From the Evening News, November 3, 1976

25 YEARS AGO

BURY'S police chief has hit back at calls for the Gigg Lane soccer ground to be closed unless action is taken to curb the crowds. Chief Supt. Frank Tomlinson said today that he was opposed to the call, made by the policemen's union. And club chairman Mr Bill Allen said Gigg Lane was a "model ground" and crowd behaviour there was among the best in the Third Division.

DEMOCRAT Jimmy Carter, a political unknown a year ago, defeated President Ford today in the US Presidential election.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

November 3, 1951

ALTHOUGH Trinity-st. railway station is still a long way from being the sort of place where one is delighted to be after missing a train, its drabness and lack of cheer is decreasing. The first big step to please the waiting traveller was to open the refreshment room. Now the booking hall has been painted cream and mahogany, and the colours present a more cheerful atmosphere.

Soon someone might think of giving the railway staff a brighter uniform; as it is, only the station-master with his yellow braided cap is distinctive.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

November 3, 1876

A MEETING of the Sanitary Committee was held on the 25th October, when the Medical Officer of Health reported that during the three weeks ending Oct. 18th, the total number of deaths registered in the borough was 104, giving an annual death rate of 19.4 per 1,000, against 120 with a death rate of 22.6 per thousand for the corresponding three weeks for 1875. The number of deaths under 12 months was 26, those between this age and five years numbered 21. At sixty years and upwards there were 17 deaths.

The total number of births registered was 215, showing a rate of increase of 40.0 per 1,000.