Alan Schofield News Today

A software change has caused a two-month delay to the publication of Lancashire County Council’s draft accounts.

I am indebted to Alan Young for a number of the images in these articles about the Micklehurst Loop. This is his drawing of the Loop which appears at the head of his article about the Loop on the Disused Stations website. It is used with his kind permission, (c) Alan Young. [7] During January 2021, my wife and I walked the majority of the length of the Micklehurst Loop from Stalybridge to Diggle. This was the goods relieving line for the main Stalybridge to Huddersfield railway line. It had be...

Athletes came from far and wide to take part in this fifth Easter Monday road race. Kidlington Running Club had clearly earned a reputation for organising the annual event, attracting competitors from as far away as Lancashire. Oxford Mail photographer Athar Chaudhry captured the runners in 1988 as they made a “fine, if blustery start” to the race. The paper reported: “Several course records were broken, despite the cold, strong wind and an extra 94 metres added to this year’s cou...