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1. Going extra mile to serve mobile meals

Rochdale Observer, Friday 29 February 2008
NOW in its 51st year, the meals on wheels service in Rochdale is still going strong, testimony to the hard working members of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS).

2. When the first try at recycling was a glass act

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 23 February 2008
AS ROCHDALE residents start to come to terms with the new alternate collections of household waste – none recyclable one week, recyclable the next – it's perhaps well to recall that the borough was one of the first in the country to embrace glass recycling – 25 years ago this month.

3. Carlton fun care of the Black Panthers

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 23 February 2008
DAYS of fun, friendship and frivolity at the old Carlton ballroom have been recalled by a former Rochdale woman who was a member of the Black Panthers dancing group.

4. Infirmary celebrates its 125th birthday

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 16 February 2008
AN UNKNOWN youth who received fatal injuries in a railway accident, a bitter argument between doctors, major surgery in a converted hayloft and the generosity of one Thomas Watson are parts of the story of a Rochdale institution which celebrated its 125th birthday this week – Rochdale Infirmary.

5. Monkey business on the farm is captured by Jim

Rochdale Observer, Saturday 2 February 2008
OCCASIONALLY Observer photographers grumble about a mundane job they have been sent to cover but, in all honesty, none will ever say the job is boring.
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