A LOCAL charity’s coordinator has described how she has had to leave her home and flee Gaza, where the crisis is deepening amid the raging…
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Community gathers for memorial vigil to mark Hiroshima Day and Nagasaki Day
THE COMMUNITY gathered for a poignant memorial vigil to mark Hiroshima Day and Nagasaki Day. Saddleworth Peace Group organised the event in front of Uppermill…
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Saddleworth shows support for Ukraine
SCORES of people came together for a vigil in Uppermill to reflect on the situation in Ukraine and pray for peace there. The event was…
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Gap years – Great War military hospitals remembered
THE Great War of 1914-1918 became a reality to those back home when thousands of wounded soldiers returned from the conflict, writes Peter Fox. The…
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Lest We Forget: Services across Saddleworth mark Remembrance Sunday
SADDLEWORTH fell silent on Remembrance Sunday as services and ceremonies took place across the villages in honour of the fallen. Residents of all ages, members…
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Saddleworth Peace Group lays white poppy wreath in Uppermilll
A WHITE poppy wreath was laid at the Peace Pole in Uppermill to remember people of all nationalities, ages, civilians, and members of armed forces…
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‘Peace and Plenty?’: Exhibition remembers Oldham during WWI
A NEW exhibition ‘Peace and Plenty? Oldham and the First World War’ has opened at Gallery Oldham. The exhibition looks at the experiences of those…
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Oldham Council invites residents to recollect memories of the Blitz
OLDHAM Council is asking residents to recollect their memories of the Blitz and various other bombing raids from World War Two as part of the…
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Oldham residents asked to recall Blitz memories for WW2 campaign
Oldham Council is asking residents to recollect their memories of the Blitz and various other bombing raids from World War Two as part of the…
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Ziggy shares war time remembrances
YOU won’t find a prouder or more patriotic Englishman than Polish born, Russian speaking Zygmund ‘Ziggy’ Makowski. “They call me the ‘English Pole’,” laughs Ziggy,…
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