25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, October 26, 1971

MUCH of the Bark Street area of Bolton town centre is to be demolished. The old Flax Mill chimney, once intended for preservation as a landmark and monument to Bolton's industrial history, is to come down in the process. The site bounded by Knowsley Street, St George's Road, Bridge Street and the River Croal will be developed with shops, offices and other modern buildings.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, October 25, 1946

INCH by inch, the true colour of the Cenotaph on Victoria Square reveals itself under Corporation cleaning operations, and one realizes the amount of dirt which collects on buildings in Bolton. Some years ago, on the occasion of a Royal visit, Bolton residents were surprised to find how striking a building was the Town Hall, after it had been cleaned by high-pressure hoses.There are a number of uncleaned statues on Victoria Square, and if they could be included in the clean-up they might be noticed by people who now pass them unthinkingly.

125 YEARS AGOof+bf+iof=helveticaf=helveticathe use of the Institute for a dancing class. Have we not already too many places set apart for dancing classes, singing saloons, and other amusements at which young men and women meet and freely mix with each other? Not under the supervision of their parents, but at their own pleasure, without our committee setting apart a public educational Institute for such a purpose? I think it is high time we took a pause, and asked ourselves were we are drifting to.

Father of a Family, Daubhill.

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