| News and views 2 COMMENT What’s in a Name? 3 DIARY 5 LETTERS / FIFTH COLUMN 6 THE WAY I SEE IT Jeremy Fennell puts the case for the village school 8 ASSOCIATES PAGE PENNINE IDENTITY 10 ‘GHOSTS’ OF KEIGHLEY Ian Dewhirst and Allan Robinson conjure up some images of the past 12 PENNINE PLACE NAMES Bernard Barnes 14 MARVELLOUS MARY Dilys Dean recalls the woman who wanted ‘A Beautiful Oldham’ 15 ONCE UPON A MOSS Alan Seddon laments south Lancashire’s disappearing wetlands 16 THE RAILWAY THAT NEVER WAS (pdf) The Rev S.J. Streek on the Holme Valley’s missing link 18 HOW BLOWS THE WIND? Richard Fox goes weather vane spotting 20 THE FIRST ANGRY YOUNG MAN Raymond Taylor recalls Walter Greenwood GETTING THINGS DONE 22 A FUTURE FOR THE PAST Joan Petford looks at the battle to restore a Saddleworth cottage 24 HAND IN GLOVE John Martin tells the story of TV’s Sooty 26 TWISTS IN THE TALE Colin Rogers fights his way through time and Longdendale PENNINE OUTDOORS 28 MARSDEN TO EDALE Richard Catlow on a classic walk 31 WAKEFIELD WALKWAYS Philip Adkinson on foot round Wakefield REVIEWS 32 PENNINE PUB GUIDE Paul Wilson in Rochdale and district 35 EATING OUT Golcar 37 BOOKS & GUIDES 39 CLIFFE CASTLE, KEIGHLEY PENNINE GUIDE 41 WHAT’S ON 46 WHERE TO GO Padiham with Richard Catlow |
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