RADCLIFFE Borough stalwart Martyn Forrest has emerged as the unsung hero of the club’s bid to climb the UniBond First Division North. With the Stainton Park outfit deprived of a recognised left back, the 30-year-old midfield man has been playing in a
ALAN Knill is full of praise for the way Dagenham and Redbridge manager John Still has moulded a successful team by raiding the non-league market — but admits a similar strategy would be hard to follow at Gigg Lane. Still has negated the
* Restrictions on the use of water for non-essential purposes were finally lifted after seven months. * Radcliffe Library issued 25,852 books in October, the highest total for any month in three-and-a-half years. * More than £175 was raised at
RADCLIFFE Town Council launched a £2,000 scheme to reduce the danger at the Delph in Ainsworth. The flooded former quarry, in Bury Old Road, had been called a “potential death trap” for years by villagers. They had been proved right 12 years earlier
Spoilt for choice: A Christmas fair at St Philip’s Church. Three-year-old Beverley Nicholson is pictured examining a toy spaceship and asking advice from her sister Gillian, aged 12.
A FIRE chief has warned revellers to stay safe over the Christmas period after rescuers smashed down a door to save a man from a blaze. Firefighters were called to a home in Glenvale Close, Radcliffe, at 1am on Thursday after a neighbour heard a smoke
A RADCLIFFE councillor has launched a campaign for permanent toilets in the town centre. Earlier this year, Bury Council erected temporary public toilets to replace a condemned toilet block plagued by drug users and vandals. But Cllr Rishi Shori is
MORE than 110 years of history are being removed piece by piece as work takes place to demolish St Mary and St Philip Neri RC Church. The landmark building, constructed in 1894, has been vacant since the congregation moved to their new church in Belgrave
SUPERSTARS Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan have thrown their weight behind the bid to overturn the ban on professional boxing in Bury. Local super-bantamweight Scott Quigg, pictured, who has a 100 per cent record from his 16 fights, is on the verge of fighting
AN off-licence has closed its doors after being ordered by the police to stop selling alcohol. Radcliffe area tasking team received several complaints from residents about anti-social behaviour in the Water Lane area. Among them were some concerns that
Monday, December 7 Lewis and Abigail Webb of Radcliffe, aged 11. Tuesday, December 8 Lexie Lou Jones of Bury, aged 2. Holly Erin Hallsworth of Tottington, aged 7. Katelyn Louise Hampson of Bury, aged 8. Mollie Jones of Radcliffe, aged 8. Isobel
“BUNNY was great, but he had no business dying that young,” said Louis Armstrong on the death of Bunny Berigan at the age of 33. Harry Isaacs examined the career of this outstanding Swing Era trumpeter whose greatest hit, I Can’t Get Started, is still
BURY'S third team progressed to the next round of the Milner Trophy against a young Worsley side, although the result was in doubt throughout the evening. Playing away, Bury turned up one short after a last-minute withdrawal, and when Roger Nuttall blundered
IF one is the newly-appointed musical director of a choral society, what better way to begin one’s career than with a performance of Messiah at the beginning of Advent in the local parish church? Sinead Hayes did just that and made an immediate mark.
THE November speaker was Angela Stephens, from The Age Of Opportunity, who spoke on the advantages of computing in the third age and where support and information could be found. The libraries are a flagship in this enterprise. Angela then introduced
OUR ride to Tockholes was short, so we made it a bit testing by taking the Roman road from Edgworth to Lower Darwen. We left Bury by the Woodhill cycle path to Brandlesholme. Then on to Hawkshaw and Edgworth. On one of the steep climbs from here Beryl
BURY HF Walking Club provide walks weekly throughout the year as follows: Tuesdays 10 miles upwards; Saturdays between four and six miles; Sundays nine to 10 miles. For further information contact Grace Hilton on 01706 823915.
