Cut price bread war started by the Co-op

25 YEARS AGO

A ROW started today about the unauthorised pop festival at Rivington. Hundreds of fans arrived at the Bungalow grounds on Friday without telling the North West Water Authority who own the land.

Rivington Parish Council member, Miss Margaret Raby, said that people living in Rivington had not had any sleep over the weekend. "I visited the site on Saturday, and there just aren't the facilities to hold a thing of this sort."

A CUT-price bread war loomed today when the Co-op announced that it would be slashing the price of its standard sliced loaves. The announcement came on the day the price of bread is being increased nationally by 1p a loaf to 19p. All Co-op shops run by the Greater Lancastria Co-operative Society will be selling the standard loaves for 14p.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, August 9, 1951

WORLD professional tennis champion, Fred Perry, paid his sixth visit to Bolton last night to play exhibition tennis. With him came Dan Maskell, the famous coach, who has been twice before; Mrs Jean Poynder, world professional women's champion, and Miss Barbara Holworthy, at 19 years of age one of the youngest tennis professionals in the world.

The four players entertained a crowd of 1,500 at the Chorley New-rd. courts of Bolton School (Girls' Division) with an exhibition of first-class tennis.

This morning they drove up to the Markland Hill club, where the County Junior Championships are being held, and talked to the youngsters, before taking the road to London.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, August 9, 1876

A FEW days ago, the wife of a well-to-do publican, named Beldham, eloped from Blendisham, Hants, with a cattle salesman named John Archer. The latter is a married man with four children, and on the day he disappeared he had been entrusted with the sale of a large number of sheep by various farmers in the neighbourhood.

Mrs Beldham, it is said, appropriated a considerable amount of money belonging to her husband, and also took away the whole of her wardrobe.

Hearing of the affair, and determined not to be fleeced, one old farmer traced the pair to Liverpool, and, after rambling around the town for some time in search of them, he came upon them near the docks. His threat to give Archer into custody had the effect of making the faithless Beldham open her purse in the interest of her new love, and the farmer went away satisfied with having obtained the proceeds of the sale of his 30 sheep.

The two runaways then hastened to one of the Cunard steamers, and had sailed for New York before the pursuers had time to prevent their departure. Archer's wife and children have become chargeable to the parish.