From the Evening News, June 6, 1992 - THE battle of the fish fryers has ended . . . without a courtroom battle.

For a new Bolton-based company's plan to name its business after the world-famous Harry Ramsden's fish and chip company has had its chips.

The new company, which will open tomorrow in the former Mercury Hotel on the A6 at Westhoughton, will now be named Ronnies, and not Ronnie Ramsden's as previously planned. Owners of the new venture scrapped their original plan after Harry Ramsden's threatened to take out an injunction, because it felt that the proposed name was too near to its own.

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, June 6, 1977

HEAVY rain threatened heartbreak for thousands of local children waiting to celebrate their Silver Jubilee street parties today. But parents and organisers were making sure that the parties went ahead despite the dismal weather, and many of them were busy from an early hour mounting big undercover operations. Trifles, sandwiches, sausage rolls and soft drinks were being ferried to new venues, and bunting came down from the rain-drenched streets to be re-arranged indoors.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, June 6, 1952

THE National Federation of Class Teachers' conference at Gateshead today condemned the supervision of school meals by teachers but did not reach a vote by the time the public session ended. Miss E. Dowling (Bolton), moving a resolution that teachers should not supervise meals, said that they had started to do so voluntarily as war service and the Government had continued to use them in order to "do things on the cheap".

"The Government should use some of the money they waste in administration to provide decent dining centres with fully qualified cooking staff and supervisors. What member of any other trade union would be prepared to give up his lunch hour for a cheap meal, value 1s 4d (7p)?" she asked.

100 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, June 5, 1902

MAJOR Druitt, one of the inspectors of the Board of Trade, visited Bolton this morning and made an inspection of the new tram track on the Dunscar and Halliwell routes, and also the lines re-laid in Trinity-st. and St. George's-rd. He travelled over the new sections in a special car and made a careful examination of the track.

On Halliwell-rd. there is now a double track throughout the whole length, and on the Dunscar route the lines are double from Bolton to Springfield-lane, Blackburn-rd. which has been greatly improved. On returning to the tramshed, Mayor Druitt made an examination and test of a new lifeguard and brake which has been designed and patented by Mr Philipson, Astley Bridge. Experiments were carried out by means of a dummy, and so far as the spectators were able to judge, the apparatus worked effectively. We understand that Major Druitt expressed approval of the guard and brake, and said he would have no hesitation in passing them.