25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, June 14, 1976

TWO soccer clubs have been banned from the Bolton Sports Federation following flare-ups at the annual presentation which ended up "just like a battlefield". Police and ambulancemen were called to an incident at Breightmet Labour Club where the gala evening was being held. One player was taken to Bolton Royal Infirmary with a broken nose. Then later in the evening, said a witness, "about 50 people - some of them women - began fighting outside the club". The one season ban on the Edbro 'B' and Kenyon Parks clubs was announced today, and is subject to appeal by both teams.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

June 14, 1951

LICENSING history was made in Bolton today when the borough licensing justices decided that the Rope and Anchor, 105-years-old beerhouse in Kay-st., should stay open. It was at the Brewster Sessions in February that a prima facie case was made our for alleged redundancy of the Rope and Anchor. Today, however, although hearing that within a radius of 300 yards of the Rope and Anchor there were two fully licensed houses and 18 beerhouses, and that the passage in the house was "not good for supervision", the committee decided to renew the licence.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

June 14, 1876

THERE was a good deal of business brought before the Town Council this morning. It appears from the Park Committee's proceedings that they have come round to Mr Bromley's view of the entrance to the upper end of the Park, and further expense is now being incurred which might have been avoided if the Committee has seen as far into the matter as Mr Bromley did in the first instance.

Perhaps the view we have several times urged as to an entrance into the Park in a line with Bark-street will be taken up when the price of achieving it has been made costly enough by delay, and then nothing further will be wanted in the shape of entrances into the Park. Will some member of the Council take the project in hand?

Ald Rushton explained the agreement for a supply of water to the Leigh and Hindley district. It is for a supply of 50,000 gallons per day, and a maximum supply of 200,000 gallons, at 6d per thousand gallons. The Corporation have at the present time between 4,000,000 and 6,000,000 gallons running to waste daily.

"Leigh versus Bedford Leigh" is a question greatly agitating the people of that district. Last evening a public meeting decided by a vote of three to one in favour of a memorial asking the railway company to change the name of the station from "Bedford-Leigh" to "Leigh".