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A better phrase
IN the obituaries section of the BEN, you often say "the officiating clergy was Rev..." Clergy is a collective noun and as such is inappropriate here. A better all-encompassing phrase would be "the officiating minister was Rev ..." as "minister" probably
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DOES anyone remember E Form of Hayward School, 1961-1965? Do you recognise any of these names?
Angela Foster, Pauline Woods, Lorraine Slater, Pauline Ramsden, Elaine Martin, Ronnie Matthews, Jack Parkinson, Elaine Bolton, Colin Gradwell, David Leicester etc etc. If so, please phone Angela Foster (now Morris) on 01204 382363. We'll all be 50 this
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Time for fox hunts to stop!
ALL my class in Year 6 have been having a debate about fox hunting and most of them agreed it should be banned. Fox hunting is cruel and nasty and is made more so because it is just done for sport. I know farmers get angry because foxes steal and eat
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Such displays won't resolve these situations
THE MARCHES organised, which showed great restraint, will, I fear, have little effect on the continued religious orientated conflict in Palestine. It was intended to bring recognition of the bloodshed between the two groups who both lay claim on territory
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Try doing this in their lands
IN reply to the person who claims to be a fair, human being and the comments on Muslims marching for their country. The different groups of the Muslim faith cannot agree among themselves. In the Iran-Iraq war Muslim was killing Muslim, in the Gulf War
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BEN OPINION: A time to remember with pride
AT war memorials throughout the Bolton area and the rest of Britain, men and women who have served in wars will gather tomorrow to honour the dead. They will be joined by those who lost loved ones for the moving, annual services which demonstrate not
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The £24 million answer
WANDERERS' fans were this week given 24 million reasons why the club was forced to sell their rising stars, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Claus Jensen, last summer. On June 30 of this year, Burnden Leisure plc - the football club's parent company - was in debt
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Art centre boost
VISITORS to the Met arts centre in Bury will soon be enjoying a more comfortable experience -- thanks to a £72,500 grant from the National Lottery. The boost, announced by North West Arts Board yesterday, will be spent on a new seating system for the
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Reunited in song!
HUNDREDS of children squeezed on to the stage and gave a fantastic performancefantastperformance of their lives. Performing in front of a packed house at Victoria Hall, 400 youngsters filled the venue with wonderful music. They were part of one of the
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Museum and art gallery may be revamped
THE success of Bolton's Museum and Art Gallery over the past year has prompted council chiefs to consider a major revamp. Proposals have been put forward to create more space for exhibits at the popular and imposing Le Mans Crescent building. They also
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, November 11, 1975 THE first of Bolton's new 'economy' council homes was opened yesterday. The Mayor, Counc John Foster, accepted the key to one of the test blocks of 12 houses at Lever Edge Lane only five months after
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Rail chiefs back manned lonely stations
A BID to man Bolton's "lonely and foreboding" stations has met with widespread approval from rail operators. Rail bosses have reacted favourably to calls to bring back stationmasters at Hall i'th' Wood, Kearsley, Darwen and Blackrod. As reported in the
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Frank is curry pie king
BOLTON pie king Frank Partington is saying "move over Morrisons" after the supermarket chain launched its new Balti pie on an unsuspecting public -- because for Frank it's a case of: "Been there, done that." On Tuesday, the BEN took the Morrisons taste
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Family man died of horrific bike injuries
A FATHER of two described as a loving family man died instantly from horrific injuries after losing control of his powerful Yamaha 600cc motorbike, a Bolton inquest was told. Azhar Ahmed, 35, was flung into a lamp post after his bike hit a curb as he
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Life just as exciting for TV's star pupils
ANYONE following the fly-on-the-wall series, '18', about pupils at Turton High School, might have been wondering just what happened to the group of teenagers after the cameras stopped rolling. Many viewers missed the final episode of the 'docusoap' after
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Factory fuel blast riddle
CUSTOMS road fuel investigators are assisting detectives in probing a mystery explosion which devastated a Bolton garage and workshop -- only yards away from terraced homes. Three lorry tankers loaded with diesel fuel exploded in the inferno. Firefighters
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On the Wings of an Angel!
