Radcliffe Road Safety Committee was hoping to arrange a dog obedience test in the light of 34 road accidents caused by dogs in the town the previous year.
Dyeworks manager Councillor F Crook, who worked at Burton and Slingsby beamers and dyers in Milltown Street, was to become Radcliffe's next mayor.
After three eliminating rounds held at children's Saturday morning matinees, the final of a singing competition took place at Radcliffe Odeon.
Bury Coproration refused a request from Radcliffe Town Council to provide extra buses on Wednesday from Top o' th' Cross to Bury town centre.
At the Odeon, Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner were starring in The Barefoot Contessa while, over at the Picturedrome, Rock Hudson and Piper Laurie were appearing in The Golden Blade.
Radcliffe Borough managed to gain another two points in the Manchester League with a 2-1 win over Hyde United.
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