http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/ Top stories for Rochdale 150 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521965_blizzard_signalled_a_night_of_drama.html FOR almost half a century he had told countless others when to go and when to stop but now it was time for him to take his own cue for retirement. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521965_blizzard_signalled_a_night_of_drama.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521987_rail_warriors_who_are_still_fighting_for_travel_rights.html PERSEVERANCE, dedication and commitment - the three key words behind Storm, the local rail users' group. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521987_rail_warriors_who_are_still_fighting_for_travel_rights.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521985_late_sub_hits_spot_to_bring_end_to_bus_saga.html FOR three decades bus shelters had been scattered around the town centre - on The Butts, The Esplanade South Parade and Town Hall Square. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521985_late_sub_hits_spot_to_bring_end_to_bus_saga.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521973_yellow_brick_road.html IN 1930 the Transport Act came into force, regulating bus and coach companies for the first time. In order to be granted licences, each operator had to provide evidence that the services were indeed run and that passengers were carried. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521973_yellow_brick_road.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521984_ernest_took_wheel_in_drive_for_road_safety.html TOWNSFOLK used to call him Safety Smith - and for good reason. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521984_ernest_took_wheel_in_drive_for_road_safety.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521961_swiss_precision_helped_dig_up_clearer_future.html UP UNTIL then it had only been available in the South but in September 1960 Belfield introduced a new age of track maintenance to the region. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521961_swiss_precision_helped_dig_up_clearer_future.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521981_no_sir_we_didnt_like_your_idea.html WITH buses taking over from trams as the main form of transport in the early 1930s they needed a town centre base. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521981_no_sir_we_didnt_like_your_idea.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521979_popular_newcomers_pointed_way_ahead.html IT WAS on 17 March 1926 that Rochdale's first bus ran to Deeplish from the town centre, to be followed shortly afterwards by routes to Healey via Shawclough and Blackstone Edge, via Littleborough. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521979_popular_newcomers_pointed_way_ahead.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521974_bringing_people_off_the_line_for_summer_fun.html THE age of the motor coach had well and truly arrived in Rochdale - and rail passengers were certainly taking notice. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521974_bringing_people_off_the_line_for_summer_fun.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521982_trio_steered_town_on_path_to_progress.html THE ROAD to progress and modernity needed careful negotiating and fortunately for Rochdale in the post war years it had steady hands on the steering wheel. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521982_trio_steered_town_on_path_to_progress.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521963_when_royals_stpped_off_for_a_sleep.html ROYAL trains have been regular visitors to the Rochdale area, although, mainly for security reasons, their presence was not always announced. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521963_when_royals_stpped_off_for_a_sleep.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521972_special_delivery_from_parcels_to_passengers.html THE history of Yelloway Motor Services Ltd can be traced back to around 1902 when Robert Holt, then aged 21, left his job with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways, to begin a parcels delivery service in the Rochdale area, using a pony and cart. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521972_special_delivery_from_parcels_to_passengers.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521958_hero_on_slippery_slope_to_disaster.html TRAM driver Harry Sansom performed heroics but could not prevent a major road smash which rocked the town. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521958_hero_on_slippery_slope_to_disaster.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521989_tram_link_is_trip_back_to_the_future.html WITH the first tenders due to be be let soon for the Metrolink extension to Rochdale, at last the light is beginning to show at the end of what has been a very long tunnel. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521989_tram_link_is_trip_back_to_the_future.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521976_cars_and_planes_brought_curtain_down_on_empire.html IN 1961 Yelloway acquired the excursion licences of Turner Brothers (Todmorden) Ltd and in 1964 the excursion licences of Holt and Sons of Whitworth was also obtained. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/transport/s/521/521976_cars_and_planes_brought_curtain_down_on_empire.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0000