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21. Thousands called up as war takes its toll
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002The start of the decade saw Ashtonians cast their votes in the general election.
22. Bill puts Ashton on the map
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002Ashton was put firmly on the national map when the first ever edition of Gardener's Question Time was broadcast from the town's Broadoak Hotel in 1947.
23. Eclipse meant day off
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002The summer of 1999 seemed to see most of the country go eclipse crazy.
24. Fighting spirit kept business booming
Tameside Advertiser, Friday 6 December 2002Hyde firm James North became a massive success story, producing wares for customers across the world.
25. Cotton the king as Victorian era ends
Tameside Advertiser, Friday 6 December 2002At the start of the new century, cotton was still king and provided work for many in the towns that today make up Tameside.
26. Pensions get underway with five bob for the oldies
Tameside Advertiser, Friday 6 December 2002Queen Victoria had died in 1901 after a reign of 64 years and no one could remember how the ceremony to crown her successor should be organised.
27. School days the best of your life
Tameside Advertiser, Friday 6 December 2002School shows in the early part of the century were always an occasion to look forward to - none more so than the ones staged at St Anne's School in Denton.
28. Steel web of tram tracks a revolution
Tameside Advertiser, Friday 6 December 2002The new century brought a revolution in transport.
29. Neighbourhood News
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