FORMER Bolton councillor and Bury fanatic Paul Perry is proving he's got real staying power by becoming the club's unofficial mascot for the historic visit of Pakistan next week. Mr Perry, a Shakers fan since he was a youngster who even came back from
THE Bury Times sponsored "Save Our Shakers" appeal grand total is hovering just below the £50,000 mark this week. After the £23,587 accumulated at the big fundraising dinner at Old Trafford last week is added to the total the fund stands at a terrific
WALSALL will not be charged by the Football Association over an incident where Bury keeper Paddy Kenny was struck with two coins writes Steve Canavan. Kenny was hit by the coins as he kept goal in front of a standing area full of Walsall fans during the
CHRIS BROOKES scored his second goal in successive games following his return to the Riverside as Chris Willcock and Russell Brierley also netted to give Ramsbottom another fine victory. From the first whistle the Rams took a hold of the game and the
SHOOTING STARS: The rifle team of the Bury detachment of the Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force shot their way to victory for the second year running in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers shooting competition in 1976. The team were Lance Corporal G. Davenport
PUPILS from Coney Green High School took a bite out of the Big Apple on a school trip with a difference. A total of 23 youngsters from Years 9 to 11 spent five days in New York. They played baseball and went ice skating in Central Park, took in a Broadway
PUPILS from St John's Primary school in Bury mucked in to bring a nature spot back into bloom after it was blighted by flytipping. Bluebell Wood, off Avondale Avenue, Bury, had become an eyesore with old mattresses and supermarket trolleys dumped between
RESIDENTS and property developers are being asked to be the eyes and ears of the police. The appeal follows a sudden increase in the number of break-ins at building site storage units around the borough and in neighbouring districts. Over the last few
CHARGES are going up for drivers who use Bury's car parks and on-street parking. An across-the-board rise of 10p will be imposed for stays of between 30 minutes and two hours on the street. The price remains the same for under 30 minutes. On public car
A YEAR of success will be underlined by the Bolton and Bury Information, Advice and Guidance Partnership later this month. They will celebrate the development of the partnership that has been undertaken in the past year with an event at the Egerton House
FORTY one per cent of companies in the North West are enjoying increases in sales, according to a new survey from Lloyds TSB Commercial. The Business in Britain survey, which polls 2,000 companies with annual turnovers of between £2 million and £10 million
A NEW £1.5 million development which will offer vital accommodation for start-up and expanding businesses in Bury has officially opened its doors. And Bury's Woman of the Year, Carol Godby, whose theatre workshop has produced some of today's youngest
BURY businesses facing extra energy costs with the introduction of the Climate Change Levy are invited to attend a special workshop. The event is being hosted by Bury Business Environment Association (BEA) and will be staged at the newly-opened Businesslodge
A PENSIONER suffered a dislocated shoulder and a bloody nose after fighting off a ten-year-old boy who tried to snatch her handbag. The attack, on Tuesday afternoon (March 13), left police officers shocked by its brutality. The baby-faced thug pushed
BURY will stage a major conference on race issues to promote greater information sharing. It will be arranged by the Community Safety Partnership which includes Bury police, the council, Probation Service, Victim Support and other key agencies. Around
AN army veteran is set to go to back into battle to win the war pension which he believes he is entitled to. Mr David Pollard (46), of Church Street West, Radcliffe, served as a physical training instructor in the Army between 1970 and 1976. He was discharged
REMEMBER the name because little Matthew Boland is planning on being the next David Beckham! For the soccer-mad seven-year-old, who plays for Prestwich side Drinkwater Warriors, has caught the eye of scouts for Manchester United after scoring 75 times
RADCLIFFE voters will definitely be going to the polls on May 3 after the resignation of a local councillor. Labour member Tony Watmough, who has represented Radcliffe South for the last two years, is stepping down because of work commitments. A by-election
A HISTORIC canal towpath between Radcliffe and Bury is to have a £200,000 upgrade. Work is about to start on resurfacing the route alongside the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. A link between Radcliffe Metrolink station and the canal, which runs alongside
THE foot and mouth outbreak is threatening the future of the Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary. The epidemic means that the sanctuary has had to close its doors to the public, its main source of income, for the first time, plunging the centre into a financial
A GROUP of smokers tormented by the need to light up were breathing a healthy sigh of relief after being officially declared "Busted". Desperate to give up, Derek Melia, and Chris and Graham Worrall were guinea pigs for Smokebusters, a new hypnotherapy
FISH salesmen have had their chips after town hall bosses refused to give them a licence. The Aqua Babies stall in the Mill Gate shopping centre has shut down with the loss of three jobs because of the council's decision. Since October, they have been
I WROTE last month regarding the light adjacent to my house which hasn't worked since being vandalised. I am now pleased to be able to report that the light came back on, on March 2. JOHN LLOYD, Elizabeth Street, Prestwich.
