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The final chapter…Mr Reach and me: Retracing steps of Victorian Saddleworth (Part 4)

This is the fourth, and final, article in a short series. Nearly 200 years ago, London journalist Angus Reach toured manufacturing districts in the UK....

Fox hunts and Spinning Jennies… Mr Reach and me: Retracing steps of Victorian Saddleworth (Part 3)

This is the third article in a short series. Nearly 200 years ago, London journalist Angus Reach toured manufacturing districts in the UK. His aim:...

Oat cakes and the ‘voice from amid the blankets’… Mr Reach and me: Retracing steps of Victorian Saddleworth (Part 2)

This is the second article in a short series. Nearly 200 years ago, London journalist Angus Reach toured manufacturing districts in the UK. His aim:...

Mr Reach and me: Retracing steps of Victorian Saddleworth (Part 1)

This is the first article in a short series. “I entered Yorkshire by way of Oldham…at length, after a tedious ascent, (we) attained a bare,...

Holocaust Memorial Day 2021

The Saddleworth Peace Group (SPG) have announced their plans for the commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), this Wednesday 27th January. In order for everyone...

Widening where we live

Sonder (noun): The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one’s own, which they are constantly living despite one’s personal lack of awareness...

Accepting Autumn

…Even as the weather passes around us, as the darkness folds over the summer world, as we may feel swept along like leaves in a...

You can’t rob a place of everything it’s seen

Bridleway (noun): A route which may be travelled by foot, on horseback or on a bicycle A sense of expectancy is rife on the bridleway....

Unpacking and unpicking: Curry and Covid

How clearly can you remember the path the year has taken? When I visualise those months stemming from 23rd March 2020, they look like a...