THE opening of the first form of iron railway in the county of Lancaster took place on the 1st June, 1803, when the Preston and Walton Summit "Outram Plateway" was for the first time brought into use by the Lancaster Canal Company, by whom it had been constructed in place of an intended canal.

Thus today the railways of Lancashire fulfil their hundred years, and to mark the occasion a party of engineers are walking over the route.

For fifty years this line was known as the Outram-way (named after Mr Outram, the engineer), when the first two letters becoming omitted, the word now in vogue, tramway, was adopted.

From the Evening News, June 2, 1953:

QUEEN Elizabeth the Second rode in her golden coach amid a thunderous tide of cheers from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey for her Coronation today. And, by the magic of this new Elizabethan Age, millions of her subjects were able to watch her progress on television screens and to be spectators at the Abbey ceremony. Millions more, in all parts of the world, listened to broadcast eye-witness accounts of her triumphal progress and followed the dramatic beauty of the enthronement.

In Bolton, town-centre streets were deserted as well over half the town's population watched the ceremonies. Those without television sets were well provided for. At St James's Church, Waterloo-st, at St Augustine's schoolroom, Tonge Moor, the Walker's Institute, and the Bolton Lads' Club in Bark-st., for example, large screen sets were installed for members of the public to see the ceremony.

A special Coronation Special train left Trinity-st. Station last night taking Boltonians to the capital.

The world today cheered the news of the British conquest of Mount Everest, greeting it as a magnificent Coronation tribute to Queen Elizabeth.

From the Evening News, June 1, 1978:

FANCY a tasty earthworm hamburger? Or perhaps a coffee and worm cake or worm biscuits?

The idea of worms for human consumption, claimed to be a nourishing addition to the diet, is being publicised in the United States.

The nutritional value of the earthworm is so high - 73 per cent of its dry body weight is pure protein and it is low in cholesterol - that the creature can hardly be overlooked as a future human food, says a worm farmer from Chicago. He also claims worms are ideal for salad dressings, and for frying in olive oil, seasoned with garlic, as snacks

From the Evening News, June 1, 1993:

BOLTON drivers on their way to work hit the jackpot today - when hundreds of pounds in cash rained down on their cars. Literally dozens of £10 and £5 notes floated down as the amazed motorists were driving along Beaumont Road.

Within minutes up to 60 people were risking their lives and running along the four lanes of the carriageways scooping up the cash, which police say was owned a Bolton businessman whose son was taking about £4,000 to the bank. He apparently put the money in a bag on the car's roof, then forgot about it as he drove off.