From the Evening News, May 4, 1992 - A NEW sex magazine featuring full frontal male nudes has proved a sizzling sell-out in Bolton.

Curious women snapped up all the first copies of the first issue of For Women within hours of them arriving at local newsagents.

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, May 4, 1977

AN angry Harwood vicar today accused Granada Television of bias in last night's "World in Action" current affairs programme. The Rev. Arthur Dobb, vicar of Christ Church, was filmed for about six hours, along with his wife and five children, at the weekend as part of an investigation into how poorer families coped on low incomes. For other low wage earners were also filmed.

But Mr Dobb's contribution was dropped at the last minute because, he claims, he put forward an opposite view to the rest of the families who were filmed.

"I earn about £45 a week and we said that we could manage on that and had a happy family home," he said. He added that he had later been rung up by one of the production team who said that they had decided not to put the Dobbs on "because our home had a warmth and affection about it that other homes did not seem to project."

He said: "We wanted to show that people could get on with their work on a low wage and not always be bellyaching. They seemed to want to show that if further wage constraint came in, life would be impossible for people on low incomes."

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, May 3, 1952

THE 200 girls at the new Great Lever school went to a mannequin parade yesterday afternoon in the school hall. Not to be outdone, the boys of the school also attended a mannequin parade half an hour later. And last night 100 mothers - and 10 fathers - of the children of the school attended a further parade.

The mannequins, from the school, displayed three specimen uniforms; voting slips were issued to the girls and their parents, and on the results of the vote, to be counted early next week, school uniform will be decided.

100 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, May 4, 1902

THE Deputy Mayor (Ald Wm. Nicholson) and Mr Job H. Greenhalgh, at the Town Hall this morning heard the case of a persistent cruelty preferred against Wm. Catterall, 11 Union-rd., Tonge, by his wife, Margaret Catterall.

Mr H. Fairbrother appeared for the complainant, and it transpired that the parties, who had been married for almost twelve years, have lived very unhappily for some time, particularly during the past six months.

Complainant said her life had become almost unbearable. On Good Friday he seriously assaulted her, thumping her twice on the ear. He had ill-used her, threatening to murder her and kick her to death.

Last week she found him in a working man's club in Bank-st. at midnight in company with a woman. He told complainant to go home and mind her own business. On reaching home he turned her into the street, where she remained until a policeman assisted her to re-gain admittance.

The Magistrates expressed astonishment that there should be such a place as the club mentioned, and that women should be allowed to go in. A licensed house closing at eleven o'clock would have the police down on it at once. - The Magistrates granted a separation order, the wife to have 16s a week, and the custody of the four children.