Thursday, 22 August 2013

Please follow Rochdale Local History

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As part of our aim to promote the fascinating history of the borrow we have establish a Rochdale Local History page on Facebook .
Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Help !

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The Manchester Express broke down in the Summit Tunnel today in 1899. The tunnel completed in 1841 is 2869 yards in length and at the date ...
Monday, 19 August 2013

On this day in China 8

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The art of curator................................. Once you have transported the art between venues you need to go through the process of...

Rochdale Town Centre

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Following on from yesterday's post and also thinking about our town centre's regeneration, the oldest hiuse in Rochdale was demolish...

On this day in China 7 - Shopping

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Along with acting as Courier to the art, experiencing the culinary delights  we thought we would share with the delights of shopping and inp...
Sunday, 18 August 2013

Long Gone !

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Belfield Hall was last tenanted, August 18th 1891. The family of Belfield appears in deeds as early as 1278 with Adam de Belfield, in 1523 ...

On this Day in China 6 Food Update

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Stinky tofu is a delicacy - not as bad as it could have been, but will pass next time!  Some of the other food this evening was reall...
Saturday, 17 August 2013

Raining Cats and Dogs !

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Rochdale on this day in 1891 had a record rainfall of 2.124 inches.

On This Day in China 5

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Here is today's update from our Art Gallery Officer: The schedule is pretty hectic and moving the exhibition from Zhengzhou ...
Friday, 16 August 2013

On This Day in China 4: Food

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Here is a picture of the take out lunch box which they have ordered each day for us at the museum. Had noodles for ...
Thursday, 15 August 2013

Rained Off !

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The Rushbearing Holiday this year has been marred by bad weather. Rochdale Observer, August 15th 1929. During the Rushbearing, Rochdale, ...

On This Day in China 3

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The giant statue is in the main entrance/foyer of Henan Museum . People like to pose with it for photos. Chinese people...
Wednesday, 14 August 2013

On This Day in China 2

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All going well. Massive thunderstorm last night! Then final day of condition checking. We have 7 paintings and 3 sculpture to do o...
Tuesday, 13 August 2013

On This Day in China

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Our Art Gallery Officer is currently in China acting as Courier for Greater Manchester Museum Groups exhibition: Towards Modernity: Three Ce...
Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Storm Force !

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Manchester Guardian Report August 7th 1830 : On the afternoon of Friday the 30th ultimo Rochdale was visited by a storm of thunder and rain...
Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Collections Online

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Our Online Collections Database is back up and running on our website.

Location, Location, Location !

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Sale today in 1836 of Roche Bank Estate. This was the property of Charles Rhodes and consists of the Mansion House, another Mansion House i...
Monday, 5 August 2013

School's Out !

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Is anyone playing out ? Please click on this link to see how we played : http://artsandheritage.link4life.org/index.php/discover/local-his...
Sunday, 4 August 2013

Buckets and Spades at the ready !

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Back on the holiday theme : Early in 1942, the Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor James Hardman, together with most of the Mayors of other towns...
Saturday, 3 August 2013

Join The Parade

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A cycle parade and procession was held today in 1921, organised by the Rochdale Branch of the British Legion.