From the Guide files of Thursday, April 12, 1979: MR George Shadick retired after a lifetime of scouting. After enrolling as a young cub in 1923, with the 7th Prestwich group, he went on to found the 18th Prestwich (Seaforths) in 1936 where he became group scoutmaster.

TWO Prestwich men became the first ever winners of the BBC Radio Manchester classical music quiz, "Set to Music". Mr Fred Alsberg, of Hope Road, chairman of the Manchester Halle Club, and Mr Derek Levy, of Tewkesbury Drive, beat off seven other teams vying for the trophy.

THE MAYOR of Bury, Coun Jack Rosenfield, was one of 400 guests invited to sign a "Peace Scroll" at Mamlock House in Bury New Road, Prestwich. The scroll was to commemorate the signing of the treaty between Israel and Egypt, and was to be sent as a message of peace to Israeli President Itzchak Navon.

A FORMULA One racing car caused a stir among pupils at Heys Boys School when it roared into the playground. The car, a M3 Marlboro McLaren, was the one James Hunt drove when he won the 1976 World Championships.

SEDGLEY Park Rugby Club were planning to "try" and get in the Guinness Book of Records by scoring the longest try in the world. Players hoped to beat the current world record of 631 miles with a new distance of 700 miles by passing the ball between them from the ground in Whitefield to Twickenham.