From the Evening News, September 10, 1904: AS the Blackpool passenger steamer Deerhound was getting alongside the Southport Pier, on her return from a trip from Blackpool and Southport to Llandudno, she swung round and got foul of the fishing boats, one of which was sunk.

The whole of the passengers had to be landed over the vessel's bows and those from Blackpool had to go on to that town by train.

WILLIAM Rae, the bonesetter of Blantyre, is in for a busy time now that he has resumed duty at his home in that town. Last night an excursion train which left Blackburn about half past ten was crowded with the halt and the lame, bound for Blantyre to consult the "doctor."

From the Evening News, September 11, 1954: FARNWORTH is launching an all-out campaign to have the town's disused mill lodges drained and filled in because of the danger to children - and also to provide the borough with more land for industry and house-building. Mr James Collier, Highways and Cleansing Superintendent, has already had two 50ft deep quarries filled in with Corporation refuse and now contractors' lorries from nearby new Council estates are tipping soil and rubble into one of the town's biggest lodges in Back Kent Street.

Horwich, traditionally a railway town, has also a tradition for producing first-class men as well as first-class rail equipment. Recognition of this comes in the naming of three new locomotives after men who served their apprenticeship as railway engineers at the Horwich Works. They are Sir Henry Fowler, Sir J. Aspinall and Mr George Hughes CBE.

From the Evening News, September 11, 1979: FASCINATING information is to be found in an excellent new booklet - "Bolton Town Centre History Trail." The booklet, which is Bolton and District Civic Trust's contribution to the Crompton Festival, is the first of its kind to be published in Bolton.

GREATER Manchester Police, the largest force in the country outside London, is to suffer spending cuts of £387,000 next year. The largest reduction (£132,000) is on uniforms, but there will be a £104,000 cut on vehicles, fuel and repair, £90,000 on building maintenance and £20,000 on education and training. Chief Constable James Anderton said the cuts were bound to impair the efficiency of the force, but he had done his best to reduce them to an absolute minimum.

From the Evening News, September 10, 1994: COUNCIL bosses have admitted that not one person has been prosecuted in Bolton since tougher new litter laws came into force three years ago. They have discovered that powers under the Environmental Protection Act have been unworkable. The law does not say dropping litter is an offence, only refusing to pick it up. When people have been challenged they have removed the litter and avoided prosecution.

AN historic Bolton tram has been immortalised in metal by Corgi. The prestigious model-makers have reproduced the famous Bolton 66 tram - 72 times smaller than the original - in die-cast metal for sale to collectors. The 5,000 limited edition models of the tram, which is still in service along Blackpool's Golden Mile, are expected to sell out quickly.