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Magpies show true grit
Ossett Town FC 0, Chorley FC 1 A DETERMINED performance from an understrength Chorley team deservedly won the Magpies a place in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup and a home tie with another UniBond first division side, Trafford. Manager Ken Wright
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Make home a castle
I UNDERSTAND that the New Labour Government are reviewing lease hold in this country. Some MPs have worked hard to get long needed concessions for flat owners. But what have our MPs in Bury and Bolton done to get rid of ground rent that affects many,
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Free to say what we want
THANK goodness we have freedom of the press and the opportunity to have our say! For name and address supplied, August 29, to infer that contributors should omit the past misdemeanours of the true blues, and perhaps, blow the trumpets colouring the mistakes
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Put another record on, Sheila
I AM certain that, by now, many of your readers, like myself, must be more than a little bit weary of Sheila Jones' dogged, persistent pushing of pro-fluoridation propaganda at us. On and on in a never-ending torrent she extols the benefits of fluoridation
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Tories score own goal
WILLIAM Hague's mini manifesto is a gift for Labour as we now have it in black and white that the Tories will cut public spending by £16 billion. As their document states on page eight the Conservatives are committed to "real annual increases in spending
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Sarah's early Christmas...
IT may only be September, but brave young cancer patient Sarah Heyworth's thoughts are already on Christmas. For Sarah's wishes have come true after winning a Christmas card competition at leading cancer care centre Christie's in Manchester. Sarah entered
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Hemmings to buy Pontins
CHORLEY tycoon Trevor Hemmings is on the verge of buying back Eccleston-based Pontins holiday centres. The multi-million pound deal with Manor Parcs is expected to be clinched by the end of this month. Mr Hemmings, head of the Manor Parcs chain of leisure
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Driving ambition fulfilled
A CHORLEY brownie leader has carried out a driving ambition. Jacqueline Berry, who lives off Pall Mall, undertook a one-day fund-raising challenge -- which she read about in a guiding magazine -- at the Shell Global Solutions test track in Warrington,
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Fat falls away
THE black clouds of depression have finally lifted for super slimmer Jeanette Brennels whose whole world changed after she shed six-and-a-half stones in just 40 weeks. Chorley housewife Jeanette had endured 30 years of name-calling, loneliness and heartache
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Dreamboat
IF you called Andrew Moynihan a bit of a dreamboat -- you would probably be right! The lucky 21-year-old from Euxton was amazed when a television researcher got in touch -- to ask if a TV crew could renovate his narrowboat. The Chorley Citizen caught
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Give the young a chance
A SPORTING grandmother from Chorley is calling for more tolerance towards young people. Disabled snooker champ Joan Cummings, of Draperfield, Coppull, says locals are labelling the teenagers as 'troublemakers'. The European Nine Ball Pool wheelchair titleholder
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Keeper called up
JAMES Evans, Wanderers' youth team goalkeeper, has been named in the Scotland squad for an Under 18s Challenge international against Northern Ireland at St Andrew's, Birmingham on Tuesday, September 19. Grimsby Town have taken the 'all-ticket' restriction
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Euxton lead by 30 points
EUXTON head the Alliance 2000 Sunday Cricket League with 187 points from 16 games followed by Old Huttonians with 157 from 16. Results: Sunday, September 9: Euxton 98-8; Leyland Daf 97. Newburgh 383-7 (Moss 105, Ashcroft 135); Ravens 152 (Brown 57). Old
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Generator fiasco was a disgrace
THIS is a letter directed to the powers that be, those who were responsible for the generator, which was left next to the war memorial, in the Town Hall Square. Sunday, September 3, was the very first celebration of Merchant Navy Day, a wreath was laid
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Pensioners pick up pieces of a new hobby
ELDERLY residents from Hag Fold in Atherton are pictured picking up the pieces to learn a new craft. The art of mosaics was being put together as part of a new project - Recreate, on the Atherton estate. Recreate aims to provide new opportunities for
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Green light for 50 houses on 'industry land'
A HOUSING development in Horwich has been given the green light following a public inquiry. Despite Bolton Council's planning officers' recommendation that permission be granted for the housing development off Crown Lane, the application from the Trustees
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Big Sam uges caution
NO-ONE has been more surprised by Wanderers' winning start to the season than Sam Allardyce but the straight-talking Reebok boss isn't getting carried away. "Judge us after a dozen games," he insisted today as he looked for a positive reaction to Tuesday
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Match man strikes chord
MATCHSTICK marvel Joseph Riley is about to strike again -- with the help of a local music shop. Pensioner Joseph was fretting he might have difficulty finding a model for his latest ambitious project -- a full-size working guitar made out of matches -
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SOCCER: Bury's waiting game
