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1. Poles apart get news from their beloved homeland
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 27 January 2007IT WAS in May 2004 that Poland became a fully fledged member of the 'club', otherwise known as the European Union.
2. Rochdalians join mourners across the world as king dies
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 27 January 2007EXACTLY 71 years ago this weekend, the world - at least the bits coloured pink on the atlas - stood in silence to mark the death of King George the Fifth.
3. The forerunners of skiffle proved to be real crackers
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 20 January 2007THE first exponents of skiffle music in Rochdale were four young men who teamed up in 1951 as a musical and comedy act in the Rochdale Boy Scouts Gang Show.
4. Whit walks were colourful affairs
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 20 January 2007A PLEASING and colourful tradition much looked forward to in the streets of Rochdale in the 1950s and 60s were the annual church walks.
5. First class meals on wheels didn’t leave the sidings
Rochdale Observer, Friday 12 January 2007WHILE railway cuisine has never had the best of reputations there was one buffet car where the food was renowned throughout the town.
6. Blizzard signalled a night of drama
Rochdale Observer, Friday 5 January 2007FOR almost half a century he had told countless others when to go and when to stop but now it was time for him to take his own cue for retirement.
7. Ernest took wheel in drive for road safety
Rochdale Observer, Monday 1 January 2007TOWNSFOLK used to call him Safety Smith - and for good reason.
8. Swiss precision helped dig up clearer future
Rochdale Observer, Monday 1 January 2007UP UNTIL then it had only been available in the South but in September 1960 Belfield introduced a new age of track maintenance to the region.
9. No, sir, we didn't like your idea
Rochdale Observer, Monday 1 January 2007WITH buses taking over from trams as the main form of transport in the early 1930s they needed a town centre base.
10. Popular newcomers pointed way ahead
Rochdale Observer, Monday 1 January 2007IT WAS on 17 March 1926 that Rochdale's first bus ran to Deeplish from the town centre, to be followed shortly afterwards by routes to Healey via Shawclough and Blackstone Edge, via Littleborough.