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25 YEARS AGO: Taken from the Guide files of February 8, 1985


* THE education committee agreed to temporarily stall plans to amalgamate Parrenthorn High School in Prestwich and Philips High School in Whitefield.

* RESIDENTS fled their homes in their nightclothes after a fire started in a block of flats in Clegg Street, Whitefield.

* THE organisers of an animal rights group called Fur Trade have said it was peaceful and did not send letter bombs to clothing firms in Whitefield.

* Thieves broke into the Church Inn, Bury New Road, Whitefield, and took £1,00 worth of cash and jewellery.


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