10 years ago From the Evening News March 28, 1995: DANCING in the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary of VE Day? If you tell the council first and register the knees-up, you will get an information pack and may even qualify for cash help.

A NEW centre for diabetics is set to open next month in Bolton town centre.

The £750,000 Bolton Diabetes Centre aims to put the town firmly on the map in the field of diabetes research and speed up the treatment of this widespread condition.

25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News March 28, 1980

FARNWORTH ambulancemen, trained to keep calm in any crisis, will find it hard to resist a tinge of sorrow at the closure of their town centre station this weekend.

At 7am on Sunday, Jack Schofield and Alf Hayes will clock off on the last shift at King Street, and Cliff Haskins and Peter Paintain will start the first shift at the new station off Plodder Lane.

Many of the 18 ambulancemen have been at the King Street depot since it opened in 1953.

FASCINATING insights into the history of Bolton will be revealed when the final stage of a new local history museum opens next week.

The History museum, on the ground floor of the Little Bolton Town Hall, covers several new aspects of the social history of the area, from the textile trade to the local militia.

Boltons first horse-drawn fire engine, which operated in the town from 1826, is included in the display.

50 YEARS AGO From the Evening News March 28, 1955

MR Justice Davies, speaking at a divorce case at Birmingham Assizes today, criticised young couples who do not try to make marriage work.

He said: "It is an all-too-obvious fact nowadays that young people have not a scrap of respect for the institution of marriage and do not try because divorce is too easy."

NEW Zealand collapsed sensationally against England and were all out for 26 in the Test Match at Auckland.

Appleyard (4-7), Statham (3-9) and Bolton-born Tyson (2-10) routed the New Zealanders and England won by an innings and 20 runs.

100 YEARS AGO From the Evening News March 28, 1905

THE residents of Little Lever, where industries have for some years been in a declining condition, will be pleased to learn that a company is being formed to purchase the Bradley Mills which used to be rented to Messrs Young, but closed more than a year ago.

Gray cloth is to be woven and orders are being placed immediately for a hundred looms which it is hoped may be working four months hence.

THE contract for the erection of a new Liberal Club at Little Lever has been secured by Mr JF Grundy and it is expected that building operations will commence at once.

The new club, which is to stand on land obtained in Albert Street, in the centre of the village, will be a one-storey building and consist of a large billiard room holding two tables, a room to be used for reading and committee purposes, lavatories and a cellar for the heating apparatus.