From the Evening News, 1992 - BOLTON Crown Court was entitled not to renew the licence of a Farnworth nightclub which attracted crowds of up to 2,000 young ravers where the drug Ecstasy was openly bought and sold, London's High Court has ruled.

Mr Justice MacPherson refused Courage Plc leave to seek Judicial Review of the Crown Court's decision on appeal not to renew a licence for then Pleasuredrome club. He said: "In my judgement, this club should remain shut."

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

October 23, 1977

MAJOR changes in the law are being drawn up to cut unemployment and stimulate industry in the Greater Manchester area. The proposals could have a dramatic effect in Bolton because of the number of small businesses and old premises in the town. Officials have drafted more than 200 clauses for inclusion in the proposed Greater Manchester Bill, which amounts to a complete review of local legislation.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

October 23, 1952

WHEN the Halle or the Liverpool Philharmonic is playing in Bolton on a Saturday evening, few people attend the civic dances in the Albert Hall. Generally, the civic dances sell all their tickets and attract the younger dancer. This was shown by the Entertainment organizer's monthly report yesterday when a proposal to bring two dance bands to the Winter Gardens on two future Sunday evenings to play what was described as "interlude" music met with opposition from the Mayor, Ald. J. Vickers and Ald. Mrs Helen Wright, the leader of the Town Council. The Mayor commented: "This blaring music is not going to help."

100 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

October 23, 1902

A PARTY of missionaries have arrived at Liverpool from Portuguese Africa on the liner Olenda after a remarkable overland journey of some 900 miles. They report that a serious war is being waged against the white traders. One trader reported that natives had murdered eleven of his fellow-traders. Thirty white traders had been captured by natives and are being held in slavery. The natives told the missionaries that their quarrel was not with the Portuguese officers and people, but with the traders who, they alleged, had oppressed and cruelly treated them for years. Much of their 900-mile march passed through by the missionaries was in a devastated state, many towns and villages being in ruins, and they had to pass through a district hitherto untraversed by whites.