From the Evening News, September 16, 1904: THE Farnworth District Council's Buildings Committee had before it last night the plans for the erection of two immense spinning mills upon land off Worsley Road and Larkhill.

A few years ago the land was used for such sports as wrestling, dog racing, sprinting etc. The Atlantic Spinning Co. do not intend to put up both structures at once, but we are informed that the contracts for the No 1 mill, which will have a capacity of 120,000 mule spindles for the production of superior qualities of carded yarns, are already in hand and building operations will be commenced within a month.

BOLTON's new motor bus seems to have been introduced under an unlucky star. After a few days of running between Mealhouse Lane and Brownlow Fold and Mealhouse Lane and Darcy Lever, it has come to grief in its internal arrangements and after the day's journeys on Wednesday night it was removed to the shed for repairs. Passengers have taken as much pleased interest in it as children take in a new toy.

From the Evening News, September 15, 1954: MISS Alice Foley, secretary of the Bolton and District Weavers' Association, in her quarterly report, advises women working in weaving sheds not to wear light, open top sandals. They might be comfortable, she says, but they offer little protection to the feet. She was commenting on a Factory Inspectorate report that said the clog and the stout boot had been discarded and all too frequently last year's Sunday best shoes were thought adequate for wearing in the factory.

THE Rev R. G. Norburn, Rural Dean and Vicar of Bolton, and the Rev J. J. Robinson, Vicar of All Saints', Farnworth, have been appointed honorary canons of Manchester Cathedral. Mr Norburn, who was formerly Vicar of St Luke's, Benchill, Wythenshawe, was 37 when he became Vicar of Bolton in 1948, succeeding Canon Davidson.

From the Evening News, September 15, 1979: OLYMPIC athletes will benefit from the efforts of 180 Bolton schoolchildren who trudged 40 times around their playground during a sponsored walk. The effort, by pupils at St Stephen's Primary School in Darcy Lever, raised a total of £965 - £500 of it for the Moscow "Olly" Campaign which pays for the training of young athletes for the 1980 Olympic Games. Infant pupil Anthony Gaskell, who was only five when he completed the three-mile walk, raised the highest amount of money - more than £25.

THE Rev Arthur Dobb, Vicar of Christ's Church, Harwood, pointed out that keeping the lights on in the Bolton Council Chamber during an education committee meeting - one discussing £400,000 of school spending cuts - was wasting electricity. "If you are careful about the pennies the pounds will look after themselves," he said.

From the Evening News, September 16, 1994: HULTON Lane hospital, which specialises in the care of the elderly, could be moved to Bolton General under a scheme being considered by health chiefs. They claim it is virtually impossible to redesign the buildings, some of which are 110 years old, to meet modern standards.

A BOLTON licensee has fired a first shot which could launch a town centre price war - he has slashed the price of a pint of best bitter to 85p a pint. Most pubs charge £1.20 to £1.50 a pint.