From the Bury Times from July 16, 1974.

FRAUD: A man who took cash for turfing people's gardens but failed to do the work told police: "I had no intention of doing the work. I just thought it was a good way of getting money."

TEST: Mr Man Yuk-Ping, 30, owner of a Chinese chippy in Manchester Old Road, Bury, became the first Chinese in the North West to pass the heavy goods driving test. He only had eight lessons. Mr Man intended to start potato deliveries to chip shops in the area.

JUMBLE: The NSPCC cancelled their jumble sale because the cost of hiring a classroom had gone up from £1.50 to £9.

LAV: Calypso DIY, near Bury Kwik Save, advertised low level slimline toilet cisterns for £4.99 - an easy conversion from an overhead cistern, they said. POP: Local pop star Peter Skellern appeared on Granada TV in The Great Western Musical Thunder Box.

CHURCH: Workmen moved into Bury's 98-year-old Parish Church to give it its first-ever inside clean-up. The cost: £9,000.

COUP: As Nicosia Airport re-opened, hopes grew that Bury tourists stranded in Cyprus by the Turkish invasion could fly home.

STRIKE: Medical technicians picketed Bury General Hospital after their unions, ASTMS and Nalgo, called a strike for a five per cent rise. Radiographers, too, were poised for a one-day strike over cash.

LIGHTS: Mrs Annie Hesketh, 98, and her son Richard, of 17 Tottington Road, Bury, finally agreed to replace their gas lights with electric ones. "I'm not used to electricity and I don't believe in it," said Mrs Hesketh. "But I suppose I'm as ready now as I'll ever be to change."

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