From the Guide files of Thursday, April 12, 1979: SEDGLEY Park Rugby Club were planning to "try" and get in the Guinness Book of Records by scoring the longest try in the world. Players hoped to beat the current world record of 631 miles with a new distance
From the Guide files of Friday, June 1, 1979: TEN-MONTH-OLD Lynn Guider, from Cromwell Road, Whitefield, won a Bonny Baby Contest. The tiny tot was entered in the competition, organised by Stand All Saints Church, by her mother, Mrs Jillian Guider. SELF-EMPLOYED
HOPEFULLY the report of the Commons Health Select Committee on obesity will do a whole generation a life-saving favour. By putting the subject at the centre of the news agenda it will focus attention on a serious problem and force a change in eating habits
with the Rev KEVIN LOGAN, Vicar of Christ Church, Accrington. . . HELL'S Kitchen it isn't. It's too nice, despite the bleep talk, the celebrity sobs and that handsome devil Gordon the cook. He's nobbut a caramelised Beelzebub encasing a soft centre. ITV's
She travelled to Everest as a journalist to cover a story - and ended up becoming the story. Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to conquer the world's highest mountain, spoke to JENNY SCOTT. . . ARMED only with a pair of walking boots and with
AS secretary of Darwen Swimming Club I am writing to express our sorrow at the death of the Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Coun Michael Barrett. He and his wife came to our Annual Gala last May (the day after his inauguration) on possibly their first
WITH regard to the recent publicity on the state of the Blackburn Railway Station since its refurbishment and the criticisms being levelled at Railtrack. It has to be said that there is a great deal of disappointment and anger that, after all the trumpet
THE letters regarding the proposed statue of Barbara Castle took a peculiar twist on Friday, May 21 when a contributor suggested the council erect a statue to a former mill owner for organising a demonstration against the Labour Government because of
A SECOND police investigation has been launched into alleged election fraud in Burnley in the run up to the local elections. Police said the investigation was launched after a complaint was made that party workers were taking postal ballot papers from
The Saturday Interview. . . THE muscles flexed beneath the blue and white shirt, pumping the red rose tattoo into full, threatening bloom. The burly Blackburn Rovers fan had eyed his target and strode over with all the purpose of a hungry bison hunting
A SERIES of open-air concerts will be held in several Burnley parks this summer. Burnley Borough Council in conjunction with the parks' Friends Group has organised the line-up which can be heard over the coming months. The first event is on Sunday, June
BURY FC top scorer Gareth Seddon has joined Third Division rivals Rushden and Diamonds after rejecting a new deal. The Burnley-born striker ended the last campaign the club's leading marksman with 11 goals. One of nine players offered new terms after
A BRIDGE Club handed over £600 to Pendleside Hospice trustees. Fundraisers at Pendleside Hospice said they were delighted with the donation from money raised during a the Brierfield club's bridge drive held on Tuesday, May 18. More than 50 people attended
A SEX offender disqualified from working with children has had the order lifted - but still cannot be employed among youngsters. Rizwan Asghar, 20, was jailed on Monday for eight months for indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the back of a car
A NEW dental service has been officially opened to treat Nelson folk not registered with an NHS dentist. Hundreds of residents and families in the town will be able to make use of the state-of-the art dental centre that is combined with a new HQ for child-centred
A PENDLE couple who lost their baby last year have used their personal tragedy to raise funds for midwives in East Lancashire. Kate and Mike Holland, of Barrowford, presented £3,500 worth of state-of-the art equipment to hospital bosses at Burnley General
HEALTH Minister Rosie Winterton is to visit East Lancashire to examine the area's crisis in National Health Service dentistry. She has promised to go to Hyndburn and possibly other parts of the sub-region to see what can be done to improve its appalling
A YOUNG father who shook his five-week-old daughter to death in a fit of temper has began a three-year jail term. The sentence was met with anger and dismay by the baby's mother, who felt that it was not long enough. Andrew Ashurst, aged 22, of Formby
MONDAY, MAY 31 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; noon-1pm: Moss Pharmacy, 53 Fishmoor Drive. DARWEN: noon-4pm: Boots Chemist, 8 Market Street. ACCRINGTON: 11am-1pm: Bentley's Chemist, 42 Avenue Parade; noon-1pm: Tims & Parker
FRIDAY, JUNE 4 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: Moss Pharmacy, 314 Bolton Road; The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; The Surgery (Chiropody), 132 Lammack Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy
