Lancashire | Archive | 2000 | August
AN ESTATE agent is working with a grief-stricken family to help them find a new home following a house fire which cost a mother and son their lives. more...
THE owners of the historic Victorian Arcade in Accrington have taken the premises off the market after a rethink and say the town centre is now the place to be. more...
POLICE and council officers are to meet next week in a bid to halt acts of vandalism at a cemetery. more...
MEALS were left uneaten, bingo sessions were cut short and films were stopped as Blackburn was brought to a standstill on the busiest night of the week. more...
BLACKBURN town centre was thrown into chaos for more than five hours last night following a bomb threat. more...
CANAL-LOVERS have appealed for people to keep our canals clean, after seeing the amount of rubbish pulled out of the Leeds-Liverpool canal during a police search for a baby. more...
A MAN today spoke of his sorrow after trying to walk to his parents' grave and discovering the path he has used for 30 years was blocked because of a historic battle re-enactment. more...
NEW improved measures to help the borough's most vulnerable adults have been recommended by council bosses in Blackburn and Darwen. more...
A NEW campaign to stop building sites turning into graveyards has been launched by the national GMB Union, after the number of safety inspectors has been slashed in the past six years. more...
CRICKETERS have been hit for six by the success of the South Asian Millennium Cricket Festival held at Pleasington Playing Fields. more...
BLUE CAT CAFE, Shaw Rd, Stockport. Ring 0161 432 2117. more...
GREAT LEVER COMMUNITY CENTRE, Bradford Road, Bolton. Thai Boxing Tuesday eves 7pm-8pm. Thai Boxing for children Saturdays, noon to 1pm. Ring Bolton 522568. more...
THE WRIGHTS ARMS, Belmont Road, Bolton. For details of all events ring Bolton 811206. more...
MANCHESTER APOLLO, Manchester. Lou Reed, Thursday September 7. Tickets £25 and £20. Kd Lang Wed, October 11. Tickets £25 and £22.50 on sale now. Also, Saturday October 28, A1, tickets £15. The Saw Doctors, Saturday December 16, tickets £13.50. Ring 0161 242 2560. more...
The Jurrasic exhibition at Bolton Museum more...
LEISURE, SPORT & KEEP FIT more...
FAMILY FUN RUN/WALK, Bolton Adult Placement and Brindle Lodge Group family fun run/walk, Saturday September 9, 11am start from Leverhulme Park, Athletics' Stadium, Long Lane, Bolton. Choice of around two mile course (runners, joggers and walkers) or short course for the less mobile and wheelchair users. Registration at running track from 10.15am. Entry adults £3, juniors £1.50. T-shirt for all those entering by September 4. Entries available on the day. Spot prizes, free buffet, results' sheet available, bouncy castle. Collect an entry form from Bolton Town Hall's Tourist and Information Centre. more...
HORWICH RMI CLUB, Chorley New Road, Horwich. Friday September 15, King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys. Ring Bolton 468085 (9am to 5pm) or Bolton 468911 (6.30pm to 9pm). more...
MEN ARENA, Manchester. October 5 to October 8, Disney On Ice, Jungle Adventures. Tickets £8.50 to £22.50. Also, Monday October 23 and Tuesday October 24, Robbie Williams. Friday, Nov 3, Iron Maiden, tickets £20. Saturday, Nov 25, Tom Jones, tickets £25.50 and £22, starts 8pm. Fri, Dec 15, Five, tickets £18.50, starts 7.30pm and Mon, Dec 18, Chris De Burgh, tickets £25 & £22.50, starts 7.30pm. Wednesday, Dec 20, Steps, tickets £20. Saturday Jan 27 2001 The Corrs. Westlife, Sat, Feb 24, 2001 now on sale. Also, Sun, February 25, 2001. Tickets £18.50. Ring 0161 930 8000. . more...
BOLTON ART CIRCLE, exhibitions, third Sunday of the month, art fair in the Penny Farthing Suite at The Last Drop. 11am to 4pm. Ring Bolton 847607. more...
OCTAGON THEATRE, Bolton. Ring Bolton 520661. more...
THE former Lostock Open Air School is due to be bulldozed in the next few months. more...
PARENTS who want their little ones to be "armed" to the milk-teeth can still find an arsenal of realistic looking toy guns all over Bolton. more...
CAFE owners are ready to turn Bolton into a continental-style coffee haven. more...
THE famous Burnden Park pitch where Bolton Wanderers scored their most famous victories will in the next few weeks become -- a car park. more...
TELL us about your gardens, and some of the unusual items you put there, we asked readers. more...
