A SADDLEWORTH councillor has helped to conserve a coppice planted in Austerlands by his great-great-uncle about 50 years ago. The coppice comes under the curtilage…
View More Family affair as preservation order secures Thorpe Lane trees for next generations
A VICTORIAN church that underwent a Millennium makeover as part of its new calling is up for sale. Saint Paul’s Church at Scouthead received a…
View More Sale of former church is Talking Point in Scouthead
Words by John Kirkbride THE tragic death of a servant girl at Highmoor in Scouthead more than 100 years ago has been touched on previously…
View More Sad tale of a death at Highmoor
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council has agreed a 30-year lease for Dawson’s Field in Scouthead to ensure the green space can continue to be used by the…
View More Saddleworth Parish Council secures 30-year lease of treasured Scouthead site
By John Kirkbride A hilltop community in Highmoor is steeling itself for a rough ride this winter after learning that Oldham Council’s wittily named fleet…
View More Highmoor residents on slippery slope after Oldham Council suspends gritting
DEREK Heffernan, former mayor of Oldham and chairman of Saddleworth Parish Council, will claim a unique hat-trick of civic titles when he is installed as Mayor…
View More Derek Heffernan to complete hat-trick of civic titles as Mayor of Austerlands
A FAMILY has been left heart-broken after audacious thieves who snatched two carved stone cats off their driveway. The cats, carved in sandstone, had taken…
View More Bold thieves snatch beloved cat statues from family home
SEVENTEEN vehicles had their rear windscreens shattered when a lone vandal attacked a row of parked cars in Scouthead. The vehicles, including many high end…
View More Seventeen vehicles damaged in Scouthead by lone vandal
A UNIQUE local tradition has seen a community champion honoured… with a silver clog iron. Joan Sykes is the latest recipient to take on the…
View More Joan takes up clog iron as Mayor of Austerlands
By Ken Bennett SADDLEWORTH’S longest serving pub landlord has called last orders for the final time at his pretty roadside hostelry. After 40 years, Ray…
View More Landlord calls time at The Three Crowns after 40 years
