From the Evening News, July 16, 1904: AN accident happened on Friday afternoon at the works of Messrs Crumblehulme and Sons, iron founders, Emblem Street, Bolton.

A ladle containing molten metal was being conveyed through the works by four workmen when the bottom collapsed. The metal escaped and one of the workmen, Edward Best of Euxton Street, was burned about the feet and others were struck about the feet and hands, receiving slight burns.

MR William Rae, the bonesetter, resumed his mission of healing the cripples at Hamer's Commercial Hotel, Bolton, this morning. Mrs Snape of Salford brought her five-year-old boy, wearing a spinal support, but after the operation this was discarded.

From the Evening News, July 16, 1954: BOLTON Housing Committee yesterday agreed to give five guineas to a Housing Department employee who saved a two-year-old boy from drowning in a lodge on Sunday, May 30. Mr Fred Naylor of Padbury Way, labourer and watchman on the Oldham's Housing Estate, saved the boy by diving into the lodge and afterwards applying artificial respiration.

A SPECIAL committee has been set up by Bolton Junior Chamber of Commerce to consider the question of diversity of industry in the town. A Chamber report on the Bolton Development Plan expresses the view that the need to attract new industries to Bolton is urgent. It is pointed out that since one in three Bolton workers are employed in cotton mills and one in two of all workers depend on textiles or associated industries, the effect of a further decline in the Lancashire cotton industry might be very serious.

From the Evening News, July 16, 1979: MORE than 450 pupils at St James' High School, Farnworth, were sent home at lunchtime today because teachers are refusing to supervise school meals. Hundreds more children in other Bolton schools could be affected by the teachers' withdrawal of goodwill. The teachers are angry because the council deducted £10 from the wages of teachers who imposed a five-hour day during a national pay campaign.

FORMER Horwich council chairman John Fairclough left £300 in his will so that Horwich Rotarians and their wives could have a bumper night out. Mr Fairclough, a former coach proprietor of Chorley Old Road, Horwich, died in March, aged 79.

From the Evening News, July 16, 1994: A BOLTON comprehensive school has taken steps to protect pupils when they set out on trips. Withins School has had its Leyland Sherpa minibus fitted with safety harnesses, the seating reinforced and extra padding fitted to provide greater safety and comfort. Guidelines issued by Bolton Council recommend safety harnesses in all school minibuses and a driving ability test which is run by the local authority for all teachers who drive the vehicles.

FRESHERS' week activities at Bolton Institute on Friday, September 30, will take place in a large marquee on the lawns of the college. The high-profile week will culminate with a trade fair for all suppliers of goods and services to Bolton Institute Students' Union.