Rochdale – Though I lived for seven years not distant in Manchester, and spent a number of months instructing at a college solely six miles away, I had by no means visited Rochdale earlier than.
On sixth Might 2017 I used to be there for an anniversary occasion and within the afternoon we had been supplied a guided tour of town, which took us across the city centre and into the lobby of the luxurious city corridor. Earlier than my go to I hadn’t realised there was a River Roch. It was presumably energy from this and different native rivers that made the city an necessary textile space earlier than its development within the age of steam-powered mills.
Rochdale
We additionally visited the city’s fundamental declare to fame, and one which brings vacationers from around the globe, though I think few really keep in Rochdale.
It was right here that the Co-Operative motion started with the Rochdale Pioneers organising their retailer in Toad Lane.
On the guided tour we additionally visited the native museum the place I picked up a leaflet on a city path written the earlier 12 months. After all we visited a number of the locations on this on our guided tour, together with the magnificent city corridor lobby, however there have been others too.
Later within the afternoon I had some extra free time, and went out with the leaflet to make a tour of the components of the city we hadn’t visited. I didn’t really go to Rochdale’s ‘Seven Sisters’, reasonably completely different from these I used to be famiiar with on the Sussex Coast, however there have been views of them from varied locations across the city. As you possibly can see from the images, the climate was boring, and later just a little damp.
The Grade I listed Rochdale City Corridor has not too long ago been restored and there are excursions obtainable. Designed by William Crossland it opened in 1871 to symbolise the city’s wealthy industrial standing within the textile commerce. The tower was added in 1883 by Alfred Waterhouse, additionally liable for Manchester City Corridor and the Pure Historical past Museum, to interchange the sooner tower broken in a hearth.
I ended my stroll across the city with a pint in one of many extra miserable Wetherspoons I’ve ever visited, a poor alternative, earlier than speeding to catch the bus again to the place I used to be staying the night time.
I don’t assume Rochdale will ever turn into a significant vacationer attraction, however it’s value a go to.
Extra footage on My London Diary at Rochdale.
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