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1. Quiet drive down new road - right into controversy
Rochdale Observer, Monday 19 December 2005FOR years it had been the subject of considerable controversy, ill-feeling and inconvenience for the people of Milnrow - yet came to life with a whimper rather than a bang.
2. Pals became lords of dance
Rochdale Observer, Friday 9 December 2005THE RON Atkins Dance Band entertained audiences all around Lancashire after World War Two.
3. Helping to keep country on the go
Rochdale Observer, Friday 2 December 2005THE recent snowfalls have brought the gritters and the snowploughs onto Britain's roads over the last week or so.
4. Couple took break while John soared
Rochdale Observer, Friday 2 December 2005IT IS said that to get on in life you need the breaks, but in April 1978 one elderly couple got two they could have done without.
5. Feeling the force of bright new era
Rochdale Observer, Monday 28 November 2005FOR more than two years it had remained mainly hidden behind wooden fencing, but in July 1971 Rochdale's new police station was almost ready to emerge and take its place among the town centre landmarks.
6. Excitement as civic dream becomes reality
Rochdale Observer, Monday 28 November 2005THERE was great joy in Whitworth last week with the news work was finally about to start on the new Civic Hall.
7. The height of fashion? That's stretching things a bit!
Rochdale Observer, Monday 21 November 2005IT CAN be argued that fashion knows no bounds but some of the clothes on sale in Rochdale in 1979 were stretching the point - literally.
8. Leo enjoyed head start to Royal life
Rochdale Observer, Monday 21 November 2005HAVING the right connections is important in any walk of life and friendship with one of the country's most famous painters allowed a Rochdale-based artist to mix in Royal circles.
9. Celebrity support as hundreds hit the streets running
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 November 2005IT WAS a time when the likes of Stu Francis, the Grumbleweeds and Bernard Manning were TV favourites - and eager to come to Rochdale.
10. Revealed at last ... an incredible tale of heroism, war and love
Rochdale Observer, Friday 4 November 2005THE Rochdale Observer of Wednesday 5 June, 1940 was a four-page affair, newsprint being expensive and hard to get hold of during the war years.