SEISMOLOGISTS appealed for readers to help them solve the mystery of the tremor that shook Lancashire that week.
The country's leading experts were left baffled as they struggled to establish the cause of the mini-quake.
Pubs in East Lancashire managed to stay open despite a three week strike by Tetley brewery workers.
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