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31. Singer Shirley was first to hold Kylie's crown
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 26 August 2006THERE was news this week that Kylie Minogue, Australia's best loved singer now recovering from life-threatening cancer, is to make one of her final performances in Manchester next year.
32. Cattle on track for their moving day
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 26 August 2006THESE days rail traffic in the Rochdale area is predominantly for the purpose of conveying passengers.
33. Moon landing no match for egg and spoon race
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 19 August 2006ON 20 July 1969, most Rochdale folk were among the largest audience for any single event in human history gathered before their television sets across the world to watch Neil Armstrong become the first man on the moon.
34. When Surveyor's hi-tech desk was in the national eye
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 19 August 2006THE front page of the Observer one Saturday in 1959 had reports that proposals to build nine new schools in the town - four secondary and five primary - had been approved by the education committee, including Kingsway, Matthew Moss, and St Gabriel's and Holy Family primaries.
35. Old pictures capture life in centre of the past
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 August 2006FAR-reaching plans for a £100M facelift for Rochdale town centre set to go ahead soon - a major consultation exercise is due to start in a few weeks - will lead to the biggest change in the area since the last big project more than 30 years ago.
36. Remembering the war fallen
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 August 2006WITH British soldiers engaged in conflict in both Afghanistan and Iraq, tragically with a mounting death toll, our Bygones page looks back this week to the first war memorial erected in Rochdale after the end of the Second World War.
37. Town was hit for six thanks to damage from 'Great Flood'
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 5 August 2006THIS week's heavy downpours which brought a temporary end to the heatwave brought back memories of Rochdale's 'Great Flood' in 1946.
38. 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.
39. Great offer on house would put buyer in driving seat
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 15 July 2006BUY a house and get a free car.
40. There was no knocking Patrick's top door
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 15 July 2006WHEN you went visiting on the Ashfield Valley estate the last things you expected to encounter were a medieval village or galleons in full sail.