TUESDAY, JUNE 1 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohen, 63 Whalley Range. To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 7pm: The Pharmacy, Oakenhurst Road; Geloo Bros, Cleaver
A GISBURN farrier, stopped as he drove home in the early hours, was found to be nearly four times the legal drink-drive limit. Karl Andrew Antal, 26, of Church View, pleaded guilty at Blackburn magistrates court to driving with excess alcohol. He was
THIEVES who have made thousands of pounds by selling garden ornaments stolen from the Ribble Valley have struck again - this time at two churches. It is the second time in two months churches have been targeted by the crooks - believed to be from outside
WHILE cinemas around the globe are bewitching children with the magic of Harry Potter, a different kind of spell is being cast in Clitheroe. Television bosses have announced that part of the next of series of The Worst Witch - one of the most popular
IF you are wondering where all your money is going then it could be your mobile phone that is to blame. Recent research shows that people are spending up to £45 a month on mobile phone services, an increase of 16 per cent compared to this time last year
The Saturday Interview. . . THE muscles flexed beneath the blue and white shirt, pumping the red rose tattoo into full, threatening bloom. The burly Blackburn Rovers fan had eyed his target and strode over with all the purpose of a hungry bison hunting
SCOTT Greaves has taken over the captaincy at Rishton following Jonathon Dobson's sudden decision to retire from the game. Dobson announced he was quitting earlier this week and Greaves will take the reins in his absence until the end of the season. "
A BROKEN gearbox didn't stop Mini man Steve Johnson from scoring a top five finish at the Bury Autotest. For the Accrington fire-fighter simply swapped the stricken car for his rally-prepared Nissan Micra and went on to finish fifth overall. Johnson decided
RACE ace Steve Hobday is hoping he'll be in tune with his new sponsor when he takes to the Rockingham Speedway track next month. For Hobday, who lives in Haslingden, will be backed by rap superstar 50 Cent in round two of the Days of Thunder championship
AN early morning fishing trip proved costly for a 30-year-old Darwen man. Blackburn magistrates heard that Stephen James Barnes crashed into a lamp-post just yards from his home, sending it crashing to the floor. When police spotted the damaged van he
A JOINT bid by police and residents to tackle juvenile nuisance in Edgworth has been described as an overwhelming success. Measures put in place to tackle unruly behaviour included the parish council keeping a diary of incidents and extra police monitoring
after attack A FATHER-of-four and his daughter's boyfriend have escaped jail after beating up their friend in a drunken row. Burnley Crown Court heard how John Mulcahy, 43, and Anthony Appleby, 23, were captured on CCTV attacking John Hargreaves. The
ROSSENDALE Borough Council has been told it needs to work more closely with businesses to tackle litter problems. But the council has also won praise from inspectors at the Audit Commission. They say the borough's recycling rates are on the increase.
AN Atherton woman who attacked another woman because she had made a statement about her to police has been jailed for 12 months. A judge at Liverpool Crown Court also made a four year Anti-Social Behaviour Order on Jeanette Hook, aged 20, of Peak Avenue
A FUNDING boost will enable the Creative Living Centre in Prestwich to run until August, but only with a reduced service. The holistic centre for people suffering from mental health problems has received a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater
A MAN who overcame childhood blindness through self healing will give a talk in Prestwich next Friday (June 4). Meir Schneider, from America, was born with cataracts and other serious vision problems. After five operations on the lenses of his eyes, doctors
A VIOLENT robber was today still at large, despite a large-scale police operation to catch him. Although there were no more robberies in Audley, detectives said there had also been no new developments in the hunt for the attacker, who struck twice in
LANCASHIRE'S overweight children are set to be whipped into shape by the county council's new chairman, who was sworn in this week. After being handed the chains of office, Coun Nora Ward launched an attack on the food manufacturers who tempt children
A FATHER-OF-TWO today spoke about his months of hell at the hands of a gang of teen yobs as their ringleader was put behind bars. Paul Harkness, of the Oakdene Estate, on the Blackburn and Darwen border, spoke out after magistrates heard how 19-year-old
RELIGIOUS leaders in Lancashire have joined forces to try and persuade people not to vote for the BNP in next month's local and European elections. Churches Together in Lancashire has launched a joint project with Lancashire Council of Mosques, publishing
A POOL hall in Bury town centre which was being used as a base for drug dealing has been ordered to close. Police successfully gained an order to shut down Streetwise Pool Hall, Back Haymarket Street, Bury, after they said it had been used for the supply
