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1. Eric brought taste of rural life to canal

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 1 September 2007
IT’S more than five years ago that the Rochdale Canal was officially reopened to navigation after a £15M facelift, making the canal navigable for its entire 33-mile length from central Manchester to Sowerby Bridge.

2. Jack of tall trade - and masterful too

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 28 July 2007
LONG before Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah starred on our television screens, enthralling viewers as he worked on great chimney tops or felled them with a deal of panache that endeared him to all, a Rochdale steeplejack also enjoyed the public spotlight as he went about his truly unique business.

3. Journey down river wasn't plain sailing

Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 23 May 2007
ROCHDALIANS were introduced in the summer of 1985 to the town's own answer to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in the shape of 14-year-olds Shaun Rowland and Jimmy McCabe.

4. Peace shattered by convoy of hippies

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 May 2007
IT'S generally acknowledged that flower power - the slogan used by hippies to promote peace - began in the summer of 1968 in San Francisco parks.

5. Youngsters flocked to match of the day

Rochdale Observer, Monday 26 March 2007
WITH the new Wembley Stadium set to host this year's FA Cup Final in May after the prolonged shenanigans of cost, over-runs and delay, it's perhaps an opportune time to have a trawl through the Observer archives this week to a very popular event much looked forward to by the town's schoolboys in the 1950s and 60s.
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