http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/ Top stories for Housing http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515353_strongarm_way_to_lift_standards.html FIVE years ago, a major shake-up took place in the way social housing was run across the borough. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515353_strongarm_way_to_lift_standards.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515352_duo_hoped_number_was_up.html WHICH is the unluckiest house in Rochdale? Mrs Barbara Buckley certainly thought she had a leading contender. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515352_duo_hoped_number_was_up.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515355_smoothing_path_to_bright_future.html NEW homes are set to energise areas of Rochdale that have suffered from a lack of investment. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515355_smoothing_path_to_bright_future.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515351_bulldozers_moved_in_on_a_familys_dream.html THE Gibbons family just couldn't wait to move into the new home they had worked so hard for. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515351_bulldozers_moved_in_on_a_familys_dream.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515347_recycling_history_to_build_up_future.html IN THE modern world recycling is all the rage be it bottles, tins, paper, cardboard and plastic - but what about buildings? http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515347_recycling_history_to_build_up_future.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515354_this_moving_story_is_a_family_affair.html GRAHAM Adamson can quite rightly be described as the doyen of Rochdale's real estate scene. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515354_this_moving_story_is_a_family_affair.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515325_new_estate_of_affairs_is_what_doctor_ordered.html FOLLOWING the report of Dr Anderson, Rochdale's Medical Officer of Health, in 1911 it was decided that major housing reform was necessary to remove the slums and knock through the back-to-back houses to improve sanitation and overcrowding. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515325_new_estate_of_affairs_is_what_doctor_ordered.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515329_dreary_effort_built_foolishly.html WHILE the Corporation had worked long and hard to increase its housing stock for the growing population at the start of the 20th century its efforts did not earn universal approval. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515329_dreary_effort_built_foolishly.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515327_playing_house_to_bring_in_recruits.html IN THE years immediately after the Second World War, Rochdale Borough Police Force embarked on a major recruitment drive for new constables. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515327_playing_house_to_bring_in_recruits.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515336_facing_up_to_street_of_legend.html DID it really exist? Or was it the stuff of legend - a piece of Rochdale folklore handed down through the generations? http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515336_facing_up_to_street_of_legend.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515342_amy_unmoved_by_wave_of_change.html THE tide of progress was sweeping through the centre of Rochdale, devouring everything in its path. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515342_amy_unmoved_by_wave_of_change.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515322_leaders_of_industry_who_used_home_life_as_symbol_of_power.html OVER the centuries local landowners, merchants and later on millowners and manufacturers have built halls and houses in the Rochdale area. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515322_leaders_of_industry_who_used_home_life_as_symbol_of_power.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515320_helping_the_poor_to_work_out_problems.html IN 1772 an Act was passed by the Government to enable all parishes to build 'workhouses.' Anyone in need who refused to enter these 'Poorhouses' as they were sometimes known, was denied any other relief. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515320_helping_the_poor_to_work_out_problems.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515332_reputation_tumbles_as_modern_world_moves_in.html AS THE post-war rebuilding of Rochdale continued a memorable part of the old town was giving way to the new. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515332_reputation_tumbles_as_modern_world_moves_in.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515331_no_sinking_feeling_here.html AT THE time it was the biggest single contract let by Rochdale Corporation - and the locals were afraid it would sink. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/housing/s/515/515331_no_sinking_feeling_here.html Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0000