WARMEST congratulations are due to all the local people who have been involved in the 100 Years in Worktown community project since September last year.

Memories -- sad, moving and funny -- are being featured in a series of monologues performed by amateur actors in the 80-seat Bill Naughton Studio at the Octagon Theatre.

Demand for tickets was such that an extra matinee performance was hastily arranged for Saturday afternoon. Sales for this are already going well and it seems likely that many older Bolton people who would enjoy this show are likely to be disappointed.

The popularity of Les Gent's Looking Back page in the BEN confirms that nostalgia is a big draw in Bolton and it is a pity that this evocative trip down memory lane is not playing in a larger venue.

Local playwright Stephen Fielding has led the community project -- hosted by Bolton Institute -- to a satisfying conclusion.

Support from a host of organisations and individuals has helped produce something of genuine worth. It is to be hoped that there will be future opportunities to see this production after the current run ends. Safety success BOLTON Council's Health and Safety Unit has secured a satisfying victory -- with the BEN's help.

Matalan in Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, was fined £3,000 last April after two-year-old Demi-Lea Corr was nearly blinded when she fell and caught her left eye on a display hook which was not covered by a protective rubber cap.

But later investigations by the BEN and the Health and Safety Unit discovered that up to 40 spikes remained uncovered 20 months after Demi-Lea was injured.

The Unit issued an improvement notice and the store has now changed the design of the hooks. It is good that this action has been taken, but we wonder why it took so long. Teenage tribute TEENAGERS are sometimes perceived as being selfish troublemakers.

William and Lucy Lythgoe, aged 13, show that this is not always so.

Their amazing charity efforts have led to them receiving the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Award. Let's hope their efforts inspire others.