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41. Gallipoli: Town's brave sons under a hostile Eastern sky
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005AS MIDDLETON prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of VE Day and the end of WWII in Europe, two local men say that townsfolk should also remember a period 30-years before in WWI ...
42. How the Luftwaffe missed the chance to destroy Avro factory
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005PRODUCTION lines at a Middleton factory rolled throughout the war, producing the greatest bomber of World War Two - the Avro Lancaster.
43. Gallipoli: 'We long for the old town'
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005IN THE final part of this series, Middleton's amateur soldiers count their awful losses as they are evacuated ...
44. A Regal beginning
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005ALBERT Findlow recalls his years in the silver screen ...
45. When the cart came before the horse
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005HERE we pay tribute to the ancient craft of the wheelwright ...
46. Dancing to the town's very own Glen Miller
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005MIDDLETON can be proud of the part its brave sons and daughters have played in defending Britain and her interests around the globe - but it wasn't all Hell and heartbreak.
47. Welcoming the RAF ...
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005AS WELL as working for the war effort in local factories, Middletonians did their bit in other ways, such as welcoming Royal Air Force personnel into the town when the RAF set up camp in the village of Bowlee.