25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, May 31, 1973

THE Rev Ian Corbett has been sacked as editor of the Bolton Parish magazine following complaints that it was becoming liberal and light-hearted. Writing in this month's edition, the Ven. H.O. Fielding, Archdeacon of Rochdale and Vicar of Bolton, said that 'a need for great collaboration' with the magazine had been stressed to him, and as a first step he had resumed overall editorship. Mr Fielding said that he had had some complaints from readers. 'In the last few months things have got into the magazine which I was not aware of, and the general feeling is that I should have been, because I carry responsibility for the whole magazine.'

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, May 31, 1948

BOLTON is to be the first town in the North of England for a series of 'Your Town' newsreels. Cameramen will rove the streets taking suitable scenes. People whom appear in the film will be given a card, but there will be a 'secret' camera which will be on the lookout for humorous scenes. If the Corporation approves, there will be a brief glimpse of the Town Council in the Council Chamber. The film will be shown at the Lido cinema next week, when, on the stage, there will be actual film sets in which the audience will be invited to act.

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, May 31, 1873

ON Saturday, the greatest excitement was produced amongst the operatives employed in the cotton-spinning mill belonging to Messrs T. and J. Allen, Burnley-road, Bacup. David Lloyd, a man apparently about 30 years of age, attempted to pay his addresses to a fellow-worker, Jane Robinson, a girl much younger than himself. She, however, rejected him, and this appears to have created a feeling of revenge. Both of them work at this mill, and happened to meet in the lobby, when he seized her with one hand and with the other drew from his pocket a pistol. She struggled to get away when he fired point blank at her, and as he did so she ducked her head, and by doing so saved her life, as it was she received the contents of the pistol in her arm. The weapon was a very inferior one and in rusty state, and burst in three places, slightly wounding the would-be murderer on the cheek. He was immediately secured and confined in the office by Mr Airken, jun., until the arrival of the police to who he was handed over. Dr Whittaker, JP, examined the wounded girl, and found that the pistol had been loaded with shot, but being fired so close had entered her arm like a solid ball.

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