AT our meeting on December 3, president Alex Wright welcomed new member Michael Burton. The topic of the day was listed as Manchester Ship Canal, presented by Glen Atkinson using black/white pictures from Victorian years. The pictures had been transferred
IT was Members Choice on Friday evening. Programme secretary George Cruice gathered the items and presented the programme. Opening with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band playing Danny Boy, James Galway playing Annie’s Song and Bryn Terfel singing We’ll
RADCLIFFE Probus Club held its Christmas lunch on December 2 at Stand Golf Club. The stunning view across the 18th green and beyond from the dining room provides a delightful setting for any occasion and certainly did for this one. The assembled members
THERE’S nothing better to warm you up on a cold December evening than a battle. On December 1, Prestwich Co-op Camera Club played host to the return leg of the print and digital image competition against Davyhulme Camera Club. Our original judge was
THE November meeting gave positive feed back on progress so far. Walks for the next five months have been arranged. The theatre group will be attending their first show in January and other activities such as scrabble, art, history, different area of
THIS week’s games were all potentially match of the week contenders on recent form. The top match this week turned out to be the clash between unbeaten league leaders Radcliffe Cricketers and hosts and the reigning Champions Rose and Crown Starling.
THE famous Headbangers Ball is returning for a Christmas event at Heywood Civic Hall, with light-shows and burlesque dancers on December 22. Tickets cost £10 and are available from the Hark to Towler and Vibes Records.
ON Sunday Simon Holder led a group of 12 on a walk from Marsden to Scammonden Water, the reservoir constructed wheh the M62 was built. The weather was good, with just a few showers, but conditions underfoot were muddy. The walk was completed by crossing
SINGER songwriter Imogen Heap will play Manchester Academy 2 on Sunday, February 7. Tickets to the gig cost £17.50 and are available from gigsandtours.com or by ringing 0871 2200 260.
JLS, the most successful new group of 2009, have ended their year by announcing their first UK Arena tour for December 2010. The tour starts at Liverpool Echo Arena on Dec 3 and ends at London Wembley Arena on Dec 22, with a date at Manchester’s MEN
THREE piece Harlem-style swing band 52 Skidoo will bring their tribute to Fats Waller to the Met, in Bury, tomorrow. The band play an array of vintage American music including classic favourites like Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Joint is Jumpin’ and Your Feet
A WOMAN who established a support service for teenage drug users in Bury was last night in the running for a national award. Beverley Whitworth, manager of Streetwise 2000 Young Persons’ Service, was nominated for a Tackling Drugs Changing Lives accolade
TRADERS are bringing tastes from across the globe to Ramsbottom. The town will be hosting 35 trade stalls selling food and drink, as well as handbags and leather items, children’s toys and wooden arts and crafts. It will be the first international market
THE Goodhaw Brass Band is presenting an evening of Christmas carols on Monday. It takes place at the Buchanan sports and social club, Buchanan Street, Ramsbottom, at 8pm. Admission costs £1 and includes a free raffle and mince pies.
A BUSINESSMAN has revealed plans to extend the hours of a take-away due to open in Holcombe Brook. Last year, Bury council twice refused Aurang Zaib permission to convert a shoe shop on the Holcombe Brook shopping precinct in Longsight Road into a takeaway
STAFF at Summerseat Garden Centre saw their efforts for charity blossom. More than 100 people took part in carol singing and activities including a tombola and raffle to raise £875 for Jigsaw — a charity which organises social and sports events for youngsters
NORTH West digital agency, Fudge, has launched an online hub for digital businesses in Bury — digitalbury.com Appointed by the Bury Partnership and Bury Council, Fudge developed the Digital Bury website to act as a central point of information for the
BURY optician Yates & Suddell is adopting groundbreaking eye-measuring technology to allow spectacle wearers to enjoy improved and more natural vision. EyeStation uses the latest digital technology to take extremely accurate measurements not normally
INVESTORS in People has praised Bury firm Pennine Telecom for a cultural shift which has created a “very positive organisation”. And through investing in its workforce, the Salford Street company is well placed to come through the current recession and
THE launch of a new shop in Manchester Road, Bury, has marked something of a homecoming for businesswoman Joanne Newman. Her Scallywag’s Gifts shop is next door to a former newsagents which was run by her family. Joanne worked for 10 years in the Sunnybank
