I WRITE in support of the Royal Bolton Hospital's Cardiac Unit and Anne Kaneen's comments in Saturday's edition. After having my first cardiac arrest in the ambulance en route to the RBH, I had a second and more serious attack as I was transferred into
I READ with interest your highly negative and generally salacious article about the decline of the endowment mortgage. Without doubt there has been a reduction in endowment sales. This, however, is not because of the endowment's lack of performance, value
ON behalf of the Blackrod Friends of Chernobyl, through your columns, may I thank everyone who helped to make the children's 2000 visit to Blackrod a very happy and memorable occasion. A big thank you to everyone who lends their support in any way, whether
THE mother of a Bolton teenager branded a sex offender after a classroom incident has vowed to take her fight to Europe to clear his name. A High Court bid this week to have her son removed from the Sex Offenders' Register failed. But today the 15-year-old's
JOHN McGinlay has sensationally quit his job as coach of Cincinnati River Hawks, just four days before he was lined up for an emotional reunion with Bolton Wanderers. That game in Indianapolis, scheduled for Monday evening when Wanderers were due to kick
AN action-packed sporting event is in store for people with disabilities in Bolton. The special week-long festival will commence on Monday October 16 and has been organised by Bolton Disability Sports Association. Hollywood Bowl were one of the first
BOLTON United Harriers have a lot to be proud of this week, with no less than three of their young athletes being selected for international matches. Ladies U23 triple jumper, Hazel Carwardine's performance at the AAAs of England Match at Bedford on Saturday
LOCAL athletes were well to the fore as gold, silver and bronze medals were on offer in all age groups in the Northern Veterans 1okm race in aid of St Ann's Hospice, at Radcliffe. Bolton's Alan Higginson, gained a silver o/40, Alan Fearnley silver o/75
ALEX McVey of Horwich RMI Harriers produced a remarkable performance in the prestigious Stoodley Pike Fell Race near Todmorden. Since becoming British U17 Fell Running Champion last year, Alex hadn't run for over nine months. He damaged knee ligaments
BLACKROD Town manager Arthur Flatters drew up his list of summer transfer targets, talked to each, then suddenly realised he may have a created a big problem for himself. They all signed. "How do I keep this lot happy?" he jokes. "I wanted to try and
A personal view by Peter Stafford DO we want overseas amateur players in the Fort James Bolton League, or do we not? That seems to be the question going the rounds at the present time. The position as it stands, is that at last winter's AGM the League
I recall some weeks ago a story and pictures in the Evening News about a 'make-over' for the changing rooms at the Hacken Lane sports ground, Darcy Lever, used by the Lads' and Girls' Club. This photograph was taken at the same ground, in April, 1955,
From the Evening News, July 22, 1975 THERE is hope of an end soon to the four years of uncertainty for families living in what they call 'squalor street'. Residents at Clarence Street, Bolton, have lived under shadow of the northern limb of the town's
DEANE Leisure Centre, Junction Road, Deane, tel: 334432: public swim, 9.30am-1pm; fun swim, 1pm-3pm; ladies only swim, 5pm-6pm; men only swim, 6.05pm-7pm; aerobics, 4pm-5pm. FARNWORTH Leisure Centre, Brackley Street, Farnworth, tel: 334477: open session
For further information use the telephone numbers provided Musical nights THE WRIGHTS ARMS, Belmont Road, Bolton. Friday July 28, Stacey Grant, female vocalist. For details of all events ring Bolton 811206. BULLS HEAD PUB, (Bottom Bull), Bury Road, Bolton
CYRIL Hodgson, a life president of Horwich RMI Harriers and one of the best known figures on the local running scene, has died at the age of 81. He was a formidable competitor in his younger days and, even into his 70s, he took part in ultra distance
NEW jobs are up for grabs at the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service to boost response times and emergency cover. Anyone interested in becoming a paramedic is being urged to turn up at a jobs day at Ladybridge Hall, Chorley New Road, Bolton, tomorrow
THE Potter family have proved to be a group of real belters...for four of them have just kicked their way to black belts in karate! Grandad David Potter, his daughter Karen aged 26 and her two nephews David, 12, and Jason aged nine, have all been awarded
Gail Barber's e-mail spoof picture of Big Brother's Nichola Holt A BOLTON sewing machinist was so incensed about TV's Big Brother's Nichola Holt that she stitched her up -- with this spoof picture. Gail Barber works at textile manufacturers' Bolton Hemming
SMITHILLS School band members have been given the key to an American town after wowing civic leaders. The young band players were invited to accept the freedom of the city of Wheeling in West Virginia following a performance. The talented musicians took
THE Crimestoppers scheme, our story reveals, has been hailed a big success in Bolton, with many arrests attributed to the information passed by members of the public to the confidential hotline. Any news of criminals getting their comeuppance is good
THE sister of Nichola Holt has leapt to her defence after she was seen by millions of TV viewers insulting Bolton women and stripping naked before covering herself in clay. Karen, 32, said her sister had been speaking tongue in check when she criticised
The Bolton Association U13 team to play South Manchester on Tues 25th July is Neil Williams, Greg Jennings, David Garner (Clifton); Chris Read and Mark Hamnett (Elton) Neil Guest and Paul Kennan (Atherton); Stephen Mallaney (Golborne); Tom Liversedge
LEE Austin of Farnworth Cricket Club is enjoying a memorable July. On the first day of the month 15 year-old Lee hit 37 for the second team against Farnworth SC. This was followed by two fine innings for Farnworth's junior sides, 49 for the third team
ALTHOUGH this was not a club championship race, it was part of the Central Lancs Grand Prix Series. For several Burnden runners it was their first experience of the race and they all enjoyed the challenge. First man for Burnden in15th place, was Paul
THE Association's U-15s inter-league campaign started with a record breaking victory over Cheshire High Peak League at Macclesfield. Bolton had an opening stand of 50 between Lee Hamnett (Elton) and Peter Flanaghan (Lostock). This was capitalised on by
GREAT LEVER COMMUNITY CENTRE, Bradford Road, Bolton. Thai Boxing Tuesday eves 7pm-8pm. Thai Boxing for children Saturdays, noon to 1pm. Ring Bolton 522568. EAGLEY SPORTS AND LEISURE CLUB, Hough Lane, Bromley Cross. Yoga classes, Thursdays, 8pm-9.30pm.
