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1. 1. How libraries have turned over a new leaf

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 22 August 2007 FORGET Harry Potter, for 1982 was the year when a different bespectacled youth won the hearts of the nation.

2. 2. Residents win first battle with the yobs

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 01 August 2007 PEOPLE power has triumphed as police launch a six-month crackdown on East Oldham yobs who have made life hell for residents.

3. 3. ‘False hope’ cost children a final message from dad

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 01 August 2007 A PROUD father of two put aside plans to record video messages for his young children after being given false hope he might survive.

4. 4. Artistic Kenny still in the driving seat

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 15 August 2007 TWENTY-five years ago this week a certain Kenny Clements was busy preparing for the start of the 1982/3 football season in which he would star as Oldham Athletic's first choice for the centre of defence.

5. 5. Primary schools are performing better than before

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 08 August 2007 LATEST test results for Oldham's primary school pupils have shown slight improvements in the Key Stage 2 (KS2) core subjects of English and mathematics.

6. 6. Hero's homecoming

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 08 August 2007 ROYAL Marine Alan Wimpenny came home to a hero's welcome this week in 1982 after gunning down a plane that was attacking his ship in the Falklands.

7. 7. How 'mercy bus' idea put Bernard on a different road

   Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 02 August 2007 THIS week we tell the story of a big-hearted Oldham businessman who converted a bus into a portable eye hospital for the poor of India - and eventually forged a successful career in America.

8. 8. Dad the love rat, and the sister we didn't know existed

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 15 August 2007 AN OLDHAM woman was stunned to discover that her father was a love rat and that she had two half-sisters she didn't even know about.

9. 9. Borough charities are under scrutiny

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 29 August 2007 THE Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into the financial affairs of the former Oldham Health Charity and its predecessor, the high-profile Life for a Life Memorial Forest and Gardens charity.

10. 10. End of non-alcoholic era in Oldham centre

    Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 29 August 2007 IT was the end of an era this week as the last old-style sarsaparilla shop in Oldham centre shut its doors for the final time after more than 70 years.

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