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1. Dying days at the end of steam

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 August 2008
IT’S 40 years ago this month that the age of steam ended on British Railways.

2. Town's history in Great War to be recorded

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 16 August 2008
HISTORY tells us that the great guns of war finally fell silent on the 11th day of the 11th month in the year 1918, thus bringing to an end the bloodiest war in the history of the world.

3. Town is backdrop to so many films

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 9 August 2008
OVER the years, Rochdale has been used as the backdrop for quite a few films and television programmes.

4. Catholic Club still going strong after half-a-century

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 9 August 2008
FOR 50 years it’s been going strong and even now – as the recession begins to bite and clubs are being hit by higher prices and the smoking ban – it is one of the most popular clubs in Rochdale.

5. Pioneer surgeon helped POW face the world again

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 2 August 2008
A FORMER Rochdale soldier, who was injured and taken prisoner during the First World War, is featured in some fascinating detective work by an archivist who is studying the work of pioneering facial surgeon Sir Harold Gillies and the Great War servicemen he treated.
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