From the Evening News, May 24, 1904: TWO youths, Arthur Morris and James Rowntree, of Everton, Liverpool, whilst out cycling with friends on Manchester Road, Over Hulton, on Sunday afternoon, met with a serious mishap.

They were proceeding at a good pace when they were forced to turn aside to avoid an electric tramcar coming from Lowton, and a pleasure wagonette, and in doing so they collided with some violence. Both were thrown off, sustaining serious cuts and bruises, Morris having to be carried into an adjoining cottage in an unconscious condition.

JOSEPH Scholes, aged about 35, collier, of Market Street, Little Lever, was injured whilst working in the Ten Foot mine of the Victoria Pit, Ladyshore, belonging to Messrs John Fletcher and Son. Whilst in a kneeling position, he was caught by a slight fall of roof and he sustainerd a fracture of the right leg. He was conveyed home.

From the Evening News, May 24, 1954: MORE than 100 Bolton people queued at Bolton Employment Exchange on Friday to see Mr Ken McCaffrey, Australian Immigration Officer, who came with a colleague to "sell" their country to would-be settlers. Mr McCaffrey, who visited a Bolton mill earlier in the day, advised people considering emigrating to chat with somebody who knows the country and has spent some time there.

MORE than 287,000 "pay-as-you-go" 2s 6d stamps have been sold in the Bolton sub-area of the North West Electricity Board since the scheme was introduced to help consumers meet their quarterly accounts for power.

From the Evening News, May 24, 1979: BOLTON faces an agonising choice after Government orders to chop council spending. Ratepayers could face another round of big rate increases - or suffer cuts in services. Bolton, along with local authorities elsewhere, is to be told to stop recruiting staff. The Council will be warned that it will have to bear the extra cost of all pay increases above the previous Government's five per cent limit.

CHESS prodigy Nigel Short, aged 13, will represent England in the World Under 17 Championships in France in July. Bolton School pupil Nigel, now rated the best chess player in the world for his age, finished a creditable equal second in the last championships, which were held in Holland this January.

From the Evening News, May 24, 1994: Wanderers' hotshot John McGinlay proved he has pulling power as well as firepower last night - hundreds turned out to meet him in Bolton. The Bolton Evening News and Bolton Journal fixed it for adoring fans to see John and Wanderers' goalkeeper Keith Branagan at the papers' office in Corporation Street. At one point the queue stretched nearly 100 yards down the Market Place piazza and a session for the signing of colour posters had to be extended by an hour.

BOSSES at Bolton's Albert Halls complex have reported a huge drop in catering turnover in the last 12 months because of a fall in wedding receptions. Labour Cllr Frank White told a sub-committee meeting: "Perhaps this is due to John Major's back to basics policy - the economy is now so bad that people cannot afford to get married."