25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, August 6, 1971

THE former ten-pin bowling centre at Walkden is to be adapted to accommodate four mini cinemas

PLANS to build a footbridge across Bury Road, near Long Lane, Bolton, will go ahead as soon as practicable.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, August 6, 1946

SIR, - The town should be improved as soon as possible. Green open spaces in the town centre is one of Bolton's greatest needs. Surely, too, a little paint could be spared for the poor old trams, even if they have not long to live. How much longer have we to be partially suffocated by the obnoxious fumes from the buses? What about non-smelling trolley buses? And if we are to have buses, let us have suitable macadamed roads for them instead of the old sets which cause so much vibration. I regret to say it, but what a modern town does now, Bolton may do in 20 years' time. - Yours, etc., INTERESTED.

125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, August 7, 1871

THE 'double-headed' babe died on the evening of the 18th July in Boston. The first half, or head, breathed its last at five pm, and the second shortly after 8pm. The child - or children as it would almost seem proper to allude to the phenomenon - had enjoyed excellent health from her birth, nine months ago, until within two weeks, at which time one exhibited signs of illness. This, however, was but temporary. It recovered and was bright and playful. Since reaching Boston, a few days since, the other - or the other half - was taken sick and died on the afternoon of the 18th, as already stated. The two portions of the body were so intimately connected that the death of one rendered that of the other inevitable.

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