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(picture: Visit Oldham) The annual Saddleworth Rushcart Festival takes place this weekend. There’ll be two days of fun, with plenty of Morris Dancing and other festivities to enjoy! The rushcart itself will be pulled around Saddleworth on Saturday by the Morris Men. It’s hard work so there’ll be regular stops for refreshments, as well as to entertain [...]
St Thomas's Church at Heights. (picture: Michael Powis) Some unusual news from St Thomas’s Church at Heights above Delph. Last weekend, a man was found having a snooze in one of the old tombs in the churchyard! Delph-based parish councillor Ken Hulme takes up the story: “On Saturday morning a woman who cares for [...] Two leading figures of the Saddleworth community have died. Yesterday’s Chronicle carried the news of the death of John Edwards from Greenfield, who was the Chairman of Oldham Mountain Rescue. There was also a report on the funeral of Howard Crowther, who farmed land above Dove Stone Reservoir. The article about Mr Edwards can be read [...] Anyone with an interest in the history of Saddleworth and Delph in particular is invited to the graveyard of the Independent Church in the village tomorrow afternoon. Volunteers will be recording the details and taking photographs of the gravestones and other monuments there. A group of locals have recently been working in their spare time to [...]
The Dobcross Silver Band march into the Square. Here are some pictures from today’s Whit Friday service in Dobcross Square, and the march to Uppermill. Despite an overnight thunderstorm, the weather had cleared up by this morning with plenty of sunshine! The crowd waits for the start of the service in [...] More tidy-up work is to take place at the graveyard of Delph Independent Chapel. Volunteers are being urged to join in the clean-ups this Sunday and the Sunday after. Parish councillor Ken Hulme, who is helping to organise the work, said: “A lot of progress has been made, but there’s a lot more to do.” He [...] A clean-up of the graveyard at Delph Independent Chapel has been organised for this Sunday. Volunteers are being urged to take part in the tidy-up, which will begin at 2pm. Parish Councillor Ken Hulme, who has already helped to organise some efforts to improve the site, says “a real difference” has been made, but that more [...] View Larger Map Saddleworth is now covered by Google’s Street View service. The mapping tool was extended today, and 360 degree images of almost all of Britain’s roads are now available to look at for free. To demonstrate just how thorough Google has been, here’s the Street View image of two of Saddleworth’s most remote landmarks. It’s [...] There have been celebrations this week in both Mossley and Ilkley, as two people with links to our area turned 100. Former Mossley mayoress Annie Marsden marked her century with a party at George Lawton Hall. She asked for donations to be given to Mossley Methodist Church, and raised £1,200. Annie was born in Lees but has [...] |
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