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ORGANIST: Alan Ogden sat at the console at St Gabriel’s Church

Churches held organ fans’ pipe dreams

A feature of many churches is the humble pipe organ, but what is deceptive is that it is not that humble when analysed.

The vision of a set of pipes and a console is normally all that is visible to the public and parishioners.

The 14mph speedsters and runaway van

This week we take a look at a selection of items published almost a century ago.

Celebrate 100 years of pantos and prayers at St Peter’s

Many parishioners of St Peter’s Church, on Taylor Street, have expressed their gratitude to Fr Kieren and the group of people who organised the recent centenary celebrations.

Celebrating a church's history

Bygone Days this week shows photos of the St Peter’s RC Church centenary parade and celebrations held in June. Along with other historic pictures about St Peter’s, these will be part of a new collection being compiled by the Middleton Local Studies Library ...

Town's landscape transformed by redevelopment

Our images this week show the changing face of the town. At Oldham Road, the site of the former Morton Pits Service Station has now been transformed into a new Tesco store.
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Robert Hampson commented about…

Churches held organ fans’ pipe dreams

Ahhhh you can't beat a good pipe organ the sound is so rich and mellow so crisp and clean i can sit listening for hours to a good organist Read Full Comment

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