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1. Moving memories

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 1 November 2007
GEORGE Orwell wrote in his novel, '1984,' that the government, 'Big Brother', would be watching the population and cameras would be recording our every move. Here in Middleton it was Tony Robinson in 1964 who was walking around the town capturing some fascinating moving images with his cine camera.

2. The Great Flood of 1927 - part 2

Middleton Guardian, Wednesday 18 July 2007
ON THE evening of 11 July the George Hotel, Manchester New Road, which was at the fringe of the flooded area, had barrels of beer floating about in 3ft of water. More pictures and audio special here ...

3. Can you help?

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 14 June 2007
THERE'S no doubt about it, Bygone Days readers enjoy viewing old photographs that are published each week.

4. Heartbeat

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 11 January 2007
During 2006 a number of readers contacted Bygone days with information and interesting old photos.

5. Puss in Boots

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 7 September 2006
THIS week we feature previously unseen images of a chemist shop that has a branch in the town today.

6. Percy's plans take a dive

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 3 August 2006
RESEARCHING archive council reports is fascinating, observing the amount of time and money allocated to projects which failed to come to fruition is surprising.

7. A surprise from days gone by

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 25 May 2006
I MUST have viewed thousands of Middleton related archive photographs over the years.

8. It was snow joke that year

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 29 December 2005
IT may not have been a white Christmas this year but most of the greetings cards I have sent depict a winter scene.

9. Grab one before it's too late

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 10 November 2005
CHRISTMAS isn't just about giving, it's also about receiving. I am quite contented if one of my presents is a book.

10. Spot the difference

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 20 October 2005
THIS WEEK we're doing what has proved to be a popular feature - how it used to be.
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