* 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 St Mary’s RC Church’s Christmas fair.

* West Indian test cricketer Frank Worrell was rumoured to be leaving his Radcliffe home for a new job in Jamaica.

* A popular clock was returned to its place outside John Wild’s offices in Blackburn Street after three months of structural work to the building.

* Radcliffe Borough recorded another win in a 2-1 match against Hyde United.