A FORMER Bolton Evening News reporter who went on to play a vital role in the Second World War has died. more...
A BOLTON businessman is fuming after being landed with a £1,000 bill for a few inches of pipe and a meter. more...
BOLTON'S Hindu community is leading the way after a groundbreaking decision by religious leaders to encourage followers to sign up as organ donors. more...
A NIGHT out for two men enjoying a Christmas Eve drink with their friends turned to horror when they were both slashed with a knife in an unprovoked attack. more...
FROLICKING bar staff are sampling the high life as they cool off -- in a paddling pool perched 30ft on a pub roof! more...
A PENSIONER from Farnworth has finally been taken seriously after leading a one-man campaign against bus fumes for three years. more...
WHEN a couple of weeks ago I mentioned the Evans family, who at one time - before many of them moved to Coventry, starting in 1936 - made up the entire Daubhill Temperance Band. more...
25 YEARS AGO more...
A READER who now lives in Arnside has sent me a photograph of 'damaged tarmac' (one of the now infamous potholes in our roads!) in Barcroft Road, Bolton. more...
The Chernobyl children and their trip organisers enjoying their visit to the Water Place more...
THE streets of Bolton will play host to a little extra traffic next week in the shape of a glittering chariot which will herald the opening of a new arts and culture centre. more...
THE Tory party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Bolton South-east has hit back at the push to ground British Airways' Concorde fleet. more...
TOP Bolton dancer Kate Pomfret has won a scholarship at one of the country's most prestigious dance schools. more...
FORMER mineworkers from Bolton who are claiming compensation for chest diseases allegedly caused by coal dust, face a huge 30-page questionnaire to complete. more...
THE day of judgement arrived in Bolton's attempt to win the Britain in Bloom competition. more...
DO you leave your home in the capable hands of friends, relatives or neighbours when you go on holiday? more...
When you're just a kid and some doddery old soul is searching for the right word (and it's usually something very simple), you've no patience. more...
YOUR bedroom used to be just the place where you slept. Now it's likely to be one of the most attractive and functional rooms in the house. more...
LOOKING for a curry in a hurry? more...
IF you've never sampled Pimm's, you've never lived! more...
FEELING the heat? more...
THE wife of a Bolton garage owner has vowed to stand by him after he was jailed for indecently assaulting a teenage girl. more...
WALKING off the Horwich ground last Sunday I was asked by a spectator whether or not Saeed Anwar's outstanding figures had ever been equalled in any previous Hamer Cup final. more...
A personal view by Peter Stafford WALKING off the Horwich ground last Sunday I was asked by a spectator whether or not Saeed Anwar's outstanding figures had ever been equalled in any previous Hamer Cup final. more...
DESPITE the wet conditions on Wednesday night, 179 runners competed in the final race of this year's Horwich Jubilee Four-Mile Road Race series. more...
Harriers women show true grit in final win Undaunted: The winning Bolton Harriers Ladies team BOLTON Harriers Ladies section travelled to Barnsley for the last fixture in their North of England women's league fixtures. more...
Battle royal in trial race RADCLIFFE AC's 6.5 mile trail race was won by the super-veteran from Wrekin AC, Paul Muller -- but only after an eyeballs-out battle with Salford Harrier Robert Jackson. more...
BOLTON Harriers Girls were crowned champions of Division Two in their final match of the McDonald's Young Athletes League in Stretford. more...
GREENMOUNT are looking to re-sign professional Saeed Anwar for next season. more...
Leigh RMI 2 Lancaster City 1 UNIBOND Champions Leigh RMI lifted the Peter Swales Challenge Shield with a 2-1 victory over Challenge Cup winners Lancaster City at Hilton Park last night. more...
THE Redmayne Bentley Bolton Association Under 15 team clinched a place in the semi-final of the North-West Interleague Competition with a 24-run win over the Saddleworth League. The Association were inserted on a damp wicket and collapsed to 48 for 6. A very solid innings of 50 not out from Daisy Hill's David Gleave then ensured a respectable total of 134 for 8 off 40 overs. Tight opening bowling by Peter Lomax (Elton) with 1 for 18 and Man of the Match Gleave (3 for 17) put Saddleworth behind the clock and were dismissed for 110 in the penultimate over. Other successful bowlers were Adam Irish (Daisy Hill) 3 for 22; Captain Max Baimak (Darcy Lever) 2 for 17 and Jack Southworth (Blackrod) 1 for 12. more...
SAM Allardyce. Phil Brown and Dean Crombie are hoping to be back in playing action tomorrow. more...
WANDERERS had to settle for a point on the opening day of the new season as Burnley came from behind in a keenly contested Reebok derby. more...
