rochdale

From Flickr: “Rochdale Past & Present, 1876; cover showing Rochdale Town Hall” by mikeyashworth

I sat and proudly listened to the BBC tonight as the chimes and bells of my hometown’s town hall were broadcast to replace the stilled bells of the Palace of Westminster (aka Big Ben). Rochdale’s Town Hall is one of the UK’s great Victorian Gothic Revival buildings. Opened in 1871 Read More →

From Flickr: “Henry Bannerman & Sons Ltd., cotton spinners, manufacturers & merchants, Manchester; advert 1897” by mikeyashworth

Bannerman’s were over 100 years old in 1897 and were one of the earliest and largest integrated cotton companies in that they both spun and wove cotton cloth as well as made it on into finished goods. Founded and based in Manchester, then probably the capital of the world’s cotton Read More →

From Flickr: “Henry Bannerman & Sons Ltd., cotton spinners, manufacturers & merchants, Manchester; advert 1897” by mikeyashworth

Bannerman’s were over 100 years old in 1897 and were one of the earliest and largest integrated cotton companies in that they both spun and wove cotton cloth as well as made it on into finished goods. Founded and based in Manchester, then probably the capital of the world’s cotton Read More →

From Flickr: “Henry Bannerman & Sons Ltd., cotton spinners, manufacturers & merchants, Manchester; advert 1897” by mikeyashworth

Bannerman’s were over 100 years old in 1897 and were one of the earliest and largest integrated cotton companies in that they both spun and wove cotton cloth as well as made it on into finished goods. Founded and based in Manchester, then probably the capital of the world’s cotton Read More →

From Flickr: “Henry Bannerman & Sons Ltd., cotton spinners, manufacturers & merchants, Manchester; advert 1897” by mikeyashworth

Bannerman’s were over 100 years old in 1897 and were one of the earliest and largest integrated cotton companies in that they both spun and wove cotton cloth as well as made it on into finished goods. Founded and based in Manchester, then probably the capital of the world’s cotton Read More →

From Flickr: “Henry Bannerman & Sons Ltd., cotton spinners, manufacturers & merchants, Manchester; advert 1897” by mikeyashworth

Bannerman’s were over 100 years old in 1897 and were one of the earliest and largest integrated cotton companies in that they both spun and wove cotton cloth as well as made it on into finished goods. Founded and based in Manchester, then probably the capital of the world’s cotton Read More →

From Flickr: “Eagle Spinning Co Ltd., Rochdale, Lancashire – advert, c1950” by mikeyashworth

The Eagle Mill was on Queen Victoria St a short distance from my grandparents house on Charlotte St in Rochdale – and my grandfather Bill Clegg worked here from the 1930s on until the late 1950s when ill-heath forced him to leave – the cotton industry was eventually to play Read More →

From Flickr: “Eagle Spinning Co Ltd., Rochdale, Lancashire – advert, c1950” by mikeyashworth

The Eagle Mill was on Queen Victoria St a short distance from my grandparents house on Charlotte St in Rochdale – and my grandfather Bill Clegg worked here from the 1930s on until the late 1950s when ill-heath forced him to leave – the cotton industry was eventually to play Read More →

From Flickr: “Rochdale – the town that has faith in itself, booklet, c1930” by mikeyashworth

Goodness – if ever a town probably needed this it is my old home town. This rather odd little booklet was obviously from the text designed to attract business ot the borough and is indeed over stamped as being issued by "Williams Deacons’ Bank, Rochdale". Difficult to date but c1930, Read More →