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Calling Coronation class pupils
FORMER pupils of the Coronation class of 1937 at Queen Street School are being urged to get in touch with Farnworth woman Mrs Joyce Holt (or Colley as she was known then). Joyce, aged 64, has been inspired to get in touch after she received this photograph
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Mark makes it onto Stuart's Hall of Fame
A BOLTON singer's burning ambition to perform on television came true recently when he appeared at Granada Studios in Manchester. Mark Williamson, aged 30, from Arnold Street, Bolton performed his own song titled "Burning" on the famous Baker Street set
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CLINT'S A CLASSIC!
LAST night's final game at Burnden Park brought a host of memories flooding back for one Wanderers fan for whom fun has always been the name of the game. Clint Jolley, 37, from Horwich, is well known to many Bolton fans and has been responsible for some
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Special appeal
SIR: We are making a special appeal to contact as many as possible former soldiers from the 1st Battalion Border Regiment. The 1st Battalion The Border Regiment Reunion will be held at The Shepherds Inn, Carlisle on Friday May 9. Tickets £12 for dinner
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He should make position clear
SIR: So the Tory candidate Robert Wilson actually lives in Reading and not in Bolton as he says in his leaflet. This "forgetfulness" extends to other areas - attacking Labour for "having PR not policies" yet his occupation is as a director of a PR company
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Dog-napped terrier ends up in Bolton
A JACK Russell terrier was 'dog-napped' from Merseyside, abandoned, picked up in Bolton, neutered, found a new home and featured on television . . . all within 13 days. Now, the exhausted five-year-old dog is back home in Kirkby after almost becoming
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Blair's desperate to win
SIR: How on earth can anyone vote for Tony Blair and the "New" Labour Party? He is so desperate to win this election that he has changed all the policies that the Labour Party once stood for and, by adopting all the True Blue Conservative Policies, he
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You sailors be aware!
SIR: Since starting in November 1993, I have reunited ex Royal Navy sailors from as far back as 1939. Addresses are only given to those they are seeking and I ask permission before passing them to anyone else. As the RN Shipmates cross referenced card
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Letter of the week
SIR: I am writing to the BEN in the hope that you will allow me to appeal to the Highfield community to help stop the vandalism and series of thefts that are causing such distress to the children, parents, governors and staff at our school. Highfield
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Why Western world booms
SIR: So Britain is booming, we are led to believe by the Tories. At whose expense? We still steal tea, coffee and chocolate beans from Third World countries ie India, Africa and Brazil. Today I purchased a pair of trainers for £9.99 to find them 'Made
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Consider the young people
SIR: We write to you with some concern regarding the planning application.for an Indian rstaurant at Chapeltwon Road, Bromley Cross, adjacent to Turton School. As residents living within a half mile radius of the proposed restaurant we naturally have
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Chipping charm
Living World with Ron Feethy LAST week I explored part of the River Hodder and this week I returned to the same area, as I was attracted by the name of another river. The Loud is indeed a noisy river, especially after rain, and it stands on the pretty
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WANDERERS 4, CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1.
WANDERERS 4-4-2 KEITH BRANAGAN ... 8 GUDNI BERGSSON ... 7 CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH ... 8 GERRY TAGGART ... 8 JIMMY PHILLIPS ... 8 MICHAEL JOHANSEN ... 7 PER FRANDSEN ... 7 ALAN THOMPSON ... 8 *SCOTT SELLARS ... 9 NATHAN BLAKE ... 7 JOHN McGINLAY ... 8 Subs: Steve
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Stan Ternent's men are starting to pull in the crowds.
BURY are gearing up for a rarity next Saturday - a fan invasion. Whether Bury clinched automatic promotion at Watford today or not, they will have their biggest backing in years behind them for the last game of the season at home to Millwall. Shakers
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FITTING FINALE
COLIN Todd looked back on last season's relegation today as he toasted his team's record-breaking title success. John McGinlay and Co became the highest scoring team in Wanderers history when they closed the door on 102 years of football at Burnden Park
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A night to remember
WANDERERS 4, CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1. THE Champions made sure there was more than just tears for souvenirs of the final night of football at Burnden Park. Wanderers signed off in style with a sensational second half show that proved a fitting finale to 102
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Steve is back for last match
EXILED Wanderers fan Stephen Leach travelled more than 5,000 miles to make sure he didn't miss last night's historic match at Burnden Park. Stephen, who emigrated to South Africa 15 years ago, was determined to be on the terraces. So he called his cousin
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Empty vessels making noise
SIR: The Tories tell us 'Britain is booming'! They are right, empty vessels do make most noise! So does our Treasury - with an empty public purse! So does John Major who at last feebly agreed that a referendum on Europe must go before the people. But
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Dave was Down Under - until he saw new stadium
FEW fans could have come further to say goodbye to Burnden Park last night than Dave Hodson who arrived in Bolton yesterday following a 23-hour flight from Perth. Dave emigrated in 1981 to work as a quantity surveyor and is now the director of a company
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They worked in Russia
SIR: I am an historian working on British subjects who were employed in Russia in the period 1917-1919. If any of your readers feel able to help me to locate the families of Mr and Mrs J Yates; Ernest Yates; Alfred Percival Yates; Mrs Eugene Yates; William
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Ex-police chief on charity patrol
A FORMER Bolton police chief is pounding the beat again - in a bid to help improve the lives of handicapped children throughout the North-west. Alan McLeod, who retired two years ago as head of Farnworth Police, is raising money to boost the Mencap Blue
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Phil encouraged the team
SIR: In all the congratulations to Bolton Wanderers on their marvellous success, I would like to congratulate Phil Brown. Watching him on match days encouraging the lads was marvellous and all the work he has done behind the scenes has obviously paid
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Time for them to leave
SIR: IN Clem Atlee's government after the war, Aneurin Bevan was the Health Minister and he made the never to be forgotten statement that the 'Tories were lower than vermin'. I thought it was rather over the top. Since the advent of that Thatcher woman
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Cosh raid terror
AN elderly couple were subjected to a terrifying ordeal after being confronted by three vicious masked thugs in the living room of their Lostock home. The man and wife, both aged 60, were threatened with a cosh before being ordered to hand over thousands
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Will Victorian values return?
SIR: One suspects that those in the Tory party who condemn the Social Chapter, the principal of the minimum wage and union organisation would not have been out of place campaigning in the early 19th century. They would have supported the claim that a
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SALFORD REDS 14 WIGAN WARRIORS 4
Warriors left weeping at the Willows THIS was billed as the game Wigan dare not lose but nobody appeared to have told the Warriors. They needed a win to at best maintain their interest in the title race, but that dream is now in tatters as they tamely
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Women sought for drug study
SIR: In the UK, breast cancer affects one in every 12 women at some time in their lives. For those with a family history of the disease, their risk is likely to be at least double this. One option open to those at high risk is to take part in a study
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THE TIGER
What a magnificent beast is the tiger, Huge teeth set in powerful jaws Bright eyes that are watchful and wary, Silently creeping on well padded paws. Whiskers that twitch with excitement, When she picks up the scent of her prey, She ripples her muscles
