25 YEARS AGO

rom the Evening News, September 15, 1975

ERE, Ere, Ere, what's all this about ears then - do your husband's pinnas stick out in sexy fashion? If you've never given them a second thought, now is the time to change your ways, says Bolton expert, Dr Ivor Felstein. Because Pinnas (to give them their correct Latin name), or just plain ears to you and me, are a sub-conscious sexual attraction to women - especially if they stick out, he says. Dr Felstein, a senior medical officer in the geriatric department at Bolton General Hospital, has researched the effect of those protruding appendages, and come to the conclusion that women secretly adore them.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, September 15, 1950

NOW that soap is off the ration and we have more liberty in our choice of when and what we can buy, it is up to every housewife to learn all she can about this very necessary commodity so that she can get the best value for her money, and the best results from her purchase. Household soap should be moderately hard, and should not dent when the finger is pressed on. It should not be so hard, however, that it cannot be scratched with the finger nail.

Toilet soap differs from household soap in that it is sold containing just its correct proportion of water. It should not, therefore be stored, as it will harden and crack, and lose its perfume.

Never buy cheap soap for washing the skin, as it is dearest in the long run, often resulting in sores and roughness which will need treatment.

Odds and end of soap should be dropped into a stone jam jar, then a walnut-sized piece of soda added, and sufficient boiling water poured in just to cover them. They should be stirred occasionally, until they form a soap jelly, which will be found very useful for scrubbing, especially stone and tilework.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, September 15, 1875

ON Saturday last, Mr John Wrigley, superintendent of the Waterworks Department of the Corporation, was suspended from his office in consequence of his declining to give up his keys, or produce a certain Ledger, which was required by Mr Halliday, accountant, of Manchester, who has been for some time auditing the Corporate accounts. Mr Wrigley sent a doctor's certificate stating that he was too ill to attend the meeting, and although the Mayor and Town Clerk were deputed to examine the cupboards and drawers in Mr Wrigley's office, they reported that they had not been able to find the Ledger. They were then deputed to visit Mr Wrigley at his house, and on returning reported that no satisfactory information could be obtained from him as to the whereabouts of the missing book. In Mr Wrigley's private office has been found a trap door which was not previously known to employees in the offices.