25 YEARS AGO

COACHES taking Sheffield Wednesday supporters home after Saturday's League match at Burnden Park were besieged by mobs of missile-hurling fans. Two coaches were damaged by bricks, and several Sheffield supporters injured by flying glass. 'It was a miracle no-one was killed,' said the Sheffield fan club chairman.

50 YEARS AGO

SIR,- I would like to draw attention to the deplorable bad manners shown by a Bolton theatre audience. I went to a performance of 'Dancing Years' at the Theatre Royal and was shocked to find that many of the audience did not know how to behave in a theatre.

The British attitude to overtures has traditionally been that they provide a useful camouflage for late arrivals and subdued gossip; but surely, are we not carrying this undesirable tradition to excess here, in Bolton? Not only did the incessant chatter render it impossible to enjoy the overture, at times it rendered it impossible even to hear it. The audience, however, were not satisfied with a thorough, British appreciation of the overture; just to show there was no ill-feeling, they talked throughout the performance. A constant flow of audible comment, and the late return of people who had left their seats during the intervals marred what would otherwise have been an enjoyable evening. Yours, etc., David G.R. Turner, Southlands, Withins-lane, Breightmet, Bolton.

125 YEARS AGO

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