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11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. '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.
18. Boy hooked himself heroic reputation
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 15 September 2007THE summer of 1987 might have been one of the wettest Rochdale had had for some time, perhaps even as bad the summer we have to endure this year.
19. Signalman James saved countless lives on the line
Rochdale Observer, Friday 14 September 2007WITH the accent on faster – and safer – rail travel, signal boxes in Britain are almost a thing of the past.
20. Town lay in silence to mourn Diana
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 8 September 2007NO DEATH had had such an impact on people, generated so much common grief, as the tragedy that unfolded 10 years ago in a tunnel below the River Seine in Paris.