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1. Pages from the life of 'Lancashire Burns'
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 13 September 2008YOUNGER Rochdalians may know little of Edwin Waugh, but this Victorian giant of literature was a master of his trade.
2. Bar lounge meant it was less tea for vicar
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 29 March 2008BACK in the 1960s, at a time when the pace of life seemed a lot more gentle than it is now, when friends called on the Vicar of All Saints’ Church, Hamer, for a chat they were able to join him in drinking something stronger than vicarage tea.
3. Tony travels back on trams' history
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 15 March 2008IN TRANSPORT terms, they had only a relatively short life. Some steam locomotives, for example, were hard at work for more than half a century, many of them travelling well over two million miles during their lifetime.
4. Finger points at copper robbers
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 8 March 2008MANY Rochdale homes and businesses have been victims of lead thefts recently as thieves have been trying to cash in on the currently high price for the metal.
5. Going extra mile to serve mobile meals
Rochdale Observer, Friday 29 February 2008NOW in its 51st year, the meals on wheels service in Rochdale is still going strong, testimony to the hard working members of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS).
6. Mr Whippy helped keep winter at bay
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 January 2008EVEN on the darkest of winter nights it is not unusual to hear the approach of an ice cream van, its loudspeaker brassily announcing its arrival.
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