACK cab drivers have criticised a council decision to license new taxis which they say put road users at risk. A licensing committee meeting approved the use of Ford Connect cabs as Hackney carriages on Tuesday, sparking anger among cabbies. Bill
FOOTBALL fans may have their attentions focused on Germany this weekend but for darts lovers, all eyes will be on Bolton. The world's best players will be converging on the Premier Suite at the Reebok Stadium for what has become known as the FA Cup
In response to the headlines in the Bolton Evening News on Wednesday, June 7, "Swan shot - 20 times". The sooner these thugs are caught the better, for shooting a swan 20 times and in front of children. They should be punished and I don't mean a pat
With reference to the decision by Cllr Arthur Price to move to Labour from the Lib Dems. Whatever the arguments raised by political leaders on Bolton council, it is necessary that the public know that Cllr Price and his wife Lynne have just completed
A GIANT replica World Cup trophy made entirely from paper was used to kick off a recycling promotion in Bolton town centre. The five-foot creation was unveiled with the help of Wanderers mascot Lofty the Lion in Victoria Square. Shoppers were asked
A MAN locked himself in a cupboard to escape from two knife-wielding thugs who ransacked his flat. The 51-year-old man was at home in a second floor flat on Cable Street, in Bolton town centre, when he heard the pair forcing their way into his address
THE head of under- fire Bolton Community College is on long-term sick leave. Principal Alison Bowes has been off work for three weeks and has had her sick note extended for a month. It has also emerged that vice principal Dr Beri Hare is leaving to
FORGET the Mediterranean sunseekers found their own heatwave paradise yesterday as the country heads towards the hottest weekend of the year so far. Swimmers flocked to the outdoor pool at the David Lloyds Centre in Chorley Street to cool down, with
TIME is fast running out for children to tell the Bolton Evening News who their favourite teacher is. We want to hear about your child's top inspirational teacher in our new competition open to primary school pupils in Bolton, Bury and Leigh. The Bolton
THE reintroduction of the weekly grey bin collection in Bolton will cost £3.7 million over the next two years, it has been revealed. A new report has revealed for the first time the massive cost of scrapping the controversial alternate weeks collection
The founder of Bolton's Magee Marshall and Co brewery was David Magee who was born in the town in about 1829. In 1858, he was listed as proprietor of the Good Samaritan beer house and brewery at 73 Derby Street in Bradford Ward. In 1866, he moved
