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1. Pupils wing their way back to school
Rochdale Observer, Friday 24 November 2006AIR travel has come a long way in the past 60 years or so.
2. Sewer repairs just stunk for business
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 September 2006ASK a motorist about the tribulations of modern driving and most will probably point to delays and congestion caused by work to repair gas and electricity pipes or water mains or installing safety measures such as pedestrian islands.
3. Helicopter squad gave energy boost
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 5 August 2006TALK about energy in the current climate of global warming and inevitably the discussion will centre on renewable sources such a windpower, wavepower and solar energy.
4. Highs and lows of dedicated first-aiders
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 3 June 2006JUST two days before Christmas 1886, a group of eminent local citizens gathered in the mayor's parlour at Rochdale Town Hall for the first meeting of the Saint John Ambulance Association in Rochdale.
5. Club that served workforce of 2,858
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 18 March 2006LIKE other long-established Rochdale companies, Dunlop had always shown an enlightened approach to its workforce's leisure needs.
6. Big crowds went dotty over Doddy
Rochdale Observer, Friday 10 March 2006THE fictitious Diddyland, boasting the highest sunshine rate in the world, was situated in the centre of Knotty Ash, Liverpool.
7. Looking to future at centenary party
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006IT WAS an occasion described as 'an event unique in the newspaper life of Rochdale', and surely no-one can quibble with that.
8. Ban brought end to barbaric acts
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 18 February 2006IT WAS in November 2004 that the Hunting Act received Royal Assent, the Government invoking the rarely-used Parliament Act to get it on the statute book.
9. Clear view of industry at top level
Rochdale Observer, Monday 23 January 2006WHEN this aerial photograph of Castleton was published in the Observer in 1936 it generated quite a bit of correspondence.
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