From the Evening News, March 28, 1903: THERE lies in a very precarious condition at the Infirmary, Alice Aldred, the occupier of the house, 20, Euxton-st., suffering from severe burns about the thighs and lower part of the body.

At a quarter past two this morning, information was given to PC James Clegg by a lodger at the house, named Alfred Faulkner, that Aldred had been badly burned.

Proceeding to the house he found the unfortunate woman lying on the hearth in a shocking condition, her clothes having been burned away. He at once secured assistance, and communicated with the Fire Station, the woman having been removed to the Infirmary, where little hope is entertained for her recovery.

Aldred, it is stated, was in the habit of sitting in front of the fire at night, and leaving the poker between the bars, and it is supposed that the poker dropped out and set fire to her clothing.

From the Evening News, March 29, 1993

BOLTON Council has given the go-ahead for a new £2.5 million five-storey complex to house 166 students on Deansgate. The new building will rise on the site of the former fire station at Marsden House, which will be demolished. And it will signal a special landlord/tenant relationship between trade union Nalgo and the town's Institute of Higher Education. The complex will house three floors of accommodation, student common rooms, Nalgo offices, a health club with gymnasium and jacuzzi, a bar and shops.

From the Evening News, March 29, 1978

A PUB with no beer opens for Bolton's teenagers on Monday night. Capt. Barry Wilson, of the Salvation Army Citadel in Great Moor Street, decided to open it after he saw young people drinking in town centre bars when they were clearly under age. Capt. Wilson and his wife Cynthia believe there is a real need for a "pub" where young people can go without being subjected to the temptation of drink and drugs.

BOLTON Wanderers' midfield man Peter Reid has been named in the England Under-21 squad for the European Championship quarter-final second leg against Italy in Rome next week.

From the Evening News, March 28, 1953

BOLTON Housing Committee has deferred for a month a decision on whether to build 22 bungalows on part of the Johnson Fold estate which fronts Moss Bank Way, or whether it would be better to build six bungalows at each end of the stretch of land facing the main road and screen the houses which are set further back from the road with trees and bushes.

During a brief discussion on the problem this week, Counc. Crook commented: "Part of Moss Bank Way is the biggest white elephant that this town has ever had."March 29

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