Category: Lifestyle

CHRISTINE WHITEHEAD from Waterhead, author of enthralling book ‘Local Haunts’ on ghosts linked to pubs and inns, looks at spooky happenings at The Old Original,…

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Saddleworth Dementia Friends Champion Helen Morris, from Dobcross, shares some thoughts about dementia, looking at ‘Recent Memory and Inclusion’ As I journey through Saddleworth offering…

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The Face and Body shop in Grotton answers your health and beauty questions Send in your health and body questions for their experts to answer,…

View More The Face and Body: Dark cirlces around eyes

Uppermill Pharmacist IAN STRACHAN examines: PRICKLY HEAT AND ITS TREATMENTS IT IS one of the commonest conditions encountered by pharmacists and their staff yet prickly heat…

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Grasscroft’s LIZ NORBURY, from the Hair & Beauty Therapies department of Oldham College, teams up with Gill Morson, Curriculum lead for Hairdressing & Barbering, to…

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SADDLEWORTH PARISH Council’s Planning Committee recommended approval for a series of planning applications at their July meeting. They included: Mr Flatcher, Chancery Lane, Dobcross: Replacement…

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Andrew Oldham writes about Pig Row, which is three gardens over a quarter of an acre in Scouthead. Visit at www.lifeonpigrow.co.uk DURING 1939-45 home gardeners…

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BRIDGES ESTATE AGENT in Uppermill look at the advantages of renting out a property RENTING A property is a great way of sourcing further income,…

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WITH THE summer sun blazing, a top Saddleworth construction and property development company has been sprucing up residents’ gardens to help them enjoy the good…

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HISTORY – By Peter Fox It’s August and I have to be careful what I say but there are people of a certain age who…

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Stan Bowes from Diggle, has uncovered some more interesting and entertaining strange but true facts for us – you just couldn’t make them up PEASANT…

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Fete ENJOY A family day of fun at the Dobcross Village Fete on Saturday, July 6 at Holy Trinity School. The event, which has a…

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KEEP COOL this summer by tucking into luxury ice cream handmade the old fashioned way by Grandpa Greene’s. Back in the 1920s Grandpa Greene made…

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WITH A stagnant domestic property market and great deals on offer abroad, Lydgate resident PAUL COLLINS, of BuyAssociation, looks at what the overseas property market…

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LOOKING to get away over the summer but not sure where to go? Freedom Travel helps hundreds of clients in Saddleworth each year to book…

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WINE EXPERT Bob Marshall looks at the competition for pole position in the wine white market Sauvignon Blanc used to be the most popular choice…

View More Corkmaster: pole position in the white wine market

PONY CLUB members have recently been enjoying cross country training at Turbary, Halifax. In any sport practice is vital for progression but it is also…

View More Perseverance Pays Off

Cornet player Mark Rodgers, tutor and conductor of the Delph Youth Band and Training Bands, gives us an insight into the band world with his…

View More Brassed Off: Summer bandin’ – We’ll Have A Blast

The Face and Body Shop in Grotton answers your health and beauty questions. Q. I am attending a wedding abroad later in the summer and…

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Uppermill pharmacist Ian Strachan examines: MALARIA BITES AND STINGS MALARIA IS a tropical disease caused by the infection of red blood cells. The parasites responsible…

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Grasscroft’s LIZ NORBURY, from the Hair & Beauty Therapies department of Oldham College, tells us more about coloured gel overlays I get asked many times…

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BRIDGES ESTATE AGENT in Uppermill look at what the property market holds for first time buyers WITH THE arrival of summer in Saddleworth and the…

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THE WORLD of gardening is more than just your plot, more than your flowers, vegetables or shed. It is an industry that gave birth to…

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A TOP Saddleworth construction and property development company is building for the future as it takes on sleek contemporary ventures alongside traditional projects. Oldfield Construction,…

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ANTHONY BYROM, executive head chef at the Three Crowns Restaurant and Inn at Scouthead, looks forward to summer strawberries as they scoop second place in…

View More The Three Crowns: awards and summer strawberries

NEXT YEAR sees a century since the start of the ‘Great War’ that was to last for a period of four years and was at…

View More History: Missing memorials

HAYLEY WILD, an instructor at Saddleworth and District Pony Club, discusses what we should be doing to prevent horses from suffering… LAST YEAR equine welfare…

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Cornet player Mark Rodgers, tutor and conductor of the Delph Youth Band and Training Bands, gives us an insight into the band world with his…

View More Brassed Off: My ‘Wet Friday’

ANTHONY BYROM, executive head chef at the Three Crowns Restaurant and Inn at Scouthead, looks forward to a few spring delights in and out of…

View More Easter delights: from the Three Crowns

The Face and Body Shop in Grotton answers your health and beauty questions. Q: My daughter has her school leavers’ prom coming up and wants…

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Uppermill pharmacist Ian Strachan examines Athlete’s foot and smelly feet. THE MAJORITY of athlete’s foot is seen in men and teenagers, rarely afflicting children under…

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Grasscroft’s Liz Norbury, from the Hair and Beauty Therapies department of Oldham College, teams up with Jane Hatton, a Beauty Therapy Level 3 Course Tutor,…

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SPRING HAS delivered a new wave of success for a top Saddleworth construction and property development company in both its work and community involvements. Oldfield…

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ONE LUCKY Independent reader received a piece of music history after submitting the highest bid for a pair of shoes autographed by 1970s pop group…

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