Pennines Township Archives

Haigh Square Newhey

4th December 2015 Neil Areas, Houses, Newhey, Pennines Township

Haigh Square Newhey Photo’s of Haigh Square Newhey, by special request for Helen Aldcroft and Brian Gilbert. Hope these are what you were[…]

Gordon Harvey

27th November 2015 Neil Blog, Littleborough, Littleborough Blue Plaques, People

Gordon Harvey 31 December 1858 – 6 November 1922 Alexander Gordon Cummins Harvey was a Rochdale cotton manufacturer,merchant and Liberal politician.[…]

Jessie Fothergill Blue Plaque

22nd November 2015 Neil Littleborough, Pennines Township, Places Of Interest, Rochdale Blue Plaques

Jessie Fothergill Blue Plaque Jessie Fothergill 1851-1891 Novelist who captured the lives of working people in the local cotton mills in[…]

Enid Stacy Blue Plaque

22nd November 2015 Neil Littleborough, Outdoors, Pennines Township, Places Of Interest, Rochdale Blue Plaques

Enid Stacy Blue Plaque Enid Stacy 1868-1903 International and local speaker and writer on the welfare of working people and women’s[…]

The Royal Oak Blue Plaque

22nd November 2015 Neil Buildings, Littleborough, Outdoors, Pennines Township, Places Of Interest, Public House, Rochdale Blue Plaques

Royal Oak Blue Plaque Royal Oak Blue Plaque is now “Black” for some reason? Royal Oak P.H. Late 18th century.[…]

John Collier Blue Plaque

10th November 2015 Neil Milnrow, Outdoors, Pennine Blue Plaques, Pennines Township, People, Places Of Interest

John Collier Blue Plaque Near to this spot was “Tim Bobbin’s school” John Collier (1708-1786) Born in Urmston, was an[…]

Gordon Harvey Blue Plaque

7th November 2015 Neil Houses, Littleborough, Littleborough Blue Plaques, Pennines Township, People

Gordon Harvey Blue Plaque Gordon Harvey 1858-1922 MP for Rochdale 1906-1918, political idealist, enlightened mill owner, local benefactor and pioneer environmentalist[…]