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Rock gigs at Hark To Towler this week
A FREE rock gig, featuring original band the Black Anthem, takes place on Thursday night at the Hark To Towler in Tottington. On Friday, new wave heavy metal band, Grim Reaper, will be showcasing material from their new album for £4 entry fee, followed
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Stand finish on a high
STAND brought the curtain down on their season with a seven-wicket victory at Irlam. The Whitefield men bowled the hosts out for 142 with Stuart Catterall starring with the ball, taking 4-32. But it was Stand’s pro Amila Weththasinghe who was the mainstay
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Heys bow out with whimper
Ever bought a firework which sparks into life but fizzles out tamely? It may be several weeks off Bonfire Night, but that could easily sum up Prestwich’s powderpuff finish to the season. Facing eventual league runners-up Denton St Lawrence (DSL), a
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Local football round-up
THERE were mixed fortunes for the local clubs involved in the Lancashire FA Shield, with only Bury Amateurs emerging with something to smile about. And the Manchester League First Division side did it at the expense of Premier League local rivals and
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Woodley Sports 0 Radcliffe Borough 1, FA Cup first qualifying round
EDDIE Stanford’s late winner from the spot booked Boro a place in the next round of the FA Cup. In a mediocre first half, neither side were able to set pulses racing despite the financial rewards on offer to the side claiming the spoils. The main chance
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Shakers land one El of a player
ALAN Knill has boosted his misfiring strikeforce with the loan signing of Leeds United youngster Tom Elliott. The Shakers have not scored in their last five outings and the manager has moved to address the problem quickly. He has sent on-loan Sheffield
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First bus drivers press on for pay rise
BUS drivers picketed outside their depot as they staged two 24-hour strikes in a row over pay. First bus drivers brandished placards and chanted outside the depot in Rochdale Road, Bury, as they refused to work on Friday and Monday from
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50 Years ago: From the Radcliffe Times of September 18, 1959
The heatwave led to a drought of draught beer at the Bridge Inn pub in Blackburn Street. Around 40 pheasants were found dead after an animal broke into pens at a farm in Ringley Road. The Reverend Edwin Norman Taylor was named as the
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Bulldog battered and bruised
THIS roving bulldog was bruised and battered after its latest adventure — being thrown into the canal. The heavy stone bulldog was stolen from its usual place in front of the office building at the Withins Paper Staining Co Ltd, in Bury Road. It was
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Weaving stalled by blaze at Sion and Halstead’s mill
PRODUCTION was held up for a day when a severe fire started at Shaw and Halstead’s Ltd, in Sion Street. The fire broke out in the haircloth weaving department, but the cause was unknown. Mr and Mrs H Diggle, of the nearby Mason’s Arms pub, had closed
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Bowls day is a big success
HEAVY rain failed to dampen spirits at a bowls day raising money for a Radcliffe church. Despite ending early because of the bad weather, the event at Allens Green raised £405. It will be put towards the new building fund at St Mary and St Philip Neri
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Hollybank open day
RESIDENTS at Hollybank Nursing Home will benefit from a new facility to provide care for 24 hours a day. An open day is being held at the home on Bolton Road on Saturday, from 12pm to 2pm, including a buffet, where people can have a look around.
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Church coffee aid for Africa
A FUNDRAISING event to help pay for the education of four children in Zambia will be held on Saturday. The bring and buy sale and coffee morning takes place at 10am at the Bridge Methodist Church, in Milltown Street, Radcliffe.
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Labour action to ‘stand up’ for Radcliffe
MOBILE surgeries will be held in Radcliffe for people wishing to join a campaign promoting the town. Radcliffe’s Labour councillors and activists want people to help draw up priorities for their campaign called Stand Up For Radcliffe. Leaflets announcing
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Life of Elvis to hit Civic Suite stage
A MUSICAL about the life of Elvis Presley will be performed at Radcliffe Civic Suite next month. Elvis Rocks — This Is The Story follows his progress from Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, to becoming a superstar in Las Vegas. The curtain goes up at
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St Paul’s Ladies Group
MRS Jennifer Rouke spoke to St Paul’s Ladies Group on September 8. She began by saying that some time ago she had been given a packet of photographs recording the rose queen festivals at St Paul’s from 1950 to 1988 and had researched the stories behind
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Bury CTC
ON August 9, still depleted with some members on holiday with some attending the Semaine Federale cyclotourist meeting in St Omer, France, we nevertheless had seven riders out including new member Phil and our youngest member Jordan back with us on his
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Burglary charges
A MAN is to appear at Bolton Crown Court later this month on three burglary charges relating to break-ins in Bury. Stephen Brady, aged 42, of Westgate Park Road, Morecambe, is due in court on September 28.
