CAR bomb terror returned to London today when an explosion ripped through buildings near the heart of Westminster while thousands of people were on their way to work. At least 52 people were taken to hospital.
SOME local hairdressers have been using electric hairdryers every day, in spite of the Government's emergency power restrictions. A Norweb spokesman confirmed today that hairdressers could face £400 fines.
50 YEARS AGO
THE authorities are becoming concerned about the increasing number of chimney fires in Bolton, to which calls are made for the assistance of the Fire Brigade. The firing of a chimney, whether accidental or wilful, is an offence, but in view of the fuel situation and the use of inferior grades of coal which results in excessive deposits of soot in the chimney, the police have been reluctant to take proceedings in most cases.
It is pointed out that the difficulty can be overcome by more frequent sweeping of chimneys, but most housewives will ask: 'Where can we find a chimney sweep?' There are fewer men plying this trade than in pre-war days, and it is not easy to make an appointment with one.
From the Evening News, December 18, 1873
ON Sunday night, a young lady returning to a place near Chorley from Manchester, performed the extraordinary freak of getting out of the train after it had proceeded to move out of Stoneclough station. A porter attempted to keep the young lady in the carriage by shutting the door, but she would get out, and with the result of injuring her shoulder and tipping into a ditch. The young lady was promptly attended to, her descent into the ditch having been witnessed; and it is conjectured she entertained the opinion that the train was moving out of the station at which she should have alighted. Her escape from death was miraculous, and it is to be hoped the pain arising from her injured shoulder will caution her in the future against getting out of trains whilst in motion.
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