by Stuart Coleman | May 28, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
Maurice Brayford and PC Marsden inspecting the damaged clock (Photo: ©2015 Stuart Coleman) There is something rotten in the village of Diggle. On Saturday 23rd May, unknown individuals broke into WH Shaws Pallet Works and smashed their way through locked doors to...
by Stuart Coleman | May 22, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
Diggle Contest (Photo: ©2015 Stuart Coleman) Thousands of people from across Oldham and beyond are set to enjoy a spectacular day of free entertainment at the world famous Whit Friday band contests on Friday 29th May. Dubbed locally as ‘the greatest free show on...
by Stuart Coleman | May 5, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
Backwater Blues Band, Kilngreen Hall ( Stuart Coleman © 2015) by Dave Wood This is the sixth Diggle Blues Festival. The festival takes place in the village and runs from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st June 2015. The format is the same as for previous years. On Saturday...
by Stuart Coleman | Mar 31, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
WH Shaw Pallet Works, Diggle (Photo: Stuart Coleman©2015) At Oldham Council’s cabinet meeting last night (30/3/15), the Shaw Pallet Works site in Diggle was approved as the location for the new Saddleworth Secondary School. This approval follows the decision of the...
by Stuart Coleman | Feb 5, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
Public demonstrating outside the council meeting (Stuart Coleman©2015) At Oldham’s full council meeting, on Monday 5th February 2015, Cllr Amanda Chadderton, Oldham’s Council’s Cabinet Member for Education, and all but three councillors voted to reject a petition from...