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DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS who launched a coffee shop to help keep Dobcross Band and Bowling Club alive and kicking have helped raise more than £1,300 in…

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DINERS IN Delph will be spoiled for choice after two restaurants were named in the top-performing ten per cent of businesses worldwide on TripAdvisor. The…

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A POPULAR Scouthead pub has served up a tasty meal to reach the final three of a national competition – and hopes to go one…

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SNOOKER ACE Steve Davis OBE will be a star attraction at this year’s Saddleworth Summer Show in July. Steve, who has won more professional titles in…

View More Steve’s in the frame for this year’s Saddleworth Show

A GREENFIELD lollipop lady, who guided children safely across a busy road for 20 years, claims ‘apathetic’ villagers could have helped save her job. Lesley…

View More Did apathy cost Lesley her job?

THE CLASSIC Whit Friday welcoming tune skittered and rolled across the weather-hammered landscape. Hail smiling morn, it certainly wasn’t with gusting near gale force winds,…

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Band contest results (as reported on http://www.4barsrest.com) Delph (80 Bands) Adjudicator: Mike Kilroy 1. Brighouse & Rastrick – £1,000 2. Rothwell Temperance – £700 3.…

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A CARING Dobcross woman is expanding her work as a Dementia Friend across Saddleworth after a successful start to the initiative in her home village.…

View More Helen’s caring crusade

A SADDLEWORTH yoga teacher has branched out into the retail trade with the launch of an online shop to sell clothing and equipment to yoga…

View More Shop YoYo for stylish yoga gear

EXCITED PUPILS at St Mary’s School in Greenfield welcomed the new banner for their annual Family Festival as they prepare for next month’s event. The…

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A FOLK club held at one of Saddleworth’s most-loved pubs is to be rekindled – after a 42-year break. Dobcross Folk Club was founded in…

View More Folk’s back at The Swan

THE LATEST charity extravaganza by a Delph fundraising champion raised £2,000 for good causes. Gilbert Symes organised the variety show at the Millgate Arts Centre,…

View More It’s them lot – at it again!

A FANCY dress disco and cake were enjoyed by children and parents to mark the first birthday of autism group PASSinc at Greenfield’s Satellite centre.…

View More A PASSinc fancy dress in Greenfield

DETERMINED FOLLOWERS of Saddleworth’s legendary Beerwalk kept the spirit of the event alive with unofficial 11-mile walk round the pubs on Whit weekend. The original…

View More Beerwalkers keep Whit tradition alike

HARD-WORKING volunteers took a night off to enjoy the Volunteer of Saddleworth Dinner as awards were presented to the community’s most dedicated residents. Hosted by…

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LANDLORDS AT several legendary historical Saddleworth pubs are puzzled why they do not feature in a new guide. None make the glossy pages of ‘Britain’s…

View More ‘Heritage’ pubs left out of book

STREET SCENE Greenfield is sprucing up the area’s canal towpaths to help revive some of Saddleworth’s most-loved walking places. Volunteers have targeted the worst patches…

View More Canal towpath areas get much-needed clean up

A TALENTED band is taking Saddleworth by storm after a duo formed in a front room blossomed into an ensemble with a passion for live…

View More It’s the new Blues Brothers

A TRANSPENNINE Ale Trail set up to attract more ‘tourist’ customers to the area seems to have got out of hand, claim concerned Saddleworth parish…

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A POLICE crackdown on under-age drinkers who tried to smuggle alcohol into villages ahead of Whit Friday’s Saddleworth Brass Band Contests was hailed a success. …

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COULD THIS be the look of the new Saddleworth school of the future? A local councillor, Saddleworth School’s head and chair of the schools’ governors…

View More Saddleworth’s future school?

HUNT DOWN heroes and villains across Saddleworth’s countryside during this year’s Delph Donkey Scarecrow Trail. From May 24 to June 9, scarecrows will be scattered…

View More All aboard from Donkey Scarecrow Trail

THE INTRIGUE of watching strangers has been explored in a unique exhibition by a Diggle artist. ‘Passers By’ features paintings by Diana Terry of observed…

View More Diana captures life in pictures

A CHARITY jog and cycle in memory of PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone will see a team of Greater Manchester Police officers tackle more…

View More Cops set for 900 mile charity bike ride

READY… STEADY … THROW will be the order of the day when a charity fundraising battle with custard pies is launched this month. Tracey Barlow,…

View More One in the eye!

A 400-STRONG community association has written to a medical centre in support of local chemists after claims doctors are promoting their own pharmacy to patients.…

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NEW SADDLEWORTH Parish Council chairman Graham Sheldon urged residents to help maintain the area’s unique identity as he was given the chains of office by…

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THE SOUND of music will resound around Diggle for the annual Blues festival on Thursday, June 13 to Sunday, June 16. Performances will be hosted…

View More You Dig-gle these Blues bands

A woman police chief is appealing to parents to keep in contact with their children at this weekend’s Saddleworth Whit Friday Band Contests.  Chief Superintendent…

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A RESPECTED Saddleworth farming family is in shock after finding one of their young ewes wounded in a cross bow attack by callous rustlers. Claire…

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A VISIONARY former council leader believes the area could launch a new tourist attraction – The Saddleworth Way. He is promoting the idea after battling…

View More Keith’s trail-blazing idea

TWO COMMUNITY icons have received British Empire Medals in a special ceremony to recognise their services to the area. Richelle Walsh, multi-awarding winning customer care…

View More Hats off to the ladies

COULD A new sign offer a solution to Saddleworth’s most vexing and frustrating travel problems? The narrow, historic stone bridge linking King Street to High…

View More ‘Give us a sign’ plea

AN UNUSUAL and exciting family day out is on offer in Diggle over Whit Friday Weekend as one popular pub hosts a charity sheep shear.…

View More Wool I never!