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  • There's a reunion

    HULTON High School in Little Hulton are holding a reunion for the leavers of 1978 on Saturday December 5 1998 at Little Hulton Cricket Club at 7.30pm. Anybody interested can contact one of the following: Marie Byrne 0161 288 7493, Jeanette Aldred 0161

  • STITCH UP!

    A STITCH in time could save Gudni Bergsson from the frustrations of his lingering groin problem. The Bolton skipper goes into hospital on Monday for a minor exploratory operation. "We think there may be a stitch that has been left in from a previous operation

  • Searching for an insurance company

    WE have some insurance policies which we would like to cash surrender. The problem is we can't find the Insurance Company they are with. The company is the Albian Friendly Society, who once had their offices on Moor Lane. We would appreciate any help

  • Band's big night at Royal birthday bash

    CHEEKY Bury boy band AL!VE courted the rich and famous last night at the 50th celebrity bash for the Prince of Wales. The teenage rockers were lavished with praise after playing the gig of a lifetime at the royal party at Buckingham Palace. The local

  • Problems to share?

    I AM researching radio/television features (for radio/tv production company, Shanti Communications) on tenants who are on income support, and having problems with local housing benefits department. I would like to hear from the tenants, their legal representatives

  • Steel works!

    JOHN McGinlay, Mark Patterson, Jamie Pollock, Gerry Taggart . . . just a few of the names being bandied about as Wanderers' worrying plight has become the major topic of tap room talk. The concensus is not that Colin Todd should actually go out and buy

  • Tramp terror for pensioners

    AN 85-year-old woman is terrified of going to bed at night . . . because an abusive tramp has been living under her bedroom window for the past three years! He screams and shouts, urinates on her wall and brings his drunken friends back on a regular basis

  • Soccer: Waywell delays final selection

    STEVE Waywell has asked his Leigh players to put the media hype and the tension of the last couple of weeks out of their minds and just focus on giving a good account of themselves in the FA cup tomorrow at Fulham. He will also keep his cards close to

  • Lest we forget

    I FEEL moved to write to you about Early One Morning, the production which closes tonight at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton. The play follows the story of a local lad Jim Smith in the trenches of the Great War, and in his home town of Bolton. It is a beautifully

  • Do-gooders are ruling the roost

    I REFER to the story: Teen gang wrecks garage. With no disrespect, I laughed when I read the comments, by Inspector Fred Menzies, at the end of the story: "At the end of the day it is down to discipline and parents have to be more responsible for what

  • Just look at him now!

    'Hospital said my Anthony wouldn't last a week -- now he's a happy teenager' "OTHER people have cute baby pictures, I've got pictures of Anthony as a baby with tubes everywhere," said Kath Grimshaw, looking through a baby album of her eldest son. Anthony

  • What's on in and around the Bolton area this weekend

    MUSIC & DANCE SUNDAYMONDAY BESSES Boys' Youth Band for boys and girls, beginners, 6pm, full band rehearsals, 7pm, Clarkes Hill, Prestwich, Tel: 0161 766 9407 evenings. WALKDEN Sapphires Morris Dancing Troupe, practice night, Little Hulton Community

  • Sellars takes cautious approach

    SCOTT Sellars refuses to tempt fate. Delighted to be back, the midfield ace is looking forward to an injury-free run after a nightmare three months. But he knows the crunch will come when he loses the adrenalin 'rush' of being back in action. "The first

  • He's right to complain

    CLLR Hayes is right to complain about Smithills councillors not being allocated places on a committee, to make decisions over the future of Smithills Hall. He should have been allocated a place before anyone else, as he is the only one who lives in the

  • Reaping the rewards

    THE EXTRA money injected into the NHS by this Government is now beginning to reap rewards, as NHS waiting lists continue to fall faster that at any time in the history of the NHS. In September, the number waiting in England fell by nearly 30,000 -- the

  • Stitch up!

    A STITCH in time could save Gudni Bergsson from the frustrations of his lingering groin problem. The Bolton skipper goes into hospital on Monday for a minor exploratory operation. "We think there may be a stitch that has been left in from a previous operation

  • Daily poem

    For Ted Hughes From the hills And dales he loved The primal power He served called To him. Then on anger fouled The blood And devoured the medative Metre of the heart Go hawlk! Go and fly to the highest Precipice of the earth And send out the Beaked and

  • Literacy project spells success for children

    READING Matters is a literacy project funded by the government and coordinated by Julie Spencer, a qualified children's librarian. The project brief is to raise standards in language and literacy by promoting the message that reading is fun. And reading