Duggie and Cup at the theatre...

10:24am Thursday 8th May 2008

A DAY of glitter and excitement as skipper Duggie Greenall shows off the Lancashire Cup in 1953 at St Helens Theatre Royal.

A bomb in the bed!

10:20am Thursday 8th May 2008

SCARED by a sudden bang, frightened eight-year-old Phoebe Bailey climbed, in the pitch-black darkness, to get in bed with her slumbering mum and dad.

Boys of the 'white heat' era

10:16am Thursday 8th May 2008

THE old Newton-le-Willows Junior Technical School was a beacon for any kid with an ambition to make good in the industrial world.

Film to mark a century of Parr School

10:11am Thursday 8th May 2008

A FILM about the 100-year history of Allanson Street School is being set up. It’s the work of Lee Murad, a 34-year-old independent film-maker with Sofranc Productions.

'Sitting in the back row of the movies'

9:58am Thursday 8th May 2008

IT was a time when the silver screen sent a ripple of excitement through the town.

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	THE mystery bottle-top, discovered by 84-year-old farmer Sam Abbott of Crank, has drawn a quick response from reader Derek Chisnall.

Errand lad's agony grind!

10:47am Thursday 1st May 2008

DELIGHT for one-time shopkeeper Albert Ashton, whose old-time store was mentioned in my 'memory lane’ glimpse at Haydock of the past.

Youthful pluck pulled off wins

10:43am Thursday 1st May 2008

HERE they are, the prize-winning Sutton Manor Colliery 16-18 team, pictured in 1949.

Youthful pluck pulled off wins

10:43am Thursday 1st May 2008

HERE they are, the prize-winning Sutton Manor Colliery 16-18 team, pictured in 1949.

Fire, brimstone and schoolgirls in 'the drink'!

10:37am Thursday 1st May 2008

THE headmistress was spitting fire and brimstone when a gang of her schoolgirls turned up sopping wet ... from an unexpected dip in the old canal!

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