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Where do you read yours: Yorkshire
FROM DOWN Under to the America, the Saddleworth Independent has been taken by loyal readers to all corners of the world… But Colin and Linda Bradbury…
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Stan’s Strange But True: February
Stan Bowes, from Diggle, has uncovered some interesting and entertaining facts – you just couldn’t make them up. THE WORD ‘orange’ has an interesting history. …
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Saddleworth Chatter: clever children
Saddleworth Chatter by GH We have many bright kids in Saddleworth – but there are also a few elsewhere. These young American children gave some…
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Village Voice: February letters and pictures
Village Voice is YOUR chance to get your point of view over to thousands of readers. Letters should be sent to: The Village Voice, The…
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Just for fun: Around Britain
DON YOUR thinking cap to tackle these questions from successful quiz team The Diggle and Delph Donkeys. See if you can work out these ‘Around Britain’…
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IDTB: January mystery
CAN YOU recognise iconic Saddleworth buildings from just a snapshot of their exterior? The Saddleworth Independent has teamed up with Whittaker Design to test your…
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Where do you read yours?: New Lanark World Heritage Site.
WHETHER READERS are travelling away on business or enjoying a holiday with family or friends, they always make sure to have a copy of the…
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Stan’s Strange But True: Interesting and entertaining facts
Stan Bowes, from Diggle, has uncovered some interesting and entertaining facts – you just couldn’t make them up. LAURA BUXTON released a helium-filled balloon during…
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Saddleworth Chatter by GH: words used in clever ways
IT IS wonderful how words can be used in such a clever and expressive way…. ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends…
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Village Voice: January letters and pictures
Village Voice is YOUR chance to get your point of view over to thousands of readers. Letters should be sent to: The Village Voice, The…
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Fond memories of Saddleworth: Phillida Shipp
Saddleworth Voices have recorded almost 70 interviews to preserve fond memories and anecdotes of all things local. With the support of Saddleworth Parish Council, Delph…
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Where do you read yours? Snowy slopes in the sun
FROM SNOWY mountains to sunny beaches, Saddleworth Independent readers take a copy of the popular paper with them wherever they go… And when Delph residents…
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Stan’s Strange but True: December
Stan Bowes, from Diggle, has uncovered some interesting and entertaining facts – you just couldn’t make them up. In 1871, U.S. Congressman Clement Vallandigham died…
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Saddleworth Chatter: December story
Saddleworth Chatter by GH ALBERT WAS enjoying his night out with friends at the Church Inn and it came as a shock when the landlord…
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Saddleworth Voices: Gerry Royle
Over the past four years, Saddleworth Voices have recorded almost 70 interviews to preserve fond memories and anecdotes of all things local. With the support…
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Just for fun: TV Anagrams quiz
DON YOUR thinking cap to tackle these questions from successful quiz team The Diggle and Delph Donkeys. See if you can work out these 10…
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ID the building: November mystery
CAN YOU recognise iconic Saddleworth buildings from just a snapshot of their exterior? The Saddleworth Independent has teamed up with Whittaker Design to test your…
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Stan’s Strange but True: November
Stan Bowes, from Diggle, has uncovered some interesting and entertaining facts – you just couldn’t make them up. In 2007, the State of Tennessee executed…
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Saddleworth Chatter: Snowy days
Saddleworth Chatter by GH ON A bitterly cold winter morning a husband and wife in Delph were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer…
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Where do you read yours?: Quizzers’ holiday
WHETHER IT’S a large holiday with family or friends or an intimate couple’s getaway, all sorts of groups make sure to take a copy of…
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Village Voice: November letters
Village Voice is YOUR chance to get your point of view over to thousands of readers. Letters should be sent to: The Village Voice, The…
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ID The Building: October mystery
CAN YOU recognise iconic Saddleworth buildings from just a snapshot of their exterior? The Saddleworth Independent has teamed up with Whittaker Design to test your…
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Just for fun: Arts quiz
DON YOUR thinking cap to tackle these questions from successful quiz team The Diggle and Delph Donkeys. See if you can work out who the…
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Stan’s Strange but True: October
Stan Bowes, from Diggle, has uncovered some interesting and entertaining facts – you just couldn’t make them up. Strange but true Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889–1944)…
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Where do you read yours? Mexico
FROM SUNNY beaches to wintery mountains, readers take the Saddleworth Independent to all sorts of climates around the world… And Helen Morris, who writes a…
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Village Voice: October letters
Village Voice is YOUR chance to get your point of view over to thousands of readers. Letters should be sent to: The Village Voice, The…
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Saddleworth Chatter: September
Saddleworth Chatter by GH FRANK FROM Dobcross needed a taxi and as he walked out of his front gate, lo and behold a passing taxi stopped…
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Saddleworth Voices: Joan Frost
Over the past four years, Saddleworth Voices have recorded almost 70 interviews to preserve fond memories and anecdotes of all things local. With the support…
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Where do you read yours?
KEEN TO keep an eye on what’s happening back home, Saddleworthians take a copy of the popular Independent wherever they go… And former Delph resident…
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Stan’s Strange but True: September
Stan Bowes, from Diggle, has uncovered some interesting and entertaining facts – you just couldn’t make them up. Strange but true Fire-fighters in Christchurch, Dorset,…
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Village Voice: September letters
Village Voice is YOUR chance to get your point of view over to thousands of readers. Letters should be sent to: The Village Voice, The…
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Where do you read yours: Abuko Nursery School
FROM YOUNG to old, people of all ages love picking up a copy of the Saddleworth Independent to read what’s inside. And when Amy Saggerson…
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Just a bit of fun: Before and after
DON YOUR thinking cap to tackle these questions from successful quiz team The Diggle and Delph Donkeys. See if you can answer these ‘BEFORE AND…
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