|
Bolton Borough Police
Bolton Borough Police was the police force responsible for policing the borough of Bolton, England for 130 years between 1839 and 1969. A parliamentary report in June 1852 outlined that the borough force had 25 officers at an annual cost of £1,446, 11 Shillings and 7 pence. William John Howard was the chief constable of the borough force between 1930 and 1957. At the time of his appointment the force numbered 202 officers which rose to 241 officers by 1957. In March 1946 the force was in charge of policing Bolton Wanderers F.C. football stadium when the Burnden Park disaster occurred during a FA Cup match against Stoke City F.C. 33 football fans died and more than 400 were injured when barriers collapsed leading to crush and trampling injuries. On 1 April 1969, under a compulsory amalgamation scheme ordered by the Home Secretary (under the Police Act 1964), Bolton Borough Police was abolished and became part of Lancashire Constabulary. Bolton was policed by Lancashire Consta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolton
Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century, introducing a wool and cotton-weaving tradition. The urbanisation and development of the town largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. Bolton was a 19th-century boomtown and, at its zenith in 1929, its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of Spinning (textiles), cotton spinning in the world. The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War and, by the 1980s, cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in Bolton. Close to the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is north-west of Manchester and lies between Manchester, Darwen, Blackburn, Chorley, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
