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Cracker of a deal
A BOLTON firm took the biscuit recently. More than 600 13/14-year-olds and their teachers helped the Engineering Employers' Federation celebrate its 100th birthday on a Eurostar trip through the Channel Tunnel to France. The aim was to convince students
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Pension seminar is key to the future
BOLTON and Bury Chamber of Commerce is holding a seminar on directors' pensions on Tuesday, November 12. It is being run by chartered accountants Kay Johnson Gee of Salford, who are members of the Chamber. Mr Robert Ward, a pensions specialist with the
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Venturing onto new ground
BOLTON solicitors Keogh Ritson are the new sponsors of "The Venturer," the newsletter of the Bolton Enterprise Group. The Chorley New Road firm is to pick-up the bill for the next three years following the end of a similar arrangement with Reebok International
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Skill of workforce helped us decide to stay in Bolton
THE skill of the Bolton workforce was one of the main considerations when a local needlecraft business decided to stay in town. William Briggs & Company, part of the Coats Group, could have been moved to associated premises in either Darlington or
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It's looking good on paper!
By ALAN CALVERT, Industrial Editor A GROUND-BREAKING scheme is tackling vital training needs in the local paper and paper board industry. Bolton Bury Training and Enterprise Council was the catalyst three years ago for a local sector group which considers
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Steamy models to hit town!
MODEL rail enthusiasts will be steaming down to Bolton Moat House Hotel for the National Model Railroad Association's British Region national convention. The NMRA is an American based association catering for modellers of American railroads worldwide.
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Super John's double delight!
BOLTON soccer ace John McGinlay enjoyed an incredible double celebration at the weekend when his national team moved a step closer to the World Cup just hours after his wife gave birth to his fifth child. The Bolton Wanderers star answered a last minute
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Referendum Party to put up candidate against Sackville
BOLTON will be one of the main battlegrounds for the fight over Europe. The Referendum Party announced today that it will be fielding a candidate against Bolton MP Tom Sackville at the general election. The news comes on the day Europe went top of the
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Price is right
SIR: In answer to the complaint made in Viewpoint regarding the excessive charges made by some Charity Shops may I suggest that Mrs Robinson visits the Bolton Hospice Charity Shop in Market Street, Westhoughton. There she will find a very friendly staff
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Too scruffy to pick up their dole!
LONG-HAIRED and tattooed unemployed benefit seekers are being told to smarten themselves up or lose their dole cash from today. Under new rules, jobless people claiming state cash can be told to tidy their appearance so that they have a better chance
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Pastie prices
SIR: Can anyone at Bolton Wanderers tell me how they can charge £1.30 for a pastie when the shop opposite Burnden Park can sell you three for a pound? Forget your Goldline and Lifeline and Golden Goal. If all 16,000 at Burnden on Saturday had bought one
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Reunited thanks to radio appeal
WHEN 16-year-old Jack Guffogg said goodbye to his 10-year-old sister Ada, he warned her that they may never see or hear from each other again. And they never did until they were reunited by telephone after a staggering 62 years. Great-grandmother Ada
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Make a comparison
SIR: Who is Christine Adams trying to fool as she attempts to picture Labour party members squirming under Tony Blair's leadership? If this is the case, then why does membership continue to rise? Compare this to an aged Tory membership that can't even
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In the name of money . . .
SIR: Amid the current clamour to name the Wanderers new stadium after Nat Lofthouse, the contributors to your letters page appear to be forgetting that football is no longer merely restricted to the activities on the field but also off it. Anybody who
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Access issue is important
SIR: I wish to respond to your article that appeared in the Bolton Evening News (BEN, September 14) regarding the planning dispute relating to Avonhead Close, Horwich. The dispute from the residents' point of view does not hinge on the development but
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RMI pay for lapses: Worksop 2, Leigh RMI 2
LEIGH RMI extended their unbeaten run to 11 games with a battling 2-2 draw at Worksop on Saturday. They had the luxury of taking a fifth minute lead before defensive mistakes allowed Worksop to go in front, but Paul Wheeler popped up 10 minutes from time
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Stewart strike ends Steels glory run
ATHERTON LR travelled to previously unbeaten Stocksbridge Park Steels end came away with a tremendous 1-0 victory. "The game was always going to be tight," commented assistant manager Peter Lee. "Whilst they have been unbeaten, they have drawn five games
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Come and look inside the TARDIS!
By ANGELA KELLY THEY call it The TARDIS. And behind the unprepossessing doors on Deansgate which lead to Bolton's YMCA, there's enough activity to keep Dr Who and sundry companions going through several milennia. Actually, he's probably already been there
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Roof death fall
A BOLTON man died in hospital after plunging from the roof of his conservatory at the weekend. Glazier George Bennison, 55, suffered horrific injuries when he slipped and fell 15ft from the roof at his detached home, Owens Villa, on Withins Lane, Breightmet
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Lost boys prove a real find!
