From the Evening News, April 24, 1903: SEVEN pence halfpenny a kick is pretty expensive for street football, especially when the court costs have to be added, but if "boys will be boys" someone has to pay for the privilege.

In this case, Harry Whiston Smith, a youth residing at 55 John Brown-st. was summoned before the Borough Justices this morning for indulging in the luxury.

PC Keir found the defendant playing football in Lord-st., on the evening of the 14th. inst., and the lad's plea now was that had four kicks at the ball as he was coming home from work. Four kicks too many, said Ald. Nicholson, and defendant was fined 2s 6d (12p) and costs.

From the Evening News, April 23, 1993

THE stepfather of a teenage tearaway, who walked free after serving only days of his sentence, said today: "He should be locked away.

He is just sticking his fingers up at authority."

The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was freed on appeal by a judge at Bolton Crown Court last week after serving 16 days of a seven-month sentence handed down after a massive crime spree.

Anxious homeowners on the Bolton housing estate when he lives have now vowed to set up vigilante patrols to try and curb a crime wave there, which they blamed on the boy and other tearaways in the neighbourhood.

From the Evening News, April 24, 1978

NINE months after the Queen's Jubilee, Bolton mothers are adding to the celebrations with a baby boom. The late additions to the festive celebrations of last year are now being born at Bolton General Hospital's maternity unit. Hospital officials report an almost 20 per cent increase in the number of births this year.

THE controversial plan to site a junior attendance centre at Smithills High School, Bolton, has been thrown out by the governors. All but one voted against the scheme.

From the Evening News, April 24, 1953

DEMURE groups of women shoppers in the town centre this morning were transformed into a determined crowd of autograph hunters by the appearance of the Australian stage and screen star John McCallum, who opened a new dress shop in the Arcade.

Mr McCallum, who is currently appearing in a thriller play, "The Night of the Fourth", in Blackpool, was welcomed to the shop by the shop manageress, Mrs Cox, after making slow progress through some 250 "fans". Two 14-years-old girls, Barbara Clegg, 264 Willows-lane, and Joyce Bradley, 670 Manchester-rd. were among the first to collect autographs.

Later, Mr McCallum and his brother, recently arrived from Australia, met his brother-in-law, Colonel Withers, whose military headquarters are in Bolton.