SEPTEMBER
COMMUNITIES and cultures came together at a family fun day.
Hundreds of parents and children visited the event in Stoneyfield Park in Deeplish which organisers dubbed ‘Unity in the Community’.
DOZENS of dogs were the stars of the show at Wardle Village Fete.
A total of 120 entries were received for the fete’s fun dog show, which included categories such as waggiest tail, best smile and best fancy dress.
All money raised from the dog show went to PAWS - Pennine Animal Welfare Society.
THE Pioneers Museum went batty in its fight against a moth epidemic.
The Toad Lane museum hoped to attract a colony of bats to eat the insects which were damaging its textiles collection.
Bosses at the museum, which celebrates the history of the co-operative movement, said they have seen an ‘explosion in the numbers of textile attacking moths’ in recent months.
Hirst (left) and Liz McIvor from the Rochdale Pioneers Museum with one of 20 bat boxes they have bought to try and combat an explosion in moths eating textile collections
So they have bought 20 bat boxes - dubbed B.O.B. ‘bird or bat’ boxes - which will be put up around the area in a bid to encourage bats to move in - and then eat the moths.
A WAREHOUSE worker was crowned the World’s Strongest Disabled Man.
Greg Bramwell saw off competitors from across the globe to take the title at London’s Olympic Park
The 31-year-old, from Cronkeyshaw, came out on top after competing in five gruelling events, including a van pull and the fearsome Atlas stones.
Greg, a father-of-one, who was born with a hereditary spinal condition which means his mobility is limited, said that the victory was the realisation of a life-long dream.