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  • It was hot, but nothing like as hot as polling day in Littleborough and Saddleworth for those of you who remember the by-election there.

    Bromley and Chislehurst in the sun 2006

  • "Never let the truth get in the way of a chance to win votes", has been Labour's mantra since the 1995 by-election in Littleborough and Saddleworth, and in 1997 along with many other New Labour Toadies, Mr Woolas got himself elected.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • "Never let the truth get in the way of a chance to win votes", has been Labour's mantra since the 1995 by-election in Littleborough and Saddleworth, and in 1997 along with many other New Labour Toadies, Mr Woolas got himself elected.

    Phil Woolas - New Labour Toady gets does of his own medicine Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • Saddleworth has a long history of tactical voting; it helped the Liberals win Colne Valley and then Saddleworth and Littleborough when constituency borders included its network of villages in those seats.

    Oldham East presents voters with dilemma: who gets the biggest slap? 2010

  • The sad postscript to this is that I drove past the factory site, at Littleborough near Rochdale, a year or so ago and it was in the process of being demolished.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Brian Clegg 2009

  • A while ago I blogged about Clegg Hall near Littleborough, where I grew up.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Brian Clegg 2009

  • Bradshaw tells us that we can get from Littleborough to Manchester in 11 hours -- via Rochdale, Heywood, and Millshill -- but it is not clear how we are to get to Littleborough.

    Recent Developments in European Thought Various

  • Rankin resides in our village of Littleborough, and is by trade what is known as a jobbing gardener.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920 Various

  • Carlyle derives this name of Luxemburg via Luzzenburg from Lützelburg, which he translates into Littleborough.

    From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

  • Castleford, and that of Lincoln at least fourteen miles to Littleborough

    The Romanization of Roman Britain 1889

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