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38 YEARS AGO A RUNCORN pensioner left £20,000 in his will to an animal charity after his 21-yearold cat was his closest companion.

Halton Council issued an urgent appeal for furniture, and bedding to help re-settle Vietnamese boat people.

A bus driver was spat at and a shelter ‘virtually destroyed’ by a gang of marauding teenagers in Runcorn.

Seven part-time soldiers from Runcorn based at the Territorial Army base in Widnes won the praise of their regimental commanding officer.

Adult education in Runcorn and Widnes was ‘decimated’ by Cheshire County Council’s decision to increase fees.

Proposals to increase heating charges for the Grange Neighbourhood Unit in Runcorn were temporarily shelved. 61 YEARS AGO MORE than 500 residents and regular Moorfield Road users petitioned Widnes Town Council to make an immediate start to improving the highway.

An inquest heard a 24-year-old Widnes man died after his car overturned while being driven along the Rainford bypass.

Police investigated the theft of lead flashing from Halewood Parish Church.

A former Widnes Scout who lost a bravery medal in the trenches of WWI was re-presented with his award.

Veterans of the Boer War, both World Wars, and the Korean War gathered in Widnes for a meeting of the Merseyside Area of the Royal Artillery Association.

Fines were issued to a pair of motorcyclists for speeding from the Transporter Bridge.