SHAKERS boss Andy Preece must wait on Bhaichung Bhutia for tomorrow's top of the table clash against Walsall. The Indian international suffered a hamstring strain during Tuesday night's Worthington Cup clash against Crewe and is doubtful for the big showdown
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Centurions face top Aussie RL side
SOUTH Sydney, one of Australia's most famous club sides, will be playing Leigh Centurions on a whistle-stop tour to England in November. Souths will take on Paul Terzis' side at Hilton Park on Tuesday, November 21 - the first time an Aussie team has played
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TENNIS: Brook lead way again
LOCAL BSF Tennis League players brought down the curtain on a successful outdoor season with an equally successful evening at Rivington Barn when the trophies were presented. Because Easter was late this year, the season start was also late and the number
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THEATRES
ALBERT HALLS, Victoria Square, Bolton. Sunday September 10. Auditions for a place in the chorus of this year's Albert Halls' pantomime "Cinderella". Junior chorus auditions for youngsters under four feet 11 inches tall are at 10am and senior chorus, for
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New hope in land battle
RESIDENTS in Poulton have been given an unprecedented chance to win back green-belt land lost to housing developers -- according to MP Hilton Dawson. The MP for Lancaster and Wyre described the situation as 'joyous' when he met with Poulton residents
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Lofty's law
ROARING success Lofty the Lion is likely to become one of the surprise subjects of football's latest crackdown. Not content with clamping down on players' excesses, the Football League are drawing up a new set of guidelines governing the behaviour of
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Woman walks free after stabbing lover
A BOLTON woman's stormy relationship with her young lover ended when she stabbed him in a drunken rage. But Dawn Hilton, 37, walked free from Manchester Crown Court after Judge Robert Atherton studied medical and pre-sentence reports on her. The judge
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ATHERTON'S Gareth Williams hopes opportunity knocks for his career when he takes his script writing talents to Hollywood. The 21-year-old will be taking his work with him in the hope that his two-week stay in the film capital of the world will pay dividends
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PARENTS IN MAST PROTEST pic:H367216
By Beverly Greenberg ANGRY parents will lobby Westhoughton Town Council on Monday in protest to a planning application for a mobile telephone mast. The proposal submitted by Vodaphone for a 15 metre lattice at Daisy Hill Football Club, on St James's Street
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Lodge death toddler: Mum backs BEN campaign
A BOLTON woman who quit the town after her two-year-old son drowned in a mill lodge has joined the BEN campaign to get them filled in. Breightmet resident Sue Johnson, first called for disused lodges to be filled in back in 1977 following the death of
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POETRY
BLUE CAT CAFE, Shaw Rd, Heaton Moor, Stockport. Second Thurs in the month at 8.00pm, free. Ring 0161 432 2117.
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CONCERTS
MANCHESTER APOLLO, Manchester. Kd Lang Wed, October 11. Tickets £25 and £22.50 on sale now. Also, Saturday October 28, A1, tickets £15. The Saw Doctors, Saturday December 16, tickets £13.50. Ring 0161 242 2560. MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS ARENA, Manchester
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FESTIVALS
KERSAL FESTIVAL, Littleton Road Playing Fields, Kersal. Sunday September 10. A family fun day with music, clowns, stalls and outdoor side shows. Starts noon. Ring Sue Barnes on 0161 736 9448 for further information. OTLEY BLACK SHEEP FOLK FESTIVAL. Friday
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CINEMAS
All films run from Friday September 8 to Thursday September 14. WARNER VILLAGE CINEMA, Middlebrook, Bolton. Ring Bolton 669988. Scary Movie (18); Snatch (18); Shanghai Noon (12); The X-Men (12); Gossip (15); Cherry Falls (15); Gone in 60 Seconds (15);
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SOCCER: Neville quits at Gigg
NEVILLE Neville has quit as Bury FC's commercial boss. Neville, who has run Gigg Lane's commercial activities for 15 years, is joining a sports management company but will continue his association with the Shakers by remaining as a director during the
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SOCCER: Rammy bid to repeat cup form
RAMSBOTTOM United look to carry forward the tremendous cup form shown in the two FA Cup ties played this last week into tomorrow's FA Vase away tie at Northern League outfit Evenwood Town. The Rams successfully ngotiated an away trip to Unibond Division
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SOCCER: Conference life suits RMI boss
LEIGH RMI are starting to feel at home in the Nationwide Conference and manager Steve Waywell likes what he's seen. Three wins and a draw from their opening six games has seen the Railwaymen consolidate ninth place in the table. Waywell says: "We may
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OUT OF TOWN
NORTH PIER THEATRE, BLACKPOOL, The Grumbleweeds, with Stu Francis. Runs to October 24. Seats £10. Also, Hale and Pace with support from Hilary O'Neil and Steve Rawlings. Starts Wednesday to Friday 8pm and Saturday at 7pm. Also, Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Saturday
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Lovely old town
MAY I say, since I left Bolton some 63 years ago, I can't help but think what wonderful times I had there. By the Bolton Town Hall was a shop and in the window was a case-ball. One had to guess how many people attended Bolton Wanderers football ground
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Blossoming gardeners
