SOME nightmares never seem to end. Just when Horwich folk thought the spectre of Red Moss becoming a "supertip" had finally been banished, proposals have been drafted which may see the area being earmarked for waste disposal in the early years of the next century.

Bolton Council obviously have to make plans for the Millennium where environmental matters are concerned - and allow for the ever-increasing volume of rubbish we dispose of every week.

However, they must now also take account of the massive amount of commercial development that has taken place alongside the spectacular Reebok Stadium. It is no longer just a case of listening to local residents taking a "not in our backyard" stance - however sensible those protests may be. If the area was unsuitable for "supertip" plans before, the arguments against such an ecological blot on the landscape have now surely multiplied.

We now have a Government promoting the idea of using old industrial urban land as sites for new homes, rather than eating away at precious Green Belt land. We should include areas like Red Moss in a similar category - as something worth saving for future generations. Saluting a scheme BURY'S proud links with the Lancashire Fusiliers date back more than 200 years. So an ambitious £750,000 scheme to keep this splendid history within the town deserves to succeed.

Moving the town's regimental museum from its home at Wellington Barracks on Bolton Road and into a new site at the town's impressive Castle Armoury could make it more accessible - and provide a further boost to a town centre development that's one of the best in the North-west.

Flushed with success THE pumping station at Heaton Park reservoir now ranks alongside Coventry's 1949 statue of Lady Godiva and Runnymede's memorial to President Kennedy as a work of modern art. Turning on the tap and flushing the loo will never be quite the same.

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