THE price of flowers soared because of Mothers' Day. In Chorley, the cost of flowers rose by as much as 100 per cent and in Accrington, by as much as 50 per cent.
An Altham engineering firm planned to build a sports ground for its workers. Howard and Bullough's engineering works, which employed more than 3,000 people, negotiated with the Corporation Parks Committee to buy an eight acre area of Altham playing fields.
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