THE Association paraded two of their brightest stars on Saturday when Atherton's Karl Brown came up against Clifton's Andrew Griffiths. On the day, 15-year-old Lancashire Academy player Brown took the honours but not before Griffiths played his part in
673 The Venerable Bede, English historian and scholar, was born in Jarrow. 1703 Death of diarist Samuel Pepys. 1805 Napoleon was crowned King of Italy in Milan Cathedral. 1733 John Kay, Richard Arkwright's assistant, patented the Flying Shuttle to operate
1686 Birth of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer. 1809 Dartmoor Prison was opened to house French prisoners of war. From 1850 it was used for convicts. 1819 Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace. 1862
NATIONAL DAY OF JORDAN 1768 Captain Cook set off on his first voyage, to explore the Antipodes. 1787 The Philadelphia Convention, headed by George Washington, began drawing up the USA constitution. 1840 The first drama school in Britain opened. Miss Kelly's
SPRING View's Paul Hart produced one of the bowling performances of the season on Saturday to leave Standish down and out for a meagre 34. It could have been slightly worse, at one stage they were 21-9 after Hart's accurate pace deliveries had them completely
SIX games into the season and the tables have really been turned on champions Tonge. They started Saturday's game third from bottom but finished next to bottom after opponents Farnworth climbed above them after an unlikely draw. The Farnworth total of
MORE THAN 20 youths went on the rampage wrecking a house and fighting in the street after being turned away from a house party in Little Lever. Armed with iron bars, wooden batons and coshes they caused damage estimated at more than £6,000 at the house
SAJID Mahmood came in for praise after producing a five-star performance for Lancashire on the last day of their match at Durham University. Former Egerton and Astley Bridge player Mahmood followed his four wickets in the students' first innings by ripping
FOUR of the surviving members of the Wanderers 1953 FA Cup Final team met up again to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the famous match with a champagne lunch. Malcolm Barrass, Harold Hassall, Nat Lofthouse and Doug Holden, who had travelled from his
RANGERS defender Arthur Numan could be set for a summer switch to Bolton Wanderers. The 33-year-old Dutch left back's days are numbered at Ibrox and the Reebok Stadium is being tipped as his most likely destination. Numan is out of contract and is resigned
A NEW £5 million state-of-the art office development has opened at the Reebok Stadium. The Business Centre has taken 10 months to build and is home to Reebok UK's showrooms and the Apparel Design Centre on the second floor of the North Stand overlooking
AN 11 year-old girl suffered a broken nose during an incident at a Bolton primary school. Chantelle Littlewood has told school chiefs that an 11-year-old boy headbutted her and then kicked her. And her father vowed to keep his daughter off school until
A FIRM building Bolton's first privately-financed school has gone into receivership, owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to contractors -- and leaving the project unfinished. Receivers have been called into the offices of Glasgow-based developers Melville
PLANS to be build six apartments on Church Street, Westhoughton, have been refused by Westhoughton Town Council. The application for the site of the former Church of Nazarene was refused on the grounds that the access should not be from the main road,
VISITORS to Moses Gate Country Park on Thursday will be able to take part in a teddy bears picnic. It is the latest in a programme of events organised by Bolton Council's countryside rangers. Winnie the Pooh, Paddington and Pudsy have all been invited
WESTHOUGHTON Town Council has voted not to receive councillors' allowances under a new government regulation. The government has altered the rules, which now enables town and parish councillors to receive allowances and pension schemes. But the town council
RADIO Two organist Nigel Ogden is back in Bolton by popular demand. Nigel will appear at Trinity Church, Higher Market Street in Farnworth on Friday June 6 at 7,30pm with a wide variety of music. Tickets are available from any member of the church choir
THERE is still time to enter Horwich in Bloom -- Horwich Town Council's gardening competition -- and get 12 free bedding plants. Gardeners must enter on or before May 30 to qualify for the plants. Horwich in Bloom entrants will be asked to collect their
