From the Evening News, June 19, 1992 - THE firm which makes the world-famous drinks Lucozade and Ribena is to close its Little Hulton factory and make almost 300 workers redundant.
The 36-year-old SmithKline Beecham plant, on Manchester Road West, produces more than 160 million bottles and cans a year of the famous drinks.
It is the third big jobs axe to fall in Bolton in just over a week, involving a total of more than 500 workers.
25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News,
June 18, 1977
A GROUP of Bolton area consultants want to turn Newlands Nursing Home into a private hospital. Their proposal comes as plans to build a £1 million private hospital at the Last Drop, Bromley Cross, are shelved for 18 months. The group hospital consultants withdrew their support from the Last Drop project earlier this year and adopted the Newlands scheme.
50 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News,
June 19, 1952
A MILESTONE in the history of Horwich Council's housing schemes was reached yesterday afternoon when the key to the 1,000th house to by built by the Council was ceremoniously handed over to the tenant by Counc. Flockton, chairman of Horwich Housing Committee.
The tenants, Mr and Mrs A. Robinson, have been married 4 years and have three young children. Formerly in lodgings with Mr Robinson's father, they are now living in their own home for the first time.
100 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News,
June 19, 1902
NEITHER the King nor the Queen went to Ascot Races yesterday. The Press Association's Windsor correspondent telegraphs that the King and Queen went for a drive through the park during the afternoon. They were in an open carriage drawn by a pair of greys. The King was looking well and smilingly acknowledged the salutations which greeted him and the Queen as they drove down the Long Walk, where a number of people had assembled. They were absent close on two hours.
The Press Association is authorised to state that, in anticipation of the severe strain to which the King will be subjected during the Coronation festivities, his medical advisers have recommended him to forego all public engagements during the next few days. The Press Association is informed by Dr Warre, headmaster of Eton College, that he received a notification this afternoon that the King's visit to Eton on Saturday has been postponed.
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