COPPULL residents have proved they are no basket cases when it comes to gardening. More than 30 green-fingered residents entered two competitions to creating blooming marvellous gardens. Coppull Parish Council teamed up with Chorley's Birkacre Nurseries
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Six months to find jobs
JOB loss fears at a Chorley firm are the result of scaremongering, claim bosses. Workers for support services and catering firm Sodexho -- sub-contracted to VTS at Little Carr Lane -- were worried they would face redundancy after VTS announced it was
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Gay Pride for Lancs
LANCASHIRE'S first ever Gay Pride initiative is hitting the streets. And organisers hope it will help stamp out hatred that is forcing gay people out of towns like Chorley. Gay Pride has previously been based in Manchester's city centre and 'Gay Village
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Police warn against vigilante behaviour
POLICE are urging Chorley residents not to become vigilantes amid fears that paedophiles are being rehoused in the town. One concerned resident told the Chorley Citizen: "It has been brought to my attention that paedophiles are wishing to move into the
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Local man injured in US coach horror
A BOLTON man has been pulled from the mangled wreckage of this American bus which crashed, injuring 41 people. Eleven people were seriously hurt in the accident in Nevada, in which the coach rolled over and skidded along the carriageway for 200 feet.
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Adlington get off to fine start
ADLINGTON Rangers opened the new amateur rugby league season with an excellent victory away at Wigan St Judes. Half backs Moss and Mitchinson scored the first two tries for Rangers, the latter converted by Hough to make it 10-0 to the visitors at half
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Harriers brave the heat
DESPITE the heavy rainfall of the previous two days, it was a scorching hot day for the Rufford 10k road-race. Twenty-two Chorley Harriers took to the streets to support this well organised event. Russell Barron travelled from Sheffield to support the
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Leaders keep up the pace
BRINSCALL still lead the Red Arrow Services Chorley and District Amateur Cricket League from second-placed Hoghton with 138 and 117 points respectively. Results, Saturday, September 2. Division one (*denotes team batting first): Brinscall 98-6 (S Critchley
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Chorley in nail-biter as Daf collapse
Chorley CC 124, Leyland Daf CC 122 AN absorbing day's cricket saw Chorley collect 15 points from the narrowest of margins in this derby clash. Leyland DAF must be kicking themselves after losing from such a seemingly invincible position only to collapse
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Nomads in wilderness
IN the Chorley Nissan Sunday Football League premier division, an Andy Brandley hat trick looked to have given Adlington Nomads the points as they were leading Withnell United 3-2 with 20 minutes remaining. But a mini collapse saw United score four times
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Lively ladies surprise premiership regulars
Stockport County Ladies FC 0, Chorley Ladies FC 2 CHORLEY Ladies got off to a flying start in their first game in the premiership with a decisive win against a lively Stockport team with far more experience of playing in the top division. The home team
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Bolton gets the md's vote
LOFTY the Lion was one of the personalities involved when a growing software company opened its new Bolton offices. eXegeSys UK Ltd -- formerly the Business Solutions Division of the Westhoughton-based Riva Group -- needed new premises after the acquisition
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Abbey take-over proof of banking competition
By Jon Hitchin of Hargreave Hale & Co ANY doubts that the banking sector was becoming more competitive were dashed this week. Abbey National, Britain's second largest mortgage lender, announced that it had agreed to buy Scottish Provident for £1.8
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Lostock flats plan gets the thumbs down
A CONTROVERSIAL application for a block of flats has been turned down by Bolton's planning councillors. Residents objected to an application from Albaylde Ltd to build two two-storey apartment blocks on land at Regent Drive, Lostock. Councillors were
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Doc's advice was just the tonic for slim 'star' Denise
SLIMMER, Denise Gill, of Atherton, is off to a top London Hotel today to take part in Slimming Magazine's national 'Slimmer of the Year' competition. Denise, 53, who has lost over three stones at the Atherton Slimming Magazine Club, was voted a Super
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Library moves up the road
A DISTINCTIVE Halliwell landmark is on the move later this month with plans to re-locate the library. The library in Hatfield Road closed on Saturday and is due to re-open later this month at the new site of Oxford Grove Primary School in nearby Shepherd
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Doors open to adult learning
A MULTI-million pound centre opened in Farnworth this week to offer a new seat of learning within the Borough. The purpose-built centre on the corner of Cross Street and Queen Street aims to prove age is no barrier when it comes to learning something
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Row erupts over town centre lorry ban
A FURIOUS row has broken out over a decision to ban heavy lorries in Bolton town centre. Tory Cllr John Walsh has written a letter to council chief executive Bernard Knight complaining about how the decision was taken to impose a 17-tonnes weight restriction
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Light up your night!
