rochdaletownhall

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 →