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The Friends of Mossley Park are going to be doing some more work in the park tomorrow morning. Anyone is welcome to join them between 10am and 12pm. Their plan this weekend is to pull up the Ragwort which has appeared in the park this summer, in an attempt to stop it reseeding and spreading. If you can’t make [...] The sewage leak at Swan Meadow playground last week. The problem was quickly sorted. (picture: Ken Hulme) There’s been another sewage leak at the Swan Meadow playground in Delph. The leak was spotted last Thursday by local parish councillor Ken Hulme, and after he raised the alarm the problem was fixed later that day. Cllr Hulme [...] Marsden Moor is the site of the current Walk of the Week in the Daily Telegraph. The article suggests a circular route from the Standedge Visitor Centre, onto the moor then back again. The piece also features some tips from local warden Robert Henry. To read the article, click here.
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 [...]
Dove Stone Reservoir RSPB staff working at Dove Stone have saved a clump of a rare plant, discovered in a bye-wash channel next to the reservoir. The insect-eating sundews would have been destroyed during maintenance work on the reservoir dam, but they’ve now been spared. The sundews typically grow in peaty areas, [...] A new exhibition of Saddleworth photographs has begun in Uppermill. The images are the work of mother and daughter Gill and Charlotte Brett, and have gone on display upstairs in the new A Month of Sundaes coffee and ice cream shop on the High Street. Gill and Charlotte believe they’ve “captured the landscape of Saddleworth at [...]
The improved towpath at the viaduct between Uppermill and Dobcross. Work to improve the towpath of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal between Uppermill and Dobcross has been completed. The stretch between the centre of Uppermill and Wool Road in Dobcross has been resurfaced and widened. The improvements were carried out by [...]
(pictures: www.markellisonphotography.co.uk) Here are some images from the falconry display at the recent Saddleworth Show, which took place at Churchill Fields earlier this month. The display was put on by Malhamdale Falconry, and the images were taken by Mark Ellison, a specialist wildlife and landscape photographer. To see more of Mark’s images, go to [...] Oldham Council’s new regime of bin collections takes effect tomorrow. The main change is that, from now on, residents will be able to recycle their food and garden waste together. Householders can now either put their food waste caddy or their green garden bin out every week, but not both. An information pack has been delivered [...]
The aftermath of Monday's fire. (picture: www.twitter.com/terrierandy7) Both the Huddersfield Narrow and Huddersfield Broad canals have now re-opened following Monday’s fire at the Grosvenor Chemicals plant at Linthwaite. Officials from British Waterways are satisfied that pollution from the incident, which had got into the River Colne, has now dispersed. The [...] |
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