From the Evening News, August 3, 1976

25 YEARS AGO

TEENAGER Jackie Stephen has won her bid to become Bolton's first woman snooker league player. Jackie was "unanimously accepted" by members of the Bolton and District Snooker League at their annual meeting last night. Said League Secretary Mr Jim Worsley: "We still have one or two obstacles to cross, especially if she comes across clubs which have men-only games rooms and snooker tables."

IAN Hassall and Martin Bromley were the dominant figures in the closing stages of the boys' events in the Bolton charity tennis tournament. Ian, top seed in the under-18 section, and bidding for a repeat win, and Martin, under-16 top seed, both won their singles finals. Then they teamed up together top take the under-18 doubles title.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

August 3, 1951

HOW far does money go these days? How does the pensioner and the £5 a week man manage to make ends meet?

At present the Government, through its elaborate social survey, is trying to find out what the family budget looks like in 1951, although Bolton has not been included in the survey.

So for the purpose of a series of special articles on our own investigations, we have thought of the town's families as falling into six roughly defined groups: The household with the old-age pension or its equivalent in other pensions or private incomes; the household supported by a wage earner getting not more than £6 a week; the household with an income of between £6 and £10 a week; the household with an income of between £10 and £15 a week; the household with an income of between £15 and £25 a week; and the household with an income of over £25 a week.

From each of these groups we shall take two or three people and ask them to write an anonymous article for us.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

August 3, 1876

AT the Borough Court, on Monday morning, William Thirlwind, 20, Bank-street, was summoned for keeping a brothel on the 21st and 24th ult. Mr Richardson defended. Inspector Rhodes proved visiting the house, which is a private lodging house, along with Sergeant Rhodes, and finding a number of disreputable women lodging there.

Detective Smith stated that he warned defendant's manager a few days previous that two women he noticed in the place, and who had afterwards been found there, were women of bad character, and convicted thieves.

Mr Richardson contended that it was not proved that the defendant knew the character of the people admitted into the house, and was not responsible for the knowledge of his manager. He then called witnesses, who said that defendant always asked couples if they were married. - Ald Cannon, the presiding magistrate, said that they considered both cases proved, and more particularly so from Mr Thirlwind's previous knowledge of the disreputable women of the borough which he must have gained whilst inspector of lodging-houses, and he could not but know the character of some of the people he harboured. A fine of £3 and costs in each case would be imposed, and in default of payment one month's imprisonment.

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

August 3, 1976

TEENAGER Jackie Stephen has won her bid to become Bolton's first woman snooker league player. Jackie was "unanimously accepted" by members of the Bolton and District Snooker League at their annual meeting last night. Said League Secretary Mr Jim Worsley: "We still have one or two obstacles to cross,h especially if she comes across clubs which have men-only games rooms and snooker tables."

IAN Hassall and Martin Bromley were the dominant figures in the closing stages of the boys' events in the Bolton charity tennis tournament. Ian, top seed in the under-18 section, and bidding for a repeat win, and Martin, under-16 top seed, both won their singles finals. Then they teamed up together top take the under-18 doubles title.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

August 3, 1951

HOW far does money go these days? How does the pensioner and the £5 a week man manage to make ends meet?

At present the Government, through its elaborate social survey, is trying to find out what the family budget looks like in 1951, although Bolton has not been included in the survey.

So for the purpose of a series of special articles on our own investigations, we have thought of the town's families as falling into six roughly defined groups: The household with the old-age pension or its equivalent in other pensions or private incomes; the household supported by a wage earner getting not more than £6 a week; the household with an income of between £6 and £10 a week; the household with an income of between £10 and £15 a week; the household with an income of between £15 and £25 a week; and the household with an income of over £25 a week.

From each of these groups we shall take two or three people and ask them to write an anonymous article for us.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

August 3, 1876

AT the Borough Court, on Monday morning, William Thirlwind, 20, Bank-street, was summoned for keeping a brothel on the 21st and 24th ult. Mr Richardson defended. Inspector Rhodes proved visiting the house, which is a private lodging house, along with Sergeant Rhodes, and finding a number of disreputable women lodging there.

Detective Smith stated that he warned defendant's manager a few days previous that two women he noticed in the place, and who had afterwards been found there, were women of bad character, and convicted thieves.

Mr Richardson contended that it was not proved that the defendant knew the character of the people admitted into the house, and was not responsible for the knowledge of his manager. He then called witnesses, who said that defendant always asked couples if they were married. - Ald Cannon, the presiding magistrate, said that they considered both cases proved, and more particularly so from Mr Thirlwind's previous knowledge of the disreputable women of the borough which he must have gained whilst inspector of lodging-houses, and he could not but know the character of some of the people he harboured. A fine of £3 and costs in each case would be imposed, and in default of payment one month's imprisonment.