IN January 1884, police were called in from other districts at a cost of £30 to provide protection for an ‘escaped’ nun who was speaking at Tyldesley Top Chapel.
Her visit had provoked a protest from angry Roman Catholics.
In July 1884 a horse belonging to a Tyldesley milk dealer died from hydrophobia (rabies) after being bitten on the nose by a mad dog.
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