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Tom Denton - who has written 32 posts on Ramsbottom Online.


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Worsley Cup Final, Ramsbottom Cricket Club 8th August 2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

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Worsley Cup Final, Ramsbottom Cricket Club 8th August 2010

It has never been a better time to be watching Ramsbottom Cricket Club. So far this year Jon Fielding’s boys have already won two trophies and on the 8th of August they have the chance to claim the third piece of silverware in a possible quadruple!

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Incredible Edible Progress

Monday, July 19, 2010

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Incredible Edible Progress

This short article is to update Rammy Residents on Incredible Edible Ramsbottom - what we’ve achieved so far; what’s in the pipeline and what we plan for the near future.

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Rooney’s Barbados Story is One of Many. Now We Want Yours…

Friday, July 9, 2010

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Rooney’s Barbados Story is One of Many. Now We Want Yours…

So Wayne Rooney is now sunning himself in Barbados and he booked his holiday two days before England went out of the World Cup, if the Daily Mail is to be believed. It`s a good story and whether or not it is actually true it underlines just how important travel is to us all.

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10 Questions with Mike Kelly

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

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10 Questions with Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly is a photographer based in Ramsbottom who works across the North West, the UK and sometimes overseas. He specialises in weddings but covers other areas as well - including quite a few of the photos you may have seen on our site.

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Microbrewery Gets The Go Ahead

Monday, July 5, 2010

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Microbrewery Gets The Go Ahead

According to Rossendale Free Press a microbrewery and visitor centre has been given the green light to set up shop in Ramsbottom. The Atlas Works, formerly an engineering mill in Princess Street and Irwell Street, will be the new site for Irwell Works Brewery Ltd.

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FC United Back in Town

Saturday, July 3, 2010

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FC United Back in Town

[ 03/08/2010; 7:45 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Memories are made of this. Remember the Rammy Rattler, the steam train full of FC United fans on their way to the game against Ramsbottom United at the end of season 2006-7...

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Bogus Calls Spark Warning to Local Residents

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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Bogus Calls Spark Warning to Local Residents

Two incidents in one day have sparked a warning from the council’s trading standards team for people to be on their guard against doorstep criminals.

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The First Interview With Our New MP

Friday, May 14, 2010

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The First Interview With Our New MP

In the early hours of Friday morning, the Conservative candidate David Nuttall was elected as the new MP for Bury North with a majority of 2,243 over Labour’s Maryam Khan. In the first published interview since his election, David spoke to Ramsbottom-based blogger Andy Walker (http://walkersrambles.wordpress.com) for Ramsbottom Online.

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Breaking News: Sheep Rustling on the Increase

Friday, May 14, 2010

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Breaking News: Sheep Rustling on the Increase

A flock of 271 sheep, worth up to £25,000, has been stolen from a field in Ramsbottom, Bury. Thieves herded the sheep through a pen and into the back of what must have been a large vehicle, police said.

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Has Rammy Got the World in Motion?

Friday, May 14, 2010

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Has Rammy Got the World in Motion?

Local muso The Ukulele Punk is gaining a whole heap of attention with his World Cup song to rival 1990s classic World in Motion feat. MC John Barnes. He wrote the song in about 5 minutes after a watching the pitiful offerings for this years World Cup and deciding that there was nothing with a bit of punch in it.

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Bernard and Jonno Win Manager of the Month

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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Bernard and Jonno Win Manager of the Month

Ramsbottom United co-managers Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson have been rewarded for the sides' excellent unbeaten run in April by being given the April "Vodkat League Manager of the Month" award.

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Give it a Grow During Compost Awareness Week

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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Give it a Grow During Compost Awareness Week

Bury Council is encouraging residents to do their bit for the environment during Compost Awareness Week (2nd to 8th May 2010).

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Award Winning, Natural Body Care Has Arrived in Ramsbottom

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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Award Winning, Natural Body Care Has Arrived in Ramsbottom

VITALITY PLUS, Ramsbottom has just become the local, approved stockist for the award winning Neal’s Yard Remedies. The store now has a range for all the family, from baby products to those special items for Mum’s to be and everyone in between including the guys.

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Rossendale Coming in Your Ears!

Friday, April 23, 2010

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Rossendale Coming in Your Ears!

Rossendale Radio is ready to launch across the Rossendale Valley on Saturday 1st May at 10.47am (104.7fm). The Bank Holiday weekend will also see the Rossendale Radio team out and about the area so keep an eye out for them.

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Get involved with Rambsottom’s BIG Debate ‘Live’!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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Get involved with Rambsottom’s BIG Debate ‘Live’!

[ 09/04/2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The race to succeed shamed Labour MP David Chaytor is starting early with the standing MP’s for the Bury North constituency taking to the floor in a live debate organised by RamsbottomOnline.com. ALL GUARANTEED ENTRY TICKETS HAVE NOW GONE. THERE WILL BE 25 PLACES ON THE DOOR ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, PLEASE ARRIVE BY 7PM

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Spectacular Evening in Aid of Breast Cancer Care

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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Spectacular Evening in Aid of Breast Cancer Care

Last Thursday (25th March) Coronation Street actress, Michelle Keegan and other celebrities were up in Ramsbottom to attend the Bellini Spectacular in aid of Breast Cancer Care.

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The 2nd Annual Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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The 2nd Annual Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival

After the success of last year's Chocolate Festival the event is back for 2010 and promises to be even bigger and better than before. Celebrating everything that is great about our favourite food, the festival will bring together some of the best chocolate produce and producers around.

