STEVE Hill MBE is a Shaw school teacher by day but in his spare time turns into a cross between Michael Palin and Bear Grylls.…
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Avalanche of snow puns lead to prizes for Crompton House duo
TWO Crompton House School pupils can’t wait for temperatures to plummet and the first snow of winter to fall. Then, Sam Caunce and Adam Seville…
View More Avalanche of snow puns lead to prizes for Crompton House duoChild’s play for Shane thanks to community’s fundraising efforts
SHANEKeating is set to enjoy a Christmas to remember thanks to the big hearted Shaw and Crompton community. A DIY SOS style project is transforming…
View More Child’s play for Shane thanks to community’s fundraising effortsSanta to sleigh back into Shaw for traditional Rotary celebrations and collection
SEEING Santa arrive in your street has been a tradition for generations of youngsters who have grown up in Royton and Shaw. First you hear…
View More Santa to sleigh back into Shaw for traditional Rotary celebrations and collectionAdvent calendar is ready to open for Foodbank donations
Christmas is coming early for Crompton Football Club and all for the benefit of the local community. The Club has decided to organise a reverse…
View More Advent calendar is ready to open for Foodbank donationsRemembrance Day: Shaw and Crompton will never forget
THE centre of Shaw fell silent as young and old, current and former servicemen and women, politicians and the public, church ministers and leather clad…
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Friends reunited digging up the past at Jubilee Colliery
A GROUP described as a cross between ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ and ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ have dedicated themselves to unearthing Oldham’s forgotten industrial…
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End of the line for The Jubilee?
THE future of a historic Shaw pub could be back on the planning agenda. The Jubilee on Milnrow Road has been derelict for years, attracting…
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New Dr Kershaw’s 2018 calendar unveiled featuring local artists
AN EYE-CATCHING new calendar featuring local work of artists has been unveiled to raise funds for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. Since 2001, the hospice has created…
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Cancer charity fears over NHS plans to remove sun cream from prescription list
FOLLOWING NHS England’s announcement that certain medicines may no longer be available on prescription, Shaw based Melanoma UK is carrying out research with several GPs…
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