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1. Over the top, boys!

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 29 June 2006
SATURDAY is the 90th anniversary of what historians still refer to as "the blackest day" in British military history - the start of the Battle of the Somme. As part of our ongoing series about Middleton and the First World War, we look at what happened on that infamous first day of July in 1916 …

2. The 'Pals' prepare to face the foe

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 22 June 2006
REMEMBER the Battle of Flodden! This was the rallying cry of the Mayor of Middleton at a recruitment meeting in November 1914.
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