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21. The 1914-1918 War
Heywood Advertiser, Monday 10 March 2003RESEARCHER John Gwilliam has compiled a list of the Heywood men who joined up to fight in the many battlefields of World War One, with some of their letters and comments about the war, and how they saw many of their Heywood comrades die.
22. Heywood grows as Darnhill rises
Heywood Advertiser, Monday 10 March 2003THE population of Heywood swelled when thousands of people were moved out of the Manchester slums and into the Heywood countryside of Darnhill.
23. Captain Fold pit disaster
Heywood Advertiser, Monday 10 March 2003HEYWOOD is not traditionally associated with coal mining, although there was a colliery at Ashworth near School Lane, and drift workings in Bamford until as recently as 1950.
24. Howarth and the Co-op
Heywood Advertiser, Monday 10 March 2003THE Co-operative movement is probably best known for its roots in neighbouring Rochdale, but Heywood can also claim to have played a major role in what became a worldwide institution.
25. World War Two is over
Heywood Advertiser, Monday 10 March 2003BY April 1945, everyone knew the end of the war, in Europe at least, was approaching, and Heywood was preparing to celebrate victory.