25 years ago: Heroic clergyman Alex Welby was inducted as the vicar at St Stephen’s Church in West Bowling. The induction ceremony was delayed because of injuries suffered by the Rev Welby when he saved his two-year-old son Simeon from a burning car.
50 years ago: Ada Softley, of Blamires Street, Great Horton, celebrated her 95th birthday. Ada had been connected to Great Horton Congregational Church since she moved to the area 63 years earlier.
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