PAST and present members of the Farnworth based Cecilian Singers will meet for a 50th anniversary dinner on Tuesday night. The members who still have the same musical director, Mr Albert Hadcroft, since they formed in April 1953, will meet at a restaurant
A COUNCILLOR has raised concerns over the future of the redundant Bellhouse Hartwell factory on Leigh Road, Daisy Hill. Westhoughton councillor Janet Halliwell has asked a Bolton Council planning officer what progress has been made on protecting parts
CONCERNS have been raised over the delay in producing a traffic calming scheme for a Westhoughton road. The question of introducing the scheme along Cherwell Road was raised after complaints of speeding traffic. Residents in the area had demanded a traffic
A SAMBA band, circus skills, Punch & Judy, fairground rides and talent competitions are just some of the events planned for the annual fun day organised by Grosvenor Estate Resident Association, Kearsley, on June 8. The event will be staged at Bank
YOUNGSTERS can take a step back in time this half term holiday and learn the Tudor crafts of pomander making and quill pen writing. The events are being held at Hall i' th' Wood, Bolton's 15th century grand house which is now a museum. There will also
THERE is still time to enter Horwich in Bloom -- Horwich Town Council's gardening competition -- and get 12 free bedding plants. Gardeners must enter on or before May 30 to qualify for the plants. Horwich in Bloom entrants will be asked to collect their
A GIANT living room is being set in the middle of Manchester to try to clinch a world record. Amstel, sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, will be staging the stunt on Tuesday and Wednesday in the build-up to the Champions League final being held at
BUS and rail passengers are being warned about possible delays in Manchester city centre next Wednesday when Old Trafford plays host to the UEFA Champions League final. It is expected that more than 50,000 fans will converge on the city centre before
WANDERERS' home will forever be known as the Reebok Stadium. Chairman Phil Gartside says that whatever sponsorship deals are done in the future the club's successful association with sportswear firm Reebok will forever be reflected in the stadium name
WHAT a joy to see Rodney Marsh's face and listen to his comments after Bolton's stunnning victory at the Reebok stadium. He has had it in for the Wanderers all season. Congratulations to Big Sam and the team and may next season be even more prosperous
DESPITE the fact we could not get tickets for the last match, it was wonderful to see how Bolton stayed up. It is great to have something to cheer about in a football wilderness like we have down here. Show the country next season that you are now in
I HAVE just bought a copy of the Bolton Evening News dated May 19 and felt I must write to vent my anger at, what I can only describe, as a ridiculous increase in my season ticket price. After supporting Bolton Wanderers since 1975, and having been a
GAMES lessons at a Farnworth school will never be the same again when a new £1.8million sports hall is completed. Pupils at the James's CE secondary school will no longer have to put up with draughty corridors and leaky roofs. Instead they will have a
I FIND it quite sickening the way the press has focused on the demise of West Ham and painted us as the 'bad guys' for staying up. Yes, it is sad for any team to go down but the media coverage has been very biased towards West Ham. Even the TV Premiership
I'M a Swiss-Canadian retired football fan. I like to surf on the web to find interesting stories. Canada's only sport is hockey and Switzerland's football is reduced to Basle, Stephane Henchoz's injury and, maybe, the Swiss national team. So, I have to
OKAY. So here's the thing. I'm on a train. It is the 11.15pm from Manchester to Blackpool via Bolton on a Friday night. I've had more than a few glasses of white wine and want my bed. My usual trick on the last train is to read a book, not an easy task
THE new-look Bolton Council has finally been sorted out leaving the Lib Dems fuming in the poliitical wilderness. Labour and Tories divided the key committee chairs between them resulting in Lib Dem Cllr David Wilkinson launching a ferocious attack on
A SAMBA band, circus skills, Punch & Judy, fairground rides and talent competitions are just some of the events planned for the annual fun day organised by Grosvenor Estate Resident Association, Kearsley, on June 8. The event will be staged at Bank
