NAVY: It was almost like coming home for 18-year-old Able Seaman Peter Chadwick of Bury when he saw his parents waiting on the quayside in Gibraltar as his ship cam alongside. Peter was serving on HMS Glamorgan, the flagship of the Royal Navy task group. His parents, Geoff and Margery were taking time off from the Seven Stars Hotel in Rochdale Road, Bury, for a two-week holiday in Gib and were on the spot when Peter's ship arrived.

DISABLED: There were 3,000 registered disabled people living in Bury.

ACCIDENT: New police figures revealed Bury's road were the safest in Greater Manchester. Two people were killed, 36 seriously injured and 104 slightly injured in the borough from April to June, 1975. Deaths were cut by half and accidents fell by 21 compared to the same period the previous year. TOILETS: Residents in Ainsworth were demanding Bury Council spend more than a penny and make the run-down public toilets vandal proof. The loos were closed twelve months before because of vandalism.

SEWAGE: There was some good new for residents living close to Bury's Blackford Bridge Sewage Farm. The lingering smell of raw sewage that invaded nearby homes late at night and in the early morning would be a thing of the past thanks to extension works at the overloaded sewage plant.

PILOT: Schoolboy Christopher Taylor of Mayfield Road, Holcombe Brook, proved himself to be a real high-flier after gaining his pilot's licence at the age of just 17. The Bury Grammar School pupil gained the licence with just two hours more flying than the minimum required by the Royal Navy's flying school.

SWIM: Bury's Tony Heaton swam the Channel in 13 hours and six minutes after a two-hour battle in an outgoing tide half-a-mile from Dover. At one point the 32-year-old was only 500 yards from the cliffs but spent 30 minutes swimming against a strong current without getting any closer. He struggled ashore at Shakespeare Beach to finish the crossing which started at midnight from Cap Gris Nez on the French coast.