Mundane pictures of the North

[Frances Lengel]

I also worked in Rochdale at a similar time. I live reasonably close but I have never set foot in the town centre since the day I left. It is a place of no redeeming features at all (although I believe Hitler had a fetish for the town hall).

My normally mundane Pennine street has been transformed into this: (not my pic)
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I spose I should go and check on the house or something.

What's happened in Oddmorden?

E2a - Just googled. Flash flooding apparently. Not so good. Hope your house is ok. And everyone elses.

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10581823.Floods_cause__sheer_devastation__to_Todmorden/

A TOWN was left under a foot and a half of water after flash floods ripped up roads.
Homes were damaged when water gushed through Todmorden on Monday.
A resident described the flood as causing ‘sheer devastation’ which led to a bridge collapsing at the bottom of Bacup Road and all roads in and out of Todmorden were closed.

Further e2a - Rochdale folk will have you believe that the Luftwaffe didn't bomb the dale coz Hitler liked the town hall. The truth is there were few targets worth bombing in Rochdale and there's no evidence to suggest old Adolf had even heard of Rochdale, never mind the town hall. Rochdale just wasn't important enough to bomb.

 

[lazythursday]

Poor old Rochdale. Still, I hear they are finally planning to uncover the river and the hidden bridge etc which should at least make it look nicer. Somewhere to drown oneself I guess.

farmerbarleymow if in Trafford Park, for a bit of contrast make sure you check out the eco park. Hidden gem.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I read somewhere that the River Roche in the centre of town is the longest (or widest) culvert in the country. That might be complete nonsense though.

Thanks for the tip about the eco park - will try and find it.

 

[lazythursday]

Think I heard it was the widest bridge, before it was covered. Or something.

The eco park is lake road I think. Ages since I went. The only remnant (apart from the wall next to the ship canal) of the original Trafford Park estate.

 

[aqua]

you made me read about culverts lazythursday is right according to wiki though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Roch

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Two questions:

Were you carrying a gun? And were you shitfaced hence dancing like a twat?

No and maybe.

I never owned my own gun (used the range guns) and I don't have to have had a drink to dance like a twat

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Gun nut eh? : hmmm:

 

[Throbbing Angel]

a flirtation

 

[neonwilderness]

I think a certain Tory peer has been reading this thread

http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/jul/31/newcastle-georgeosborne

 

[farmerbarleymow]

a flirtation

That's what you hear in trials of people who've gone postal.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Lancaster Bus Station

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I like the bus station - nice cathedral-like roof which makes a change from the usual boring bus stations.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Luc CS - The guy who writes this is older than I am. Still putting in the work though. Nice one. This is on the Rochdale canal at Castleton. I only came down here looking for somewhere to have a piss.



This fairly distinctive design of council house is quite common around Rochdale. These ones are on Roch Valley Way.



Tin prefabs on Roch Valley Way.

 

[Frances Lengel]

This house on War Office Rd, Bamford blew up yesterday.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...three-occupants-escape-rochdale-house-5384407

 

[Frances Lengel]

Bamford is the posh part of Rochdale.



Cool looking house in Bamford.



Castle off Bury Rd, Bamford.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Yard at Hanson Springs, Mellor St Rochdale.



Gasworks from Mellor St.



Bridge from the bus station car park to Yorkshire St, Rochdale.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A splendid name for a road. Shame about the incident though, but good that it seems no one was seriously hurt.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Rochdale bus station.



Inside the bus station.



Council offices aka the black box from the bus stn.

 

[Frances Lengel]

The glass bridge.



Bus stn/car park from the Wheatsheaf shopping centre.



Yorkshire St R/dale.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Nother one of Yorkshire St.



Market from the Exchange shopping centre car park.



Toad Lane - Birthplace of the Co-Op.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Yorkshire St again.



The bombastic nonsense that is Rochdale's town hall. If you believe the hype, Hitler wanted to ship this over to Germany brick by fucking brick.



Town Hall Square steps. When the town hall clock strikes twelve, the challenge is to run up these, stepping on every step before the clock finishes chiming.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Fountain near the steps.



Town from the fountain.



Town hall again. We used to get up on the roof via a fire escape at the back when we were on acid. Behind those rampart things there's all wooden walkway efforts.

And I had to sack it off there coz I was soaked to the skin & didn't have a coat. Plus the camera kept steaming up.

 

[Frances Lengel]

A splendid name for a road. Shame about the incident though, but good that it seems no one was seriously hurt.

Yeah, I wouldn't have posted it had anyone been seriously injured - I was in two minds as it is coz of the guy who's arm was broken. Don't wanna look like some sort of ghoul.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yeah, I wouldn't have posted it had anyone been seriously injured - I was in two minds as it is coz of the guy who's arm was broken. Don't wanna look like some sort of ghoul.

A broken arm is nowt nowadays though, so nowt to fret about.

 

[Roadkill]

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Town hall again. We used to get up on the roof via a fire escape at the back when we were on acid. Behind those rampart things there's all wooden walkway efforts.

And I had to sack it off there coz I was soaked to the skin & didn't have a coat. Plus the camera kept steaming up.

That's a fantastic building!

 

[Frances Lengel]

That's a fantastic building!

To me it sums up all that's wrong with Rochdale. The rest of the town's falling down but never mind coz they've got this overblown town hall - And that would've been true at the time it was built too. Yes, I'm a miserable twat.

 

[longdog]

Only in the old landlady's head, and she ain't there any more.

This is almost certainly true but it more fun to imagine there is a secret dossier handed down from one landlord to another giving descriptions of the miscreants, length of bans, nature of transgression and so on.

Description: Big, miserable looking.

Ban length: Life no parole

Offence: Moved chair

 

[The Boy]

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Toad Lane - Birthplace of the Co-Op.

Not quite worth the trip to Rochdale from South Manc, but nice enough.

 

[_angel_]

 

[QueenOfGoths]

It is YORKSHIRE DAY today btw!!