Contents:
- Editor's welcome »
- Kelly McVitty: Team UK's vice-captain wins big at Invictus Games
- Keeping pets safe this Christmas
- Sweet potato, coconut and spinach curry with quinoa
- In Bloom awards: borough lands 24 golds and 3 wins
- New location for Local Studies Centre
- Hairdressing trend - 70s revival
- Graham Poole Road Transport
- Miles turned into smiles for orphaned Ukrainian children
- A short history of Hare Hill House: 1901 to now
- Health and wellbeing during Water season
- Sticky toffee pudding
- Italian restaurant Stocco opens in Norden
- Class of 2023 students celebrate at Hopwood Hall graduation ceremony
- Third time lucky as Re-use Littleborough is granted charity status
- New Springhill Hospice shop opens in Heywood
- Victims of crime
- Rochdale soldier’s memoir of the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign
- Comedy gig with Jason Manford raises £14,000 for Petrus
Winter 2023Editor's welcome
A warm welcome to Real Rochdale
Hello and welcome to our final edition of Real Rochdale for 2023.
In this winter edition, Michelle Kight interviewed military veteran, Kelly McVitty, who won five medals at this year’s Invictus Games as vice-captain of Team UK.
Kelly’s story about never giving up is so inspirational as is that of two heroic employees from the council’s environmental management team. They recently took some donated resources to Poland and created a play area at an orphanage for Ukrainian children affected by the ongoing war.
Stocco, a new Italian restaurant in Norden, opened its doors to the public in early October.
Our history series about Hare Hill House concludes, with an overview of the historic house from 1901 to present day.
Re-use Littleborough is a local community group that aims to provide an eco-friendly solution to prevent people from throwing away usable items to help those in need. They have recently been granted charity status after five years of trying.
Speaking of amazing charities, Jason Manford and two other comedians performed a special gig at Middleton Arena, raising thousands of pounds for local homelessness charity Petrus.
Molesworths Bright Clegg’s personal injury team reflects on government help to compensate victims of violent crime in our latest legal column.
Owner of Brown’s Cakes, Natasha Brown, has created the perfect alternative Christmas dessert for everyone to attempt, a mouth-watering sticky toffee pudding.
As always, thank you to our advertisers and contributors – and we hope you enjoy this issue.