From the Evening News, April 9, 1903: THE police authorities in Bolton are confronted with the difficult problem of preventing Agnes Jones, Bolton's first female "black lister", from getting drink.

She made her second appearance at the Borough Court this morning since she was put on the black list, charged with being drunk and disorderly in Deansgate on Monday noon.

Jones explained that she had a drink in Manchester after serving a month's imprisonment at Strangeways, and it made her stupid. Previous convictions having been proved against her, she intimated that on one occasion she was not so drunk as to be incapable of taking care of herself, for she finished off a bottle of rum after being lodged in the cells.

The Magistrates, believing that imprisonment would not reform the woman, decided to send her to an inebriates' home for two years.

From the Evening News, April 10, 1993

ACTRESS Liz Frazer has turned the tables on her Bolton fans - instead of receiving accolades, the star has dished out applause to the town.

In fact Bolton made such an impression on Liz that she has come back for an encore. The star of film, small screen and stage paid her first visit to Bolton when she was appearing at the Octagon just a few months ago, and now she just can't keep away.

And while staying with some of her new-found friends over Easter, she told the Evening News: "I like it here a lot. It is so much nicer in the North than in the South."

From the Evening News, April 10, 1978

POLICE throughout Britain are investigating a "one-armed-bandit" rip-off. Both Bolton and Greater Manchester forces are involved in the inquiry. It centres on a conspiracy to cut keys for gaming machines and to sell them to club stewards. The racket is believed to have been going on for at least a year, and it thought to involved many thousands of pounds. At least 10 police authorities throughout the country have been alerted.

From the Evening News, April 10, 1953

CANNY Boltonians who are thinking of buying new motor cars have asked their dealers to defer delivery until after next Tuesday's Budget. They are keeping their fingers crossed in the hope that the Chancellor will take off the purchase tax.

With the tax on private cars standing at 66 per cent, this would mean a saving of hundreds of pounds. One popular model, for example, has a basic price of £520, but it costs the customer over £900 at the moment.