ITEMS for the BEN/Bolton Lions Caring Christmas appeal can be taken along to any of the following venues:

Tesco Extra, Mansell Way, Horwich

Asda, Middlebrook, Horwich

Asda, Farnworth

Alliance & Leicester, Deansgate, Bolton

Astley Bridge Post Office, Blackburn Road

Beefeater Restaurant & Pub, The Old School house, Lee Gate, Harwood

Blackrod Health Centre, Church Street, Blackrod

Crompton Place shopping centre, Bolton town centre

Empire Store/Cleartone Hi-Fi, Blackburn Road, Bolton

Edwards & Co, Market Street, Westhoughton

Edwards & Co, Blackburn Road, Bolton

Eight Till Late Shop, St Helens Road, Bolton

Gordon's of Bolton showroom, Higher Bridge Street, Bolton

Horwich Resource Centre, Beaumont Road, Horwich

John Benyon butchers, Highfield Road, Farnworth

Kirkby Central, Manchester Road, Bolton

HSBC (Midland Bank), Market Street, Farnworth

Nationwide Building Society, Newport Street, Bolton

News and Booze, 129 Deane Road, Bolton

Railway Club, Green Lane, Bolton

Readey's Sports Trophies, Chorley Old Road, Bolton

St Andrews Travel, Church Street, Westhoughton

Conway's Toymaster, Market Street, Westhoughton

Village News, New Street, Blackrod

Village News 217-219 Darwen Road, Bromley Cross

Bromley Cross News, 440 Darwen Road, Bromley Cross

S & C Norris newsagents, St John's Road, Chew Moor, Lostock

Yorkshire Building Society, Mealhouse Lane, Bolton

P & D News, Junction Road West, Lostock

Safeways, Bury Road, Breightmet

ITEMS can be collected by members of Bolton Lions by ringing the appropriate number for the area.

These are: Blackrod, Horwich and Westhoughton -- Ken Mather on 01204-695860 or Brian Mann 698273; Astley Bridge and Halliwell -- Jim Wells 307949; Chorley Old Road -- John Berry 458672; Bromley Cross -- Douglas Darroch 301827; Farnworth and Kearwley -- Charlie Straw 572029; Breightmet and Tonge Moor -- Tom Slattery 597023 or John Archer 527253; Great Lever -- John Crompton 571540; Egerton and Dunscar -- Tony Murphy 307364 or John Fairhurst 592754; Deane and St Helens Road -- Babu Roye 305585; Bolton town centre -- Dorothy Martland 373107; Harwood -- Gordon Jewitt 602771.

For all large objects -- like cycles -- in all areas, ring Ian Hodgkiss on 862734.