Nostalgia from Tuesday, September 9th, 2025

The headline over the Glossop Chronicle front page story in January 1988 which revealed that the future of the town’s Woods Hospital could be hanging in the balance.

Five years earlier their countries had been on opposite sides fighting in the Second World War.

Getting married was all in a day’s work for 1972 newly weds John Gleave and Barbara Bertinshaw.

Stepping out for her first ever beauty contest was a ‘spur of the moment’ choice for Shelagh Quirk, of Stainmore Avenue, Ashton.

The traditional midday meal was a moveable feast for pupils and staff from St Peter and St Paul RC Secondary School, Dukinfield.