From the Evening News, March 11, 1903: BOXING has become so common a practice in this country that it is regarded abroad as one of England's national pastimes.

In Bolton lives one of the best-known professional pugilists, Mr Edward Burke. He both boxes and wrestles, and has fulfilled many important engagements, particularly at Llandudno and other North Welsh resorts.

A stalwart fellow with a well-knit frame, Burke's normal weight is about eight score, but some months ago he fell a victim to that modern malady, influenza, which pulled him down considerable. The after-effects of the illness were severe, and Mr Burke was prostrated for some days, when he was persuaded to try a box of Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people, with the result that in a very short time he was quite well again.

"I got over the attack of influenza in about 10 days," Mr Burke remarked to a representative of the Press, who interviewed him recently at his home, 40, Princess-st., Bradshawgate, but it was by taking Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people that the remaining pains in his back disappeared. "I am only too anxious that others should know what good Dr Williams' pink pills for pale people can do," he said.

From the Evening News, March 12, 1993

BRITAIN'S children are beating the recession with inflation-busting increases in their income, according to a survey. Pocket money, earnings from part-time jobs, and cash gifts from friends and relatives, showed overall rises in line with or above the inflation rate. That meant an average rise in total income this year of eight per cent to £4.15 a week, more than four times the inflation rate. The average weekly sum for pocket money from parents is now £1.87.

From the Evening News, March 12, 1978

A CINEMA built 60 years ago to show silent movies will now ring to the sound of pop music. Edgworth businessman Mr Joe Wray has invested several thousand pounds into converting the Mytham Road cinema in Little Lever into a youth club and community centre. There is already a membership of 150 and Joe expects that to grow to around 500. The Corona Club takes its name from the original cinema. Joe's future plans for the site include an outdoor skateboard park, ice cream parlour, and to expand the present snack bar into a cafe.

From the Evening News, March 12, 1953

BEFORE the war, there stood in the booking hall at Trinity-st. railway station, a map of Bolton with push-button switches which used to illuminate the various firms in the town and the bus termini, etc. Where has it gone, and will it be replaced?

The answer to these two points is that the indicator map is still in existence, being stored at a local mill, but it is unlikely that the map will be returned to the station unless greater public pressure is exerted. The map is the property of the Bolton Junior Chamber of Commerce, which was eager to restore it to Trinity-st. Station at the end of the war. So frustrated have the members become that they have now decided to offer the map for sale, and already one inquiry has been received.