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Festival director bows out after 12 years — but the show goes on FIDDLES and melodeons, guitars and banjos — you name it and it was there at the 12th annual...
Date Published 20/07/2009
A PASSING pedestrian pulled a driver from an overturned vehicle following a crash in Shaw yesterday. Traffic police were called to the junction of Crompton Way and Linney Lane...
IT’S usually the bride who makes a big entrance on her wedding day. But groom Robert Steel made a show-stopping arrival when he got hitched to fiancee Caroline Crawley...
THE faithful dog of a man who died while walking near Dovestone Reservoir stayed by his side until paramedics arrive. Accountant Kevin Gossan (56), from Dukinfield, was...
IT was a weekend of two halves for the popular Failsworth Carnival. Around two thousand people flocked to Lord Lane playing fields on Saturday as the sun shone for the crowing...
THE off-field trauma at Oldham has had a major impact on the club’s players and staff, according to Tony Benson. The Roughyeds coach watched his beaten-up side battle...
HOPES of a Government U-turn to save churches and sports clubs from huge hikes in water bills — the so-called “rain tax” — have been dashed. Ministers...
ATHLETIC manager Dave Penney is looking to put the finishing touches to his squad in their remaining three pre-season friendly games. Penney is still hoping to bring in...
OLDHAM Council will be given more than £1 million to help schools open longer hours — even in school holidays. The £1.1 million for the borough is part of a...
CARTAX Radio Cars, Lees, is appealing to anyone who may have seen signs publicising a charity event after they went missing. The two £300 signs were displayed on the...
Trainer Freddie Roach believes Amir Khan answered several questions with his brilliant WBA light–welterweight title win over Andreas Kotelnik on Saturday – but insists...
BURGLARS are facing a stormy summer with the start of a police crackdown today. Greater Manchester Police have pledged to leave no stone unturned in their fight to bring...
WAYNE ROONEY is predicting Michael Owen’s move to Manchester United will give the England sharp–shooter a new lease of life. Owen’s career appeared to be...
SCORES of Oldhamers enjoyed a weekend by the waterside as the Rochdale canal festival drew to a close. A series of activities has been taking place along the length of the...
Former Shaw and Crompton parish councillor Val Pemberton says residents have been upset to see youths playing cricket and football in Shaw’s memorial garden. Since a...
A FAILSWORTH father is going the extra mile to raise money for the unit that kept his prematurely born son alive. Karl Shackley (42) will climb to the summit of Mont Blanc,...
Oldham 22, Keighley 24 THIS may not have been the best of endings to a traumatic week for the Roughyeds, but nobody can lay any fault at the effort levels of the players left...
The Chronicle backs the £100,000 Oldham Christie Appeal INTREPID cyclist Eddie Garlick is gearing up for a solo trip from Land’s End to John O’Groats to push the Christie’s at...
Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery curator Peter Fox has thrown down a challenge to shy local artists. Peter wants to display a complete range of their talents at the...
LOVERS of Indian food are being urged to back Oldham’s curry restaurants in a bid to win one of them a major national award. Five years on from the launch of the British...
ATHLETIC’S goalless draw at League Two neighbours Bury hardly set the pulse racing, but it was another useful step along the way to the start of the season on August 8....
A FAMILY were horrified to find flowers left in loving memory of their son were stolen from his grave. Popular Richard Ashton died at the age of 25 on July 11, 2003, after...
CELEBRATIONS were in order for the 60th anniversary of Failsworth Townswomen’s Guild. Oldham Mayoress Councillor Kay Knox joined members and special guests to cut an...
HEYWOOD skipper Bobby Cross and overseas amateur Royce Blight put Oldham’s bowlers to the sword as Chris McDonnell’s men slumped to a 138-run defeat at the Pollards on...
Oldham Works: the Chronicel’s major boost for Oldham and its people AN Oldham dry-cleaning business business can trace its roots to the early years of the 20th century...
ST Hilda’s CE Primary is the first school in Oldham — and only the second in Greater Manchester — to receive a national accolade for its work to get parents...
SADDLEWORTH artist Sue Platt is showcasing her collection of curious objects at the Buxton fringe festival. Oldham-born Sue, who works from her studio at Woodend Mill,...
COUNCIL workers are becoming eco-champions to help save the planet. Meeting national targets on cutting carbon emissions to combat climate change is a priority for Oldham...
AFTER a season in the doldrums, all seems to be well again at Saddleworth. Peter Skuse’s side ended last year fourth from bottom in the Armstrongs Office Furniture...
YOUNG stars of the future took part in a battle of the bands contest which will run for six weeks. The talent showcase was organised and run by young people at the Saddleworth...
