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1. Lifted out of trouble at the double
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 23 December 2006THERE was a rude awakening for Spotland Bridge residents as two double decker buses smashed into each other.
2. Touch of international flavour came to scouting movement
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 16 December 2006SCOUTING is a worldwide movement and has been since it was established by Robert Baden Powell in 1907.
3. Fear swept town after outbreak of notorious disease
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 16 December 2006POLIO, or more properly poliomyelitis, was one of the most feared and studied diseases of the first half of the 20th century.
4. Sports crowd fall under duo's spell
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 9 December 2006THE scene: Rochdale Cricket ground, Dane Street, Saturday 2 June, 1951. The occasion: Rochdale Borough Police sports.
5. Dapple-grey stallion led bride-to-be in fine style
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 9 December 2006HEADS usually turn as a bride drives to her wedding. They did in Castleton last month when a young bride arrived at the church in a fire engine, complete with blue flights flashing and sirens going.
6. Grandfather of Co-ops is still standing
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 2 December 2006IT IS the great survivor of the Pioneer movement - there at the beginning and now, more than a century and a half on, its oldest surviving relic.
7. 'Madcap' idea proved genius
Rochdale Observer, Thursday 30 November 2006ON the evening of 21 December, 1844, Rochdalians gathered in Toad Lane, waiting for a shop open.
8. Price check
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 29 November 2006HOW times change - see how products and prices changed over the years in Rochdale ...
9. Priorities remain the same in any age
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 29 November 2006TOWN centre manager Debbie O'Brien looks at Rochdale's main focus and it's future ...
10. United front drives society right to the top
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 29 November 2006WITH its head office in Sandbrook Park, Rochdale, United Co-operatives is the most successful Co-operative society in the UK.