BLACKPOOL is inviting people from Chorley to come and enjoy this year's Illuminations. The town's famous lights were switched on at the weekend by chart-topping boy band Westlife and will shine every night until November 5. Illuminations boss Richard
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ATHERTON SWIMMING CLUB
Champion swimmers shine THE roll of success for Atherton Swimming Club continued in August with no less than three talented young swimmers achieving nationally recognised qualifying times and participating in the National Age Group Championships in Coventry
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CRICKET: Places up for grabs
THE Bolton League winds up the cricket season this weekend with matches tomorrow and Sunday. The Bolton Association still have two weekends to complete, playing tomorrow and finishing with a double programme next week. With Kearsley and Walshaw already
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Catch big bids
A MAGNIFICENT selection of cased fish, by the synonymous names of Homer and Cooper and a rare selection of quality collectors, reels and cased fish are to be auctioned in the West Midlands next month. Specialist sporting auctioneers, Mullock Madeley will
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Catch big bids
A MAGNIFICENT selection of cased fish, by the synonymous names of Homer and Cooper and a rare selection of quality collectors, reels and cased fish are to be auctioned in the West Midlands next month. Specialist sporting auctioneers, Mullock Madeley will
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Gregory pleased with Colls' start
ATHERTON Colls club secretary Paul Gregory has been delighted with what he has seen from manager Alan Lord's team thus far this season. "Lordie" has switched things back to playing five across the defensive line and that's what us supporters like to see
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ANGLING BY GLYNN KATELEY
A GOOD attendance is expected at a forthcoming Junior Teach-in following a similar event last year which was hailed as a huge success. The teach-in is to be held on Jumbles Reservoir on October 8 and It is hoped that professional anglers will be on hand
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Please find two photos the first shows Simon Stott, winner of the Shore Top Match. The second shows
ANGLING BY GLYNN KATELEY Simon Stott, left, winner of the Shore Top Match and right, John Eastwood, winner at Dixon Green. A GOOD attendance is expected at a forthcoming Junior Teach-in following a similar event last year which was hailed as a huge success
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, September 8, 1975 CHILDREN and old people today became the innocent victims of British Rail's 'beat the soccer thugs' campaign. There were bitter scenes at some stations in the North-west as day-trippers found cheap
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OTHER EVENTS
BOLTON CHA RAMBLING CLUB. Saturday September 9, a walk of approximately 12 miles around Dearden Clough, Waugh's Well and Cowpe. Meet 9.30am. Also, Saturday September 16, Yarrow Valley, Anglezarke and Round Loaf, 12 miles. Start 10.30am from Rivington.