GET a life Mr Corns, no one can help who they are born to or where. I, for one, as many other people, am not wealthy or have a title, but make the most of what I have and help others whenever I can. I am very happy for the Queen Mother and Prince William
CAN I second David Young's proposal 'to nominate Bolton Metro Council for an award for the council that has done most to encourage the litter lout'? I have recently spent some time in Lancashire's most beautiful and least known area:The Pendle Valley.
IAN Woan and Frank Passi are playing for their futures in America this week. The experienced duo have a second chance to impress Wanderers boss Sam Allardyce and earn themselves a Reebok contract. Ex-Nottingham Forest wide man Woan was unhappy with the
FOOTBALL'S coming home -- in miniature -- when Bolton's Toys R Us Store on Trinity Retail Park stages a round of Lego Football 2000. The event is on Wednesday August 2 from noon to 6pm when children will have an opportunity to join in the competition
JOHN McGinlay has sensationally quit his job as coach of Cincinnati River Hawks, just four days before he was lined up for an emotional reunion with Bolton Wanderers. That game in Indianapolis, scheduled for Monday evening when Wanderers were due to kick
ELEVEN Horwich RMI Harriers competed in the Haigh Hall Five- Mile Road Race -- the third of this summer's series. Terry Orrell had his usual fine run finishing 24th and is now the leading V45 in the series and fifth overall, whilst Alan Thompson, returning
KEARSLEY are looking for a league and cup double and Tonge are hoping that the Hamer Cup has put them back on the winning track. That is half of the story in tomorrow's Hamer Cup semi-finals. The other half is that Greenmount and Walkden are out to stop
ATHERTON Colls manager Alan Lord just couldn't be more pleased with the commitment shown by his players in the build-up to the North West Counties League programme. "We've retained all the players from last season," he gleamed. "And that includes Mark
AT Warrington AC's Open Medal Meeting held at their Victoria Park track last Sunday, a squad of Horwich juniors warmed up in preparation for their final McDonald's Boys and Girls meetings on on July 23. The Boys are at Cudworth and the Girls, at Trafford's
Earlier this month, Bolton Harriers Men's track & field team travelled North to Barnsley for the Inter-Club Knockout Cup. In a notoriously difficult competition, the team was pitted against opponents in the Northern region, with the top two teams
IT'S always good to hear from readers when one of the pictures I print has brought back memories. A couple of weeks ago, I used an aerial photograph of Deane, and it brought a letter from Mr John Tootell, of Thornton Avenue, Heaton, who told me that three
I REMEMBER some years ago printing an old picture of the Daubhill Temperance Band, with a story saying that all the members were from the same family. I have now received a cutting from the Coventry Evening Telegraph, of March, 1954, about the family,
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BOLTON celebrates 25 years of town twinning with Paderborn in Germany next Wednesday. The Mayor of Bolton Cllr Alan Wilkinson will be in the Paderborn city over the following weekend for a festival. But a series of special events are also being planned
AN anti-crime crusade by police and council chiefs in Bolton has been hailed a success. At the end of May a publicity and leaflet campaign was launched aimed at boosting calls to the police's confidential Crimestoppers hotline. It has seen the number
MARK Babych, the Octagon's theatre director, has adopted a "steady as she goes" policy -- and it's working. Clearly the memory of the near demise of Bolton's professional theatre when it faced a cash crisis is still too sharp for comfort. One of the reasons
Canteen cooks savour the school's new status. From left: Varsha Dave, Susan Laka, Pat Leatherbarrow and Christine Greenhalgh AT the bottom of a hill, not too far from the busy town centre, lies one of Bolton's best kept secrets. In terms of education
