SO Bolton Town Councils Blackrod, Horwich and Westhoughton are to be given extra powers. Good luck to them, they deserve it.
Incidentally, I promise to give £100 to any charity nominated by one of your readers, who can justify the fact that Blackrod, Horwich and Westhoughton have their own town councils, but Little Lever, Kearsley and Farnworth do not.
Many of us in the past, of all political parties, including Councillor Noel Spencer and Councillor Mrs Rothwell, fought hard, but unsuccessfully for town councils for Kearsley and Farnworth. No one in authority seemed to care, in spite of the number of local people who signed out petitions.
Secondly, I wonder if anyone in Bolton Town Hall is aware that we celebrate Christmas south of Moses Gate. Farnworth and Kearsley residents and shop keepers pay rates, why is our Town Hall centre no longer decorated at Christmas? Why no Christmas entertainment? Bring back the 1960s!
George K Brown
Barncroft Road
Farnworth
Bolton
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