EFE Sodje says the adulation of the supporters was one of the main reasons behind his decision to sign a new two-year contract with Bury. The 38-year-old is an extremely popular player down at Gigg Lane, and always seems to pick up an award from junior
RYAN Lowe believes the appointment of Richie Barker will prove a fruitful one. The 32-year-old, who scored 28 goals last season, lobbied hard for Barker to get the job and he is looking forward to working alongside the promising young coach. “I know
SHAKERS chairman Brian Fenton believes the club would have been wrong not to have appointed Richie Barker as their new manager. The club offered the 36-year-old the job yesterday after he impressed in interview. But Fenton revealed the decisive factor
RICHIE Barker is planning to put his own stamp on the Shakers after being given the opportunity to cut his teeth in management. The 36-year-old was offered the Bury job yesterday morning after beating off stiff competition from four other candidates.
I AM a resident of Holcombe Avenue, Bury, and I am in total agreement with SM Warburton’s letter (May 26). I have a copy of the Morris Homes plan which was dated 2008 entitled “Elton Vale Habitat Creation Works”. In this plan they wanted a public footpath
IN response to the letter published recently, it is heartening to know that the residents of Holcombe and Douglas Avenue are at last taking a positive interest in Elton Vale Valley as, despite two written invitations to meet with the Elton Vale Valley
A BIG thank-you to the five young people who helped a senior Bury supporter when he fell outside the Bury ground just before the match with Lincoln on Good Friday. Peter Roffey, aged 77, of Timperley, Cheshire, has been a Bury season ticket holder since
ACCORDING to the Daily Telegraph (May 28), Bury Council had a credit card bill of £1,504,875, the fifth highest in the country. This included amounts splashed out on flights to Canada, and expensive restaurant meals, as well as running up a £24,000
NEVER having written to a newspaper before, the news that Bury Council has the fifth largest credit card bill in the country has stirred me into action! Widely reported in the press Bury (in these austere times) can spend £1,504,875 that's one million
I ABSOLUTELY agree with George Steele’s letter “Council should take over car park” (May 19), concerning the on-going and most confusing car parking fiasco that prevails in Bury at present. Yet another dispute about someone being fined for leaving the
THIS is just a letter to put Mrs S McCaffrey’s, Wendy’s and Wendy Howarth’s minds at rest. I was very flattered that they thought that one of my letters could influence Bury council to put work “on hold” at Whitehead Park. So I decided that since I had
I WOULD like to inform the parents of the group of young lads visiting the Vue Cinema for the Saturday afternoon showing of the preview of Diary of a Wimpy Kid that my grandson who was hit over the eye when they threw ice is all right now. I can assure
THE humiliating withdrawal of Bury Council’s 2011 core strategy submission at its pre-hearing stage on May 13 has to be the most convincing proof yet that there is something fundamentally wrong at Bury Council’s senior management level. Bury Green Party
HEALTH chiefs have issued a sun warning in the wake of an estimated six deaths a year from skin cancer in the town. With warmer weather forecast this week, NHS Bury, the local primary care trust, is advising people against over-exposure. The organisation
WHEN Elton Primary School opened its doors in 1911, Bury’s skyline was filled with factory chimneys and the streets were covered in cobbles. Many things have changed in the past 100 years, but the school has remained ever present on its site in Alston
A CLUTCH of Bury fundraisers gave a good run for their sponsor money. The charity champs successfully completed the Bupa Great Manchester 10k Run. Ian Geller, aged 49, finished in his best-ever time of 58 minutes and 51 seconds. He was running for Bury
A NEW mascot will take pride of place with Bury Lions just in time for their biggest date of the year. The club is organising this year’s Bury Carnival to take place on Saturday, June 11, and has taken delivery of a new Lions costume, courtesy of carnival
ORGANISERS of the annual Ainsworth Village Day have revealed this year’s event will be held in memory of a popular teenager. They have dedicated the event, on Saturday, July 30, to Charlie Wyatt, who died on December 22, just weeks after being diagnosed
A KEEN cyclist inspired by a book is planning his latest fundraising chapter for Bury Hospice. Rick Gilpin, aged 35, will cycle approximately 950 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats. He will set off on Saturday, June 25 and hopes to return to his
AN international pool player who spent seven years battling cancer before getting the all-clear has died from another illness. David Horan, aged 28, found a lump on his neck in 2004 and was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cancer of the lymphatic system
A PERSONAL injury clerk has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after he admitted getting confidential patient details from his girlfriend. Martin Campbell persuaded his former partner Dawn Makin to hand over details of 29 patients from the walk-in
AN employee stole £117,000 from a firm to pay for her gambling addiction, which was said to have been triggered by the death of her uncle. Samantha Grindrod, aged 27, of Blackley Close, Bury, sobbed in the dock at Bolton Crown Court as she was jailed
THOUSANDS of nostalgia fans took a trip back in time at an action-packed wartime weekend in Bury and surrounding towns. The three-day bank holiday extravaganza event drew visitors from all over the UK decked out in the finest 1940s fashions. Events
A FUN day is being held at the Jubilee Centre in Bury on Saturday. Age UK Bury, formally known as Age Concern Bury, will mark the completion of its building extension at the venue in Mosley Avenue, an activity centre for people aged 50 and over. The
A TEENAGE girl accused of slashing a student across the face and neck five times with a razor blade is due to appear in court again today. The 17-year-old, from Bury, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Bury Youth Court on Friday (May
THE early release from prison of former Bury MP David Chaytor has been slammed. The disgraced ex-Bury North MP — the first MP jailed over the Parliamentary expenses scandal — walked out of jail last Thursday after serving just one-quarter of his 18-month
A HAVE-A-GO hero is recovering at home after he was seriously injured trying to stop raiders robbing Unsworth Post Office. Gary Smith, aged 47, grabbed a spade from his van and attacked four masked men who were threatening staff at the shop in Unsworth
