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The junction of the A62, Doctor Lane and Platting Road in Scouthead. Attempts to make the A62 in Saddleworth safer appear to be working. Statistics obtained by Saddleworth News show that there were no accidents on the road in our area between January and May this year. The A62 Huddersfield Road has [...]
The Old Bell in Delph, winner of the Best Blooming Pub prize. Saddleworth Parish Council has announced the results of its Saddleworth In Bloom competition. The Old Bell in Delph took the award for Best Blooming Pub, with the other prizes for private gardens going to winners in Greenfield, Grasscroft and elsewhere in [...] School’s out for the summer, and if your children are already getting bored by Thursday, the Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership is hosting a family fun day in Austerlands. It’ll take place in Dawson’s Field between 11am and 3pm. The Partnership, which is funded by Oldham Council, is laying on plenty of entertainment. There’ll be a [...] The Oldham (Lees) Band in action during the Dobcross contest. The Rothwell Temperance Band took the top prize. West Yorkshire bands took the top three places in the Saddleworth Whit Friday brass band contests. Hepworth narrowly beat Brighouse and Rastrick in the overall rankings, with Rothwell Temperance third. Hepworth won three of the individual contests, at [...]
Delph and Dobcross batting against Uppermill yesterday. Cricket returned to Saddleworth over the weekend, with Delph and Dobcross enjoying two closely fought victories over old rivals in pre-season friendlies. D&D beat Austerlands by four runs on Saturday, and got past Uppermill by three wickets yesterday. D&D play in the Huddersfield [...]
Sheltering from the rain at last year's Scouthead and Austerlands contest. (picture: Saddleworth Whit Friday Preservation Group) Oldham Council has released more information about the deal that should secure the future of the Scouthead and Austerlands Whit Friday brass band contest. The agreement concerns Dawson’s Field, where the contest has been [...] The Greenfield Band on Whit Friday last year. The village's contest will take place as usual in 2010. (picture: Chris Brown) Oldham Council has confirmed this year’s Whit Friday brass band contests will go ahead as normal. There’d been concern proposed changes to traffic regulations could mean the end for four of the village events, [...] Saddleworth could lose one of its band contests this Whit Friday. There’s concern about the Scouthead and Austerlands contest because of the condition of the field where it’s been held for the past three decades. Local organisers want Oldham Council to make good on a promise to bring Dawson’s Field back to a usable state, but [...] |
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