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Bury Recorded Music Society
The Bury & District Recorded Music Circle open their 52nd season on Friday 25 September with the traditional Chairman’s Choice. We meet every Friday in the Bishop Ashton Room, The Wylde, at the rear of the Bury Parish Church, from 7pm to 9pm with an
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Paddy’s great adventure in Rammy
Comedian Paddy McGuinness went on a great British adventure . . . to Ramsbottom. He joined hundreds of people on Sunday for the Official World Black Pudding Throwing Championships. The Bolton-born funnyman was competing in the event,
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Decision on care home is put back
A PLAN to build a residential home in Bury has been held up after project bosses were asked to provide more details. T&M Properties applied to Bury Council for permission to demolish a house at the junction of Manchester Road and Tarn Drive
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Firefighter’s 999 wedding!
FIREFIGHTER Neil Massey will have no excuses for forgetting his wedding date. The 999 worker married his fiancee Paula Dawson last Wednesday — on the ninth day of the ninth month of 2009. And it was no surprise to learn that the happy
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Heroin addict is jailed for three years for pub burglary
A raider has been jailed for three years after breaking into a pub in Helmshore. Gareth Taylor was seen walking past the bedroom door by heavily pregnant victim Charlotte Wright, who had been asleep at The Station Hotel on March 16, a court
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Firefighters go through roof to save building
FIREFIGHTERS spent three hours tackling a blaze at a photography business in Bury. A stack of around 10 wooden pallets had been set alight outside the building on the Woolfold Trading Estate, off Tottington Road. The fire spread to the roof and kitchen
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Eight weeks of excellent Fairfield care
I was recently in Fairfield Hospital for almost eight weeks and I received excellent care. Within 48 hours of being admitted they had done blood tests, despite my veins having collapsed, and discovered I had Legionnaires’ disease and pneumonia. I was
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But what about the travel costs?
I wish to thank Mike Owen, director of finance and E-Government for Bury Council, for replying to my comments regarding councillors’ travel expenses. One does wonder why he felt the need to reply and not any of the councillors named in my letter. I
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Plans to change disability benefit system
I urgently bring to your attention a Government Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care Together, in which plans are revealed to stop paying disability benefits and to hand the cash over to social services instead. The Government has hoped to pass this
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Timely thanks to Castle Leisure Centre
MAY I express our thanks to the Castle Leisure Centre management for reconsidering and rejecting a proposal to alter the time of their “Over 50s group” on a Friday. It had been proposed to alter the Friday session from 9.45am to noon, to an earlier session
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Would a cycle lane designer like to try a bike in Walmersley Road?
What an opportunity missed. The billiard-table smooth new surface on Walmersley Road has been a joy to cycle on during the last couple of weeks. Unfortunately this experience has now been spoiled by the addition of some roughly applied green paint and
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Beer festival in aid of Macmillan Nurses
Drinkers will be gathering round the table for a charity beer festival in Bury next week. The Septemburyfest is being run by Bury Round Table in partnership with Macmillan Nurses. There will be more than 15 real ales, ciders and perries on offer at
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Health visitors base of Tory childcare policy
IN a recent scaremongering Labour leaflet distributed in the Moorside Ward there is a statement that says that the Conservatives would cut funding of children’s centres, resulting in the closure of one in five of the centres. I wish to clarify
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Now there’s an even wider gap between Britain’s rich and poor
THE current economic climate fostered by the credit crunch continues to play havoc with jobs, services and savings, affecting not least the good people of Bury and the surrounding area. Clearly we are fortunate in witnessing the regeneration taking
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Firefighters tackle house blaze in Chesham
THE roof of a large detached house in Bury was dismantled after a fire broke out in an upstairs bedroom. Firefighters had to use an aerial platform to remove slates at the house in Walmersley Road, Chesham, at about 3.45pm on Sunday. The fire had
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Illegal warehouse party stopped by fire
AN illegal warehouse rave party was stopped before it started after the organisers accidentally set fire to their venue. A group of youths were setting up the rave party in a derelict warehouse in Tan Pits Road, Bury, on Saturday night when