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1. When war came home to roost

Middleton Guardian, Friday 27 May 2005
THIS WEEK'S Bygone Days features more reminiscences from Guardian readers, prompted by our VE Day photos.

2. Hopwood Hall gets a facelift!

Middleton Guardian, Friday 27 May 2005
DON'T get too excited about the headline: the facelift referred to was back in 1968 and today the hall stands in a neglected state.

3. Civil Defence gave safety advice

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005
WITH titles such as "Your Gas Mask - how to keep it and how to use it", "Air Raids - what you must know; what you must do" and leaflets warning people not to pay attention to rumours during wartime, these public information pamphlets must have made scary reading for many people.

4. When cig cards had a different kind of health warning

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005
WILLS' cigarette cards were collected by adults and children alike, and were the precursor of the modern-day Paninni stickers.

5. Gallipoli: 'We will keep the flags flying'

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005
IN OUR ongoing series to mark the 90th anniversary of Gallipoli, we follow our local territorial soldiers into the horrors of battle ...

6. Remembering trains ...

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005
THIS week's Bygones concentrates on when trains kept the town ticking over ...

7. Gallipoli: Town's brave sons under a hostile Eastern sky

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005
AS 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 ...

8. How the Luftwaffe missed the chance to destroy Avro factory

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005
PRODUCTION lines at a Middleton factory rolled throughout the war, producing the greatest bomber of World War Two - the Avro Lancaster.

9. Gallipoli: 'We long for the old town'

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 26 May 2005
IN THE final part of this series, Middleton's amateur soldiers count their awful losses as they are evacuated ...