FLYING winger Leroy Rivett has become a fully-fledged member of Leigh Centurions' promotion-chasing squad . Leeds-based Rivett put pen to paper on a deal that will keep him at Hilton Park for the rest of the season. Rivett, who won the Lance Todd Trophy
IT has been good to be reminded, in the Bolton Evening News and on TV, of the famous FA Cup Final of 50 years ago between Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool. Neil Bonner's report in your issue of Friday, May 2, along with the accompanying pictures, revived
BUS and rail passengers are being warned about possible delays in Manchester city centre next Wednesday when Old Trafford plays host to the UEFA Champions League final. It is expected that more than 50,000 fans will converge on the city centre before
LEIGH RMI have appealed for new backers to join them to help secure the club's future. They are looking for people with business experience, energy and enthusiasm to join the board of directors, volunteers to help behind the scenes and a larger supporter
CHRIS Billy and Colin Cramb bid farewell to Gigg Lane this week with one already regretting his move to Cumbria and the other still hopeful of a new Bury deal. Billy this week joined Third Division rivals Carlisle United while Cramb was among a host of
THE Whit Walks in Manchester on Bank Holiday Monday attracted more than 2,500 people in three processions all walking towards Manchester Cathedral. The processions, started at 9.15am, leaving from Fir Street and Cathedral Street in Manchester and also
A STUDY commissioned by the council has found that more should be done to protect the historic city of Chester from serious fire. The report was undertaken after the Bridge Street fire in 2001, which cost the city's insurers several million pounds. It
A SPECIAL group has been set up to steer people in Bolton towards a healthy diet. The newly-formed Five-A-Day Steering Group is due to meet up for the first time on Thursday, June 5, to thrash out ideas on how to increase Bolton people's fruit and vegetable
A FIRM building Bolton's first privately-financed school has gone into receivership, owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to contractors -- and leaving the project unfinished. Receivers have been called into the offices of Glasgow-based developers Melville
A SCENIC Walk around Jumbles Reservoir has been organised by leading children's charity NCH. The sponsored riverside walk along Bradshaw Brook takes place on Saturday, June 7, at 10.30am. If you would like to take part, ring 01925 715385.
DAVID Crausby MP, has changed the date of his surgery due to Parliamentary commitments. The dates of his next two surgeries have been changed to Friday, June 6, 4.30pm-6.30pm, at Bolton Town Hall, Dido Suite; and Friday, July 4, 4.40pm-6.30pm, at Bolton
WANDERERS chairman Phil Gartside is hopeful Mike Whitlow will follow Anthony Barness' lead by putting his name to a new contract. Barness signed two days ago for another two years at the Reebok and Wanderers hope Whitlow will accept his offer - reported
A TOP local business is packing its bags and moving -- down the street. EK Williams has been granted permission to build a three-storey office block at the junction of Mill Street and Cricketer's Way on Pavilion Square, Westhoughton. Its prestigious new
WALKDEN'S title aspirations were given a timely lift as they finally made it to the top of the Bolton League. The former champions are the early favourites to regain the crown they let slip to Tonge last season, and their win over Farnworth Social Circle
LANCASHIRE'S one-day promotion hopes suffered an embarrassing blow as they were humbled by Scotland's part-timers at Old Trafford. They fell 41 runs short of a Saltires total set up by solicitor Greg Williamson and postman Colin Smith. At least Lancashire
SAM Allardyce had better beware. His darts mentor is ready to call in a favour a little sooner than expected. PDC World Champion John Part last month joined Phil Taylor at the Reebok Stadium in a bid to coach the Wanderers boss to victory in the UK Open
TICKETS for the Winter League Presentation Night, to be held on Friday, June 6, at the Ellesmere Club, are now available from Andy Peace. The final competitions of the Winter League are now complete and the Winners are as follows: Individuals K/O: Winner
BACK o'th' Bank Bowling Club, Fairhaven Road, Bolton, will stage the Rita Aspinall Trophy on Sunday, June 29. Entry is just £1 and proceeds go to Bolton's Coronary Care Appeal. Further details from Lynn 301421.
