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  • Edbro has plenty to celebrate . . .

    By ALAN CALVERT, Industrial Editor ONE of Bolton's best-known companies celebrated an 80th anniversary with a successful appearance at an important exhibition. Edbro has been at the forefront of tipper technology since 1916 when Maurice Edwards developed

  • Top shots

    WESTHOUGHTON may have problems with the Rod Estwick affair but they made sure they did not follow them on to the pitch on Saturday. Playing without their professional, they hit the day's top score, 252-4 with 65 from Andy Forshaw, 56 by Ian Pilkington

  • £8m private court blow

    A PIONEERING scheme to build the first privately funded magistrates court in Bolton has met with further delays. The impressive 12 court building was to be built last November but was put on hold when the Government announced a squeeze on public spending

  • Families tell MPs their leukaemia fears

    FAMILIES who blame overhead electricity pylons for causing leukaemia in children have stepped up their campaign to get legislation introduced which recognises the dangers. Ray Studholme from Little Lever, who blames electro-magnetic fields for the death

  • Atherton topple leaders

    SPRING View suffered their first league defeat of the season as the Vimto Bolton Association ended the first part of a double weekend programme with new leaders. Spring View were toppled by Atherton, while Clifton made their move by virtue of a winning

  • Police examine unsolved murder links

    DETECTIVES from all over the country are today meeting in Essex to probe similarities between a series of murders. Files on three local unsolved murders are believed to among the 220 cases being analysed as part of operation Enigma. There is speculation

  • Cup kings Kearsley still the team to beat

    HAMER Cup holders Kearsley hit out with a vengeance when they began the defence of their trophy yesterday. A home tie against Farnworth Social Circle did not seem to be a real threat to their crown but they perhaps had to adjust their thinking as Circle

  • Guards plan for arson church

    A HORWICH vicar may be forced to employ security guards to protect his church after an arson attack at the weekend. It was the seventh arson attack in the area in recent months - all happened on Friday or Saturday nights. Now the Rev Clive Duxbury says

  • Dublin delivers but it's a Horwich bore draw

    THE Bolton League showed the two extremes of local cricket on Saturday. While Steve Dublin punished the Little Lever bowling attack for 34 runs off ten balls, Horwich pro Grant Long spent 50 overs at the crease reaching 39 not out. Obviously the circumstances

  • £2,000 club raid terror

    TWO masked men held a steward's wife at knifepoint and demanded cash from the safe at a Farnworth club early today. Frank Peake, aged 58, and his wife Joan, aged 53, were locked in 10ft long cupboard at Hawker Siddeley Sports Club on Gladstone Road for

  • Cash boost for arts festival

    PLANS to stage Bolton's biggest ever arts exhibition have been boosted by a surprise cash injection of £4,000. The event, organised by members of the Bolton Art Circle as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, has been awarded the grant by the Foundation

  • Fight back!

    SIR: Two issues raised in the BEN recently are too important to overlook: 1. Guns. Your Editorial says: "There must not be any mistakes". There can't be if guns are banned. There is NO reason to shoot anything. I'm with Billy Connolly on this, anyone

  • Flying vermin

    SIR: I have just returned from what should been a leisurely relaxing lunch in the open air. The events that followed have incensed me so much so that I felt it necessary to put pen to paper, as I'm sure there are many other visitors to the town centre

  • Horse box fall horror

    A WOMAN suffered serious head injuries when she fell from a horse box on the eastbound M62 at Whitefield yesterday. Joanne Curbishley, aged 22, of Nortley, near Chester is in intensive care at Walton Hospital. The vehicle was being driven by her sister

  • Man trapped in car wreck

    A MAN was trapped in his car for over an hour yesterday following a crash on Wigan Road at Westhoughton. The accident happened at about 12.15am. A Mitsubishi Lancer being driven by Michael Derbyshire, aged 18, of Higher Ince was in collision with an Astra

  • Trio from over the 'pond'

    THE SHENANDOAH Ensemble - three musicians from America - will play at Rivington Church on May 31 at 7.30 pm. The violinist, cellist and pianist, are professors at the Shanandoah Conservatory in Virginia. Elizabeth Temple, Associate Professor of Piano

  • Julie flies home to tie the knot

    A BOLTON woman now living in the United States returned to her home town to get married. Julie Taylor, from Cockey Moor Road, Ainsworth, married her boyfriend Troy Clauson at Ainsworth Parish Church on Saturday. For the past nine years Julie, 30, a former

  • Still together

    WE were among the many people who joined in the outcry about the married couple who were to have been separated by bureaucracy after 71 years together. Happily, Cambridgeshire County Council have promised that Bill and May Hill will be able to stay together

