Sunday 21 July 2013

Keeping Sheep Cool !

During this week the weather has been very favourable and sheep shearing has become very general in the district of Rochdale.
About 40 years ago sheep were brought from the area now Mount Street and washed in the River Roche below the weir at Sunny Bank Mills.

Abstracted from the Manchester Guardian, July 21st 1838.

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