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Guardian 130

CELEBRATING 130 years of the Middleton & North Manchester Guardian - click on the articles for a trip with us down memory lane ....

 

Roll call of editors

THERE have been only seven editors of the Middleton Guardian in all its 130 years.

One man's vision

EXACTLY 130 years ago this Saturday, Middleton townsfolk found themselves reading a brand new newspaper.


 

Active behind the scenes

JOHN L Bagot, grandson of Middleton Guardian founder John Bagot, here talks about his father Frederick, the paper's second editor, written in 1952, on the 75th anniversary of the Middleton Guardian …

Middleton born and bred

THE third editor of the Middleton Guardian, John Lord Bagot, reminisces …


 

Hot off the Press

IT WAS back in 1938 when Robert Holder first walked through the doors of the Middleton Guardian offices.

The changing face of Middleton

OUR picture gallery shows how Middleton has changed remarkably over the last century.


 

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Guardian 130
 

CELEBRATING 130 years of the Middleton & North Manchester Guardian - take a trip with us down memory lane in our special anniversary section ....

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