From the Evening News, May 17, 1971

STUDENT Peter Swain's reign as Labour councillor ended today just three days after it began - because he was born four hours too late. Peter, aged 21, had been chosen by nearly 3,000 people in Bolton's Tonge Ward last Thursday. Now, sometime before the end of next month, they will have to vote again in a by-election caused by an "anomaly in the law." 50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, May 17, 1946

FOR many, the walk from Belmont to Rivington has a bizarre quality created by the sudden transformation from wild moorland to the sub-tropical tone of Lever Park. But completely out of pattern is the shattered Army tank lying on one side of the road. The stranger probably goes on his way puzzling over the mystery until, as he drops into the village, eserteric road signs suggest that this was once a military zone. That might explain the presence of tanks, but how did it come to be abandoned there? Was it just one of those things the Army has a habit of leaving behind. 125 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, May 17, 1871

THIS forenoon, Arnold Taylor, Esq., Her Majesty's Inspector from the Local Government Act Office, attended at the Coroner's Court for the purpose of formally inquiring into any opposition that might be offered against the proposed improvements sought to be carried out by the Corporation by a Provision Order made under the Local Government Act. The improvements proposed include the district of Old Acres; extension of Burns-street; widening of Blackhorse-street; and the sewage works at Burnden, including the construction of outfall works for the reception and disposal of the sewage at the outlet of the intercepting sewer, and the lands required and proposed to be taken for the said outfall, situate in the township of Haulgh. In respect of the latter works, the Inspector was informed that the application would be abandoned, and the works carried out under an arrangement which had been made with the Earl of Bradford.

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