MALCOLM Halliwell has fond memories of living in the Daubhill area all his life.

At the age of 73 he has seen very many changes in this district of Bolton during his lifetime.

Perhaps the most striking difference is that Daubhill was once almost a little town in its own right.

It had its own railway station, Rumworth and Daubhill Station which would eventually be closed and is now a very distant memory.

He can recall a chip shop called Potter’s which had what he believes was the last “coal fired chippie range in Bolton” and sold the “finest chips I had ever tasted”.

The Majestic Cinema was in Daubhill and Malcolm can remember coming home from the Saturday morning show climbing on railings and falling off.

“I remember the trolley bus sliding down the hill on an icy day, side ways,” he says.

Malcolm who worked at Hawker Siddeley Lostock remembers he worked 44 and a half hours including a Saturday as an indentured apprentice.

“My first wage was 29 shillings and six old pence which would be £1.50 today,” he adds.

Daubhill would once be awash with local workers heading to the plethora of mills in the area including Lantor and Tootall Broadhurst.

It was a busy little place and local folk could find everything they needed in one place rather than heading into Bolton town centre for shopping or leisure.