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1. Charity climber Jim finds way to the top
Accrington Observer, Tuesday 17 December 2002BATTLING altitude sickness is not an everyday occurrence - but climbing Mount Kilimanjaro it was one obstacle Jim Burns had to overcome to get to the top.
2. Churchill gets a hero's welcome
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002PRIME Minister Winston Churchill was given a rapturous welcome by 10,000 people when he visited Accrington during the course of his triumphant Northern tour on 27 June 1945.
3. Rains came down a storm twice over
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002THE Sixties saw two floods which at the time were described as the most violent and destructive in living memory.
4. Fact-tastic Accrington!
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002LOCAL historian Bob Dobson and the Accrington Local Studies Library compiled a list of fascinating facts about the town ... you'll be surprised at what you might find.
5. Bringing you the news since 1887
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002THE Observer has been proudly serving the people of Accrington since it was founded in 1887 by the Toulmin family of Preston, owners of the Preston Guardian and Blackburn Times, who decided to extend their interests into the rapidly-expanding town.
6. Early history
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002LIKE most of Britain in the Dark Ages, the Accrington area was a rural district with just a scattering of homesteads and small farms inhabited by Saxon tribes living off the land.
7. Town at the hub of a changing world
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002UNTIL the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the Accrington area was an isolated rural district, but with a plentiful supply of water and damp weather, it would play a key role in the development of the modern world.
8. Thirteen children among 68 killed in pit disaster
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002HAROLD TOOTLE outlines the grim events at Altham's Moorfield Colliery on 7 November 1883.
9. Gallery’s glass collection is jewel in our crown
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002BUILT in 1909 as the home of textile manufacturer William Haworth and his sister Anne, the Haworth Art Gallery was bequeathed to the people of Accrington in 1920.
10. Town centre revolution
Accrington Observer, Thursday 5 December 2002THE changing face of Accrington town centre was never more obvious than in the 1980s.