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THE numbers are daunting, distressing and potentially depressing. more...
IN his day, Sam Allardyce used to knock the stuffing out of some of the biggest and best strikers in the game. more...
KEVIN Ball has seen the dawn of a new season well over a dozen times in his successful career. more...
As Wanderers and Burnley go head-to-head, MARC HIGGINSON previews the game's biggest individual battle, between midfield lynchpins Per Frandsen and Kevin Ball. When Wanderers ran out to face Burnley, there were many individual battles all over the park that will contribute to the final result. more...
IT looked like he'd never been away: Franck Passi was into his midfield stride as easily and effectively as anyone in Wanderers' pre-season programme. more...
THE Bolton Evening News this afternoon takes a step into the future by going back in time. more...
ASTLEY Bridge Junior Football Club are holding a fun day this Sunday. The main attraction will be a charity match, in which Sam Allardyce, Phil Brown and Dean Crombie will play. In addition, there will be a penalty shoot-out, tombola, barbecue, bar and refreshments. Entrance is free to all. more...
POLICE today defended themselves against criticism from Burnley traders who lost thousands of pounds when police took more than four hours to deal with a false alarm at a town centre bank. more...
PART of East Lancashire has been selected to spearhead the fight against fake goods which robbed the North West economy and cost 1,000 jobs last year alone. more...
A HOUSE breaker responsible for ransacking a property three years ago has kept his freedom because he has since changed his ways. more...
MOVES to allay residents' concerns over an in-line skate park in Colne could cost £12,500. more...
PLANS to create a frog pond in a Pendle park failed to make a splash with councillors worried over safety. more...
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AMBITIOUS four-piece Jobe are preparing to play their first big gig in Blackburn -- two months after wriggling their way out of a money-spinning record deal. more...
SATURDAY (August 12th) more...
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Blackburn Rovers Veterans v Garstang FC, Garstang sports field, 3pm. more...
BLACKBURN town centre was thrown into chaos for more than five hours last night following a bomb threat. more...
POLICE today defended themselves against criticism from Burnley traders who lost thousands of pounds when police took more than four hours to deal with a false alarm at a town centre bank. more...
EACH year, thousands of youngsters across the country find themselves homeless. For many, life then becomes a constant stream of nights in hostels followed by long, cold days out on the streets. But in Hyndburn a scheme which not only provides youngsters with not just emergency accommodation but hope for the future, is continuing to blossom. Reporter DAVID HIGGERSON met the staff and residents of the Hyndburn Christian Stable. more...
MOST local fisheries look like hitting top form over the coming month, but, for me, it is the resurgent Ribble that holds most promise. more...
SOURAV Ganguly loves Lord's. And after missing out on one chance to play there this season, in the Benson and Hedges Cup, he is determined to lead Lancashire to a revenge victory over Gloucestershire in the NatWest Trophy sem final tomorrow. more...
SOURAV Ganguly blasted a NatWest Trophy warning to holders Gloucester with a dazzling performance at Old Trafford. more...
COLNE skipper Gary Laycock is calling on his side to show their true colours and make a decisive push for the Transco Lancashire League title. more...
DAVID Shacklady knew he could not win the De Vere Hotels PGA North Region Championship at Slaley Hall yesterday after trailing seven shots off the overnight lead. more...
AMERICAN international Brian McBride will link up with his new team-mates at Preston North End in September. more...
BLACKBURN'S Jason Lobo finished second in his heat of the 800m at the Norwich Union AAA Championships in Birmingham last night to qualify for the semi-finals. more...
BACUP Borough face Great Harwood Town in a pre season friendly at West View on Monday night. more...
NEW Clarets director Chris Duckworth has pledged the board's help to fund manager Stan Ternent's quest for First Division success this season. more...
LEE Carsley has given Blackburn Rovers a new season boost after deciding to stay at Ewood Park. more...
NEW Clarets director Chris Duckworth has pledged the board's help to fund manager Stan Ternent's quest for First Division success this season. more...
BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent is delighted with his summer shopping but is still on the look-out for further reinforcements. more...
NEW Blackburn skipper Garry Flitcroft today issued an emotional plea as Rovers launched their First Division promotion bid: 'Let's do it for Jack!' more...
BRADFORD City may have to up the ante if they want to prise Ashley Ward away from Ewood Park. more...
LEE Carsley has given Blackburn Rovers a new season boost after deciding to stay at Ewood Park. more...
PARENTS of teenage yobs who regularly cause damage on Edgeside Estate in Waterfoot and intimidate residents could face legal action from Rossendale Borough Council. more...
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