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2:09pm Tuesday 21st September 2010 in News
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News September 21 2000 MEMBERS of a project designed to combat bullying across Bolton will present a first performance of a new play written and directed by teenagers tonight.
The Bolton Bully Free Zone team is inviting the public to watch the drama, called A Different Gravey, which aims to spread the message that conflicts can be resolved peacefully.
Cath Rose of Bully Free Zone said: “The play is aimed at older young people, the reason for this is that we have undertaken a great deal of work with younger children.
The play, which is described as a “humorous yet thought provoking approach to the issue of bullying”, has been written by 18-year-old Bully Free Zone volunteer Ryan Hinegan.
It has been directed by volunteer, Kevin Walsh, aged 18.
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News September 21 1985 BOLTON police will declare a temporary “amnesty” for erring drivers when the big pedestrian priority zone scheme comes into force in the town-centre next month.
The scheme, centred on Deansgate, will change much of the traffic system in the town centre and leave many drivers scratching their heads.
So from day one of the change over — planned to be Monday, Oct. 7 — Bolton police will take a “sympathetic view” of those who get it wrong... for a few days anyway.
Supt Brian Wood, head of the town centre police area said: “I am sure many drivers will be confused. Such a major changeover is bound to cause problems at first. It is only fair to give the public the benefit of the doubt.”
However, he added that anyone who, in the police view, was ‘trying it on’ would be booked.
50 YEARS AGO From the Evening News September 21 1960 AS prejudice against them grows less, and the shortage of land more acute, more and more flats are being built to meet housing needs in Bolton. But building high is not an ideal solution to the problem, for it brings with it much higher building costs.
People now living in flats will probably be surprised to learn that it cost several hundreds of pounds more to accommodate them than if they had been allocated a house. Yet it is a fact that flats of any height cost more to build than houses, and that usually the higher the building the higher is the cost of each individual flat. The average cost of the three-bedroomed semi-detached houses was £1 9s a sq ft, but for three-bedroomed flats it was £1 13s a sq ft, two-bedroomed flats £1 18s, and one-bedroomed £2 3s 6d. There is, however a saving in the cost of drainage and site works in the case of the flats, which varies from £20 to £40, compared with £85-£100 for a house.
100 YEARS AGO From the Evening News September 21 1910 It was decided by the Bury farmers on Tuesday night to raise the price of milk by a half-penny per quart. The Chorley Co-operative Society was on Tuesday fined 5s. and costs for selling coal in sacks under weight. It was stated that the shortage in seven bags was 44lbs.
