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Around £81,000 is being used to help Oldham’s children make dens, climb trees and have adventures. The money will match funding from the Children’s Play...
Date Published 24/07/2008
THEY say Oldhamers are a friendly bunch and two young local boys made such an impression on their holiday pal, that he is eager to track them down — from his home near...
OLDHAM’S Lib-Dem Euro-MP is calling on supermarkets to slash unnecessary packaging in a bid to reduce Britain’s huge waste mountain. Chris Davies has expressed his...
BRITAIN’S biggest wood and laminate flooring retailer has gone into administration — but its Oldham store remains open. Floors-2-Go has become the latest victim of...
Catastrophic events bring people together. The friendship between Sharon Crowshaw and Jo Swanston has helped them deal with the horror of losing a child to drink-driving....
WORK is under way on a scheme to help Dr Kershaw’s Hospice go green. The £250,000 project will see the Royton hospice get an efficient boiler and a new heating...
HEALTHY food and health information and advice will be offered at Failsworth’s first community cafe which opens officially on Monday. The cafe is a partnership between...
A SCHOOL trip to Normandy was branded a huge success by the 188 Blue Coat School pupils who made the journey. And the trip — the biggest ever organised by the Oldham...
REVIEW: AFRIKA AFRIKA (Trafford Centre) THE evening begins with a chap whose body is a whole lot bendier than it ought to be, and ends with a woman so jaw-droppingly...
ONE of the joys of the old BBC comedy series “Not the 9 o’clock News” was watching Pamela Stephenson take the mickey out of Angela Rippon. For those of you...
ATHLETIC could unveil their latest summer signing when they return to Boundary Park for tonight’s home game against Derby. Experienced central midfielder Kevin Maher is poised...
Date Published 23/07/2008
ROUGHYEDS chief executive Chris Hamilton isn’t surprised in the slightest about the RFL’s decision to grant Super League places to Salford and Celtic Crusaders....
THE MAGIC Weekend style event for the National Leagues will take the form of a stand alone nine-a-side event, the Chronicle understands. The Super League equivalent, which has...
SUBSTITUTE Danny Egan produced a remarkable scoring burst for Mossley in last night’s 5-3 friendly victory against Hyde United at Seel Park. The 18-year-old, recently...
ROUGHYEDS' record breaking centre Mick Nanyn is hopeful that the National Leagues will soon have representation north of the border. Following a meeting of all the...
STEVE Deakin admitted the 36-16 win over Doncaster had provided a fitting end to a terrific week. Having picked up a vital win in the televised clash, the Roughyeds coach...
CROMPTON and Royton’s Captain’s Prize saw seven-handicapper Jason Webster emerge the victor as he landed his first-ever major. He had nett rounds of 67 and 70 for...
YOU have to hand it to Athletic goalkeeper Mark Crossley as charity was the big winner from a golf tournament he staged in Spain. The Mark Crossley Classic 2008, which was...
BROOKDALE look to have one hand on the Oldham and District Golf League ‘A’ Division trophy after a 6-2 home win over Oldham. That success came as nearest rivals...
BEVERLEY Mercer had the round of her life as she won Lady Vice-Captain’s Prize at OLDHAM. She amassed a remarkable 49 points in the singles Stableford as the...
SADDLEWORTH are proving to be a knockout in three of the prestigious Manchester Alliance team competitions. They have won through to the last eight of the Archie Preston Mixed...
LOCAL golfer Roger Smithies cut through the opposition to capture the Royton Sword for a second time. Royton-based Smithies, who once lived little more than a drive away from...
OLDHAM and Royton Harriers ace Adam Howard led from pillar to post to win the under-13s boys 1,500m in the last match in the UK Athletics Young Athletes League. He raced away...
WERNETH stole a march on their rivals as they regained top spot in the CLL under-18 Whittaker Cup. With all the other games rained off, Werneth managed to beat both the...
YOUNG Joseph Lawlor is going full throttle in the sport of grass-track racing. The eight-year-old, from Failsworth, finished runner-up in the auto cadet section at British...
HEYSIDE Angels can reflect on a terrific season in the Oldham Girls League. Five of their teams clinched titles while the other two, under-14s Clarets and under-10s Navys,...
OLDHAM Aquatics swimmers had six podium finishes in the North West Regional Age Group Championships at Manchester Aquatics Centre. And two of the medals were claimed in the...
AT least Michael Vaughan has the honesty to admit England’s selection for the second Test against South Africa was “confused”. Coach Peter Moores, on the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
MATTHEW Gardner has shown the ultimate in brotherly love . . . braving the surgeon’s knife to donate a kidney to his seriously-ill sibling Nathan, who had suffered chronic...
