From the Bury Times, November 12 1974

MISSING: Two Bury brothers missing from home for 11 days were found. Steven Whyte, 13, and his 12-year-old brother Christopher were discovered strolling along the front at Blackpool. They had been sleeping rough in a den they made behind the central car park. Their worried father had told the police when they went missing, but police did not think the lads would come to any harm - correctly, as it turned out

RATES: The Council voted to keep up the present level of services in 1975-76, and to levy rates accordingly. Reading between the lines, it looked as if rates would have to go up in line with inflation. One councillor complained that the local press was printing unconstructive criticism of the council.

SHOCK: A member of the hospital's league of friends said she was shocked when she entered one ward at Fairfield Hospital, where she found men and women mixed in together. The beds were not even partitioned off, she said.

SPEECH: In his maiden speech, new Bury MP Frank White warned the Commons that textile imports were destroying our local industry. He claimed that imports from Turkey had gone up by 500 per cent in just six months. LINK: In a secret session, the Council decided to go on publishing their Link free newspaper costing £4,600 a year.

VILLAGE: Plans for the new village of Broad Hey went on show at Ramsbottom library. If approved, the scheme would add 2,000 to Rammy's population.

BLAZE: Plans for Bury's future were destroyed in an afternoon fire which broke out in the planning department at Craig House, Silver Street. Months of work were destroyed, said a spokesman. As it was a Friday afternoon, staff were sent home.

RAT RUN: A long campaign by residents of Mount Road, Whitefield, bogged down. Drivers from Bury and Unsworth had been using the Sandgate Road M62 bridge as a quick way into Manchester. And a no-access plan was scotched by local government changes in April, when the new Bury Metro council reversed a previous ruling and decided to allow free traffic.

SPRINGS: Bury Council was poised to spend £750,000 on refurbishing the Springs Estate. The housing committee rejected a cheaper scheme and, describing the area as Bury's worst slum, planned improvements to 420 flats.

MARKET: Stall charges on Bury and Radcliffe open markets were set to go up by 20 per cent.

NEW FACE: Bury's own Victoria Wood, 21, competed in the final of TV's New Faces - but didn't win. Aaaah.

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