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1. A big bang - then station disappears
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 27 September 2008THESE days Castleton railway station is kept neat and tidy by a hard-working group of volunteers, The Friends of Castleton Station.
2. Famous Hangman was Eagle employee
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 20 September 2008One of the most famous former workers at the Eagle Mill was a man by the name of John Ellis.
3. Mill workers were one happy family
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 20 September 2008HAPPY days working in the Eagle Mill, Balderstone, have been recalled by Bygones reader, Frances Hall.
4. Pages from the life of 'Lancashire Burns'
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 13 September 2008YOUNGER Rochdalians may know little of Edwin Waugh, but this Victorian giant of literature was a master of his trade.
5. Tim’s picture helped spark litter drive
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 6 September 2008OUR chief photographer Tim Bradley could be excused for resting on his laurels this week after one of our readers paid him a flattering comment – for an ‘inspiring’ picture he snapped 16 years ago!
6. Dying days at the end of steam
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 August 2008IT’S 40 years ago this month that the age of steam ended on British Railways.
7. Town's history in Great War to be recorded
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 16 August 2008HISTORY tells us that the great guns of war finally fell silent on the 11th day of the 11th month in the year 1918, thus bringing to an end the bloodiest war in the history of the world.
8. 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.
9. Catholic Club still going strong after half-a-century
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 9 August 2008FOR 50 years it’s been going strong and even now – as the recession begins to bite and clubs are being hit by higher prices and the smoking ban – it is one of the most popular clubs in Rochdale.
10. Pioneer surgeon helped POW face the world again
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 2 August 2008A FORMER Rochdale soldier, who was injured and taken prisoner during the First World War, is featured in some fascinating detective work by an archivist who is studying the work of pioneering facial surgeon Sir Harold Gillies and the Great War servicemen he treated.