From the Bury Times, July 9, 1974

COMPLAINT: Brandlesholme residents in the Dunsters Farm area said houses in Jesmond Drive had been devalued by the construction of a warehouse only 13 yards away.

RECORD: BT motoring correspondent Roy Brooks won an award from Fiat. He drove a Fiat 126 120 miles on a gallon - breaking the previous record set by Graham Hill of 58.6mpg.

FAREWELL: Retiring deputy head Mrs Gertrude Taylor and headmaster Rex Moore, who had a new job, were serenaded by the school band on their last day at St George's Primary, Unsworth. SCHOOLS: Tory councillors said a government decision to go ahead with comprehensive schooling would lower standards. Meanwhile, fifth formers at Elton Secondary School wrote to MP Michael Fidler. They said it was a boring waste of time staying on for five weeks after their exams. The MP agreed and lobbied the education minister, who replied that it was the first year since the leaving age went up to 16, and the situation was being studied.

MARKET: Open market traders complained that the council had pumped £80,000 subsidies into the new market hall in the two years since it opened. The cash had come out of profits from their rents - which were now poised to go up again, they said.

TRANSPORT: Greater Manchester Council was poised to ask for government cash to connect Victoria and Piccadilly stations with a tunnel. This would enable Bury travellers to go right through to Altrincham.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.