http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/ The Bolton News /news/historyben/ en-gb Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:25:18 +0100 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:25:18 +0100 http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/resources/images/934057/?type=rsslogo http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/ http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4477993.On_this_day/?ref=rss 1307: Edward I, having conquered the Welsh, died on his way to Scotland to fight Robert the Bruce. 1814: The first authentic historical novel, Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley, was published. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:33:30 +0100 dd92d623394e4e3d2d75ad8cfa93944e http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4477990.Rest_time_at_the_Acropolis/?ref=rss LOCAL people of Bolton ventured across the waters to the Greek Islands in 1970 on a Bolton Evening News cruise. Our picture shows the tourists taking a well-earned rest after their long haul up to the Acropolis. After their walk, It seems that most of them did not even have enough energy left to raise a smile for the photographer while others seem enthralled with the historic facts the guide was no doubt telling them. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:33:00 +0100 de4774ecbf57264a8a58f221998a85ed http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4478001.From_our_archives/?ref=rss TWO children were sent home from a Farnworth school when they refused to wear emergency footwear supplied by the school after floods ruined their normal shoes. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:35:12 +0100 ee17baa44bea7ef6638edbb2899a4a4b http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4476185.From_our_archives/?ref=rss FREAK storms and torrential rain blitzed schools, homes, pubs and roads causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage, and forcing one local school to close its doors today. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:01:59 +0100 c5a8cd5869271526705d7822311da438 http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4476177.Blooming_time_in_Holland/?ref=rss ADMIRING the tulips at Keukenhof Park — show piece of the Dutch bulb growers – are some of the Bolton people who went on the trip to Holland organised by the Lancashire Journal Series and Clark’s Travel Agency in May, 1969. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:59:41 +0100 5b9bde53d4efbcbafa85321c91c3bcf5 http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4476179.On_this_day/?ref=rss 1535: Sir Thomas More, English statesman and Lord Chancellor, was executed on Tower Hill for refusing to accept Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:00:19 +0100 a946eb746f12b14f7bc24e586b6bce3c http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4471071.From_our_archives/?ref=rss SEVEN groups in Bolton and Bury are to share cash injections of more than £18,000 of National Lottery money. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:44:29 +0100 33f6b481f0b7a0557a1db74f13b966ce http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4471064.On_this_day/?ref=rss 1489: Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII's first reformed Archbishop of Canterbury, was born. He was responsible for The Book of Common Prayer in 1549. 1644: The Battle of Marston Moor took place, in which Cromwell's Roundheads defeated Prince Rupert's Cavaliers and left 3,000 dead. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:43:13 +0100 1933b02f6ec90537ab387b8ab37bdcc8 http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4471057.Early_start_for_seaside_special/?ref=rss OUR photographer was up bright and early to capture this scene at Bolton’s Trinity Street Station in 1970. It was taken at 7.30 in the morning and as the picture shows the platform was packed with holidaymakers waiting patiently for their trains to take them to various resorts around the country. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:42:36 +0100 6e31cf3118d4eb0e322e053da9dabc79 http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/historyben/4461351.Read_all_about_it_____even_when_on_holiday/?ref=rss BOLTON Holidays always took place on the last week of June and the first week of July. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:10:00 +0100 99f5a6c329485634bce451ea2db605bd