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Saturday 24 August Arr Dep 10.00 Saddleworth Morris Men dance in front of the cart at the Commercial Uppermill before moving off to Greenfield. 10.45…

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By Christina Stocks SADDLEWORTH MORRIS Men will be dancing in the streets for the annual Rushcart Festival with an extra spring in their step as…

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A COMMUNITY leader praised a tiny hamlet for throwing open its gates to promote its identity. Lydgate, which once believed it was being airbrushed off…

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AN EXCITED group of youngsters got their first taste of life on the farm when a visionary couple launched a children’s education centre. Members of the 127th Beaver pack…

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THEY CAME…they cooked and they conquered. Eighteen bright young hopefuls spent 90 hectic minutes labouring over hot stoves in a bid to win the converted Saddleworth…

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FOLLOWING A tradition of almost 20 years, the Rotary Club of Saddleworth has again brought two Romanian students to visit England. Hanna Borbála Makkai and…

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A SONG inspired by a bright blue ribbon found on Greenfield hills is helping raise funds to provide accommodation for Homeless Veterans. Martin Stimson and…

View More Martin’s Blue Ribbon song hits right note

PUPILS AT Delph Primary School are getting closer to nature thanks to a new woodland area at the back of their school. The play and…

View More New outdoor learning for Delph pupils

THE SADDLEWORTH Community Hydro Scheme has been given the green light to be constructed at a much-loved Greenfield reservoir. Oldham Borough Council granted planning permission…

View More Innovative hydro scheme given go-ahead

(Pictures by Stuart Coleman Photography) THESE DRAMATIC pictures show the unstoppable floods that swept across Saddleworth last summer, wreaking havoc for residents and businesses. Well-i-Hole…

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