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1. Divi delight! Co-ops on rise despite depression
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002In spite of the depression, the local co-operative societies flourished.
2. Harry kept the hammer and sickle flying
Tameside Advertiser, Tuesday 10 December 2002The Cold War was at its height in the 1950s - and keeping the hammer and sickle flying in Britain was Droylsden's very own red, Harry Pollitt.
3. Put the flags out… now’s the time to celebrate
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002There was another round of street parties in 1945 with the announcement of victory over Japan in August.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Fame for Hyde’s own celebrity
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002People still had a lot to celebrate in the 1930s and there were many pageants and shows held across the towns of Tameside.
7. Thousands out of work as mills shut their doors
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002The thirties opened with all Tameside struggling with the economic depression.
8. Seals grab the swimming treble
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002Hyde hasn't always been the place for water chutes, rapids and waves - people used to go there for a 'real's wim.
9. Eclipse meant day off
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002The summer of 1999 seemed to see most of the country go eclipse crazy.
10. It’s reet gradely stuff
Tameside Advertiser, Monday 9 December 2002Dukinfield's Shaw's brewery sprang from humble beginnings in an Ashton pub.