FORMER Spurs player Graham Roberts has urged Glenn Hoddle to follow Bolton Wanderers' policy of signing top continental stars on loan. Wanderers' enjoyed success with their method of recruiting quality players on long term loan last season. Bernard Mendy
MEMORIES came flooding back for residents who turned out in force to celebrate the grand reopening of their local park. Sunnyside Park in Great Lever was once a "mill park" carefully looked after by its owners and a haven for cotton mill workers who paid
DAVID Crausby MP, has changed the date of his surgery due to Parliamentary commitments. The dates of his next two surgeries have been changed to Friday, June 6, 4.30pm-6.30pm, at Bolton Town Hall, Dido Suite; and Friday, July 4, 4.40pm-6.30pm, at Bolton
A 78-YEAR-OLD woman badly injured in a head on smash at Atherton, is still in intensive care at the Royal Bolton Hospital. The woman who has not been named, was driving a Corsa car at Lovers Lane, Atherton, when she was involved in a collision with a
A PLANNING application for nine houses on Wigan Road, Westhoughton, has been approved by Westhoughton Town Council. The application was for land at Gorsey Grove Farm, adjacent to the entrance to Green Meadows. The developer, Towncroft Construction, originally
TWO cousins aged 14 and 12 were attacked by a gang of youths and indecently assaulted. The incident happened after the girls had left Hollycroft skate park, Breightmet, where they had been looking for a lost mobile phone. Outside, a gang of six youths
KITE making workshops for children will be held at Crompton Place shopping centre, Bolton, on Friday, May 29 from 10am to 4pm. Entry and all materials are free. Two designers will be on hand to offer help and advice.
PAST and present members of the Farnworth based Cecilian Singers will meet for a 50th anniversary dinner on Tuesday night. The members who still have the same musical director, Mr Albert Hadcroft, since they formed in April 1953, will meet at a restaurant
VISITORS to Moses Gate Country Park on Thursday will be able to take part in a teddy bears picnic. It is the latest in a programme of events organised by Bolton Council's countryside rangers. Winnie the Pooh, Paddington and Pudsy have all been invited
THE Atlantis nightclub has teamed up with The Teenage Cancer Trust to support the Charity's 3rd Bandanna campaign to help raise funds for a dedicated cancer unit for young people. Starting this Bank Holiday weekend Atlantis will be raising funds and selling
AN 11 year-old girl suffered a broken nose during an incident at a Bolton primary school. Chantelle Littlewood has told school chiefs that an 11-year-old boy headbutted her and then kicked her. And her father vowed to keep his daughter off school until
CONGRATULATIONS on the win at the weekend. I always knew you could pull it off. I'm one of your team's biggest fans in New Zealand. I have followed Bolton Wanderers since 1998. Good on you boys. The Bolton flag is flying proudly at our house. Cheers Delwyn
I NOTICE with interest no mention of the huge increase in the price of the family ticket at the Reebok from £629 to £773 -- a huge £144 and rather more than the 10 per cent increase mentioned by a club spokesman. This increase is a lot in one go and flies
I TOOK my granddaughter to the game against Middlesbrough. It was her first visit to the Reebok and what a day it turned out to be. The atmosphere was electric and when the chants of "Oh when the Whites..." sounded around the stadium, the emotion was
TO all the Bolton players and supporters, Congratulations from me and all the supporters in Australia who had to watch the Birmingham v West Ham game and agonise for the last 45 minutes as the unthinkable happened when Ricketts scored and West Ham took
THREE thousands miles away in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Bolton Wanderers' final game of the season was eagerly anticipated. The Sky Sports network in Canada showed the big match on a four-hour time delay. It was just a matter of staying away from the internet
