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1. It was snow joke that year
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 29 December 2005IT may not have been a white Christmas this year but most of the greetings cards I have sent depict a winter scene.
2. Christmas in the trenches
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 22 December 2005CHRISTMAS, a season of goodwill to all men - except Germans!
3. In a jam
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 15 December 2005AFFECTIONATELY known by locals as the Jam Works, the Co-op Wholesale Society opened their preserve, marmalade and peel works on a nine-acre site at Mills Hill in 1896.
4. The festive spirit
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 8 December 2005SINGING carols is an important part of Christmas, and the old Market Place was traditionally the area of town that held carolling just prior to Christmas Eve.
5. Jubilee events at the 'Talkies'
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 1 December 2005IN 1936, Middleton celebrated the Golden Anniversary of Incorporation, being 50 years since the town formed a council.
6. Are you being served?
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 24 November 2005DURING the 1960s I was employed by the Middleton and Tonge Co-Op at their Central Furnishing Store.
7. Birch blues ...
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 17 November 2005THE LANDMARK fountain that once stood at the Whittle Lane crossroads in Birch is in need of restoration.
8. Grab one before it's too late
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 10 November 2005CHRISTMAS isn't just about giving, it's also about receiving. I am quite contented if one of my presents is a book.
9. Evoking Bygone memories for Sue
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 3 November 2005IT WAS double delight for Boarshaw resident Sue Stockton (nee Burton) after reading our Bygone Days feature on Parkfield School (6 October).
10. Slow coach
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 27 October 2005RECEIVING a postcard from the Fylde Coast is nothing unusual.