http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/ Top stories for Work en &copy www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk 2008, see www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/terms for terms and conditions of reuse 2010-03-19T16:30:15 2010-03-19T16:30:15 15 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/static/img/men2.png http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/ 29 50 MEN Logo http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510702_richard_nets_happy_life_in_the_fast_lane.html?rss=yes 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.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510702_richard_nets_happy_life_in_the_fast_lane.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:46 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510670_factory_helped_keep_wheels_of_world_spinning.html?rss=yes 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.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510670_factory_helped_keep_wheels_of_world_spinning.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:06 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510682_masters_of_cutting_edge_in_design.html?rss=yes FOR decades it was the power behind the throne of the textile industry's global empire.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510682_masters_of_cutting_edge_in_design.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:23 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510698_lamp_blew_problem_up_into_major_crisis.html?rss=yes ]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510698_lamp_blew_problem_up_into_major_crisis.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:40 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510685_daddy_of_the_lot_completed_a_golden_triangle.html?rss=yes FOR the greater part of the 20th century the 'Castleton end' of Queensway was a microcosm of Rochdale industry.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510685_daddy_of_the_lot_completed_a_golden_triangle.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:27 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510703_innovators_keeping_ahead_of_the_game.html?rss=yes FOR over 100 years, a leading Rochdale company has played a key role in the development of electrical switchgear. ]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510703_innovators_keeping_ahead_of_the_game.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:46 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510672_conquering_world_in_best_possible_taste.html?rss=yes FOR one of Rochdale's best-known companies the taste of success was one shared not only throughout the town but all across the world.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510672_conquering_world_in_best_possible_taste.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:09 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510694_blazing_revival_led_to_disaster.html?rss=yes WITH such a lot of industry in and around the town it was inevitable that Rochdale would have its fair share of mill blazes as it developed its industrial might.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510694_blazing_revival_led_to_disaster.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:37 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510671_global_empire_of_crown_jewel_left_town_bitter_legacy.html?rss=yes FOR decades it was the jewel in Rochdale's industrial crown - a colossus which stretched across the world.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510671_global_empire_of_crown_jewel_left_town_bitter_legacy.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:07 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510659_charlie_hammered_out_hidden_success.html?rss=yes AT THE heights of its power Rochdale's industrial might was there for all to see in the form of the huge mills and works throughout the borough.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510659_charlie_hammered_out_hidden_success.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:34:46 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510687_public_all_fell_for_the_man_in_white.html?rss=yes IN INDUSTRY - as in everything else - what goes up must eventually come down.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510687_public_all_fell_for_the_man_in_white.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:31 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510673_top_tradesmen_who_built_town?rss=yes IT WAS the firm which virtually built Rochdale. No other company in history has left such an indelible stamp on the town before or since.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510673_top_tradesmen_who_built_town?rss=yes#comments 2009-05-26T10:32:39 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510662_marian_came_fighting_back.html?rss=yes WORKING from home for many people would be a dream come true, a longed-for luxury.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510662_marian_came_fighting_back.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:34:49 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510679_major_move_to_plastic_kept_firm_in_credit.html?rss=yes IN THE year that the Indian Mutiny was suppressed and the East India Company was wound up, its powers being transferred to the British crown, there came to Littleborough two Manchester cotton merchants.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510679_major_move_to_plastic_kept_firm_in_credit.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:18 http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510701_in_gear_for_good_news_story_still_on_the_run.html?rss=yes HOLROYD is an enduring Rochdale success story. Established over a century ago, in 1860, it moved to its Milnrow site in 1896 and is still manufacturing there.
]]> work http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/rochdale_150/work/s/510/510701_in_gear_for_good_news_story_still_on_the_run.html?rss=yes#comments 2007-08-13T18:00:43