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A former RAF squadron leader has launched a two-pronged appeal to improve amenities in Saddleworth villages. Robert Knotts, also a retired university lecturer, says...
Date Published 11/08/2009
AN emergency meeting for Failsworth residents to discuss plans for Oldham Athletic’s new stadium is to be arranged. More than 50 residents attending last night’s...
WILLING walkers laced up their hiking boots for the 8th Annual Oldham Way Challenge. People of all ages took part in the 40-mile fundraiser which was spread over two days,...
A dedicated team of Saddleworth police officers and friends made a gruelling 21-mile trek in memory of a colleague who died of cancer. Headed by organiser Sgt Craig Johnson,...
ROYTON Cricket Club officials were knocked for six when vandals wrecked the pitch the day before Saturday’s match. An angry Jim Young, vice chairman of the 138-year-old...
VOLUNTEERS with an eye for detail are needed to help spruce up the borough’s health services. The health improvement service from Oldham Community Health Services will...
A TOUCH of Hollywood came to came to Oldham when a replica of an iconic Los Angeles sign mysteriously appeared on the M60 embankment. Drivers were stunned to see 8ft high...
A RANDOM photograph revealed an uninvited guest at a haunted Thornham pub. A customer at the Tandle Hill Tavern, in Thornham Old Road, was testing out the camera on her new...
TROUBLEMAKERS trying to travel to Holland to watch England take on the Dutch in tomorrow’s friendly match will be shown the red card. Operation Clough will target known...
A photograph of a joint grave of two comrades from the 47th Oldham Tank Regiment united in death at El Alamein have rekindled memories for fellow trooper Richard Tuson. Mr...
A MAN who went missing a day before he was due in court on trial for serious offences has been found dead. Frank Ashton, of Picton Square, Oldham, was last seen at 2pm on...
CATERING staff at the Royal Oldham Hospital have scooped a top award. The kitchen kings and queens earned the accolade of the North-West’s catering team of the year from...
A PARENT and toddler group from Failsworth Children’s Centre took part in the big toddle for a special cause. The Play Together group walked from the centre, based at...
OLDHAM Mayor, Councillor Jim McArdle welcomed a special guest from the Consulate General of Pakistan. Aamir Nisar Chaudhry is a community welfare counsellor at the consulate...
SUNDAY August 16, 2009, is the 190th anniversary of the infamous Peterloo Massacre. That was the fateful day when sabre-wielding cavalry in Manchester cleared a crowd of 70,000...
In the Eighties, I had my head shaved, for reasons I shan’t bore you with now, alright it was all to do with fashion although I never told my 90 year old grandma that. I...
No job is too small for Age Concern Oldham’s handy man Dave Freear and his van. The 55-year-old has been a lifeline to old people who struggle with simple tasks such as...
CHRIS Taylor remains Athletic’s major injury worry for tonight’s Coca-Cola Cup, first-round tie at Carlisle United. And with Deane Smalley still on the sidelines...
PHIL JOSEPH has emerged as a major injury doubt for Oldham and could miss the rest of the season. The bulldozing loose forward, who has been in such inspirational form of...
FEISTY blues rock is the only way Vagabond know how to play. The funky five-piece, fronted by the enigmatic Alex Vargas — who has been described as a cross between...
Boundary Park Round up PETER GILBERT, one of eight debutants for Athletic in their opening league match, is desperate to get his career back on track. The left-back, who...
IF the Rolling Stones and the White Stripes had a love-child it would sound exactly like Texas rockers The Strange Boys. The quartet started life as a duo (drummer Matt Hammer...
Boundary Park round up ATHLETIC’S youngsters found Middlesbrough under-18s too hot to handle as they lost 5-1 on Teesside. Coach Tony Philliskirk admitted it was a...
FORMER Oldhamer Danny Mayers is branching out on his own after decades of success with one of Australia’s biggest club acts. Danny left Oldham for Australia in 1970 and...
Chadderton’s hopes of celebrating their 1,000th match in the North West Counties League with a win were dashed last night. Chadderton, founder members of the league,...
Belle Vue Aces pulled off an impressive win in their dress- rehearsal for the Knock Out Cup semi-final by beating high-flying Coventry Bees 49-43 in the Elite League last night....
TONIGHT - Vagabond, Mike Dignam, Army Of Stars, James Kelly — Moho Live; Sex With Robots — Roadhouse; Coma Coma Drama, Modern Alarms, Consoles Players — Night...
The View from Row Z WATCH as the lonely figure in the distance slides into view, shifting gears from a gentle walk to a brisk half-run before frantically attracting the...
NIMBLE Nook’s Andrew Buckley is £500 better off after winning the Huntley Unionist Open in Bury. Buckley beat Middleport’s Nick Tideswell 21-18 in the final,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards: YARMOUTH 2.20 Masked Dance 2.50 Prowl 3.25 Compton’s Eleven 3.55 Musiara 4.30...
