Rochdale District Scouts
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Rochdale is situated about 10 miles north of Manchester and nestles beneath the Pennines.
It was amongst the first market towns in Lancashire. The birthplace of the Co-operative Movement and the spiritual home of adult education.
Famous people from Rochdale
Gracie Fields, Lisa Stansfield, Kaleef, Tim Bobbin, Walter Kershaw, Karen & Marcus Hilton, Christine Gaskill, Andy & Liz Kershaw, Kieran Prenderville, Sir Cyril Smith, Colin Baker, Andrew Nutter, John Bright, Anna Freil, Julie Goodyear
Rochdale has many claims to fame
Here are some of them:
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Rochdale is recorded in the Doomsday book in 1086 as Recedham |
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In August 1994 Rochdale saw the worlds largest pancake cooked in the town centre as part of the co-op's 150 year celebrations |
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Rochdale had the first Sunday school in the north 3 years after Robert Raikes started the first Sunday School in 1870 at Gloucester |
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The worlds first Railway tunnel at Summit was opened in 1841 |
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The inventor of the modern cricket ball Hamlet Nicholson known as the "Areekta Spiras" ball |
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The first war photographer Roger Fenton came from Rochdale |
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James Nuttall of Rochdale were the first fast food merchant selling fish & chips on wheels |
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Town centre bridge held the widest bridge record in 1926 |
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Worlds first earthquake expert John Miln came from Rochdale and went on to invent the modern seismograph |
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The largest working mill engine in the world is to be found at Ellenroad Mill in Milnrow. It still powers up once a month |
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"Ashy Valley" - Our Scout Camp Site made famous by Mike Harding in his song about Cubs going to camp |
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