Crest of a wave

THE annual Saddleworth Ladies Lifeboat Guild lunch raised more £3,200 towards a target of £15,000 for 2013 with three events to come.


The guild is staging coffee mornings at Uppermill Methodists on Wednesday, October 30 and at Delph Methodists, on Saturday, November 16. And the guild’s popular annual quiz night in on Friday, November 22, at Greenfield Conservative Club.


A Harvest Hoe Down will be hosted by the Friends of Saddleworth Church to raise funds for all three worship centres in the parish of St Chad. All ages are welcome to join the dancing and fun with supper included, bring your own drinks. It takes place on tomorrow from 7 to 10pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, on Station Road. Call Alison on 01457 876760 or Liz on 01457 810666.


The Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership has written to Network Rail asking for bike lockers rather than racks at Greenfield railway station.


ROADS on a new housing development off Huddersfield Road, Delph, have been named Bakestones Avenue, Brooke View and Midgreave Close.


PLANS submitted to Oldham Council include building two dwellings at 12 Den Lane, Springhead.


VOICE local concerns with police tomorrow at the Methodist Church, Gartside Street, Delph, 10.30-11am.


A comedy night at Greenfield Conservative Club on Friday, October 18, will boost funds for the Saddleworth Parish Council Chairman’s Charities. For tickets email ccsaddleworthpc@gmail.com or ring Graham or Diane Sheldon on 01457 872100.


AN application has been submitted to Oldham Council to create four stables with storage at Whitegate Cottage, Strinesdale.