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Jamie to Run the Paris Marathon

Monday, March 8, 2010

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Jamie to Run the Paris Marathon

Last week I was privy to an extraordinary sight – Ramsbottom Online’s very own Jamie Scahill stood in a bar with a pint…of Diet Coke. No, he hasn’t given up alcohol for Lent but in little over 4 weeks time Jamie will be digging out his white vest, squeezing into his 1980s Hi-Tec shorts and dusting down his strings of garlic in preparation for the Paris Marathon. On 11th April he will be running in aid of C.A.L.M. with the target of raising an impressive £1,000.

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Ramsbottom’s Big Dig… the Plot Thickens!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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Ramsbottom’s Big Dig… the Plot Thickens!

Last night a public meeting was held at Ramsbottom library headed by Lynn Leyland-Mather to get ‘Rammy’s Big Dig’ underway. With the waiting list for allotments longer than an MP’s expense claim her vision is to increase the volume of local produce grown in the town. Who knows, maybe one day Ramsbottom will become self sufficient. There was no doubting the interest in the project with a large number of residents descending on Carr Street.

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The Giant Easter Egg Competition

Friday, February 19, 2010

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The Giant Easter Egg Competition

Bury Council’s Town Centres team is calling on all community groups, schools and youth organisations to take part in a challenge to make a 1 foot tall Easter egg, as part of the Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival.

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Real 2 Reel Brings Movie Magic to Rammy

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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Real 2 Reel Brings Movie Magic to Rammy

You might have seen the big sign advertising films in the Market Square, or picked up a flyer at Walmsley’s Butchers. Or you might not have known about the monthly movies at the Civic Hall. But in Real2Reel, Ramsbottom has a thriving local film society that could easily be the envy of larger towns.

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Happy Pancake Day!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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Happy Pancake Day!

Forget pancake mixes in a packet, making your pancakes from scratch is easier than you might think...and it'll save you a visit to the supermarket. Paul Morris from the Chocolate Cafe has kindly given Ramsbottom Online his White Chocolate & Lemon pancake recipe. In the words of the great man Chef Ramsay 'easy, delicious pancake recipe...done'. Enjoy!

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Is that a UFO or a Black Pudding!

Friday, February 12, 2010

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Is that a UFO or a Black Pudding!

Excerpt taken from the Sun today...

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Ramsbottom’s Big Dig

Thursday, February 11, 2010

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Ramsbottom’s Big Dig

Clare Westhead looks at plans for a new community vegetable patch...

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Our World, Paintings by Steve Garside

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Our World, Paintings by Steve Garside

[ 06/02/2010 11:00 am to 21/03/2010 6:00 pm. 06/02/2010 11:00 am to 21/03/2010 6:00 pm. ] In his latest exhibition at the Touchstones Gallery, Rochdale, artist Steve Garside has brought together a collection of rich and luminous landscapes from locations across the world.

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Ramsbottom – It’s Surroundings and our Heritage, Lost?

Friday, February 5, 2010

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Ramsbottom – It’s Surroundings and our Heritage, Lost?

Within the heart of the industrial north-west lie many towns founded and developed during the Industrial boom of the late eighteenth century onwards, including my home town Ramsbottom. I have lived here for the vast majority of my twenty-seven years and have witnessed its ever developing growth.

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ShelterBox Team on the Ground: ‘There is no More Haiti’

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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ShelterBox Team on the Ground: ‘There is no More Haiti’

Aid workers for the international disaster relief charity ShelterBox, now the largest Rotary Club project in the world, are on the ground in Port au Prince, Haiti. ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) members Dave Eby (US), Wayne Robinson (US) and Mark Pearson (UK) arrived in the island’s capital on Thursday, January 4 and have already been in contact with government officials, ACTED and Rotarians in the country.

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Tales From the Pub Rock Circuit

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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Tales From the Pub Rock Circuit

In his first in a series of 'Tales from the Pub Rock Circuit' Rik Entwistle from local institution Big Lix gives us a taster of life on the road for a rock 'n roll superstar...

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Vitality Plus Launches Ramsbottom Store

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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Vitality Plus Launches Ramsbottom Store

A NEW “all in one” therapy centre offering over the counter treatments, supplements and remedies, together with a range of therapies has been launched in the centre of Ramsbottom.

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The Holcombe Old English Game Fowl Club New Year’s Day

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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The Holcombe Old English Game Fowl Club New Year’s Day

The Holcombe Old English Game Fowl Club’s show has been taking place every New Year’s Day in Ramsbottom since 1843. Originally held at the Shoulder of Mutton in Holcombe, it moved first to the Rose and Crown, and then, in the 1970s, to the Old Dun Horse Hotel on Bolton Road. But when the pub closed last year, the show moved to its current home, the Royal British Legion in Central Street.

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Ramsbottom Choral Society Going Strong

Sunday, December 27, 2009

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Ramsbottom Choral Society Going Strong

The North has long been famous for its strong tradition of amateur choirs, stalwarts of community life that bring together people of all ages for music and socialising. But in today’s busy society, community choirs have to compete with the increasing demands that work, family and social commitments make on people’s time. Sadly, many of them have faded away.

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You F’coffee?

Thursday, December 17, 2009

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You F’coffee?

Having recently moved here I hadn’t quite grasped the pace of life in the rain (and lets face it, there’s a lot of it). Everything seems to slow to the answering speed of the Virgin Train Call centre, which is deathly slow if you’ve ever been unlucky enough to need to call them.

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