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1. The 2002 news review
Stockport Express, Monday 30 December 20022002 WAS yet another great year for Stockport news - here are some of the year's biggest stories ...
2. Comic is star of Jollywood
Stockport Express, Tuesday 10 December 2002Much forgotten music hall comedian Frank Randle has been brought back into the limelight as one of his films is now available to buy.
3. New chapter for club?
Stockport Express, Tuesday 10 December 2002On January 8, 1887, members of the Heaton Chapel and District Liberal Club walked in procession from their old premises to a brand new purpose-built club.
4. Name changed to hide drunken past
Stockport Express, Monday 2 December 2002Drunken debauchery is not just a modern problem - 18th century Hazel Grove even had to change its name because of it!
5. Oh, my God. He’s coming down!
Stockport Express, Tuesday 19 November 2002IT WAS a normal Sunday morning in Stockport in June, 1967, and people were going about their usual business.
6. It’s OUR national game – bequeathed to us by the Six Nations of the Iroquois
Stockport Express, Tuesday 19 November 2002If you rack your brains to find the spiritual homes of sports you may think of Brazil and football, America and baseball or New Zealand and rugby.
7. A beautiful game
Stockport Express, Tuesday 19 November 2002Football: the beautiful game. It provokes emotion among the young and old, rich and poor, men and women.
8. American businessman who took on the trade union movement
Stockport Express, Tuesday 19 November 2002Bricks and other missiles began to fly. Windows were shattered, punches were thrown - the battle was on.
9. The strangest things go on around these parts
Stockport Express, Tuesday 19 November 2002Flying saucers, spectral dogs, the Grim Reaper and a 3ft dwarf that sucks the lifeforce out of humans. No, it's not the script for the latest Hollywood horror flick. It is the supernatural world of Stock
10. The bravery of fighting men
Stockport Express, Tuesday 19 November 2002War is a dirty, seedy thing. But it is through these darkest of times the human spirit shines brightest, bonds grow within communities and heroes are made.