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1. From humble start to modern media, there's always been lots to talk about
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006THE first issue of the Rochdale Observer, of which the price was two pence (or tuppence), was published on 16 February 1856.
2. Looking ahead to brighter future
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006OUR 150th anniversary year is an obvious prompt for memories from years gone by, but it's just as important for us to look to the future.
3. From paper boy to veteran newsman
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006SUB-EDITOR Ian Ogden looks at the Observer then and now and how the paper - and life itself - has changed ...
4. Keeping a keen eye right from the centre of the action
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006FOR most of its 150-year history the Rochdale Observer has been based in Drake Street, but it began its life even closer to the town centre.
5. Remembering days of hot pies - and Slasher
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006NEIL Woodcock worked at the Observer for 40 years - mostly as a compositor but latterly as head of the IT department. Here he tells some tales of the comp room ...
6. Looking to future at centenary party
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006IT WAS an occasion described as 'an event unique in the newspaper life of Rochdale', and surely no-one can quibble with that.
7. From dreamy poet to a great talent in his own write
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006FOR a new paper forcing its way into what was a competitive market in 1856 it may come as some surprise to find that at first the Observer did not have an editor.
8. Reporter who had the Bright stuff
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006A ROCHDALE family is researching the life of a journalist who worked for the Observer in the late 1800s thanks to the intervention of one of the town's most distinguished figures.
9. A social occasion not to be missed
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006ONE of the highlights of Rochdale's social calendar in the late 50s and early 60s was the annual Miss Rochdale competition.
10. Always ready to fight the good fight for the town and its people
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 February 2006ALTHOUGH never afraid to make its voice heard and having some forthright editors, the Observer did not hit the campaign trail in any way in its early life.