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25 years ago: Taken from the Guide files of January 11,1985 (From Prestwich and Whitefield Guide)
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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.
* FUNDRAISERS from Prestwich and Whitefield appealed for donations to help striking miners who could not afford nappies for their babies.
* A MAN was beaten about the head when he disturbed an intruder trying to burgle his house in Bury Old Road, Prestwich.
* DEVELOPERS got planning approval to convert the former Plaza bingo hall in Bury New Road, Prestwich, into a salesroom for local firm Baron Antiques.
* IT was confirmed that former RAF serviceman Arthur Colleran, aged 63, was to become the 1985/86 Mayor of Bury.
* Snow and frost decimated the sporting programme, with football games wiped out through Prestwich and Whitefield.
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