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1. You could see them coming - but there was no escape
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007LAST year TV licensing caught more than 440,000 people who had tried to evade paying for their colour TV licences.
2. Model pupils create their vision of home
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007CRAFT lessons may take a back seat to computer technology at a lot of schools these days, but it was a very different story half a century ago, as this week's look into the Observer's archives shows.
3. Just bowled over by charity's head guys
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 23 June 2007THIS could be a scene from a Monty Python sketch.
4. Cobbled street was just right for a get-together
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 16 June 2007NEIGHBOURS and friends gathered 87 years ago for this photograph in the Thornham area of Oldham Road.
5. Cartoon characters spin yarn at library
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 16 June 2007THE work of High Crompton artist Sam Fitton, who found fame in the early years of the 20th century drawing cartoons of cotton workers, is taking centre stage again - at a special exhibition in Manchester.
6. Anniversary of last passenger trains
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 9 June 2007IT'S 60 years ago this month that passenger trains were withdrawn on the line from Rochdale to Bacup, via the Whitworth Valley.
7. Dream day out for Rolls Royce fanatic
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 9 June 2007A 'ROLLS Royce crazy' 11-year-old had the birthday treat of a lifetime in May 1985 - a ride in a Silver Cloud.
8. Drainpipe trousers, Teddy Boy hairstyles and a good old night out on the town
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 2 June 2007THE Regal Cinema was in its prime, perhaps showing films such as 'Gigi', 'Ben Hur' or 'Bridge on the River Kwai', when this photograph was taken of the lads having a night out in town.
9. Boys and girls go in search of Harry
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 2 June 2007MIDDLE age has now caught up with the youngsters in this photograph, including 10-year-olds David Marcroft, Elisabeth Hacking, Deirdre Melia and Peter Appleton, but they certainly enjoyed themselves one hot sunny afternoon in August 1968 when they took part in a treasure hunt organised by Kirkholt Community Centre officials.
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