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What's On for the family
FAMILY FUN RUN/WALK, Bolton Adult Placement and Brindle Lodge Group family fun run/walk, Saturday September 9, 11am start from Leverhulme Park, Athletics' Stadium, Long Lane, Bolton. Choice of around two mile course (runners, joggers and walkers) or short
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NORTH WEST ATTRACTIONS
TATTON PARK, Knutsford. The 31st Cheshire Autumn Antiques Fair. Runs to Sunday September 10. Ring 01277 214677. VARIOUS VENUES, Birkenhead. To Sunday September 10, Hamilton Jazz Festival. Ring 0151 666 5023. MANCHESTER VELODROME NATIONAL CYCLING CENTRE
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LIVE MUSIC VENUES AND EVENTS
THE ALBERT HALLS, Victoria Square, Bolton. Friday September 22, 8pm, John Coghlan's Quo, original drummer and founder member John Coghlan has put together a tribute to Quo's golden era. Ring Bolton 334400. BURY MET CAFE BAR, Market Street, Bury. HORWICH
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Music and dance
VARIOUS BOLTON PARKS, Sounds on Sunday Brass Band Concerts. All bands will play between 2pm and 4pm. Admission free. Sunday September 10, Leigh Silver Band will play in Queens Park and on Sunday September 24, Radcliffe and Prestwich Band will play in
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What's On at local galleries and exhibitions
ARC GALLERY STORE, Oldham Street, Manchester. Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm. Sun noon to 5pm. Adm free. Ring 0161 831 7454. ASTLEY CHEETHAM ART GALLERY, Trinity Street, Stalybridge. Open Mon to Fri (not Thurs) 1pm to 7.30pm, Sat 9am to 4pm. Tel 0161 338 2708
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Once upon a time - by deaf Chloe, eight
IMAGINE standing up in front of a shop full of strangers on a busy Saturday afternoon and reading aloud. Now imagine doing this as an eight-year-old child who is so severely deaf you would struggle to hear a loud radio just a few metres away. Well this
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Soap star reborn as Prince Charming!
MILLIONS of TV viewers last saw soap star Glenda McKay being pushed to her death from a cliff by her mad boyfriend. But in December, Glenda who played Rachel in popular farming soap Emmerdale, will be bouncing back -- as Prince Charming in Bolton's pantomime
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Frank's healthy blood is almost a work of art
I HAVE just learned, in the course of a normal day's work, that I have no excess free radical activity. And not a lot of people know that. The reason that not a lot of people are aware of such facts -- even about themselves, let alone me -- is because
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Speed limit puts brake on tragedy
A CLAMPDOWN on speeding motorists along a Bolton accident blackspot has slashed the number of crashes and injuries by up to 60 per cent it has been revealed. Statistics show that since a 50 mile an hour speed limit was enforced on St Peter's Way the number
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Howfener Ray Clarke
who now lives in the Deep South of America with his wife Susan recalls his early years in "Kew-Yed City". MY KIND OF TOWN 'If someone had said 20 years ago that Westhoughton would have a McDonalds he would have been carted off to a mental Institution.
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Folk music nights
FOLK MUSIC LEIGH CRICKET CLUB, Beech Walk, Leigh. Tonight folk group Calico presenting an evening with Harvey Andrews the popular singer songwriter. Starts 8.15pm, admission £5 on the door. CLIFTON ARMS, Newport St, Mons. BAND ON THE WALL, Mcr. THE MET
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MARKET DATES
BOLTON MARKET, Ashburner Street. adjacent to Moor Lane Bus Station. Open Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat. Sunday fleamarket. Ring 336825. MARKET HALL, Knowsley Street. A cast iron glass-roofed Victorian market hall with specialist shops and market stalls.
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CLUBS
HORWICH CONSERVATIVE, Church Street, Horwich. Open weekdays after 5pm and weekends 2pm. BRADFORD WARD LABOUR, Bridgeman Street, Bolton, Mon-Sat 11.30am -3pm and 6.30pm-11pm. Sunday noon-10.30pm. Bar, rounders, darts, pool and snooker teams. TONGE MOOR
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KARAOKE
ANCHOR INN, Union Building, Bolton. Friday and Saturday. SHARMAN ARMS, Halliwell Rd, Bolton. Monday. THE RAILWAY, Bridge St, Ramsbottom. Saturday. THE GREENWOOD, Chorley New Rd, Horwich. Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday. THE LAMB, Blackburn Rd, Bolton
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COMEDY NIGHTS
THE MET, Market Street, Bury. Ring 0161 761 2216. BLUE CAT CAFE, Shaw Rd, Heaton Moor, Stockport, 0161 432 2117. FROG AND BUCKET, Oldham St, Mcr, 0161 236 9805. QUAY BAR, Deansgate Quay, Bridgewater Viaduct, Mcr. Ring 0161 839 8803. ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE
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New LR side
show promise EARLY signs are that Atherton LRFC's newly-formed U7s Academy side could have unearthed one or two stars for the future. The young team warmed up for a first-ever season of competitive rugby football with two friendly game wins over Boothstown
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BOOK EARLY
MEN ARENA, Manchester. October 5 to October 8, Disney On Ice, Jungle Adventures. Tickets £8.50 to £22.50. Also, October 23-24, Robbie Williams. Nov 3, Iron Maiden, tickets £20. Nov 25, Tom Jones, tickets £25.50 and £22, starts 8pm. Ring 0161 930 8000.
