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St Andrew’s are holding their Harvest Thanksgiving service this Sunday (10 October). Contributions of food items such as pasta, tea, sugar and tinned meats will be going to...
Date Published 08/10/2010
The winner of September’s ‘Where is Ted?’ competition visited the Rochdale Online studio today (Thursday 7 October 2010). David Felton, 44, correctly guessed that Ted the...
Date Published 07/10/2010
Police in Rochdale are appealing for the public’s help following an assault in Littleborough which left a man hospitalised with a broken jaw. The incident happened in July but...
Date Published 06/10/2010
Plans to create a fully-equipped community centre at St Andrew's Church, Dearnley, Littleborough would stand the Church in good stead and provide first-class facilities for use by...
Date Published 04/10/2010
Children in Littleborough have raised £550 for Marie Curie Cancer Care from completing a sponsored walk. The children, in year two at Littleborough Community Primary School...
Three people have been charged following a burglary in Littleborough. Joe Derek Reed, 20, of Shakespeare Close, Littleborough, Kay Marie Johnson, 36, of Newall Street,...
Following the first instalment of Rochdale Online’s Littleborough Councillors feature here is the second instalment. Here you can find out about Wardle and West Littleborough...
Date Published 28/09/2010
As part of Rochdale Online’s Focus on Littleborough month this September we have been visiting Primary Schools in Littleborough and meeting the new reception class children....
Date Published 27/09/2010
The NSPCC is a national charity with branches all over the country. In Rochdale it is one of the main charities which people support on a regular basis as people across the...
Date Published 26/09/2010
Throughout September Rochdale Online has been focusing on Littleborough. Features have included the Littleborough and District Lions Club, George Kelsall’s bookshop, Fielden Farm,...
Date Published 25/09/2010
During the Middle Ages, Littleborough was a small centre of domestic woolen cloth production - an industry which was stimulated as a result of Littleborough's proximity to the...
Date Published 24/09/2010
When I set out to write features about Littleborough somebody mentioned the Littleborough Lions to me. The what? I asked, followed with a blank stare. The Lions Club...
Date Published 22/09/2010
In July this year, 24-year-old Gavin Cottrell who lives in Littleborough attempted the Three Peaks Challenge on behalf of the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. The mature student, whose...
Date Published 21/09/2010
The future of Littleborough’s Hare Hill House is one step closer now councillors have agreed in principle to the transfer of the house to MoorEnd Development Trust. MoorEnd...
PC Kay McCaffrey has been a police officer in Rochdale for the past 25 years. This year she joined the Littleborough police force because she wanted to see another part of...
Date Published 20/09/2010
Another well known friends group based in Littleborough is the Friends of Hollingworth Lake. Hollingworth Lake was built over 200 years ago to supply water to the Rochdale...
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group has welcomed the news that the National Security Council will consider whether the country can afford the cost of Trident replacement at its...
Date Published 16/09/2010
TaxAssist Accountants has recently opened on Church Street in Littleborough and despite the economic doom and gloom the husband and wife team who run the business have had a very...
In 1971 the Littleborough Civic Trust was set up by a group of people keen to conserve and enhance the environment of Littleborough. The trust is a voluntary body registered...
Date Published 14/09/2010
Rochdale Borough Council has drafted a letter and a report to be sent to the government in response to the proposed closure of Rochdale Magistrates Court. The letter signed by...
Date Published 13/09/2010
Last week a new Eco-friendly, self catering holiday cottage opened in Littleborough. The cottage is one of two in the pipeline and is situated up in the hills on Blackstone...
Date Published 12/09/2010
The second in Rochdale Online’s Littleborough friend’s features focuses on the Friends of Hare Hill Park. The group was set up ten years ago to restore the park which was very...
Date Published 10/09/2010
In 2003 three men left one Rochdale company behind to set up their own business where they could be in control and where they made the rules. Now, seven years on, the...
Date Published 08/09/2010
The Littleborough Coach House is one of the most significant buildings in Littleborough, situated at the heart of the village on Lodge Street. The building, as the name...
Date Published 06/09/2010
Have you ever wondered why your local councillor became a councillor? Or what they did before they took up the role, or even what their hobbies are? Fear not, as part of...
Date Published 03/09/2010
In Littleborough there are three distinctive friends groups, not those that are at opposite ends of the playground but groups that have a joint interest: Littleborough. The...
Date Published 02/09/2010
As part of Rochdale Online’s monthly feature ‘Focus on...’, Ted, the office bear, has been visiting locations across the borough. Ted's journey saw him stop off for a couple...
Date Published 01/09/2010
A student from Littleborough has defied scare stories about graduate unemployment by gaining a place on a competitive graduate job scheme. Nicola Bamford, a former A-level...
George Kelsall’s secondhand bookshop situated on Littleborough Square is well known to people from far and wide and has been in the same location for the past thirty years.
Have you ever wondered who organises the Littleborough Rushbearing Festival, or who gets everybody together to celebrate the Christmas Lights switch on in Littleborough? The...