From the Guide Files of Friday, May 4, 1979: Conservative Party Leader Margaret Thatcher made a visit to Prestwich in the run-up to the General Election. She delivered a campaign speech highlighting freedom under the law and basic values of society, to
From the Guide files of Friday, May 25, 1979: PRESTWICH Hospital Sports and Social Club football team won the Hulme Celtic Cup after beating Simon Engineering, from Cheadle Hulme, 1-0. Since forming a few years previously, the Prestwich Hospital team
The Rossendale Players present "Nobody's Perfect," New Millennium Theatre, Burnley Road East, Waterfoot, 7.30pm. Cream of Hendrix," Millstone, Darwen. Accrington and Blackburn CHA Walking Club meet Rimington (parking near Cosgroves), 1.30pm. Swanside
SUNDAY: "Snow Tube a Mile," Ski Rossendale, Haslingden Road, Haslingden, 10am. On behalf of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Chipping Steam Fair, Showground, Chipping. Bleasdale Tower Garden Open Day. Sawley Art Group's Annual Exhibition, Sawley School, 10am-
Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY. . . I'VE lost count of the number of times I have written about Whalley in these columns but this week I discovered one or two aspects which I should have known more about. Over the past few weeks I have been looking
OF course David Smith is correct to say that no official figures exist to show postal voting in advantageous to Labour. Such voting on a large scale is a recent phenomena. It is, however, generally accepted that Labour supporters are less likely to actually
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy was killed in a road accident in Leigh on Friday night. Ryan Thomas Ashbrook was with a group of other children in Hope Street, Leigh, when it is thought he ran into the road and was struck by a vehicle at 7.10pm. Ryan, who lived in
POLICE are to teach youngsters in East Lancashire schools about the dangers of the internet in a bid to stop them falling into the clutches of perverts cruising chatrooms. The pioneering link-up between detectives and teachers has come about following
LEIGH Centurions' record-breaker Neil Turley is facing the biggest dilemma of his life. The Hilton Park scoring sensation must choose between continuing with his honeymoon plans or delay them for 24 hours and play for the Centurions in their crunch game
BLACKBURN Rovers midfielder Brett Emerton has admitted he needs to raise his game next season if he wants to regain his place in Graeme Souness's starting eleven. The 24-year-old has conceded he found it tough to adjust to the rigours of the Premiership
POLICE in Burnley today appealed for witnesses after a 74-year-old woman was knocked to the ground and left badly bruised by a bag snatcher. Hazel Phethean had crossed Todmorden Road and was heading along Stewart Street when she was approached from behind
A SECOND police investigation has been launched into alleged election fraud in Burnley in the run up to the local elections. Police said the investigation was launched after a complaint was made that party workers were taking postal ballot papers from
A PERVERTED pensioner who sexually abused a "vulnerable" schoolgirl for almost two years is behind bars. Burnley Crown Court heard how grandfather Frank Henderson, 67, had a secret relationship with the 14-year-old and gave her cigarettes in return for
BURY have arranged a pre-season friendly at Stalybridge Celtic for Saturday, July 31. The match, at Bower Fold, will kick off at 3pm.
A SHOPLIFTER admitted stealing £60 worth of CDs from W H Smith when he appeared before Bury magistrates. Darren Tunnah, aged 30, of Coronation Road, Radcliffe, had only recently been released from a term of imprisonment for shoplifting, the court was
WELL, now it is official. Global warming is accelerating at such a rate of knots that it can only be a matter of time before the ice caps melt, sea levels rise to the height of Blackpool Tower and Homo sapiens is swept into oblivion, literally and metaphorically.That
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has called on the Church of England to spruce up graveyards next to abandoned and redundant churches. He believes cash being spent on maintaining bishops' palaces should be diverted to look after the place of rest of the dead
A COMMUNITY group is calling for an old aviary in Great Harwood's Memorial Park to be removed to stop teenage yobs spoiling the area. The building from the 1920s and is now mostly boarded up but half the structure is a seating area. The secretary of the
A THIEF said to have stolen to help his girlfriend fund her drug habit must stay behind bars. A crown court heard that John Booth, from Huncoat, took meat worth £90 from a shop on two consecutive days and told police the haul was to feed his family. He
The Pride of Pendle from Moorhouses Brewery -- owned by Atherton businessman Bill Parkinson -- has been voted the best cask ale in the world and a second took a top gold award. Lifting Gear Hire boss Bill's brewery scooped the 'Champion Cask Conditioned
SUNDAY, MAY 30 BLACKBURN: 10am-1pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road; 10.30am-4.30pm: Superdrug Pharmacy, 5 Stonybutts; 10.30am-4.30pm: Boots Chemist, 2 Cobden Court; noon-1pm: Geloo Bros, 1 New Wellington Street, Mill Hill. DARWEN: noon-4pm: Boots
