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10:44am Thursday 2nd July 2009 in News
10 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News
July 2, 1999
SEVEN groups in Bolton and Bury are to share cash injections of more than £18,000 of National Lottery money.
One of the groups benefiting from the scheme is the successful Bolton Lads’ and Girls’ Club, which runs a series of activities for youngsters.
Their £975 grant comes hot on the heels of manager Jeremy Glover’s MBE and will be used to upgrade a minibus.
The money comes from the lottery’s Small Grants Scheme, which aims “to improve the quality of life in the community”.
The Regional Awards Committee, made up of voluntary members, makes the decision on behalf of the scheme.
The largest grant of £5,000 is awarded to the Bury Metropolitan Deaf Society, a support group for people with hearing problems.
The money will be used to fund two gas fires and fireguards, some blinds, a cooker, microwave and fridge freezer and new floor covering.
25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News
July 2, 1984
THE saga of the lost lollipop lady outside Scot Lane End School, Blackrod, has taken a new twist . . . in the House of Commons.
Greater Manchester Council withdrew the school’s right to a crossing patrol earlier this year because the number of children using it no longer met the highway department’s criterion.
Blackrod parish Council then offered to pay the lollipop lady’s salary themselves and to meet any GMC administration costs. But the council rejected the plan as legally impossible.
Enter Bolton West MP Tom Sackville, who tabled a Parliamentary question to Transport Minister Nicholas Riley demanding to know “whether he plans to allow local groups such as parish councils or parent associations to maintain school crossing patrols”.
Junior Transport Minister Lynda Chalker informed the MP that the matter rests entirely with the local county council.
50 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News Bulletin
July 2, 1959
Nearly 140 telephones in the Albert-rd., and Worsley-rd., area of Farnworth, were affected by a cable fault in Queen-st., late last night. G.P.O. engineers hoped to have the trouble — believed to have been caused by water — cleared up by this afternoon.
Engineers from Manchester are working on another breakdown at Little Hulton telephone exchange.
100 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News
July 2, 1909
The monthly meeting of the Town Council will be held on Wednesday next. In addition to the ordinary business the Council will be asked to receive the recommendation of the managers of the Bolton Wesleyan and British Elementary Schools, of Mr. J. H. Marsden, for a member of the Education Committee In place of Mr. C. E. Walker, resigned, and to appoint a person on the Distress Committee in place of the late Mr. R. Shorrock.
