HAZARD: Residents in a Bury street were refusing to pay their rates until urgent action was taken to solve an on going traffic problem which was putting the lives of children at risk.

Homeowners in Kay Street accused Bury Council of doing nothing to stop cars from using the poorly lit street and have erected their own banner asking drivers to slow down.

MINESHAFT. British Rail workers were busy making safe a forgotten mineshaft of a former local colliery. Engineers became aware of the disused shaft at the site of Bank Top Colliery, on the Bury-Radcliffe border, while checking old records as part of a survey in connection with the re-electrification of the Manchester to Bury railway line.

DOG: A little black dog became probably Bury's first canine court witnesses. Shep the mongrel romped playfully before magistrates when he appeared before the beaks after biting a council dustman. Shep was called before the court by his owner Mr Patrick Perry of Byrom Avenue, Radcliffe, in his case to show that he was not keeping a dangerous dog. As the pet pouched wagged his tail and introduced himself to nearly everyone in court, Mr Perry asked: "Doe this look like a dangerous dog?"

Sadly, the magistrates thought he did and Mr Perry was ordered that Shep be kept under control and fined £3 for keeping the dog without a licence.

HELL'S ANGEL: American stuntman Evel Knievel was described as "a glorified Hell's Angel" by the then Bury and Radcliffe MP Frank White who was also critical of the amount of money spent by people to watch the daredevil's dangerous feats. He said: "It makes one question the values of society when people pay this money to watch a glorified Hell's Angel yet would be most reluctant to pay similar donations to help fight old age, poverty, deprivation and so on."

WATERLOO: The enlarged and refurnished Waterloo Hotel in Manchester Road, Bury, was official re-opened after undergoing an extensive modernisation programme costing £42,000.

POLICE: There was a disappointingly low response from local youngsters to a football competition which was being organised by Bury police the summer holidays. Since the competition was announced two weeks earlier only eight teams applied for the contest compared to 35 teams the previous year. The police organised the tournament with the aim of keeping children occupied during their long break from school.