THURSDAY, JUNE 3 BLACKBURN: To 9pm: Lloyds Pharmacy, 4-6 Railway Road; Cohens Chemist, 63 Whalley Range; To 8pm: Johnston Pharmacy, 50-52 Johnston Street. To 7.30pm: Aston Pharmacy, 95 Accrington Road. To 6.30pm: Donald Wood Ltd, 53 Fishmoor Drive; Healthbook
AS TRICKS go, it's one even a Harry Potter spell would struggle to match. Lancashire's smallest cinema, which usually waits four weeks to show blockbusters, has managed to persuade movie bosses to put them top of the list for this year's biggest release
AN engineering firm is to bulldoze the LG Philips factory in Simonstone to build a new plant - which could lead to new jobs. Nelson-based Fort Vale is expected to takeover the site, off Burnley Road, later this year. It plans to shut its existing three
POLICE are to teach youngsters in East Lancashire schools about the dangers of the internet in a bid to stop them falling into the clutches of perverts cruising chatrooms. The pioneering link-up between detectives and teachers has come about following
BURNLEY chiefs could spring a surprise when naming the new manager next week. Chairman Barry Kilby was today holed up conducting final interviews before settling on the new man to take charge at Turf Moor. I can reveal Kilby spoke to one leading contender
BLACKBURN Rovers midfielder Brett Emerton has admitted he needs to raise his game next season if he wants to regain his place in Graeme Souness's starting eleven. The 24-year-old has conceded he found it tough to adjust to the rigours of the Premiership
BURNLEY chiefs could spring a surprise when naming the new manager next week. Chairman Barry Kilby was today holed up conducting final interviews before settling on the new man to take charge at Turf Moor. I can reveal Kilby spoke to one leading contender
DARWEN'S annual music festival is expected to be bigger and better this year with thousands of people expected to flock to seven venues. Last year's event attracted more than 25,000 people with headliners Bad Manners. Organisers, Darwen Music Project,
A HIGH school in Waterfoot which has raised almost £1million to pay for a new sports hall is to appeal against a council's decision to refuse planning permission. Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, in Glen Road, is raising money to replace its gymnasium
AMENDED plans to convert a former Rossendale chapel into 12 apartments have been approved. Barnett Construction, based in Forest Bank Road, Crawshawbooth, plans to transform the former Rakefoot Methodist Chapel into spacious living accommodation. The
A TEENAGER who slashed a Rossendale schoolboy with an horrific home-made weapon has kept his freedom. Burnley Crown Court heard how would-be soldier Kirk Herbert, 19, put together the double-bladed four pointed knife because he was bored. His victim,
AN Atherton man who falsely claimed that his car had been stolen after he was involved in a car crash was jailed for four months. Rocky Fearnley was involved in a road traffic accident on March 17 and drove off. Police inquiries led to him and he claimed
PLANS are well advanced for Prestwich's biggest day of the year - the carnival! The event takes place on Sunday, June 20, Father's Day, and is sure to be one for the dads with a fun football match on the agenda. Dads, managers and coaches of Prestwich
THE HISTORY of Manchester Jewry will be explored in a heritage trail this Sunday (May 30). The trail will leave Manchester Jewish Museum, in Cheetham Hill Road, at 2pm, and take in the streets and buildings that were once home to the Jewish community.
FOOTBALL mania will hit Whitefield on Tuesday (June 1) with a fun-packed day in Victoria Park. A new state-of-the-art ball zone will be launched and there will be activities for children to take part in throughout the afternoon. The £50,000 ball zone
A FAILED asylum seeker who carried out a knife attack on an Iraqi Kurd in Blackburn has been put put behind bars for five years. Once he has served the custody term, Qasim Mika faces deportation as all avenues of appeal have been exhausted. The 18-year-old
FORMER Blackburn Mayor Mary Leaver died after falling down the stairs at her home, an inquest heard. The hearing was told that Mrs Leaver, 72, of Pringle Street, Blackburn, had been visibly upset following the death of her brother and had had a "fair
A CIVIC cortege from Blackburn Town Hall will precede the funeral of the borough's Mayor, Michael Barrett. Coun Barrett passed away in his sleep overnight on Monday after a period of illness. A full civic funeral will take place at Blackburn Cathedral
By Kingfisher. . . LAST weekend was a bit chilly for the time of year for sure. That and the bright conditions combined to give most anglers a difficult time, yet there were some decent weights from a number of commercials, though not really from anywhere
A GANGSTER whose "research" led to a masked, armed raid of a Bury post office has had his "manifestly excessive" jail term cut. Christopher Robert Williams's job was to observe the Radcliffe Post Office in preparation for the raid, which happened in February
