BURNLEY Engineering Products , whose factories are based on the Heasandford Industrial Estate , slashed 71 jobs in the second wave of redundancies in four months.
Difficult trading conditions in the world aerospace industry were blamed for the cuts.
Gipsy families from across the country were getting ready to make East Lancashire their Christmas camping ground.
Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article