Today we look back on the final quarter of 2023.
From new businesses opening to celebrity visits, it was a busy end to the year.
September:
After the 2023/24 football season resumed there was the closure of the summer transfer window.
Bolton Wanderers were involved - but it was departures rather than arrivals which marked the final day.
Kieran Sadlier and Declan John were those who said goodbye to the Toughsheet Community Stadium this month.
Concerns were raised that the squad was left on the trim side as a result.
Fans said the starting eleven had been left in a weaker position than the previous year.
But with the club ending the year in the play off spots perhaps the decisions made over the course of the transfer window have been vindicated.
The same month there was more bad business news for the town.
Morrisons on Bury Road, Breightmet, had said that its performance was not sustainable.
However it was in September that the store closed its doors and workers were left with the risk of redundancy.
Also in the same month commuters in Bolton got up to discover dust from the Saharan desert had covered their cars.
The Met office had predicted that the dust was travelling throughout the UK.
And following this Enhance Bolton warned it could damage paint on cars if it was not wash off safely.
October:
An American burger chain opened its doors in Bolton this month.
Five Guys officially opened at the Middlebrook retail park.
It was the fifteenth store which the franchise has in the north west and joined other chains in the same spot including YO! Sushi, Bella Italia, Nando’s, Pizza Hut and TGI Fridays.
District manager Paul Martin was happy to open there.
He said: “Opening in Bolton is also great, we have been looking at different places around the north for a long time.
"It is great to be here, the community love it and everyone is coming in and having a good time, we are very proud to be here.”
November:
The highlight of this month was the return of a Bolton legend to the town.
Vernon Kay took a quick detour before the end of a gruelling ultramarathon.
The Bolton born presenter was greeted by former teachers as he headed to the St Joseph's RC High School.
His old music teacher Jane Hampton was among those to greet him.
During her 17 years at the school she taught Vernon and his brother Stephen.
Vernon Kay swung by as he covered 115 miles in a run from Leicester.
There was further bad news on the roads as a young man died following a road crash.
December
The RAAC crisis continued to impact Bolton this time after it was discovered at The Royal Bolton Hospital.
It was discovered in the maternity unit.
A number of schools in Bolton have been affected by the crisis, with areas cordoned off until the issue can be resolved.
Storm Pia hit the town uprooting trees and causing chaos in the town. Council bosses reassured people that they do inspect trees regularly.
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