I READ in the Bury Times that Bury Council intends to develop Pyramid Park in the not-too-distant future. One thing certain to come out of redeveloping the site will be the disappearance of the fringed water-lily (Nymphoides peltata) from the borough
"VICTIM" (Your Letters, Mar 9) should not be surprised at the feeble reply that he received from Ch. Supt. Hollowood of Bury Police. After I had asked many questions, over a very long period, I came to the conclusion that the police do not care. Despite
MAY I thank everyone who gave so generously to my sponsored swim to help put Bury Football Club back where it belongs: on top. Once things starts to slide for a football club it is very hard to get back. So it is to everyone's benefit that they pull together
HALF a million pounds has been spent on "improvements" to Bury town centre, but once work began last year I kept away. Curious as to the outcome, I recently ventured along Silver Street with a pupil 'L' driver. Signs warned us of the "New Road Layout"
SWINTON LIONS are playing for pride for the remainder of this season writes STEVE BOTT. Currently lyingw third from bottom in the Northern Ford Premiership table, they have the perfect opportunity to start picking up some much-needed points and places
THE Foot and Mouth disease which is ravaging the country will not stop Radcliffe Borough's bid to climb into the top half of the UniBond Division One table at Kendal on Saturday. Cumbria has been hard-hit by the cloven-hoofed devil disease, but Boro's
BURY 34pts, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE 15 BURY were keen to avenge their pre-Christmas defeat at Ashton. This was apparent as they dominated open play, but their only reward for 15 minutes of hard work came in the 25th minute when a passing move down the threequarter
RFU NATIONAL LEAGUE THREE (NORTH) SEDGLEY PARK...39, STOURBRIDGE...20 IN front of a bumper crowd, the two best teams in the league produced a wonderful game of rugby. It was fast and skilful and uncompromisingly hard up front, and Sedgley came through
Elton Fold...1 Mitchell Shackleton...4 TWO goals in the last five minutes sealed a victory for second-placed Mitchells, but also gave a scoreline that certainly didn't reflect the balance of play. A Fold side missing key, experienced players Doran, Shaw
1621: The Pilgrim Fathers met their first Indian. He strode into their camp, bade them welcome and asked them for a beer, all in English. 1842: Superstitious Londoners evacuated the city in the strange belief that it was going to be destroyed by an earthquake
A SCHOOLBOY escaped with minor injuries when he was in collision with a car outside Bury Grammar School on Friday afternoon (March 9). Eight-year-old Amit Khimji suffered bruising to his hip in the accident at the junction of Bridge Street and Tenterden
PRESTWICH youngster Laura Watson was full of beans at winning a competition based on the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. The St Margaret's County Primary School pupil was awarded first prize in the colouring competition run by PADOS after watching the
GENERATIONS of Guides from the same troop are being invited to attend a huge reunion. The 5th Radcliffe (Close Methodist) Guides celebrates its 70th birthday this year and members old and new are invited to the April 1 get-together. Organiser Tracy Stanbank
SUZANNE Shaw faces a nerve-racking two days to find out if her band reaches number one with its debut single. The 19-year-old Bury girl is one of five young hopefuls catapulted to fame with TV band Hear'Say. Pundits have already tipped their single Pure
NEVER mind the voters, a local dog has made its political convictions painfully clear to Tory hopeful Nicola Le Page! The hound bit the prospective Parliamentary candidate for Bury South on the ankle while she was campaigning on Saturday (March 10). Mrs
A HANDFUL of offenders dished up some lipsmacking cheer for Prestwich residents when they helped to launch a new luncheon club. They acted as cooks and waiters to serve up hot meals to residents over the age of 50 at the Phoenix Centre in St Mary's Park
THE fascinating fruits of a homegrown literary talent have returned to their roots. Mr Adrian Boote (40), who grew up in Kingston Road, Radcliffe, but who now lives in Rutland, has dedicated his latest book to the school where he spent his childhood.
