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WHEN pensioner Aileen Wood broke her leg she knew she could rely on her sprightly 101-year-old mum to take care of her. In a complete reversal of their traditional roles,...
Date Published 04/09/2008
THE recent showing of the film “The Last Hangman” on ITV1 has renewed interest in a public office which was last needed almost 50 years ago. But during the first...
PARISHIONERS at St Anne’s Church, Royton, are preparing to welcome their new vicar after a four-month interregnum. Since the Rev Keith Justice left in April, the curate,...
THERE’S a pub I often walk past which is, shall we say, not the most salubrious place. One of the windows has been broken for months, while the people who hang about...
A BOXING coach who carried on teaching youngsters while battling cancer has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. Frank Nightingale, of Failsworth, has continued to...
ATHLETIC have been hit by a massive double injury scare ahead of their big North-West derby clash with Tranmere on Saturday. Key attacking players Chris Taylor and Lee Hughes...
Date Published 03/09/2008
TOMMY GRUNDY has had his contract terminated by Oldham after going AWOL from training. The 23-year-old hasn’t played for the club since being carried off with a knee...
JOHN SHERIDAN blasted Athletic’s woeful finishing after they tripped over at the first hurdle in this season’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. Sheridan’s men...
CHADDERTON, whose future remains in doubt, are finding that good can come out of adversity after unearthing another jewel. Chris Pauley, recently captured from local...
RING rust is an unusual enemy for Oldham as the play-offs approach. Steve Deakin's men are back in training after a week off, busying themselves for action in a...
ROUGHYEDS supporters missing their regular fix of action can head down to Waterhead Park this Sunday, as a host of past and present stars descend on the famous amateur club....
PROMOTION to National League One next season would see Oldham compete with French club Toulouse Olympique, who have agreed to cross the channel to take part in the competition....
NO CHARGE resulted from an alleged bite by Workington's James Richardson on Neil Roden at Boundary Park two weeks ago. The incident, late on in Oldham's 40-16 win, produced...
RACHEL CONNOR has achieved another golfing milestone after being selected to play for the full England women’s team for the first time. The 18-year-old from Royton, a...
PETER GRAHAM claimed President’s Prize at CROMPTON AND ROYTON after shooting a two-round total of nett 134. He had rounds of 74-6-68 and 72-6-66 to finish two shots...
CROMPTON and Royton fell at the final hurdle as they were beaten in the final of the Lancashire Scratch Shield. The High Barn club, as south east division winners, were one of...
LOCAL amateur showjumper Claire Shepherd enjoyed success at the Scope Festival, where she was placed in four championship classes. And it was a great achievement bearing in...
A GROUND breaking new competition brought about a resurgence of interest in the amateur game within the town last season . . . and this year, it is bigger and more ambitious than...
IAN HOWARTH won the Failsworth League Merit at his home green of Delph with a 23-19 defeat of Star’s Alan Bidwell (left) in the final. Quarter-finals: M Coleman...
IT’S early days in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League but, with three games played, its CBC and Deaf B who are making the early running. A 35 break by Danny Reece of Deaf...
OLDHAM under-14s have received a plum home draw against Tameside in the quarter-finals of this season’s Greater Manchester Schools’ Talbot Cup. The local...
BOOKMAKERS have been running for cover after the dramatic events at Manchester City, or Middle Eastlands as the stadium is now known. The price on Mark Hughes’s men...
ROYTON will soon be home to a state-of-the-art health and leisure centre which will be a one-stop shop for more than 20,000 people. Plans for the £10 million health...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards REDCAR 2.00 Mabait 2.30 Paddy Bear 3.00 Keys Of Cyprus 3.35 Borasco...
THE General Medical Council (GMC) has backed the continuation of a temporary suspension order imposed on a Chadderton GP. Dr Jagdish Khurana (73), of Pexwood, Chadderton,...
A 47-YEAR-OLD man was violently assaulted as he walked home from a Chadderton pub. The victim, Mark Temple, was attacked in an alleyway off Rainham Way at midnight on Tuesday,...
A Mossley man says he has lost the sight in his right eye following a serious assault in Oldham. Nick Russell (38), of Quickwood Road, was involved in an altercation with a...
A CHADDERTON-born physicist is involved in the world’s most powerful particle physics experiment, which will allow scientists to recreate the early conditions of the...
Under-used council buildings should be given to the community to manage, a group of councillors has suggested. And the first group to benefit could be the Springhead Community...
AN Oldham man has been remanded in custody after a stabbing in Bury. Wesley John Ogden (28), of Featherstall Road North, appeared before Bury magistrates on Monday charged...