WHERE they play and when National League One June 1 Doncaster ...H 8 National Cup Semi Final 15 Dewsbury ...A 22 Salford ...H 29 Hull KR ...H July 6 National Cup Final 13 Rochdale ...A 20 Whitehaven ...A 27 Batley ...H August 3 Featherstone ...A 10 Oldham
Oldham 12 Leigh Centurions 10 by Mike Hulme: LEIGH Centurions' 100 per cent start to the National League One season was wrecked by lowly Oldham who pulled off a shock win at Boundary Park. The defeat, Leigh's first in five games, was a huge blow to the
IT will be a summer of change at Gigg Lane with a number of players set to leave and come in. Andy Preece has a busy period in front of him as he looks to rebuild his squad for another assault on the Third Division promotion places. The Shakers boss'
BOLTON's new £1.2 million renal unit has been officially opened by two of the town's MPs. After performing the opening ceremony at the Royal Bolton Hospital, Dr Brian Iddon and David Crausby met some of the first patients to use the new dialysis service
A NEW state of the art Renal Dialysis Unit has been opened at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Bolton MPs Dr Brian Iddon and David Crausby jointly officially opened the new £1.2 million unit for people in the Bolton and Wigan area who have kidney problems.
Lowry's Travels Although well known for his strong links to industrial Manchester, this exhibition reveals other parts of the country that were important and influential to the artist. Until Jul 6, free.
Myths and Monsters Magical moving models tell the story of dragons, unicorns and The Yeti exploring the legends behind them. Until June 1, 10am to 5pm, £3.50, £2.50 conc. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH, TRAFFORD PARK. In The Mood A look at the music, dance
A FREE live concert by the Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet is to be beamed live to an outside screen on Liverpool's Pier Head on Bank Holiday Monday night. The production of Manet will be shown at 6pm as part of an initiative to bring opera to
GREEN Boltonians helped to recycle more than 40 million Christmas cards in a scheme run by the Woodland Trust in partnership with WHSmith and Tesco. Residents of Greater London recycled most cards -- 86.9 tonnes. In Bolton the figure was 1.95 tonnes.
GAMES lessons at a Farnworth school will never be the same again when a new £1.8million sports hall is completed. Pupils at the James's CE secondary school will no longer have to put up with draughty corridors and leaky roofs. Instead they will have a
A MAN is due to appear before Bolton magistrates following an attack in Bolton town centre. Detectives say the 35-year-old victim was attacked early Saturday morning after two groups of men were ejected from a nightclub. Police said the victim was punched
A RETIRED Bolton couple were lucky to escape with their lives when their car plunged down a ravine on the Greek holiday isle of Corfu. Dennis Rowbottom, aged 67, and his 63-year-old wife, Joan, had to be cut free from the wreckage of the car after it
A BOLTON MP is calling on his colleagues to turn out in support of a total ban on the sale of fireworks. David Crausby, MP for Bolton North-east, hopes enough MPs will show up in parliament next month to give the Fireworks Bill the backing it needs. The
A HUSBAND and wife who terrorised lone women in a violent robbery spree have been sent to jail for a total of 15 years. Drug addicts Karl and Gaynor McLoughlin, who have four children, embarked on a three day robbery binge to feed their heroin and crack
THE Whit Walks in Manchester on Bamnk Holiday Monday attracted more than 2,500 people in three processions all walking towards Manchester Cathedral. The processions, started at 9.15am, leaving from Fir Street and Cathedral Street in Manchester and also
RADIO Two organist Nigel Ogden is back in Bolton by popular demand. Nigel will appear at Trinity Church, Higher Market Street in Farnworth on Friday June 6 at 7,30pm with a wide variety of music. Tickets are available from any member of the church choir
WANDERERS believe they will have a head start on some clubs in next season's relegation shake-up. The Reebok men are confident two years of Premiership experience and beating the drop will stand them in good stead when battle recommences. Chairman Phil
