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1. New estate of affairs is what doctor ordered
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006FOLLOWING the report of Dr Anderson, Rochdale's Medical Officer of Health, in 1911 it was decided that major housing reform was necessary to remove the slums and knock through the back-to-back houses to improve sanitation and overcrowding.
2. 'Dreary effort built foolishly'
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006WHILE the Corporation had worked long and hard to increase its housing stock for the growing population at the start of the 20th century its efforts did not earn universal approval.
3. Playing house to bring in recruits
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006IN THE years immediately after the Second World War, Rochdale Borough Police Force embarked on a major recruitment drive for new constables.
4. Facing up to street of legend
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006DID it really exist? Or was it the stuff of legend - a piece of Rochdale folklore handed down through the generations?
5. Amy unmoved by wave of change
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006THE tide of progress was sweeping through the centre of Rochdale, devouring everything in its path.
6. Strong-arm way to lift standards
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006FIVE years ago, a major shake-up took place in the way social housing was run across the borough.
7. Leaders of industry who used home life as symbol of power
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006OVER the centuries local landowners, merchants and later on millowners and manufacturers have built halls and houses in the Rochdale area.
8. Helping the poor to work out problems
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006IN 1772 an Act was passed by the Government to enable all parishes to build 'workhouses.' Anyone in need who refused to enter these 'Poorhouses' as they were sometimes known, was denied any other relief.
9. Duo hoped number was up
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006WHICH is the unluckiest house in Rochdale? Mrs Barbara Buckley certainly thought she had a leading contender.
10. Reputation tumbles as modern world moves in
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 18 July 2006AS THE post-war rebuilding of Rochdale continued a memorable part of the old town was giving way to the new.