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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. The best laid plans have aft gang aglay
Stockport Express, Tuesday 19 November 2002The future looked bright - but people chose to shut their eyes. Over the years, ambitious schemes to revamp the borough have come and gone.
8. Churches burned and men die as hatred explodes
Stockport Express, Monday 11 November 2002News from the 19th century: Racial tensions sparks street fighting.
9. 1,000 years in a nutshell
Stockport Express, Monday 11 November 2002Stockport through the years, quickly...
10. Can you tackle this rugby cap puzzle?
Stockport Express, Monday 11 November 2002Calling all rugby union fans - particularly ones who have a knowledge of the sport's history.