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11. An Avenue of opportunity
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 11 October 2007IT WAS during the clean up operation following the Middleton flood of July 1927 that the council required a place to dispose of the tons of vile smelling mud and silt that carpeted the centre of town.
12. Nostalgia
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 11 October 2007WE TAKE a stroll down memory lane to look back into Middleton's history, and to find out more about the events and people that have shaped the town throughout the 20th century, through historic pictures ...
13. Soil soaked in the blood of Middleton men
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 4 October 2007"MEN stumbled forward through mud and slime. At every step they sank over the boot-tops in sodden soil; not a few sank waist-deep in the yawning, water-filled shell holes - but they staggered on with the grim persistency which is the outstanding attribute of the average Englishman and the source of wonder to foreign nations." This appalling, but chest-swelling, scene is painted by Major Chesnutt-Chesney, officer commanding the Middleton company of the 2/6th Lancashire Fusiliers who attacked the infamous Passchendaele Ridge on the morning of October 9, 1917.
14. Groom took the hough
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 4 October 2007THIS week we feature some recently unearthed photographs of the Moston area.
15. Aah, biscuits!
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 27 September 2007CO-OPERATION - 'working together for the good of all' - proved to be a successful business strategy for the Co-operative Wholesale Society.
16. Past and present
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 13 September 2007THIS week's collection of 'how it used to be' images feature a shop that was once well patronised by the town's motorists who performed their own vehicle repairs.
17. Pop and ale boys
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 6 September 2007REGULAR readers will remember the audio tape recording made by Mrs Taylor from Alkrington in 1988 when she recorded the memories of 87 year old Annie Whitely, nee Waterhouse.
18. Mud, blood and hopeless bravery
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 6 September 2007"I AM very sorry to be the one to write to you on the subject I have to do, but in this case I think it is my duty. Your Tom was killed in the advance. He was very well liked and cheerful as anyone." 'Tom' was Private Thomas Worsley, of Oldham Road, killed in action with the Middleton territorials on September 6, 1917 - 90 years to this very day.
19. 'All Mod Cons'
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 30 August 2007SOME months ago an interesting map of the town arrived at the Bygone days office, dating around the time of the Jubilee of Incorporation, 1936.
20. Delivery days
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 23 August 2007THIS week we feature feedback and photographs from our dedicated readers.