Contents:
- Editor's welcome
- D-Day veteran from Rochdale celebrates his 100th birthday
- 25 years of Rochdale Connections Trust
- Striking stained glass window restored and reinstalled in Rochdale Town Hall
- Carl Abraham
- Dell Road reopens after major works to save route from collapse
- £100k donated by RKT Trust
- Civic honours bestowed on 12 for outstanding contributions
- MysonPages conquers Yorkshire Three Peaks
- Chocolate chip stollen
- Wardle Scarecrow Festival
- Rochdale sweeps up at In Bloom awards
- Milnrow Balti crowned North West Restaurant of the Year at Britain’s top Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards
- Self-taught autistic artist shortlisted for award
- Chef David Hayden and wife Rachael run The Gallows in Milnrow, winners this summer of Come Dine With Me The Professionals.
- GEM Appeal Strawberry Sparkle Lunch
- Keeping financial control during the cost-of-living crisis
- Tickled pink! Best window displays for Cancer Research UK
- Hairdressing trend - Champagne pop
- No fault, no blame
- Gardening tips for winter
- Together we can tame the ill wind
- Memory lane »
Winter 2022Memory lane
Legendary former Joy Division and New Order bass guitarist Peter Hook unveiled two blue plaques in Heywood and Rochdale on 24 September 2009.
The plaques celebrate the musical contributions of Joy Division and DJ John Peel and the roles they played in the local music scene.
One of the plaques is on the former Tractor Sound Studios in Heywood. The studio was financed by John Peel in 1973, after local band Tractor had sent him a demo tape.
The other can be found at the Kenion Street Music Building, formerly a home to Cargo Studios and Peter Hook’s Suite 16 Studios. Joy Division were among the bands to use it, and even had their bass equipment custom built on the ground floor. It was also used as a filming location for the film ‘24 Hour Party People’.