FROM THE EVENING NEWS, SEPTEMBER 9, 1995: A SPONSORED abseil in aid of Bolton's Help the Aged, due to take place tomorrow, has had to be cancelled due to a lack of volunteer daredevils.

Fortunately, those people who had registered to abseil down a 100ft wall at Bolton Institute were all willing to transfer over to an abseil that has been organised in Wigan.

AROUND 40 travellers' vans and vehicles invaded a field opposite the official Hall Lane gypsy site, Little Lever, last night.

Fencing off the main road was broken down to allow the vehicles to roll on to the field.

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News

September 9, 1980

BOLTON East MP Mr David Young saved a lot of petrol on his travels around the Bolton area yesterday.

Instead of his own car, Mr Young was using an Enfield 8000 battery driven electric car, borrowed for the day from Mr Derek Shepherd, manager of Bolton Power Station.

The vehicle is one of 66 electric cars bought by the Electricity Council and being tried out on British roads.

EXAMPLES of how town hall red tape is acting against much-needed industrial development are to be given to Bolton Council by the local Chamber of Commerce.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News

September 9, 1955

AFTER the feast of sunshine this summer comes the reckoning in terms of a milk shortage that has led the Milk Marketing Board to ban the delivery of milk for any form of manufacture.

This means a stop to all cheese-making, and to the output of condensed milk and milk powders which are used in ice-cream and milk chocolate.

NEW items in the Bolton Municipal School of Art's syllabus of evening classes include courses in illumination and lettering, basketry and canework, embroidery and dressmaking.

100 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News

September 9, 1905

THERE is, we are certain, a very widespread and ardent desire in the community that Alderman Hesketh will accept the invitation of the Town Council to become Mayor of the borough.

The request tendered to him last night represents the unanimous decision of the Council.

A NUMBER of workmen who travelled from Clayton-le-Moors to Accrington by steam tram early yesterday morning had an alarming experience.

On one part of the road there is a steep hill known as Milnshaw Brow, nearly half a mile in length. At the top of this brow the driver of the engine applied his brake, but probably because of the greasy state of the rails, they failed to act. The heavy engine and car gained speed every yard and raced down the hill at a terrific rate.

The passengers were greatly alarmed, but all had the good sense to keep their seats. At the bottom of the hill there is a loop and at this point the engine broke away from the tramcar, left the rails and, running along the pavement for about 30 yards, dashed into a garden wall at the end of Meadow Street.