THE painfully sudden death of Joseph Ward (20), a carter in the employ of the Bolton Co-operative Society, and residing at 25, Peabody-st., was reported to the Borough Coroner (Mr Rowland Taylor) this morning. Deceased was a well-built young man standing six feet high, and, it is stated, never ailed anything. He was out with his horse and lurry on Saturday at a field-day.

On Sunday morning he got up between eight and nine o'clock, and complained of not feeling well. He was persuaded to lie down again, and took some tea. After having dinner he went down to the stables in John-st. and later visited a friend's house nearby.

There he was seized by a fit, and on coming out said he was better, but a second seizure immediately afterwards proved fatal. Dr Patrick attended after death.

From the Evening News, August 5, 1953:

TWENTY-six Britons were among the first 400 Allied prisoners-of-war to be released by the Communists today. They drove through the Korean ceasefire line to the warmest welcome that the sympathy and resources of the United Nations Army could give them. Some were smiling and cheerful, but others, including many South Koreans, were so weak and pale they could hardly walk.

The Allies also began to deliver Chinese and North Korean prisoners to the Communists.

From the Evening News, August 5, 1978:

THE Swansea motor licensing centre, hit by industrial action, has told drivers that they can legally stay on the road for up to a year without current driving licences while computer delays hold up the issue of new licences.

A 71-years-old widow blamed the council after a four-ton tree branch crashed onto her Bolton bungalow today. Mrs Doris Bradbury was asleep when the 80ft branch, overhanging her home, split from its trunk. It smashed through a garage and washroom, split roof timbers in her bungalow, and ended up near her bedroom. Mrs Bradbury said that she had been complaining that the tree was dangerous since she moved five years ago to her council-rented home at the Gatehouse, Smithills Dean Road.

From the Evening News, August 5, 1993:

KIDS are going back nearly 20 years to get their kicks. The 70s pop music revival is sweeping the country, with teenagers sporting flares and lovebeads and 20-year-old bands on the radio.

Ultimate 70s pop band Abba and their tinfoil jumpsuits are back in vogue, while even those medallioned disco gurus the Bee Gees have a new record out