TO CELEBRATE the mouth-watering launch of The Farrars Arms Burger Menu we have got a juicy prize to be won. With the burger fast becoming the nation’s…
View More Win a prize at burger heaven
Category: Lifestyle
Health Matters: Colds – Myths and Truths
Uppermill pharmacist IAN STRACHAN examines Colds – Myths and Truths My mother would say ‘Dry that hair or you’ll catch a cold’. Well that hair is a…
View More Health Matters: Colds – Myths and TruthsBrassed Off : Why Blackpool rocks
THE MONTH of March heralds the Spring – daffodils, lambs in the fields and Mother Nature’s awakening. All very poetic I know, but what does…
View More Brassed Off : Why Blackpool rocksPlanning approvals: March
SADDLEWORTH PARISH Council’s Planning Committee recommended approval for a series of planning applications at their February meeting. They included: Saddleworth Medical Practice, Delph Clinic, Gartside Street,…
View More Planning approvals: March
All round good guys
KIND-HEARTED WORKERS at a top Saddleworth building and construction company are juggling their busy schedules with rigorous training for a charity triathlon. Three staff members…
View More All round good guys
Planning a DIY project? Call Holmebuild
Where do you go for your DIY and building supplies? Do you travel out of Saddleworth to one of the large DIY outlets? If so…
View More Planning a DIY project? Call HolmebuildLife on PIG ROW: Spring is upon us
SPRING IS upon us and we all will see evidence of this now in the fattening buds in the hedgerows and the weeds in our…
View More Life on PIG ROW: Spring is upon us
Ammon the artist
THERE ARE many Saddleworth people who are aware of who Ammon Wrigley was and what he did and having died over 67 years ago I’m…
View More Ammon the artistStan’s strange but true: March
STAN BOWES, from Diggle, has uncovered some more interesting and entertaining, strange but true facts for us – you just couldn’t make them up. POLICE…
View More Stan’s strange but true: March
History: Small beginnings
SADDLEWORTH CAN lay claim to the origins of ‘Platt’s of Oldham’, which claimed to be the largest establishment in the world producing textile machinery and…
View More History: Small beginnings