OH DEAR: Showing at the Classic Cinema are Enter the 7 Virgins, Girls Come First, Before and After Sex, and Erotic Bed, all X rated.

FATAL FIGURES: Bury was ranked third out of the ten Greater Manchester districts in the road death table. New figures showed that seven people had been killed on local roads in the first quarter of the year.

SIMPLY THE BEST: Lileath Rose and David Artingstall were the toast of the Bury Metro Schools' athletics team after they had dominated their respective events to become Greater Manchester County champions. Lileath swept aside the opposition in the junior girls' 800m to win in a championship best time of 2 mins 18.1 seconds. David leapt 6m 23cms in the intermediate long jump.

HEAT WAVE: Flames swept through the Co-operative Society grocery store in Market Street, Tottington, after the motor of a refrigerator had overheated.

ON THE UP: Young Bury Grammar School playwright Stephen Ryan scored a first-time hit with his eight-minute drama Going Down. All rights to the play were signed over to the BBC and it was to be televised later in the summer.