A FORMER Canon Slade pupil is planning to go where nobody has gone before. Chris Smith, aged 48, is in Southern Chile on an expedition to climb Angel Wings, an unconquered mountain. He is a part of the four-man Saga British Western Patagonia expedition
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Veterans' march
THE Bolton Veterans' Association is meeting at the Rock House Pub in Duke Street at 8am before its march with the Bolton Hoover Band to Victoria Square for Remembrance Sunday tomorrow. After the service at the war memorial, the group is holding a memorial
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WHERE would we be but for the TV today? It's the only pleasure we get now with the weather being so
Some of us senior citizens look like being treated more generously by Gordon Brown. Some will be better off than others -- more money, pension, attendance allowance etc. Yet some of us are too ill to go out and enjoy it. Still any extra helps to pay the
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VIP quest
THE Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Alan Wilkinson, is looking for a special local person to be the Bolton Man of the Year. The campaign will culminate in a special celebratory dinner at the Reebok next May, but in the meantime, the search is on. The campaign emulates
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Half a century of chaos
I WRITE in support of the letter headed 'Let them report for some service in troubled Middle East'. At the onset I must say that my sympathies are with the Palestinians -- their land has been encroached upon, and who allowed this? We did and our allies
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Drivers vent fury over taxi man's murder
BOLTON taxi and private hire drivers threatened an all-out strike after the racist murder of a Bury taxi driver. Father-of-four Tariq Javed, aged 48, died minutes after he was set upon in Alder Avenue, Bury, just before 6pm on Thursday. And on Saturday
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Kevin's ready for a Three Lions future
THE future looks all white for Kevin Nolan! The young Wanderer, eligible to play for England or the Republic of Ireland, has still to make a final commitment on his international destiny. But his decision to play for England U-18s in a friendly next week
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Lofthouse heads big name list for Goldline final
AS the clock ticks down to the final of the Goldline Trophy in association with the Bolton Evening News on Monday night Goldline officials are rubbing their hands with glee at the number of local celebrities and dignitaries who are attending the final
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Sam faces battle to strike 'Lightning' deal
WANDERERS could be facing a tug of war over Sunderland attacking midfielder Carsten Fredgaard. Sam Allardyce fancies the out of favour Dane but fears he could lose out ... to a Danish club. "Carsten's still training with us ," the Reebok boss explained
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Gudni aims to beat jinx
HISTORY suggests Wanderers face a real Roses battle at the Reebok today. Barnsley have proved the toughest of nuts for Wanderers to crack with the last four years full of close-fought thrillers. Indeed there has been no separating the two teams in seven
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Gordon Sharrock's Reebok Diary
SATURDAY LIFELONG Birmingham fan Michael Ricketts grabs the glory at St Andrew's with a gifted equaliser to earn Wanderers a hard-fought 1-1 draw after Martin Grainger puts the Blues ahead from the penalty spot. Paul Warhurst makes a surprise comeback
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Sam rues missed Varga opportunity
LOSING Mark Fish to Charlton Athletic after believing he had an agreement on a new contract wasn't the first time Sam Allardyce has had a key player snatched from under his nose. The Wanderers boss has previously revealed he had hoped to sign Stanislav
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Writer's signing
A WRITER described as "Britain's best selling living author" is visiting Bolton. Terry Pratchett will be signing copies of his new novel The Truth at Sweetens book shop on Thursday from 12.30pm to 1.30pm.
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Club cheers cheque for £20,000
BOLTON Lads' and Girls' Club has been cheered by a £20,000 donation raised at the Bolton Beer Festival. The cash raised at this year's event beat all previous fundraising records for the annual festival, held in a marquee at the Howcroft Inn.
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CHC fights for its life
THE doomed Bolton Community Health Council is continuing to fight for its future. The council, which is due to be abolished under new Government NHS legislation, has received hundreds of letters and calls of support. The CHC, which makes health bodies
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Ricketts and Gardner fire Wanderers home
FULL-TIME: Wanderers 2, Barnsley 0 MICHAEL Ricketts and Ricardo Gardner produced stunning first-half strikes to send Wanderers on their way to their first victory over Barnsley in five years. Ricketts struck decisively in the 14th minute to turn in a
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A timely tribute
THIS is an apt day to tell you about a book which has just been published, Manchester Scottish, The Story of the Manchester contingent of the 15th Battalion, Royal Scots, 1914-1918. You may wonder what it has to do with this column, which looks back at
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Surprise gift tells family about Denny
TODAY, as you know, is Remembrance Day, and when I received a letter in September, I asked those who had sent it if I could hold it for publishing until today, as a tribute to all those who gave their lives in wars so that we can live in freedom. 'Today
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Ex-miner died after falling downstairs
A FORMER miner died of head injuries after falling down the stairs at his Halliwell home. An inquest into the death of Philip Joseph, aged 79, was previously adjourned by Acting Coroner Simon Nelson in a bid to establish whether there had been "any third
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Get spaced out with Patrick at Albert Halls
STAR gazer Patrick Moore is set to aim his telescope at a Bolton audience when he appears at the Albert Halls next week. The television astrologer, famous for his enthusiastic approach to the wonders of the universe, will be popping into town to deliver
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Shameful crimes of addict who robbed his mum and gran
A DRUG addict desperate for cash stole his grandmother's pension, robbed his mother, stole his grandmother's video and then snatched a purse from a woman walking in the street. Duane Hilton snatched an envelope containing £105 in cash from his mother
