From the Evening News, September 17, 1904: AT Ashton-under-Lyne Police Court today an elderly woman named Emma Rose was charged with brawling and creating a disturbance during the Curzon Mill strike trouble.

She ran into the procession, quite close to vehicles containing non-striking women, threw her arms wildly into the air and shouted loudly. The Chairman said Rose would have been much better employed at home cleaning her house than shouting and brawling in the street. She was bound over to keep the peace for three months.

THE white fantail pigeons belonging to the proprietor of the White Lion, Cobham, have developed an extraordinary taste for wallowing in the pools of petrol, lubricating oil and grease which drip from automobiles standing in the hotel yard. The proprietor is at his wits' end to know what to do with his demoralised pigeons, for nothing he has tried so far will clean their plumage.

From the Evening News, September 17, 1954: THE new Overdale Crematorium at Heaton was opened by Lord Horder, President of the Cremation Society. He said correspondence between Bolton and his society about the proposed crematorium dated back as far as 1938.

BRITISH Railways (London Midland Region) has announced that in future youths and children will not be allowed on the railway premises at London Road station, Manchester, for the purpose of engine spotting and watching trains. This is because, for some time, children have been placing themselves in danger.

From the Evening News, September 17, 1979: CONTROVERSIAL councillor Barrie Crumblehulme has quit the ruling Tory whip on Bolton Council because he wants to stop being a "political puppet". His decision to vote as an independent at council and committee meetings could lead to a deadlock. The Tories can now count on 34 votes, Labour 33 and Liberals one.

ONE of Britain's most colourful policemen, Mr William Palfrey, died last night at the age of 73. In 1969 Mr Palfrey became Chief Constable of a re-organised Lancashire force which then included Bolton. The straight-talking "copper's copper", who retired in 1972, made outspoken comments about student demonstrators, lenient magistrates, television producers and civil servants.

From the Evening News, September 17, 1994: MEMBERS of the clergy in Bolton will soon have the chance to join the ranks of the trade union movement - thanks to an historic move by one of the country's biggest unions. The Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union has established its own section for the clergy and issued a plea for priests and clerics to join the brotherhood of the trade union movement. Inquiries so far have come mainly from members of the Church of England who are worried about job security caused by financial problems.

A MEASLES epidemic could hit children in Bolton soon - unless parents have their children vaccinated now. The warning was given by health chiefs worried that a severe epidemic could be round the corner because most children over the age of five are not protected. Last year the number of measles cases in Bolton among the over-fives rose to 22 from six the previous year.