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1. Journey down river wasn't plain sailing

Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 23 May 2007
ROCHDALIANS were introduced in the summer of 1985 to the town's own answer to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in the shape of 14-year-olds Shaun Rowland and Jimmy McCabe.

2. Simba took the biscuits on club's walkies

Rochdale Observer, Sunday 20 May 2007
MORE than 25,000 people are expected to take part in this weekend's BUPA Great Manchester Run to raise money for scores of charities and local good causes.

3. Peace shattered by convoy of hippies

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 May 2007
IT'S generally acknowledged that flower power - the slogan used by hippies to promote peace - began in the summer of 1968 in San Francisco parks.

4. Changing face of town centre's scenery

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 May 2007
THIS photograph from the Observer archives is probably more interesting for its location, rather than the people in it.

5. When town's own RAF Club was flying high

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 5 May 2007
IT'S nothing more than a memory these days, but 50 years ago Rochdale had its own RAF Club where veterans and regulars, not to mention National Servicemen, could meet and have a drink and chat.

6. Three cheers as pupils' wait came to an end

Rochdale Observer, Friday 4 May 2007
WHY were they waiting? The answer was that these youngsters - most of whom will now be in their 40s - lived in the Clay Lane area of Bamford, meaning that the school which Rochdale Education authority's zoning policy at that time dictated they must attend was in Norden.
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