25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, July 16, 1975

ALLEGATIONS that the village of Blackrod has been neglected since its inclusion in Bolton Metropolitan Borough were rejected today by Bolton Council officials. Blackrod councillors say their once neatly kept village is in a 'disgraceful state', and they complain of grass growing wild on estates, unswept roads and broken pavements.

PARACETAMOL and a brisk trot round the block - that's the hangover cure offered today by the Health Education Council. 'Believe it or not,' says the council, 'paracetamol and lots of water, together with exercise, are about the only things to have a useful effect.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, July 17, 1950

AN Australian women's association in Melbourne has drawn up plans for managing husbands.

'Feed the brute and let him think he is boss,' rates the first place.

Other hints:- Find his heart through his stomach; butter him up; chop the wood; don't nag; never argue with him; always meet him with a smile; share all responsibilities.

But some members confessed they 'just couldn't manage their husbands.'

DESCRIBING them as 'two of the black spots of Bolton,' Counc W. Walsh has drawn the attention of the 'Evening News' to two sites in Derby Ward - one at Quebec-street and the other at Willows-lane - where children were playing on heaps of rubble and buildings condemned to be pulled down, constantly risking serious injuries to themselves and alarming the neighbourhood.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, July 17, 1875

A PRIVATE letter received in Sheffield yesterday from one of the crew of the iron ship Glance, of London, which arrived in the Thames from Adelaide on Thursday, brings intelligence of a terrible event which occurred on the 27th. ult. On that day the Glance passed the Jessie Osborne, outward bound, and was hailed by the captain. He reported that one of his crew had gone mad, for five days, had stationed himself aloft, and that nothing could induce him to return to deck. It was further stated that the man had armed himself with a large chisel, with which he was cutting the ropes, that the boatswain had endeavoured to bring him down, but that the maniac had thrown a block at him, which struck him on the head, and that he had fallen on the deck, breaking an arm and a leg. As a matter of safety to his vessel and his crew, the captain considered it was necessary to shoot the man, and this, after some consultation, was decided upon. The crew and the officers of the Glance were requested to be present as witnesses, and in their presence the unfortunate man was shot with a revolver. In consequence of the way in which he moved about the rigging, three shots had to be fired before he was fatally struck. He was then mortally wounded and died soon afterwards.