In advance of the occasion, we have been into the archives for this selection of photos which show how some Bolton youngsters and their schools marked the occasion in the past. Perhaps you are on ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Just months before, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, had come to Bolton to open the Market Place, the town’s new shopping centre.

A Bolton store has been destroyed following a blaze yesterday evening. The electrical fire at The Mini Mart on Derby Street was tackled by firefighters who assisted Electricity Northwest in making ...