WHAT'S IN A NAME? 'Jubilee Way' was the named being suggested for Bury's south-west inner relief road to mark the Queen's Silver jubilee a year later.

AND THE HEAVENS OPENED: Standpipes recently introduced in the Ramsbottom, Summerseat and Tottington areas were being removed after periods of heavy rain marked the end of the drought.

PUMP UP THE VOLUME: A High Court judge in London was calling the tunes when he ordered a Bury store to stop playing 'canned' music because it did not have a licence.

THE VILLAGE PEOPLE: Bury's YMCA was to close after 101 years in the town. Crippling debts forced the management committee to surrender the organisation's lease on the Eden Street property. THAT SINKING FEELING: Three men appeared before Bury Magistrates Court following the theft of a £5,500 24-foot, 3.5 ton Bermudan sloop from Bridge Hall Fold, Heap Bridge, Bury. All three men were granted bail of £500 each, and the case was adjourned for three weeks to give police time to find a fourth man who was alleged to have been involved.

ON THE BALL: Nineteen-year-old Martin Kaye, from School Street, Radcliffe, kicked a football all the way from Radcliffe, up Holcombe Hill, and back again to raise £30 for the blind.

PAGE OF HISTORY: An exhibition was staged to mark Bury Public Library's 75th anniversary. On display were old books, newspaper cuttings and diagrams.

FINAL FAREWELL: Bury's first bus driver, Mr James Derbyshire Holt, of Clyde Road, Radcliffe, died in Bury General Hospital. The 78-year-old had suffered a protracted illness.