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The Lake Garage Central Lancashire Cricket (CLC) League honoured retiring secretary Alan Wright during the league’s annual dinner at Littleborough Cricket Club on Friday (14...
Date Published 17/11/2014
Littleborough showed tremendous community spirit in turning out for the Service of Remembrance today. Thousands of people descended on Littleborough Square this morning to...
Date Published 09/11/2014
Simon France of Littleborough Local has acquired a franchise from Rochdale Online. Mr France will continue to run the Littleborough Local website he founded and has built up...
Date Published 07/11/2014
Hare Hill House is a historic part of Littleborough’s past and is a magnificent building which should be preserved. It has recently been jeopardised by developers, after Rochdale...
Date Published 04/11/2014
Littleborough sailors Tom Wilde and Stoker James Ashurst will be remembered on the anniversary of their deaths. Tom Wilde (Vansalvo) was killed at sea on 1 November 1914 when...
Date Published 29/10/2014
Last weekend saw the first Wardle Folk Festival hit the village of Wardle and organisers have said it was a “great success”. The event kicked off on Friday 10 October in...
Date Published 22/10/2014
A Tesco store that was set to be built in the heart of Littleborough is no longer going ahead. It is understood that Carlisle Interconnect, who currently occupy the site on...
Date Published 21/10/2014
A coffee morning held by Littleborough Business Centre in aid of Macmillan has raised £340. The event included cakes and coffee, a raffle, a leg wax, an ice bucket challenge...
Date Published 19/10/2014
Community campaigner, Malcolm McCormick has died. The man dubbed “Mr Littleborough” died on Tuesday (14 October) at the age of 72. He was well known in Littleborough and was...
Date Published 17/10/2014
Private Edward Holt, the first Littleborough serviceman to be killed during the First World War, will be commemorated by Littleborough History Centre. Private Holt, who was...
Date Published 10/10/2014
Ladies 4 Networking (L4N) and Brighter Side – Littleborough’s Cancer Support Group have launched at Littleborough Business Centre.
Date Published 09/10/2014
Olivia Frain, 14, from Littleborough, has been selected for the Lancashire Under 15s girls’ rugby team. Olivia regularly watches the boys’ teams playing rugby at Littleborough...
Date Published 07/10/2014
Littleborough Business Centre is the brainchild of two local businesswomen, Karen Simpson and Heather Wild who realised that as their own very successful accountancy firm,...
Date Published 18/09/2014
A collection of work by the late Littleborough artist Ada Eastwood has sold at auction for £3,500. 20 pieces of work by the artist were snapped up at an auction at the Central...
Date Published 08/09/2014
Littleborough Arts Festival opened on Friday 22 August and was attended by special guests, Nik and Eva Speakman and Rochdale’s Mayor and Mayoress.
Date Published 26/08/2014
In responding to the Department for Transport’s current stakeholder consultation on the renewal of the Northern and Trans Pennine Express franchises, The Friends of Littleborough...
Date Published 16/08/2014
Littleborough Historical and Archaeological Society has put together a list of local soldiers who fell during the First World War. The list, as far as the group can tell, is a...
Date Published 11/08/2014
Location Albert Royds Street & Shaw Street, Rochdale Period 00:01 hours on 9 August until 24:00 hours on 7 September 2014 Diversions in place - the alternative routes for...
Date Published 07/08/2014
Philip Deakin, an accountant and Littleborough cricketer, has been given a two year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to fraud. Deakin stole more than £100,000 from...
Date Published 05/08/2014
In anticipation of the annual visit by the RHS Judges of the North West In Bloom competition on the morning of 5 August, when they will be visiting key locations that are hoped to...
Date Published 02/08/2014
Local residents are angry at the withdrawal of a number of bus services across the Rochdale borough by Transport for Greater Manchester and First. Reported by Rochdale Online...
Date Published 29/07/2014
A police chase ended in Church Street, Littleborough shortly before noon, after a Land Rover rammed a police car. Two men were detained by police. Eyewitness, Mark Harris said:...
Date Published 25/07/2014
Hundreds of people lined the streets as Littleborough’s Rushbearing Festival continued today (Sunday 20 July), with the traditional Rushcart making its way into Littleborough Town...
Date Published 20/07/2014
Littleborough Arts Festival has received charitable status, after applying earlier this year. This means that trustees now have a legal structure to work within. They are also...
Date Published 17/07/2014
Cars continuously parking on double yellow lines is causing “traffic chaos” in Littleborough, says resident. Photos sent to Rochdale Online show a number of cars parked on...
Date Published 16/07/2014
Residents, businesses and organisers of Tour de France themed events in Littleborough have described the Tour de France weekend as “brilliant” with LEAF Chairman Steve Lister...
Date Published 07/07/2014
Over ten thousand people lined the route of the Tour de France at Blackstone Edge today (Sunday 6 July) to see the race passing through. Littleborough literally thronged with...
Date Published 06/07/2014
Littleborough is raring to go to and is ready to see the Tour de France pass through tomorrow (Sunday 6 July). Local businesses have turned yellow to welcome the event with...
Date Published 05/07/2014
The Littleborough Canal Boat Project is currently underway transforming a canal boat into a taxi style boat to transport people along Rochdale Canal. The project, which was...
The Friends of Littleborough Station celebrated the station reaching 175 years today (Friday 4 July) by unveiling a commemorative plaque - unveiled by local MP Simon Danczuk...
Date Published 04/07/2014