Music must be taught in schools

An ancient Greek philosopher, he said, observed that every wise nation would have all its children taught to sing and Mr Ruskin improved on that by saying that every child ought to be taught the use of the voice in song and in speech. Music must be taught in day schools - it would come sooner or later.

MISS Christabel Pankhurst, who was recently refused permission to read for the Bar at one of the Inns of Court, has applied to be admitted a member of the Manchester Law Students' Society. The rules preclude her admission, but one of the members has given notice that he will move an alteration at the next meeting, which, if carried, will make it possible for Miss Pankhurst to be admitted.

From the Evening News, March 6, 1954: GREY-HAIRED under-carder Tom Felton, 70 next month, will be at work in the mill as usual on Monday, starting his second half century of service with a Bury firm. Mr Felton, Ormrod Street, Bury, last night received the gift of an armchair from colleagues at the woollen mill of Messrs Thomas Hardman and Sons Ltd. "Now I have finished half a century I will make a start on the next 50 years," he said.

"I am fit and I like work."

SINCE leaving school, Andy Southworth, the Bolton YMCA centre forward, who has made a reputation as a prolific socrer in junior football, claims to have obtained close on 200 goals. So far this season he has topped the half-century mark and is proving one of the outstanding members of the team in their strong challenge for Section "B" championship honours in the SSS League.

From the Evening News, March 6, 1979: A back-bench revolt now threatens the government over its "reluctant" decision to comply with the European Court of Justice ruling that the tachograph - the so-called "spy in the cab" - must be fitted to British lorries. Left-wingers not only dislike the device, which checks hours driven, but also see it as a "grotesque" surrender of the sovereignty of Westminster to Brussels.

TRIPLE Grand National champion Red Rum had to stay outside when he paid a fleeting visit to Bury for the opening of a new betting shop. The original plan was for "Rummy" to be led inside the shop in Bolton Road.

But the doorway was just not big enough for him to squeeze through and the ceremony was moved outside.

From the Evening News, March 5, 1994: AFTER a series of scandals involving people in public life, a local priest is urging people to show tolerance. Writing in this month's parish magazine, the Rev Simon Tatton-Brown, rector of St Bartholomew's Church, Westhoughton, asks if our expectations of those in public life are too high. He writes: "Why do our newspapers suggest that the Prince of Wales is unfit to be the future Supreme Governor of the Church of England? "True, his marriage has failed, but at least he does not cut his wives' heads off."

PRISONERS at Strangeways jail are going back to school to help them stick to the straight and narrow. Tuition costing £500,000 a year is being offered at Manchester City College for inmates to improve their chances of a job on the outside.