From the Evening News, September 6, 1976

25 YEARS AGO

THE return of two executives from a two week sales tour of Kenya has started a flurry of activity for Bolton's tiny Donian Motor Co.

Ian Davies and John Maybury came back from Africa with orders for 50 Ranger IV safari cars after taking the prototype on a tour of dealers in Kenya.

IRATE Harwood families have demanded the closure of a youth club because of the "vulgar" behaviour of some of its 100 members. The families live near Turton Harwood Youth Club, Longsight Lane, and say that teenagers use the lane late at night as a race track for motor-cycles, secretly drink alcohol in the toilets and grounds of the club, shout and swear as they leave, and go with girls into Longsight Park behind the building.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

September 6, 1951

WHILE Boltonians and those coming into town by rail must be satisfied for the present with a service of sandwiches and cups of tea in the inadequately-equipped refreshment room, they will nevertheless be pleased to know that the Hotels Executive of British Transport Services is on its toes and is prepared to do all it can to provide the service which the travelling public wants. In most station refreshment rooms, ham sandwiches, peaches, cakes and other good things are already available, at prices ranging upwards from half a crown. Soup is also to be on sale on some trains - kept hot by a lighted candle which is cunningly fitted into a metal container.

The provision of a better service in Bolton is dependent upon the opening of the second refreshment room which contains kitchen equipment.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

September 6, 1876

AT the Borough Court on Monday, Thomas Rency, labourer, 39, Dean-street, was charged with feloniously cutting and wounding John Rooney, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, by stabbing him in the arm with a knife in Back Dean-street on the 2nd inst.

John Rooney said he was a wheelwright, and lived at No. 2, Dean-street, and was the prisoner's cousin. On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, prisoner's daughter came to his house and rapped at the window. He went out of the house and slapped her on the face. She then went away, and almost immediately prisoner came up and walked into the house.

Prisoner caught him by the hair of the head and said: "What did you hit Catherine for?" He replied: "I hit her for rapping at the window." Prisoner then pulled him outside the house and they struggled together, blows being interchanged. Prisoner pulled him to the ground, and while he was there prisoner cut him in two places on the left arm.

His wife and another woman pulled him away from prisoner and got him into the house. He was not sober at the time, but could recollect all that took place.

Prisoner declared that he was innocent of the charge, and denied using any weapon in the scuffle. Prisoner was committed to the assizes, bail being allowed.