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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. Anger and tears as team crashes out – Fans heartbroken as crisis-hit team sinks to bottom
Accrington Observer, Wednesday 4 December 2002STANLEY began the 1961-62 season with a small but committed squad of 17 players, which included proven performers such as striker George Hudson and goalkeeper Alex Smith.
6. Club hurtles to disaster – Cash-strapped Stanley forced to sell top players
Accrington Observer, Wednesday 4 December 2002IN MARCH 1958, Stanley were challenging strongly for promotion to the Second Division of the Football League. Their manager, a young Scot named Walter Galbraith, had just been the subject of an approach by Blackpool, then a First Division club.
7. Fergie remembers
Accrington Observer, Wednesday 4 December 2002MIKE Ferguson scored Accrington Stanley's last-ever Football League goal … and has spent more than half a lifetime listening to other people claim the distinction.
8. 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.
9. 1962 – Diary of demise
Accrington Observer, Wednesday 4 December 2002A TIMELINE chronicling those fateful last few months.
10. 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.