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1. Over the top, boys!
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 29 June 2006SATURDAY 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. In a Jam ... take 2
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 29 June 2006OUR feature on the C.W.S Preserve Factory published last December brought back memories to past employees.
3. Frank's war
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 22 June 2006AN ENTERTAINING war film will contain all the exciting elements such as being hit by suicide bombers, sorties attacking German U-boats and edge of the seat situations where an aircraft limps back to the carrier. This week Bygone Days speaks to a reader who experienced all of these things first-hand during the Second World War ... and took these fascinating photographs in the heat of battle,
4. The 'Pals' prepare to face the foe
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 22 June 2006REMEMBER the Battle of Flodden! This was the rallying cry of the Mayor of Middleton at a recruitment meeting in November 1914.
5. Pet Shop Girls
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 15 June 2006OUR Easter quiz brought in a bumper crop of entries ...
6. Walks of yesteryear
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 8 June 2006TODAY Whit walks are not such a big occasion as they were in days gone by.
7. 'Seale' of approval
Middleton Guardian, Thursday 1 June 2006TEN years after being given the incumbency of St John Vianney's, Moston, Father Brian Seale decided to write a short history of the area.
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