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Tutor Tom Killen talking to students in 1975 HOUSEWIVES, office workers and company directors were among students at a new degree course at Bolton Institute of Technology back in 1975. It was the first part-time honours degree to be given the seal of approval from the Council for National Academic Awards, and its success was to be closely watched by other colleges, said course tutor Tom Killen. The 76 students who enrolled arrived for the first lesson in their five-year course on humanities in October 1975. The majority had to attend two nights a week for 30 weeks of the year.Those who had some kind of relevant qualification already were to study for four years, said Mr Killen. ....
A GIANT of Blackburn’s industrial heritage has died after a long illness. Geoffrey Livesey OBE, who was 82, had been one of the North West’s most prominent industrialists for over quarter of a century. Mr Livesey, who died on April 9 just two weeks before his 83rd birthday, was best known as the managing director and then CEO of Cobble Group in Blackburn, which under his stewardship had been the world’s largest manufacturer of tufted carpet making machinery, and as a former president of East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce. Son Fraser said: “My father was a consummate businessman who, during his career, rose from management trainee to head of a large engineering group, believed passionately in supporting the local business community.” ....
A BOLTON-BORN giant of the North West’s industrial heritage died last week, after a long illness. Geoffrey Livesey OBE, who was 82, had been one of the North West’s most prominent industrialists for over quarter of a century. Mr Livesey, who died on April 9 just two weeks before his 83rd birthday, was best know as the managing director and then CEO of Cobble Group in Blackburn, which under his stewardship had been the world’s largest manufacturer of tufted carpet making machinery, and as a former president of East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce. Son Fraser said: My father was a consummate businessman who, during his career rose from management trainee to head of a large engineering group, believed passionately in supporting the local business community. ....
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