Nostalgia from Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

A nostalgic look-back to 1950 and Glossop Wakes fortnight when many of the town’s mills and shops closed and most people took their annual holiday.

It was definitely cricket, but this particular brand of the sport, which the Chronicle described as a ‘Test match’, was hardly the stuff you would see at Lords.

A fading photograph from the summer of 1950 showed when Glossop Velo Cycling Club’s road race attracted large crowds.

‘Half a ‘tache means lots of cash’ was the Ashton Reporter’s front page headline in July 1985 as teacher Adrian Cathcart agreed to undergo a very public close shave for Live Aid.

More than 200 years of local history was on show as Fairfield Moravian Settlement celebrated its bicentenary.

A ‘tangle over a tie’ cost a Gee Cross couple £600 in prize money on a top TV show  - but Reginald and Constance Green were not losing any sleep over “what might have been...”

Two members of 5th Debdale Guides were able to see first hand where the money they raised to help premature babies would be spent.