I WONDER if readers can help me with my hobby of collecting brass embossed colliery lamp checks, or tokens and tallies, as they are sometimes called. These are brass discs with the name of colliery on them and also the miner's number. He would draw this
A MOTHER has taken her daughter out of school after classroom bullies made her life hell. And Carolyn Reed today vowed: "I'll never send her back to that torture chamber." Her child, Charlotte, 12, made a grim diary of events at Bowland County High School
A COUPLE died in a three car-pile up during a holiday visit to their son. Tom and Dorothy Bolton, of Blackburn Road, Ribchester, were driving on the busy A30 at Tedburn St Mary, near Exeter, Devon, in their silver Vauxhall Cavalier when the accident happened
THERE was an air of inevitability about the scoreline, most would say the same about one of the scorers, writes Peter White. And there's no hiding from the facts which show Blackburn Rovers rock bottom, Newcastle making an early challenge for the championship
WASIM Akram could miss two spells of Lancashire's championship campaign next season because of international calls. And his commitments with Pakistan have ruled him out as a contender for the Old Trafford captaincy. Pakistan could be involved in two one
D PEARSON (Letters, August 31) is probably correct in stating that Catholics were wary of becoming members of the police in Northern Ireland because of their fear of the IRA. However, he avoids the question of why so many are refused employment in other
EARBY claimed the Vaux Ribblesdale League crown in a thrilling three-way race for the championship. While Earby and Great Harwood were locked in a head to head contest at the Applegarth, Read faced Settle in a top v bottom clash. But it was Earby who
DRUNKEN thugs are being blamed for a worrying rise in violent crime in Blackburn this summer. In the period from April to August there were 308 muggings, beatings, serious sex offences and other incidents in the town, a rise of 16 per cent on the same
INFORMATION: Highly Classified. AGENT: Kurt Nogan. YOUR MISSION: If you choose to accept it-is to terminate the threat of Second Division Wycombe Wanderers. DOSSIER: Age 26. Previous experience at Luton and Brighton. Your awesome form makes you one of
BUSINESSES are gearing up for the biggest event in East Lancashire's business calendar. More than 15,000 invitations have been sent out for the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce open day being staged at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, on October
FOR the past three months we have been receiving photographs of cats and dogs from members of the public for inclusion in one of our picture-a-day calenders (a 'Dog-a-Day' calendar in aid of Battersea Dogs Home, and a 'Cat-a-Day' calendar in aid of the
REGARDING your Opinion (LET, August 27) on the freedom of our pub hours, as the majority of pubs are situated in residential areas, their freedom to open all hours would mean no freedom for the local residents. People would be coming and going, talking
A PATIENT collapsed and died outside Burnley General Hospital after walking out of the building in a dressing gown to buy a Sunday newspaper at a nearby petrol station. The 60-year-old man, who has not been named by police, fell to the floor on the pavement
GRAEME Le Saux is set to play his first competitive game of football since December 16 for Blackburn Rovers Reserves against Birmingham City at Ewood tonight. And Jason Wilcox came through his first game for the A team on Saturday after recovering from
FIRMS keen to break into a fast growing market are being urged to take part in a major trade fair. The East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce is taking a stand at the UK-Mauritius Trade Fair being held in November in Grand Baie. Mauritius represents a safe
A TEMPORARY crisis is building up at the Only Foals and Horses Sanctuary, Oswaldtwistle. We have more horses than stables and are currently advertising for buildings to rent for the stables overflow from October onwards. Any other arrangements will be
A SOCIAL services investigation was under way today after a spinster was found living in a house with nine months worth of rotting, maggot infested uneaten meals on wheels Pensioners Alan and Edith Haworth told of their shock and distress after discovering
A LETTER of clarification has been sent to Hyndburn Transport staff about job guarantees following the Stagecoach takeover. A three-page letter from Hyndburn Council chief executive Mike Chambers and TGWU branch secretary John Hornsby was circulated to
FIRST aid has been put on the critical list in a major drive to tackle confusion and ignorance. The joint venture between St John Ambulance and Norwich Union follows research suggesting that 70 per cent of people in North West would not know what to do
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw was set to unveil plans to end what he described as the enormous discrimination against black's hunting jobs. A copy of a hard-hitting report compiled by Mr Straw was leaked to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph. It revealed widespread
VANDALS attacked Sudell Primary School in Darwen, forcing teachers to turn away pupils on the first day of term. More than 35 windows were smashed and equipment wrecked. Fire crews from five towns were called in to tackle a blaze at Smirthwaite Street
GIANT defender Peter Swan is on the Turf Moor transfer list. Swan discussed his future with manager Adrian Heath over the weekend and his request for a move was granted today. Heath explained: "Peter Swan came in and asked me for his name to be circulated
Fife Flyers 7 Blackburn Hawks 0 Blackburn Hawks 6, Castlereagh Knights 4 LEE Cowmeadow's stirring one man show earned Hawks a first win in the new ice hockey Northern Premier League last night - a timely tonic after a Saturday night to forget in Fife.
BEFORE the Prime Minister's recent visit to the North West, a senior Labour spokesman sneered: "I don't know how he's the nerve to show himself in Lancashire. He's not wanted here." However, Mr Major was cheered everywhere he went, especially at British
A ROYAL "summit" was taking place at Balmoral today to discuss the future of the monarchy. We have, of course, already had a glimpse of the agenda - proposals for reducing the Civil List, scrapping the male primogeniture rule, allowing those in line to
IT IS a pity that the radical proposals aimed at solving the problem of paying for long-term care for the elderly, which were unveiled today, come in the pre-election period when both major political parties are vying to present themselves as tax-cutters
THE future of corner shop workers in East Lancashire is under threat because of the booming tobacco smuggling business. A survey carried out by the Tobacco Alliance revealed 77 per cent of North West retailers questioned are 'very concerned' about the
RESIDENTS are to be given the chance to have their say on the future of their homes as 'For Sale' signs go up on land and buildings once blighted by the axed M65 extension through Colne. Land and properties on the proposed motorway route to Yorkshire,
MOBILE mercymen will soon be operating a special security service for pensioners in the Ribble Valley. A new initiative from the Help the Aged organisation got on the road today, with the aim of targeting more than 1,000 senior citizens in the next two
