http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk// Top stories for New rochdalians http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516649_parish_held_its_own_conversion.html IT IS said that the Lord helps those who help themselves and if that is true Rochdale's Ukrainian community had certainly earned plenty of divine help. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516649_parish_held_its_own_conversion.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516667_braving_the_chill_to_forge_out_fresh_start.html KUAZ Ali, aged 64 was among the very first Bangladeshi arrivals in Rochdale and one of the leading members who set up community projects that are still running in town to the present day. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516667_braving_the_chill_to_forge_out_fresh_start.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516679_taking_first_steps_towards_a_better_life.html A GOOD slice of the African continent is represented by Rochdale's African communities, yet it is only four years ago that a bona fide organisation was born to support them. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516679_taking_first_steps_towards_a_better_life.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516658_family_home_at_last_after_saga_of_misery.html WHILE the end of the Second World War brought a flood of refugees from Eastern Europe to Britain, the journey took longer for some than others. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516658_family_home_at_last_after_saga_of_misery.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516659_expanding_firm_cast_its_net_across_the_globe.html MANY Rochdale firms benefitted from an influx of workers from overseas - few more so than the Alderglen Manufacturing Company. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516659_expanding_firm_cast_its_net_across_the_globe.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516655_church_row_hung_over_clubs_big_night.html ALTHOUGH it was a time of celebration there was a touch of controversy, too, about the opening of the £4,000 extension to Rochdale's Anglo-Yugoslav Club. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516655_church_row_hung_over_clubs_big_night.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516672_port_in_storm_for_people_all_at_sea.html THEIRS was a plight that touched the hearts of the world - so desperate were they to escape their homeland they risked death in hope of finding a new life. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516672_port_in_storm_for_people_all_at_sea.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516653_grey_day_gave_way_to_a_bright_future.html GREY, dismal, wet. That was Anneliese Fellingham's first impression of Rochdale when she came here to work in the 1950s. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516653_grey_day_gave_way_to_a_bright_future.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516674_brushing_up_on_a_hidden_gem.html WAITING to be discovered on the streets of Newbold in 1982 was a hidden gem all the way from the Far East. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516674_brushing_up_on_a_hidden_gem.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516641_ambassador_had_the_magic_touch.html WITHOUT doubt one of the best-known and most colourful characters in Rochdale's Ukrainian community for many years was Michael Muzyka. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516641_ambassador_had_the_magic_touch.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516670_adapting_to_fit_into_new_world.html CURRENT chairman of the Bangladeshi Association Community Project, Dr Musharraf Hussain, arrived in the UK in 1975 at the age of 25 to pursue his medical career. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516670_adapting_to_fit_into_new_world.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516642_duos_bond_closed_divide.html IT BEGAN with a friendship between two men and over the next quarter of a century grew into an unshakeable bond of kinship between two peoples. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516642_duos_bond_closed_divide.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516661_leading_way_to_golden_age.html AFTER years of leading one of Rochdale's top education establishment, a teacher went back to her roots for a golden tribute. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516661_leading_way_to_golden_age.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516651_trip_to_past_opened_path_to_the_future.html AGE-old pageantry and a colourful ceremony steeped in tradition marked a special day for some of the town's new citizens. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516651_trip_to_past_opened_path_to_the_future.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516640_working_option_was_escape_from_slave_labours.html WORKING in German 'slave' camps, getting sent to Siberia or making a new start in the West were the choices some young Ukrainians faced in the aftermath of the Second World War. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/newrochdalians/s/516/516640_working_option_was_escape_from_slave_labours.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0000