A BURY businessman is launching a new franchisee club to share best practice, ideas and offer mutual support. The idea is the brainchild of Bury franchisee, Brian Dormer, who owns the successful TaxAssist Accountants franchise in Rochdale Road. He said
I AM writing to give my opinion on the “new” second-hand toilets outside Radcliffe Market. Put simply, they are a disgrace. They are already broken: one sink has an “out of use” sign on it, there are no facilities for drying hands, and the toilets are
ON Tuesday morning somebody at Bury Bus Station was handing out leaflets bearing the GMPTE logo, as well as toffee walking sticks. The leaflets contained bog standard health and safety information such as “Look both ways when crossing the carriageway
THE Tory Town Hall continues to fail to provide value for money for its council tax-payers by abolishing the free collection of bulky waste. This policy is having a detrimental impact on the residents of Redvales. In particular as it fails to take into
IN response to the joint letter from Dr Peter Elton and Andrew Martin regarding generic drugs, most patients know that the active ingredient in them is the same. It is the non-active bulking agents that can cause problems for the patient. Generic drugs
Where would we be without traffic wardens? With lots of irresponsible parking that’s for sure. All in all, more congestion, more fuel consumption and more CO2 emissions. With evidence of worsening climate change, isn’t that the last thing we need. It
I WAS pleased to read in the Bury Times, December 3, about the recent crackdown on pavement cyclists. However it has left me somewhat confused by the messages that the police and Bury Council are sending out. On the one hand we have the local police
IT emerged last week that the Tories’ proposed tax plan to cut Child Tax Credits for households on more than £50,000 per year in total would raise only £45million — not the £400million that they claimed it would. In fact to raise £400 million they would
Councillor Redstone does himself and his political cause no favours in his continuing slanging match concerning the educational accomplishments of modern youth. Surely all with any interest in education must be aware that “children in mediocre schools
MAY I draw the attention of your Unsworth and Sunnybank readers to the fact that a revised planning application for the demolition and redevelopment of The Dragon Pub, Parr Lane, has been submitted which again includes a retail unit (superstore?). Objections
The shops are getting busier and everyone is rushing around preparing for Christmas. The run up to Christmas can be exciting, but, unfortunately, it can also be a time when shoppers get aggressive towards shopworkers. When items are out of stock or
WhilE I fully understand, and sympathise, with Graham Howarth’s defence of education standards (November 26), Cllr Tim Pickstone’s letter reveals the uncomfortable truth. Many of the one in five 16 - 24-year-olds who are unemployed have been educated
OI, you lot in dat letters payge. You leeve that cownselur Reddstone alone. right, yeah. He’s ownly sayin wat everyone is finking, and evryone nose. All them kids leeving skool now with dead bad educkation under that laybour. Your ded right pal! I
DAVID Buchanan — Bury’s own Mr Versatile — is hoping his ability to play in a number of positions will secure his long-term future at Gigg Lane. The 23-year-old, who has been at the club since coming through the ranks as a trainee in 2005, is out of
We are now to be asked to vote in a forthcoming general election and pay MPs for another 4/5years — and pay is all it is about now. When I was younger politicans, doctors, teachers, nurses did the job “to make a difference” or as a vocation. Mrs Thatcher
IN a letter in last week’s Bury Times one writer, whose name and address was not supplied, suggested that planning decisions were made on the basis of the personal likes and dislikes of one particular councillor. This is a serious misunderstanding of
YOUR correspondent, Bury Times, December 3, commenting on the state of the timber cladding on the ‘new’ Moorgate Primary Care Centre hit a chord with me. I too am appalled by the state of the timber which makes the building already look in need of restoration
A RECENT correspondent (November 19) took exception to “The Rock” being appropriated as part of the development triangle title. Given the enormous size of new buildings in the town centre, perhaps “The Block” might be a better choice. I’m no Luddite
I AM writing In response to the letter “Bureaucrats have lost touch with patient care” by Derek Brooks. From what Mr Brooks wrote about Dr Burrows, he clearly does not know him. I worked for Dr Burrows for approximately five years at Salford Primary
IT’S full steam ahead for East Lancashire Railway’s Santa Specials after a surge in bookings. The vintage steam locomotive runs from Bury to Ramsbottom with every child receiving a visit and gift from Father Christmas. There are still places available
