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51. A riveting look into town's murderous past
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 17 November 2007WHEN John Cole retired in March 2005 as Rochdale’s principal officer for tourism and culture, everyone was certain that he wouldn’t be spending his time cultivating the roses, watching the television or generally relaxing.
52. 'Owd uns' know how to have good fun
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 10 November 2007WE’RE told you are never too old to be active or have a bit of fun, which is all to the good really, given that new statistics show that there are now more pensioners in Britain than there are young people.
53. Virtues of craftsmanship
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 3 November 2007THESE days, with the growth of technology, the old fashioned virtues of craftsmanship may have been lost in some schools, but in the 1960s it as a very different story at one Rochdale school.
54. Bob blamed fashion for death of clogs
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 3 November 2007LANCASHIRE’S most famous lassie wore them and a former mayor of Rochdale made them.
55. How protestors won the first Ding battle
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 27 October 2007NEWS this week that moves are being made to re-open a Lanehead quarry have evoked memories of what happened in 1995, the last time efforts were made to resurrect mining at Ding Quarry.
56. Crowds turn up to watch ... television
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 20 October 2007A WINDSWEPT field opposite the Moorcock Inn, Newhey, on the Lancashire-Yorkshire border, was the target for scores of men, women and children one sunny weekend in July 1960 – as this look at the Observer archives for that year shows.
57. Farmer's Churchill memorabilia is a load of old bull
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 13 October 2007WINSTON Churchill, the most famous Briton who ever lived according to a recent poll, was well known for his British ‘bulldog’ tenacity, especially in times of war.
58. Wonderful technology at the press of a button
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 13 October 2007COUNCIL leader Alan Taylor has been in politics for quite a few years – and seen a lot of changes – but has probably seen no change as far-reaching as the impact of computerisation and global technology.
59. Miles of smiles for pensioners
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 6 October 2007IT WAS sunny smiles all the way in December 1972 as Mrs M Robinson and Mrs A Howarth joined more than 500 Rochdale pensioners for a day out in London.
60. 'Sad end of an era, but I still have treasured memories'
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 6 October 2007ALLAN Tattersall recalls life growing up in Rochdale during the 1930s and 1940s so clearly that it could have been yesterday.