Nostalgia

Ashton student Marie Holland was one of ten finalists in a charity challenge organised by Habitat stores in 1988.

Tameside towns were painted red, white and blue in May 1995 as pubs, clubs and community organisations celebrated the 50th anniversary of VE Day. 

Saturday morning rain showers failed to dampen the spirits of Ashton Carnival’s organising team. 

A tank called Glossop fought many a battle in the Second World War - and here it is with the soldiers who manned it.

More than a hundred miles from home and not knowing when they would see their parents again were children from Lowestoft, who arrived at Glossop Station after a tiring eight-hour train journey.

Two Trees High School was rapidly becoming a centre of sporting excellence - and as the Denton Reporter observed, it was the girls rather than the boys who were making all the running. 

Pictures taken by a Glossop Chronicle photographer show a length of track at Broadbottom Station being dug up and tonnes of spoil dropped into a truck.