From the Bury Times of August 7, 1973

TRIP: All 100 workers of a family firm were promised a sunshine holiday abroad in November. Stockton Bros of Ramsbottom was to close for four days during the holiday, which was meant as a "thank you" to their workers.

TRAGEDY: An 18-year-old man drowned in eight feet of water after a boating accident on Clarence Lido.

CLEAN: Thanks to an extension to a government grant, Bury's "Operation Cleanup" would be completed. Neglected areas would become attractive amenity spots and prominent buildings would be cleaned.

LEAP: Farmer William Whaley of Grimescote Farm, near Turn village, had to leap from his tractor when it caught fire and burned out.

VANDALS: A house in James Street bought by the council a year ago for Ugandan Asians was to be converted to flats, despite arson.

RETIREMENT: Deputy mayor Coun D.O. Davies, retired as manager of the catering division of Wright & Green, food distributors of Middleton.

DANGER: Mr George Meadows, boss of New Bury Paper Mills at Gigg, said the mill's lodge was deep and dirty: 60-odd children playing there daily were at risk. 50 years ago

From the Bury Times, August 4, 1948

STORM: A building collapsed during a tea-time thunderstorm. Gale's skip and basket works in Union Street suffered a lightning strike. No-one was hurt.

WINDOWS: A national scheme for registration of window-cleaners was rapped by several Bury window cleaners. Badges would have to be worn in a bid to keep out dubious characters posing as window cleaners. Police said there had been no cases of bogus window cleaners.

OLYMPIC: Bury's champion cyclist Reg Harris was threatened with dropping from the Olympic Team unless he reported to Herne Hill to train. Harris replied that he knew best how to train, and would return to Herne Hill when he was ready.

PAPERS: Most national newspapers were stopped for the first time since 1926 by a strike.

DISABLED: Ex RAF pilot Kenneth Bamford, 25, whose legs were paralysed after he baled out, was pictured in his adapted 8hp car. He was thought to be eligible for one of 1,500 similar cars from the Government, but had already had one converted for use in his typewriting and duplicating business.

LIGHTS: Full street lighting was switched on in Bury, for the first time since 1939.

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