An important victory has been gained by the Bolton C.N.D. in the fight to maintain the right to demonstrate. When the C.N.D. applied to march through Bolton city centre as part of the first ever march from Bolton to Rochdale via Bury on Saturday 23rd of June, the Watch Committee turned down the application. Claiming that it would cause 'traffic' difficulties it insidted that the march go only through back streets. The C.N.D. refused to accept this and declared its intention of holding the march regardless. At the same time it organised a protest campaign sending letters to local li.P.s8, councillors and the Home Secretary and appealing to the Labour movement as a whole. This fight was successful and with one slight alteration the originally requested route was allowed.
The march itself was quite a success, over 300 people took part and over 15,000 C.N.D. enrolment froms were distributed. A good amount of literature was sold and at Rochdale a meeting was held and speakers included Raymond Challinor prospective Labour candidate for Nantwich, Dr. John Vincent, Professor H. Lipson of Manchester College of Science and Technology.