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Life in 1930s Bolton
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FASCINATING images from Bolton in the 1930s depicting everyday life in the mill town form the centrepiece of a new permanent exhibition.
Read our full article here or view the photo gallery.

Museum berth plan for ship’s artefacts
1:14pm Tuesday 13th May 2008
ARTEFACTS from the warship that was paid for by the people of Bolton could go on display in a naval museum in Kent.

HMS Dido: A week in a million
1:12pm Tuesday 13th May 2008
THE week-long effort to bring in £1m to "adopt" HMS Dido proved to be the most outstanding fundraising effort in Bolton's history.

Wonderful memories from a rock 'n' roll life
8:57am Sunday 11th May 2008
The Palais feature also evoked memories for Jim Morris, from Farnworth, who emailed The Bolton News: Colin Shaw's great article brought back some wonderful memories of dance in the 1950s and onwards for me.

Happy dance hall days of 50s Bolton
7:45pm Saturday 10th May 2008
The recent feature on Bolton Palais (Looking Back on March 15) was "nostalgia at its very best" for John Sutton, aged 74, from Astley Bridge. Here he contributes his recollections . . .

From our files - May 10
12:58pm Saturday 10th May 2008
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News May 11, 1998.

VE Day remembererd
2:40pm Friday 9th May 2008
THE anniversary of VE Day was marked by a special service in Victoria Square with veterans and members of the public observing a two-minute silence at Bolton's war memorial.

Crowds check in for model air display
Crowds check in for model air display
11:43am Mon 5 May 08
CROWDS of fascinated youngsters, mainly boys, were attracted to the Oxford Street store of Greater Lancastria Co-operative Society in 1979 when Captain Robert Carney brought his airport display to town.

Were you in on the Bolton Va Va boom?
11:39am Monday 5th May 2008
Has any Looking Back reader got any photographs of Va Va?
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From our files - May 5
11:38am Monday 5th May 2008
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News May 5 1998.

From our files - May 3
11:23am Saturday 3rd May 2008
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News May 3 1998.

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