Printed Articles

This page is devoted to the various articles which have been published providing details of the village's history. The newspaper articles are reproduced by kind permission of the Oldham Evening Chronicle.

The personal recollections of the authors and authoresses of these pieces each provide a perspective on the life in the village and paint a very real of the times.

The articles are grouped by publication, with the link in the name of the article.

Publication Article Title
Church Magazine Conny Castle
Another trip down Memory Lane
Conny Castle Remembered
Transport
Oldham Chronicle Sholver 1927
Oldham Weekly Chronicle - 1972 Prosperity.... - Tom Webb - 1972
The Chronicle - 1974 Half Time Weaving Part 1 - Fred Scholes - 1974
Half Time Weaving - Part 2 - Fred Scholes - 1974
Moorside by Candlelight - Fred Scholes - 1974
Moorside Memories - Fred Scholes - 1974