THREE Bolton people have been honoured by members of an organisation which keeps telling them to get lost. Dave Marsh, Mike Marsh and Yolande Baxendale are all members of the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team who do voluntary work for the crack Search and Rescue
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Vandals scandal
IT is a depressing sign of the times that a special conference needed to be held about making schools more secure. Last Saturday's event at the Last Drop Hotel organised by Greater Manchester Police in partnership with Bolton Safer cities revealed the
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25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, October 6, 1971 BOLTON and Horwich are in opposition about a plan to build a big new wholesale and retail supermarket off Mansell Way, Horwich. Horwich Council want the development to go ahead in some form, but Bolton Planning Committee
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Moving on..?
PHIL Stant believes his time is up at Gigg Lane. The veteran striker who set up Bury's last gasp winner when he came on as substitute against Blackpool on Saturday is looking to end his career elsewhere. The 33-year-old admits his lack of first team opportunities
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Super subs break the deadlock: BURY 1 BLACKPOOL 0
FORGOTTON man Phil Stant's days may be numbered at Gigg Lane - but fans will toast the crucial part he played in pulling the last gasp two points out of the bag on Saturday should the double promotion dream be realised next May. The veteran striker blasted
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Street redesigned with Victorian values
RESIDENTS in Westhoughton are taking a walk down memory lane with their "new-look" street modelled on Victorian times. Bolton planners have spruced up Wilbraham Street using century-old setts and Yorkshire flags. The Dickensian-style look is intended
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'Campaign failure' leads Lynn to quit
ANGRY Lynn Poole is fed-up with being left in the dark - and has stepped down from her local action committee in protest. The mother-of-two resigned as treasurer of the Blenheim Area Residents' Association because a missing lamp post has not been replaced
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Jim's video nasty!
FURIOUS Jim Butterworth gave a whole new meaning to the words action replay . . . when he was forced to take back new video recorders FOUR times. A catalogue of faults gave the retired taxi driver a real headache when his new recorder - bought from Bolton's
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Vicars rev up for a charity marathon
FOOTSORE vicars Ian Brown and David Ottley are revving up for a mammoth charity effort - pounding the streets in the Manchester Marathon. The two clergymen will be swapping their dog collars for running shoes as they take part in the gruelling 26.2 mile
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Too much to lose
SIR: Surely there weren't those who really thought the IRA ever wanted peace and to surrender their weapons! If there were, they were indeed living in 'cloud cuckoo land'. The IRA have far too much to lose, the day peace is a way of life in Ireland. You
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Bring back caning!
A BOLTON Tory election hopeful is calling for the restoration of corporal punishment in schools - with selected, trained teachers to wield the cane. Robert Wilson, who will be fighting to keep Bolton North-east Conservative at the next election, believes
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Newcomers sunk by defiant Markland Hill
Badminton by Angela Kelly MARKLAND Hill B put themselves in the B Section driving seat this week when they fended off the challenge by newly-promoted Park A. Their home win over Park came as Leigh B stumbled in their promotion plans by losing 10-8 at
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Still some sentiment
SIR: We are advised in connection with the naming of Bolton's new stadium that sentiment no longer plays a part in modern football. This may be true of the big business consortiums of the Premier League, but at Bolton Wanderers it is, thankfully, still
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Leigh coach heads for Wigan
LEIGH coach Eric Hughes today sensationally quit the club after just 17 matches in charge and is poised to join Super League giants Wigan. Hughes has been released from his three and half year contract with the second division club by mutual agreement
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A peaceful resting place
SIR: On August 28, our son Nathan unexpectedly died at the tender age of four months, from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (cot death). As you could well imagine this was a very traumatic time for all our family. He was a very healthy baby boy and his death
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Poet's Corner
Three plus two equals chaos, Is an adage that often rings true. Five children on holiday in summer, But it's raining so what can they do? Two girls and three boys, little angels, That is their parents' belief. But they're out at work, so they're happy
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Valley scheme wins praise
BOLTON'S major redevelopment schemes, including the transformation of the Tonge Valley, have been praised by the nation's top planner. The President of the Royal Town Planning Institute, Professor Cliff Hague, visited the town to cast an expert eye over
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Power to ban
HOME Secretary Michael Howard will announce tomorrow that courts are to be given the power to take away a criminal's driving licence as part of a sentence. It's an excellent idea. And it will mean that whether their offences involved a motor vehicle or
