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25 YEARS AGO: Taken from the Guide files of February 8, 1985
8:16pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
* THE education committee agreed to temporarily stall plans to amalgamate Parrenthorn High School in Prestwich and Philips High School in Whitefield.
Noble St Mary’s
8:15pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
THIS week, we capture a charming Edwardian view of St Mary’s Parish Church which was built using the red sandstone of Lancashire.
25 Years Ago: Taken from the Guide files of February 1, 2010
12:40pm Thursday 28th January 2010
* MORE than 200 parents met to discuss ways of preventing the merger of Mersey Drive, Ribble Drive and Whitefield primary schools.
Easy does it in 1905
6:40am Thursday 28th January 2010
THIS week, we capture a view of Prestwich Village as it looked during the middle of the Edwardian era.
Bobber’s coat wage
7:40am Thursday 21st January 2010
THE DATE was August 1, 1908, when this card, showing the interior of St Mary’s Church, was posted in Prestwich.
25 Years Ago: Taken from the Guide files of January 25, 1985
8:43pm Wednesday 20th January 2010
* THE OCCUPANTS of a house in Cromwell Road, Prestwich, escaped unhurt after an explosion caused by a build-up of gas.
25 years ago: Taken from the Guide files of January 11,1985
1:04pm Thursday 14th January 2010
* DESPITE 122 objections from neighbours, the council passed plans to create a car park on woodland off Nursery Road, Prestwich.
All quiet up the junction
1:02pm Thursday 14th January 2010
THIS week, we look back at a view of Besses Junction featured in a photograph taken from Bury Old Road during the 1960s.
On this day
3:33pm Thursday 7th January 2010
l—A WOULD-BE thief failed in his an attempt to rob a 32-year-old man in Kings Road, Sedgley, when the man refused to let go of a cash bag.
Pupils: Don’t merge schools
3:34pm Thursday 7th January 2010
FIFTH formers at a local school threatened with amalgamation collected a petition asking the council to change its mind.
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