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Skater's request
This is a message for Bolton planers. Bolton is short of a roller or ice skating rink. It's good fun and goodexercise. N Coffey Fairhaven Road, Bolton Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the
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PER STUNNER
PER Frandsen has given Wanderers an unwelcome selection problem for the home game against bottom-of-the-table Crewe on Saturday week. The Danish midfield star faces an automatic suspension after picking up his eighth booking of the season in Saturday's
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Floral thanks
I WOULD like to thank all the staff from TSB of Bolton, for sending that beautiful basket of flowers. I was so grateful. Mrs M Booth Colchester Avenue, Breightmet Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been
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PER STUNNER
PER Frandsen has given Wanderers an unwelcome selection problem for the home game against bottom-of-the-table Crewe on Saturday week. The Danish midfield star faces an automatic suspension after picking up his eighth booking of the season in Saturday's
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PHONE LINE NURSING 'WILL BE SAFE'
HEALTH bosses have countered fears that the new nurse-led NHS Direct could land the Health Service with massive medical negligence claims. The 24-hour health information service will be staffed by nurses who will give advice and information on any aspect
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Ask the Tories
BRADSHAW Conservative Walter Hall, must be congratulated for his recent BEN letter praising the Government for its £21B investment package into the NHS. Pensioners are also among the poorest and most vulnerable people in Britain, yet the Conservatives
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No place for fantasyfootball!
WANDERERS 2, WEST BROM 1 COLIN Todd shocked the football world this morning when he offered West Brom a re-match in the wake of Saturday's disallowed goal fiasco at the Reebok. Within an hour Nationwide League officials declared the game void and sanctioned
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TRAWLING THE NET FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHERS
THE net is closing in on internet porn peddlers thanks to a dedicated police team determined to track them down. Sitting at a bank of computer screens a team of officers at Greater Manchester Police Obscene Publications Unit are scanning the internet
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RUGBY: Draw delights coach
IAN Millward got his wish as Leigh drew another Northern Ford Premiership team in the fifth round of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup. Coach Millward will relish the chance or meeting Widnes Vikings at the Auto Quest Stadium on February 28 with a quarter-final
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Right message
MEMBERS of Greater Manchester Police Obscene Publications Unit are sending out the right message to the perverts who peddle pornographic material involving children on the internet: You are NOT anonymous. Anything which can be done should be done to stop
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Daily poem
RAKEAM The first time that I saw him My heart was filled with love. His big brown eyes, his sunny smile Lit up the skies above. He held his little arms out And I sat him on my knee. I cuddled him and kissed him And held him close to me. He's my little
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Laws are flouted
THERE is no doubt that legally and morally seven-years-old Christopher Lomax should be returned to Britain. The child is 3,000 miles away from his father and friends in a village close to Athens. European law demands that Chrisotpher should be brought
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Bouquet of the Week
A BRAVE woman's fight against cancer is highlighted in our Bouquet of the Week today. Mrs M Forrest from Tonge Fold writes, nominating her daughter, Mrs Jacqueline Barmby from Harwood: "Last year, at the age of 35, she was diagnosed as having breast cancer
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A gold award
I AM delighted to advise you that your newspaper has been awarded the British Epilepsy Association Gold Award for Journalism 1998. Recognition of this award has been made for positive and accurate coverage of epilepsy by the top 25 regional newspapers
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Chemists on duty in the Bolton area:
Wed Feb 17: Heatons, 228 Chorley New Road, Horwich (5.30pm to 6.30pm). Sun Feb 21: Nash, 15 Devon Street (9am to 10pm); Landmark, 12 Chorley New Road (9am to 1pm and 2pm to 11pm); Cohens, 576 Blackburn Road (9am to 10pm); Gordon, 193 Bolton Road, Kearsley
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Lottery's part in cash crisis
AT the Manchester Awards for excellence in the arts in 1998, the Octagon Theatre was nominated for no fewer than 15 awards for its actors, directors, productions and design. It won three for Best Actress, Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actor, yet I
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Clean clogs
MY father, Charles Ishwerwood, aged 84, of Little Lever, talks about a man from Bolton called Jimmy Clean Clogs who lived at the Salvation Army. When the Salvation Army Band walked, he was always in front with his sparkling clogs. Has anyone else heard
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Homes attacked by firebugs
ARSONISTS smashed down a door to start a fire in the kitchen of a teenage tenant. Luckily Anne-Marie Bouch, 18, was staying overnight at a friend's house when the attackers struck at her home on Ramsay Avenue, New Bury, Farnworth. Her boyfriend, Richard
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Playing games
WE are three members of the school council at the Moss County Primary School in Breightmet. Does anybody know any skipping games, rhymes or any other games that you used to play? Our teachers can remember bits but not the whole thing. We would like to
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SOCCER: Shakers scrap shares plan
BURY have abandoned their ambitious plans to float on the stock market. The Shakers have decided against trying to become listed alongside the likes of megabucks Man United, Spurs and Newcastle 18 months after first revealing their interest exclusively
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Cleaner streets?
I APPLAUD the Council for its forthcoming policy on irresponsible dog owners, with its "get tough" stance on dog mess. What a delight it will be then to walk through our streets paved with chewing gum and strewn with empty crisp packets, sweet wrappers
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SOCCER: Mark declares war and peace!
Portsmouth 2 Bury1 MARK Patterson has made his peace with Bury and now wants to go to war with the First Division. The midfield warrior believed he could have played his last game for the Shakers when he went on a two- month loan to Blackpool after a
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Daily poem
HOME SAFE The cry from the street with frequent repeat 'Rag Bone', 'Donkey Stone'. The clatter of wheels on the horse drawn cart As they pass over the cobbles Awakening me with a start. The fire was dying, how long had I slept? A shovel of coal and soon
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TUESDAY
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE A belated Christmas bash in aid of the Annual Children's Outing is being held at Bolton Anglers Club, Rishton Lane, Great Lever at 7.30pm. The evening is for adults only with entertainment by Grant Davies and a disco. Admission
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Buses' moan
ISN'T it time something was done to improve our bus service. The circular bus service of the 536/537 is the worst in Bolton, and after years of complaints, as well as petitions etc from numerous passengers, nobody seems to care. Our route number 536/537
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Answers
needed MRS Adams was right. What does our MP do for Farnworth? We never see him or hear him say anything about Farnworth. I have been told he does not live in Bolton, so where does he live? Prince Charles said that Farnworth is one of the most deprived
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Drugs tragedy of a teenage addict
BOLTON teenager Melanie Dobson died after being hooked on drugs from the age of 13. Melanie was just 19 when she died, but her family say they are relieved she will not suffer any more. As reported in Saturday's BEN, she was found dead in a town centre