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Richard nets happy life in the fast lane

BACK in 1995 Rochdale born Richard Tang decided that the Internet was worth investigating and one of the first Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the UK, Zen Internet, was born.

Factory helped keep wheels of world spinning

THE story of Dunlop began in the winter of 1888 with a single product, now as commonplace as the wheel itself, but in those distant days it was revolutionary.

Masters of cutting edge in design

FOR decades it was the power behind the throne of the textile industry's global empire.

Lamp blew problem up into major crisis

A SIMPLE blowlamp was the catalyst for the most devastating blaze Rochdale had seen for almost 40 years.

Daddy of the lot completed a golden triangle

FOR the greater part of the 20th century the 'Castleton end' of Queensway was a microcosm of Rochdale industry.