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All systems go for bustling supermarket

All systems go for bustling supermarket

10:43am Monday 15th September 2008

TAKING a walk down Stanley Road today, it is hard to believe that the now bustling Morrisons supermarket was merely a lifeless building site 14 months ago.

Supermarket set for big opening

Morrisons baker Paul Smith with some of the fresh loaves donated to the Salvation Army in Bury

9:39am Wednesday 10th September 2008

WITH just five days to go before the grand opening, the Guide has been given a sneak preview of the new Morrisons supermarket.

Store crane closes road

11:39am Thursday 28th February 2008

WORK on the new Morrison's superstore in Whitefield is forcing the temporary closure of Stanley Road to traffic between Bury New Road and Mather Avenue.

Popular cafe on the move

1:14pm Thursday 7th February 2008

ONE of area's most popular cafes, the Roma in Whitefield, is packing up its pots and pans ready for a new start on Monday.

Night demolition sparks apology

The site on which the Church Inn stood before it was demolished in the early hours of Sunday morning to make way for the 20 million Morrison's development

11:19am Friday 20th July 2007

STARTLED residents living near the new Morrisons site in Whitefield were woken up in the middle of the night when work on pulling down the Church Inn pub suddenly began.

Work will start on £20 million project

An artist's impression of how the new Morrison's store will look

10:59am Friday 6th July 2007

CONSTRUCTION is due to start on a £20 million shopping centre and supermarket project that is tipped to revitalise the heart of Whitefield.


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