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A LOVE of people is the secret to longevity — and Annie Howard should know: she reached her 100th birthday today. Annie, who still lives in the Chadderton home in...
Date Published 07/12/2012
OLDHAM Athletic may be languishing in the bottom half of League One, but when it comes to terrible toilets they’ve got a play-off place. A survey by online broker Bet...
GET into the festive spirit with a night of Christmas carols at Oldham Parish Church. The Oldham Chronicle Festival of Carols takes place on Thursday, from 7.30pm. Guests can...
The Off The Rails Comedy Club has been nominated for Best Promoter and Comedy Club in Dave TV and Absolute Radio’s One Night Stand Awards. You can vote for the club by texting...
The Lion King, Palace, Manchester It hits you just a couple of minutes in: you have just seen a beautifully-realised dawn rise and giraffes, birds, a leopard, antelope and other...
THE FRIDAY THING: I KNOW Christmas is coming up and we are all in the season of goodwill to all (well, some) men. But can we really afford to hand over two billion pounds of...
REGULARS at Springhead Liberal Club will raise a glass to history as they celebrate its 110th anniversary in style. A special concert will be held tomorrow to mark the...
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council is looking into the possibility of appointing a town crier. Parish councillors were greeted by the sound of a handbell and the cry of “Oyez!...
MAKE your own willow wreaths and decorations from scratch at Dunwood Park on Sunday, from 11am until 3pm. Organised by Oldham Council, Groundwork Oldham and Rochdale, Dunwood...
AN historic piece of civic silverware has been donated to the borough. The silver salver was presented to William Ogden Lees, a former chairman of Lees Urban District Council,...
IT’S better to give than to receive, say local youngsters as they help vulnerable children around the world. Operation Christmas Child sees pupils at schools across...
White Christmas, The Lowry DREAMING of a special Christmas? This Irving Berlin musical is just the ticket, an all-singing, all-dancing festive spectacular that bursts on to the...
A CHARITY champion who saves lives in his spare time will soon take to the moors for another gruelling challenge. Saddleworth’s Gary Jones will attempt to run, climb and...
HARD-UP Oldhamers who may be considering using a loan shark are being urged to think again. Oldham’s Trading Standards has joined the England Illegal Money Lending Team,...
Frillys Lingerie Shop - the first winner of the One Oldham Business Awards Business of the Year in 2008 — is celebrating 25 years of trading this year. The Lord Street,...
OLDHAM has more than 44 legal firms – most of which were represented at the recent Oldham Law Association annual dinner. These firms should be working together to take...
CRAIG Dean, Chief Executive of Oldham company Web Applications UK, has been named Rising Star of the Year at the Travolution Awards - a national event for the travel technology...
BOXING: DANNY Wright is one win away from lifting the National Association of Boys’ Clubs 63 kilos title. The Failsworth-based light-welterweight faces Eunnis Chaima...
OLDHAM’S Matt Walls has been rubbing shoulders with two-time Olympic gold medalist Ed Clancy. The five-time world champion attended the launch of the brand new Velocity...
‘WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND’ (George Lawton Hall) I’ve seen this show a couple of times before; once the original touring production and more recently a Bill...
SNOOKER: NORMAL service resumed in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League as Blue Club ‘B’ returned to winning ways with a 5-1 victory at home to Nimble Nook...
FOR 95 of her 100 years Clara Shaw lived in the same house. After moving into a hardware shop in Delph High Street as a little girl, Clara remained there living and working in...
NETBALL: MANCHESTER Thunder have looked Down Under to add further strength to their Fiat Netball Superleague squad. The reigning champions have signed defender Sam Holt,...
A HOUSING development site which promised to protect a selection of trees and spruce up a run-down area has become a wasteland. Residents close to land off Aspull Street,...
SWIMMING: Jessica Lloyd has returned home to Saddleworth with four gold medals after making a splash in Brazil. Representing Great Britain, the 17-year-old Olympian...
LIBERAL Democrats have picked Oldham’s Euro-MP Chris Davies to lead the campaign to retain their European parliament seat. Mr Davies gained 72 per cent of votes from...
OLDHAM Christmas shoppers could be dancing on ice this weekend. A synthetic ice rink will be installed in Oldham town centre on Saturday and Sunday as part of the Winter...
A GRAND piano, a three-tier stage and 1,000 computers are up for grabs at an online auction to sell the contents of two former Oldham schools. Breeze Hill School in...
TWENTY leading firms have signed up to Oldham MP Debbie Abrahams’ campaign to settle their bills promptly — but another 55 have said no or simply failed to respond....
MAHDLO has scooped a major windfall as part of the National Lottery's 18th anniversary celebrations. The Reaching Communities programme has awarded £258,042 to Oldham's...
