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81. Little angels
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 15 March 2007LAST week we featured early Catholicism on the new estate being built for Manchester Corporation in the 1950s to be named 'Langley.'
82. Murphy's mission
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 8 March 2007BISHOP Marshall wanders the green and pleasant hillside above Middleton during 1953 to seek out the best possible plot of land in which to build a new Catholic Church.
83. Town's brave boys
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 1 March 2007IT WAS a sad day when Maureen Etherington informed me that her husband Ralph had passed away, in 2005.
84. Just a ‘heartless shopping machine’
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 22 February 2007IN this our second feature highlighting the demolition and developement of the town centre area, we report on the ancient Manchester Old Road shops and businesses.
85. Heading east
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 15 February 2007THIS newspaper was the first to bring you the news of the proposed construction of 'Tesco town'. They say that history repeats itself.
86. Tinker's tale
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 8 February 2007LAST week Geoff Wellens gave an overview of how the town has developed over the years. This week we continue this theme featuring Rutland Street, which has changed dramatically.
87. Ringing the changes
Middleton Guardian, Friday 2 February 2007NOTHING remains the same forever. For example, Middleton Parish Church has evolved over 1200 years from a wooden Saxon Church (where the remains of St Cuthbert rested for a while) to the Norman stone church of 1120, to the "Langley" church (1412), then the rebuilding by Sir Richard Assheton in 1524 as a thanks-offering for the victory at the Battle of Flodden.
88. Taking the hump
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 25 January 2007IT IS well known that the traffic calming humps in Alkrington are proving unpopular, one comment being, 'the majority have to suffer because of a minority'. Most people want rid of them.
89. Keep 'em coming
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 18 January 2007THIS week we feature readers' feedback received by email and the comments facility on the website.
90. Heartbeat
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 11 January 2007During 2006 a number of readers contacted Bygone days with information and interesting old photos.