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1. Firefighters bring their history to life
Rochdale Observer, Monday 1 September 2008HISTORY is also about looking to the future, according to Bob Bonner of the Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum.
2. Get and and about in our conuntryside
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 13 August 2008THE PEOPLE of Rochdale are being encouraged to enjoy the great outdoors as part of a 16-day celebration of the south Pennines countryside.
3. Town is backdrop to so many films
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 9 August 2008OVER the years, Rochdale has been used as the backdrop for quite a few films and television programmes.
4. Class is all smiles but dreaded exam looms
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 26 July 2008A HAPPY looking group of scholars at what was affectionately known as St John’s Academy in Rochdale, not long after the Second War.
5. Community noticeboard - Rochdale
Rochdale Observer, Thursday 19 June 2008COMMUNITY Noticeboard is our service to all societies, associations and church groups in the area ... here's what's going on in the Rochdale area.
6. Remembering mill visit of famous Fred
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 7 June 2008AN INDUSTRIAL historian and author is looking for help from Observer readers about the demolition of the Era Mill chimney by Fred Dibnah in April 1979.
7. When the town looked to Africa
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 17 May 2008AS MAJOR unrest continues in Zimbabwe against a backdrop of rampant inflation, electoral fraud, and failing crops, it’s perhaps not all that well known that Rochdale was once a major trading partner of the African country – then known as Southern Rhodesia.
8. Tributes to former editor
Rochdale Observer, Thursday 24 April 2008TRIBUTES have flooded into the Rochdale Observer following the death of one of the town‘s most highly-respected journalists.
9. Norman Reliant on his Robin
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 April 2008RELIANT Robins were the butt of many jibes over the years – the first was manufactured in 1973 and the last one came off the assembly line in October 2002 – and became the staple material for a generation of British comedians.
10. Going extra mile to serve mobile meals
Rochdale Observer, Friday 29 February 2008NOW in its 51st year, the meals on wheels service in Rochdale is still going strong, testimony to the hard working members of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS).