From the Evening News, December 14, 1992 - DAVID Felgate, the keeper who started his career at Burnden as an apprentice, has been transfer-listed at his own request.

Felgate, now 32 and a first team regular for more than five seasons, wants to secure his future elsewhere after losing his place to summer signing Keith Branagan.

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

December 14, 1977

IT was kisses all the way today for Prince Charles as he visited Greater Manchester. Pretty teenage girls were everywhere as Prince Charming started a whistle-stop Jubilee visit to Ashton, Manchester, Bury, Salford and Bolton. He visited Bury Town Hall for lunch, and then came to Bolton to tour the Festival of Youth at the Town Hall, followed by an evening visit to the Octagon, and then a champagne reception at the Town Hall.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

December 13, 1952

WITHIN four years of its centenary, Oak Mill, Longcauseway, Farnworth, is to close down completely in the third week in January. The 300 cotton workers at the mill were told of the owner's decision last night. Up to April, 1950, the firm had been a family concern, managed by the Nuttall family for 94 years, and it was one of the oldest in Farnworth. It was started on the Oak Mills site at the corner of Longcauseway and Worsley-rd. in 1856 by Thomas Nuttall and his eldest son James Nuttall.

100 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

December 13, 1902

A SHORT time ago, the Pastor at the Lee Congregational Church, Horwich, the Rev. J.M. Morgan, in the course of a sermon, made reference to the unsatisfactory state of affairs and threatened that if matter did not alter he should resign at the end of the month.

On Wednesday in last week a meeting of the church members was held with the purpose of going fully into the question. At that meeting a letter, which the deacons had sent to the Pastor asking him to resign, was submitted, but a vote of confidence was passed in the rev. gentleman, and thus it would appear that the action of the deacons was not approved.

Four deacons therefore handed in their notice, and now only one remains in office.

A further meeting was held last night, when between 20 and 30 persons were present. The question of financial arrangements between the schools and the church has, we understand, been a point which has given rise to a considerable amount of friction, and this matter was gone into a length. A committee of seven was appointed to take the question into consideration. With reference to the position of the Pastor, nothing further has transpired.