http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk// Top stories for The Observer http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509812_from_humble_start_to_modern_media_theres_always_been_lots_to_talk_about.html THE first issue of the Rochdale Observer, of which the price was two pence (or tuppence), was published on 16 February 1856. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509812_from_humble_start_to_modern_media_theres_always_been_lots_to_talk_about.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509855_looking_ahead_to_brighter_future.html OUR 150th anniversary year is an obvious prompt for memories from years gone by, but it's just as important for us to look to the future. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509855_looking_ahead_to_brighter_future.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509820_from_paper_boy_to_veteran_newsman.html SUB-EDITOR Ian Ogden looks at the Observer then and now and how the paper - and life itself - has changed ... http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509820_from_paper_boy_to_veteran_newsman.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509854_keeping_a_keen_eye_right_from_the_centre_of_the_action.html FOR most of its 150-year history the Rochdale Observer has been based in Drake Street, but it began its life even closer to the town centre. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509854_keeping_a_keen_eye_right_from_the_centre_of_the_action.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509819_remembering_days_of_hot_pies__and_slasher.html NEIL Woodcock worked at the Observer for 40 years - mostly as a compositor but latterly as head of the IT department. Here he tells some tales of the comp room ... http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509819_remembering_days_of_hot_pies__and_slasher.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509817_reporter_who_had_the_bright_stuff.html A ROCHDALE family is researching the life of a journalist who worked for the Observer in the late 1800s thanks to the intervention of one of the town's most distinguished figures. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509817_reporter_who_had_the_bright_stuff.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509837_a_social_occasion_not_to_be_missed.html ONE of the highlights of Rochdale's social calendar in the late 50s and early 60s was the annual Miss Rochdale competition. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509837_a_social_occasion_not_to_be_missed.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509851_always_ready_to_fight_the_good_fight_for_the_town_and_its_people.html ALTHOUGH never afraid to make its voice heard and having some forthright editors, the Observer did not hit the campaign trail in any way in its early life. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509851_always_ready_to_fight_the_good_fight_for_the_town_and_its_people.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509839_dynasty_which_put_the_paper_out_in_front.html WHILE the production of the Observer is and always has been a team effort, there has always been a man (or men) of vision leading the way. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509839_dynasty_which_put_the_paper_out_in_front.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509813_part_of_our_life__both_then_and_now.html SIR Cyril Smith gives his memories of the Observer ... http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509813_part_of_our_life__both_then_and_now.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509852_friendly_invaders_on_journey_of_discovery.html SATURDAY 15 June 1935 was the day 'Rochdale invaded London'. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509852_friendly_invaders_on_journey_of_discovery.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509853_from_hand_to_a_goliath_the_papers_kept_rolling.html THE first copies of the Observer in 1856 were produced on a hand press in the office on The Butts, Robert and Joseph Lawton hand-feeding blank sheets of paper. http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509853_from_hand_to_a_goliath_the_papers_kept_rolling.html Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509534_150_test.html test http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk//community/rochdale_150/theobserver/s/509/509534_150_test.html Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000