  • 25 YEARS AGO

    From the Evening News, May 19, 1971 FORMER Blackpool and England international full-back Jimmy Armfield took over as manager of Bolton Wanderers today. And soon after his arrival at Burnden Park, he was busy on his first task for his new club - the chase

  • Bogus charity woman alert

    HORWICH Police are investigating complaints from local shopkeepers about a bogus charity collector. Several shopkeepers in the town centre claim they were conned by a woman last week asking them to help a good cause. But the traders became suspicious

  • Welcome back to Samuel's restored home

    ONE of Bolton's most prized historic treasures opens its doors to the public this week. Hall i'th' Wood, the home of Samuel Crompton which has undergone a major restoration programme, officially re-opens on Wednesday. During the past 12 months the 15th

  • Greenmount through

    KEVIN Geyer and Andy Williams booked Greenmount's passage into the next round of the Hamer Cup with an unbeaten partnership of 137. Australian Geyer, the club's overseas amateur, hit 100 not out and pro Williams 66 as their side overhauled an impressive

  • Following in hubby's footsteps!

    CLLR BARBARA Ronson has been installed as the new Mayor of Horwich - five years after her husband, Bob, was given the honour. And, like Bob, Cllr Mrs Ronson has decided that during her year of office she will help the young people of the town. She said

  • Thanksfor the votes

    SIR: May I, through your column, take this opportunity to thank all the people of Kearsley who voted for me in the recent local elections. I assure them that my colleagues and I will continue working for the good of the people of Kearsley. Cllr Derek

  • Unfare!

    SIR: I would like to remind N Bamford (BEN: May 13), how wrong he is by blaming GM Buses for increased fares. I would like to tell him that GM Buses have been taken over (privatised) by a southern firm who, like all other takeovers encouraged by the Tory

  • School blaze: Two quizzed

    TWO teenagers are being quizzed by detectives investigating a massive blaze at a Bolton secondary school. The two were held after flames ripped through Withins School, in Newby Road, Breightmet, destroying almost half the building, and causing damage

  • Help from booklet

    SIR: Readers, particularly those who want to keep osteoporosis at bay, or who already have signs of it, will be interested to hear that the Arthritis & Rheumatism Council (ARC) has produced a new booklet on the subject. This is being issued as part

  • Have some fun with Sharron

    SIR: Here's your chance to have fun with Sharron Davies. The Olympic Golden girl of swimming and television's mighty Gladiator is searching for adults and children to join her in a fun poolshow at the Westview Leisure Centre, Preston, on the evening of

  • History task

    SIR: We are tracing our family history and if any reader of this letter is named or has any ancestors with the surname VENN we would be pleased to hear from them. We are seeking people descended or related to our grandfather Theophilus Henry Venn, born

  • Poet's Corner

    Junk mail I opened the door, only to find, Mail and leaflets of every kind. A heap of letters three feet high, Each one designed to catch my eye. One promised to make me a millionaire, Another a loan beyond compare. A gross of nappies on special offer

  • Putting on our top hats

    JEAN Hansen and Margaret Lindsay are offering custom-made concerts with their company Counterpoint. Both are experienced teachers and performers and their aim is to bring together top singers to entertain audiences in a wide variety of concerts. They

  • Motorbiker seriously injured

    A MOTORCYCLIST was thrown from his machine and seriously hurt in an accident in Tottington. Gary Clancey, 34, of Malton Avenue, Whitefield, was travelling along Turton Road towards Bradshaw on a 400cc Yamaha at 4.15pm on Saturday near the junction of

  • Fuel for thought

    MODERN society uses large amounts of energy. A 30pc increase in energy consumption in the UK is expected by the year 2020. Most energy comes from burning fossil fuel producing: Greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide) leading to global warming and climate

  • Burglars steal replica guns

    THIEVES who broke into the home of a country and western club enthusiast stole replica handguns. Mr Robert McKay, who is on the waiting list for a heart operation, said two guns had been stolen along with electrical items and jewellery from their ground

  • World lesson in food at college restaurant

    BOLTON College is exploring the world to give diners a feast of culinary delights. All this week, the catering and hospitality sector is staging a promotional event called a Celebration of Cookery and Food. The feast of fine fare includes everything from

  • Let's celebrate

    THE mass trespass on Smithills Moor 100 years ago opened up some of Bolton's most beautiful moorland to the public. If it had not been for the 10,000 protesters who marched over to Belmont, that land could have been kept for the enjoyment of a favoured

  • Reasonable reaction

    UNDER guidelines issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions, many of the people who use force to protect their property are likely to be spared the ordeal of going to trial. While this seems a sensible move, it does put a tremendous responsibility