A BURY legal firm is laying down the law to support Greater Manchester Police’s anti-drink driving campaign. Solicitors Recovery Assist are distributing Christmas cards which offer sensible drink-related advice. Greg Almond, partner at the Walmersley
YOUNG people from Bury who have been taken under the wing of Fairbridge North Manchester will entertain a host of VIP guests tomorrow. A Festival Showcasing event will take place at Bury Town Hall and guests scheduled to attend include Fairbridge national
RADCLIFFE Riverside High School has sent 3,000 unwanted text books to children in Rwanda. The English, science and maths books will not be needed at Riverside when the Abden Street campus closes and all pupils move to the Spring Lane site. They are
GENEROUS staff at Bury College have donated 124 boxes filled with gifts to Operation Christmas Child, run by Samaritan’s Purse. They also gave £78.91 to the charity. Lesley Harrison, director of student quality, said: “Staff contributed boxes, goodies
SHOPPERS have been dancing in the aisles of Bury Market thanks to the sunshine sounds of samba. Local musicians Bloco Ashe: Bury Samba banished the winter blues with a rousing set of Brazilian, Cuban and African influenced rhythms. The project is community
GERRY Luczka is predicting an excellent match when Radcliffe Borough come up against his former club Leigh Genesis, who are riding high near the top of the UniBond Division One North. The Boro director of football, who spent three years at Leigh, is
FESTIVE cheer came to Sunny Bank Primary School in Bury with all the traditional trappings. More than £1,000 was raised at its Christmas fair, where guest of honour was Father Christmas himself, who arrived on a sleigh kindly donated by Bury Lions.
ELVIS tribute act Rodgen Stewart received unexpected support from two X Factor sisters at a Bury pub show. In the audience at the Two Tubs on The Wylde were Emma Chawner and sister, Samantha. Earlier this year, the former Ramsbottom girls fell at the
A BURY-based community choir has voiced an appeal for more singers. The 15-strong Bury AcaPeelers Community Choir meets each Thursday between 7.30pm and 9.30pm at Bury Parish Church’s rooms. Members performed at The Met’s Christmas Festival in Market
CHILDREN from Holy Trinity CE Primary School will be singing Christmas songs and carols in Bury Library next Monday, starting at 1.45pm. There will also be seasonal stories and crafts to make at the library on Tuesday, December 22 from 10.30am to 11.30pm
BURY FC are holding a Christmas football course at Bury Grammar School for Boys on December 21 and December 22. The course, for boys and girls aged 5 to 11, costs £8 per day from 10am until 3pm or £5 per day from 10am until noon. Anyone who attends
ALAN Knill will sit down with his skipper Stephen Dawson this morning in an attempt to secure the Irishman’s future at Gigg Lane. The 24-year-old is out of contract in the summer and can speak to potential suitors in January. Bury have, however, made
A PROLIFIC shoplifter has been banned from entering supermarkets and shops across the borough. Brett Barlow, aged 30, was handed an ASBO (Anti-Social Behaviour Order) at Bolton Crown Court which prevents him from going into a number of stores
A SOCCER player remains in a critical condition nearly two weeks after being attacked in Manchester city centre. Matthew Edgington, a Ramsbottom United player, is being treated in Hope Hospital, Salford, after he sustained a fractured skull, fractured
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a man in his Bury flat say his killer would have left “soaked in blood”. Kevin Fielding, aged 41, was discovered stabbed to death at his home in Cameron Street less than two weeks ago. But yesterday, murder squad
A man who was wanted by Greater Manchester Police after a charity box was stolen from a police station has been arrested. The 27-year-old man was arrested in Whitefield yesterday and remains in police custody for questioning. On 30 December 2008
RAMSBOTTOM came out on top in a seven-goal thriller as they edged into joint second in the Vodkat League Premier Division. The home side deservedly ran up a 4-1 advantage before two late goals had the home supporters’ nerves in shreds. The home side
FIVE youth centres in Bury have been saved — but will be merged with a young people’s advice service. It follows a U-turn by Bury Council after it initially planned to close the youth bases, or hand them over to voluntary groups. The services will now
BURY and Bolton councils are to increase ways of working together in a bid to save cash. Each authority’s executive meeting has now approved proposals to form an alliance, with the two bodies set to sign a memorandum of understanding which will promote
BURY Amateurs moved eight points clear at the top of the Manchester League Division One with a 3-0 win against Heywood St James. Bury took the lead in the seventh minute when Tino Blake worked his way to the touchline and squared the ball across the
