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Saddleworth Rangers Under 16s celebrate their title success. (pictures: Alan Bolton) The Under 16s from Saddleworth Rangers have won the North West Counties Premiership Title. It’s the first time the club has won the league, and the lads secured the prize with a win over West Bank Bears.
A boat, with crew members in period costume, enters the Standedge canal tunnel at Diggle this morning. Two centuries to the day after the Standedge canal tunnel was officially opened, boaters in period costume have been using the traditional technique of legging to move vessels between Diggle and Marsden. These pictures were taken this […]
The concrete cap is broken at the Dungebooth Lock, between Uppermill and Dobcross, 30 years ago today. In the middle is broadcaster Anthony Burton. (picture: Huddersfield Canal Society/David Finnis) Today is a major date for the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Not only is it the 200th anniversary of the official […]
Austerlands Cricket Club is aiming to raise funds as the new season begins by holding a golf day next month. It’s being organised for 6 May at Oldham Golf Club. Everyone taking part will get bacon sandwiches and coffee before teeing off. Afterwards there’ll be a carvery and prizegiving, before a race night takes place […]
Phil Woolas, pictured following the verdict in the election court case at Uppermill Civic Hall last November, which went against him. I spent Saturday at the University of Glamorgan in Cardiff at the Talk About Local Unconference 2011. It was a chance for dozens of people from around the country who run independent local […]
We’ve got another few days of showers ahead, although there should be some clearer spells too, as the mixed bag of weather continues. Today’s dry start is forecast to give way to rain for much of the day, although drier conditions should return later this afternoon. Temperatures are likely to reach 12C. There’ll be more […]
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