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Folowing on from a recent post about Middleton's artist, Mr. Jackson, Rochdale also has many artistic figures. Most of these, however, are famous for their use of the pen rather than the paint brush.
Many wrote in Lancashire Dialect, this tradition could said to have begun with John Collier writing as Tim Bobbin in the 1700's.
Edwin Waugh, Oliver Ormerod, Margaret Lahee and John Trafford Clegg are all commemorated on the Dialect Writers Memorial in Broadfield Park.
This literary tradition continues today with local writers who include Mark Hodkinson, Trevor Hoyle and Nicholas Blincoe.