Thisweek

38 YEARS AGO A BILL for £300 which had never been paid by a Runcorn church was written off by Halton Council.

A lightning walk out by workers stopped production at the Kawneer factory in Astmoor, Runcorn.

Widnes And Runcorn Trades Council’s invitation to the provisional Sinn Fein to send a speaker to a public meeting provoked a strong reaction from unions.

Any attempt by the Government to disband Area Health Authorities was to be bitterly opposed in Halton.

A game with friends turned to agony for a young Halton Lodge boy when he was burned by tar from an unattended workmen’s boiler.

More than 30 men pulled a fire appliance through Runcorn and Widnes in a bid to beat a world record. 61 YEARS AGO DITCHFIELD Road residents met to discuss worries over the Widnes Corporation’s plan to widen, resurface and straighten the highway which would lead to them lose some of their front gardens.

The Astmoor Tanning Works in Runcorn denied more reports that it was closing.

A police officer was promoted to Sergeant after 25 years in Widnes.

An inquest heard a Widnes man took his own life in a backdrop of being unable to keep up with payments for his home, bicycle and household items.

Two Widnes men were each fined £10 for loitering for the purpose of street betting.

Eighteen people appeared before magistrates in Runcorn, 17 of whom were prosecuted under an Act more than 400 years old after a raid on an office being used as a bookmakers.