EEC: The Government was planning to send a booklet to every British household to explain the benefits of the Common Market The cost must have been staggering: when a later Government mailed everyone in the country with an AIDS leaflet, it set us taxpayers back £7 million smackers. Meanwhile, Bury's Young Socialists voted against continued EEC membership and Whitefield Labour Party left the referendum to individual choice.

VANDALS: Manchester British Rail chief John Palette was "appalled" as the growing trespass and vandalism. Since New Year, two children and a policeman had been killed and a train derailed in this area alone. "It is parents' responsibility to keep them away" he said.

FUND: Coun D.O. Davies launched a £10,000 appeal for Vietnamese children in distress.

WATCHDOG: A local consumer action group with an 18-member committee was set up to keep an eye on prices, standards of service and the environment. It was meant to liaise with a forthcoming consumer advice centre. But the BT's Opinion column suggested that the same effect could be easily achieved by the public shopping around.

FARES: Bus bosses were considering a 5pm deadline for concessionary fares. This followed cases of drunken youths demanding scholars fares on late-night buses. REGION: The NW had below-average income and above-average unemployment, said a report.

GOLF: Although a council-run golf course had been planned in 1966, it had never happened because of cash shortages, said Bury's recreation director.

CRUNCH: A rented transit van somersaulted and squashed a Morris 1300 saloon outside the Yates Duxbury paper mill at Heap Bridge.

DEATH: Police appealed for someone to identify a man dressed as a construction worker who was found in a lodge at Blackford Bridge.

STAFF: The Council's recreation and amenities department was finding it hard to get staff. Checkers were needed to keep an eye on parks, but since a policy of not hiring over-70s came in, there was a shortage of applicants. MP: After Bury's former MP Michael Fidler told a meeting that the seat was only on loan to Labour's Frank White, two readers wrote in to point out that the seat belonged to the people, not the Tories.

SPEECH: In a speech at the Derby Hall, a member of the Confederation of British Industry said that by staying in the EEC, the North West could be the centre of Europe's textile industry and Bury the potential paper-making capital.

DOG: After a Heap Bridge caravan fire that made a family homeless, their faithful Alsatian kept vigil for two weeks, awaiting their return. Except that they didn't return, so the RSPCA placed him with Hillside Kennels, Nangreaves, to await re-homing.