FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (10th - 16th June 1969)
This week's many stories include the killer pits near Walkers Lane in Sutton Manor, a visit by Princess Alexandra to Haydock, a reprieve for Victoria Park's historic Mansion House, the golf firing range in Bishop Road, Redgate Boys Silver Band's German success, East Sutton Darby and Joan Club spend a week in the Isle of Man and why Harold Wilson refused to sponsor a Rivington Road pupil's sponsored walk to Ormskirk.