From the Bury Times, July 23, 1974

FLOWERS: Ten thousand flowers went into a floral display in Whitehead Gardens, Bury, in the shape of the six-in-one emblem of the new Metropolitan Borough. Similar displays were set up in Radcliffe, Whitefield and Holcombe Brook.

WASTE PAPER: Chairman of the policy & resources committee, Coun Albert Little, rapped critics of the free council tabloid newspaper Link. It only cost £11,982 a year, or less than 3p a copy, he said. (In 1974, the Bury Times cost 3p on Tuesday, 6p Friday.)

RAIL: The East Lancs Railway Society reported a good year in its new Castlecroft base. They had repaired their transport museum and members were collecting waste paper to pay for a quarter-mile of track to go under Peel Way, Bury.

CASH: Paint makers Donald Macpherson Ltd reported pre-tax profits down 13 per cent in the last six months.

PUBS: Bury Licensed Victuallers' Association decided to raise prices, but Radcliffe and Whitefield LVA vetoed across-the-board price hikes. Individual landlords could raise prices off their own bat, however, they said. MYSTERY: A cow that had spent a dozen years in the well-fenced Bleakholt animal sanctuary suddenly produced a calf. But nobody could tell how she had managed to find a father for the youngster.

SWARM: 30,000 bees which invaded Fieldhead Avenue, Bury, were collected by Constable Reg Kenyon, a bee fan, for his own hive. He said they were probably wild ones following a migrating queen.

JOBS: A recruitment ad by Intex Yarns of Radcliffe enthused: With wages at £40 a week or more, you can afford the things you dream of - new car, own house, holidays in Spain, colour telly!

HUNT: Fund-raising fans of the Holcombe Hunt provided the body for a new horsebox, and joint masters Mrs Catherine Hayes and Mr Newton Bacon gave the chassis. The vehicle was to be used for taking horses and hounds to meets.

RAID: Police were seeking a boy of 14 after a midnight raid on a Whitefield toy shop. A brick was thrown through the window and toys worth £22 stolen. Window damage was estimated at £40.

HOMES: The £10,000 barrier was still in place here. A detached bungalow in Tottington was offered at £8,950, but you could pick up a terraced house in a less fashionable spot for about half that sum.

STAND: A Granada TV team spent two days filming in and around Stand Grammar School. The footage was to be used in a forthcoming TV drama.

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