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Save Spodden Valley campaigners took to the air last week to give Rochdale Online readers a birds-eye view of the controversial Turner Brothers Asbestos site where planning...
Date Published 02/03/2005
Local people are still waiting for answers from Countryside Properties PLC about the confirmation of exposed asbestos fibres in woodland of the Spodden Valley.This follows a...
Date Published 28/02/2005
Over 120 people braved a windy Saturday night to attend a fundraising evening for Save Spodden Valley. Guests from as far as Cheshire came to Spotland Reform Club to hear news...
Date Published 15/02/2005
Controversial plans to build upon the worlds largest asbestos site finally came to a head in Rochdale, as dozens of protestors marched through the town centre with their letters...
Date Published 08/02/2005
Local Parents concerned about recent events in the Spodden Valley have organised a protest. Dozens of children will be leading people from all generations to Rochdale Planning...
Date Published 07/02/2005
In a desperate attempt to publicise that piles of asbestos fibres are still exposed, locals have donned protective suits and gone into the woodland to be photographed next to the...
Date Published 31/01/2005
A huge planning application has just been lodged at Rochdale Town Hall concerning a controversial site in the Spodden Valley, once home to the world's largest asbestos textile...
Date Published 16/12/2004
Independent laboratory results have confirmed Spodden Valley's fears about the state of land surrounding the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) factory site in Rochdale.
Date Published 18/11/2004
Rochdale’s former asbestos factory site has been designated a planning “Area of Opportunity” in the town’s blueprint Unitary Development Plan. This allows the possibility for...
Date Published 03/11/2004
Save Spodden Valley campaigners welcome Rochdale Council’s decision to protect woodland around the former Turner Brothers Asbestos factory site. A meeting of the Rochdale Township...
Date Published 29/10/2004
The Save Spodden Valley Group is meeting at Spotland Methodist Church on Monday 13 September to discuss the latest news and developments at the former Turner & Newall asbestos...
Date Published 08/09/2004
New fears have been raised about recent activity at the former Turner & Newall (T&N) asbestos factory site in Rochdale. Workmen using heavy machinery have been spotted disturbing...
Date Published 25/08/2004
With overlooking moorland, steep valleys and narrow twisting rivers there are strong similarities between the Spodden Valley and the Cornish Village blighted by recent...
Date Published 24/08/2004