NEARLY one-quarter of Bury's adult population has problems with words or numbers. A campaign has now been launched to tackle illiteracy and innumeracy among people in the borough aged 16 to 60. A "Skills for Success" strategy has been launched by the
A MASKED gang escaped with £6,000 worth of cash during an armed raid on a Whitefield supermarket. Five men smashed their way into the Kwik Save store in Elms Square shortly after 6pm on Monday (March 12) and threatened staff with a monkey wrench and a
SEVEN of Leigh's big guns will be out of the firing line when NFP stugglers Gateshead Thunder come to Hilton Park for the first time on Sunday. Coach Paul Terzis - already without Alan Hadcroft (shoulder), Tim Street (thumb) and Andy Fairclough (ankle
CAPTAIN Harry Whitehead, a well-known stalwart of the Bury branch of the Royal British Legion, has died at the age of 85. The funeral of Captain Whitehead, who leaves a son, Donald, took place last Friday (March 9) at St John's Church in Sale where he
THE curtain has risen on a new feature at the site of a forgotten Bury picture house. For now showing at the former Star cinema in Church Street is a motor cycle and scooter sales showroom. It has been established in the upstairs section of the building
A 4,000-NAME petition has backed an SOS call to stop Sainsburys pulling out of Prestwich. MP Ivan Lewis, who launched the Save Our Sainsburys (SOS) campaign last week, said that the response showed community spirit was "alive and kicking" in the town.
SHAKERS chairman Terry Robinson has appealed for a big increase in the club's attendances as the campaign reaches it's climax. After the visit of Notts County tomorrow there will be only four more home fixtures and the Bury supremo is hoping that, given
LINDSEY Campbell (Your Letters, Mar 6) completely missed the point of my previous letter. While it is very touching that she writes to defend her dad (Councillor Wayne Campbell) the thought of getting involved with the local political scene fills me with
THE closure of East Lancs Paper Mill is a bitter blow to its loyal workforce and to the community of Radcliffe. Serious questions have been asked about how the company got itself into such a financial mess and there is little doubt that the action of
I READ the article "Coach Scandal" (Bury Times, Mar 2). As the holder of a Class I PSV licence I occasionally drive schoolchildren, though not on a regular daily contract basis. As a ratepayer, grandparent and school governor, I was very concerned to
SO, Derek Boden, leader of Bury Council, has refrained from answering my recent question as to why allowances awarded to local councillors have risen from £241,906 to approximately £500,000, an increase of more than 100 per cent in two or three years.
THE recent publicity regarding vandalism at Limefield Park in Bury is a sad indictment of our times. For many years, prior to the new housing development by Westbury/Maunders, the play area in question was well used by a great many young people. Indeed
A TEACHER who was suspended on full pay for six years after allegations of child abuse should be given back his job at a Ramsbottom school, three Appeal Court judges have decided. But the father who made the complaint against 52-year-old Anthony McNally
