We used to be at war but now we work well together and deliver all kinds of additional targeted projects as a partnership, which has been beneficial to young people.
Back in the 1970s, old-fashioned class politics got in the way of our work.
Bolton was old Labour through and through, and we were working with the poorest kids in town. You would have thought it would have been a winning combination.
But local councillors didn't appreciate the club, and the needs of the kids came a poor second to class war and settling old scores. The club's management committee used to be run by local mill owners - the enemy - and even though this was no longer the case, old prejudices died hard and, if there were cuts to be made, we were first in the queue.
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