From the Evening News, September 9, 1904: R. STOTHERT and Sons, mineral water manufacturers, John Street, whose head works are at Atherton, were fined at Warrington today sums totalling £5 14s 6d for employing females after stipulated hours.

The defence was that during the July hot weather the demand for mineral waters was so great that overtime had to be worked.

THE quarterly meeting of the Bolton Conservative Council was held last evening at the Senior Conservative Club, Mawdsley Street, Mr E. Thwaites JP presiding in the absence of Mr W. M. Musgrave JP. A discussion ensued on the municipal elections and it was considered a matter of regret that the men of light and leading in the party did not come forward to contest the wards in the Conservative interest.

From the Evening News, September 9, 1954: BOLTONIAN Robert Openshaw has taken over from Mr Jack Tanner as President of the influential Amalgamated Engineering Union. Mr Openshaw, known as "Bob" and a keen Bolton Wanderers fan, started his long climb to eminence in the trade union movement in the Bolton branch.

IN these days of huge transfer figures for footballers it is refreshing to note that the Wanderers' staff of professional players (34 in all) contains only seven who have previously played for Football League clubs. We think it an occasion for some pride that almost 80 per cent of the professionals at Burnden Park have been snapped up from junior teams and nurtured here in Bolton.

From the Evening News, September 8, 1979: THE cause of the blazing holocaust which swept through a Woolworths store, leaving 10 dead in its wake, will never be known. "It will remain a mystery," announced coroner Mr Leonard Gorodkin, bringing an end to the week-long inquest into the disaster at the Manchester department store on May 8 this year. Mr Gorodkin recorded a verdict of accidental death on the ten who died from inhaling poisonous fumes released from burning furniture.

SINGER David Whitfield, who was once mobbed by screaming teenagers everywhere he went, is currently staying with fans and friends Peter and Susan McIntosh in their council house in Mere Walk, Bolton. "I always stay here when I am in the area," said the man who has been in show business 27 years.

From the Evening News, September 9, 1994: BRAND new plush seats have been installed in the smallest screen at the Cannon in Bradshawgate, Bolton. The aim is to fight back against the luxury surroundings of the multiplex giants which have attracted customers in droves. Manager Paul McCarthy said: "We are busier than ever at the moment - largely due to the film The Mask."

BOLTON Institute is to award four Honorary Fellowships next month. They go to Bolton poet Carol Ann Duffy, the internationally-recognised plant expert and broadcaster Roy Lancaster, Sir Ernest Hall, industrialist, pianist and composer, and Malcolm Frazer, Chairman of the Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The fellowships are aimed at recognising local people who have achieved national eminence or those who have made a major contribution to the town or Institute.