A night out in the Wheatsheaf Littleborough 1991
8mm camcorder film from the The Wheatsheaf in Littleborough. We were all young once.
Rochdale Pioneers The Musical visits The Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre, Rochdale
If We're Not Together We're Nowt
Two Rochdale musicians who appeared as actors in the film The Rochdale Pioneers last year were so inspired by the experience that they have written a full length stage musical about the beginnings in Rochdale of the worldwide co-operative movement. Title as above.
Singer/songwriter Rod Barry and musician/composer Ian Jenkins have teamed up with local composer/conductor Graham Marshall to complete the writing of the musical in just four months.
Ian and Rod will be performing the opening song of the musical, The Ballad Of Toad Lane, together in public for the first time at a Co-operative event on 16th April in Rochdale. In association with the Co-operative Revolution Gallery's visit to Rochdale, they will perform their composition prior to a showing of the film The Rochdale Pioneers. The film was made in 2012 by The Co-operative British Youth Film Academy, and had its TV premiere on Film 4 last November. There will be a question and answer session with the two musicians after the film, followed by a contemporary interpretation of The Ballad Of Toad Lane by Youth 21. The event begins at 6.30 pm at Touchstones.
A major scene in the musical is a Lancashire clog dance by the doffers (children). Rochdalians can get a taste of this at the Wheatsheaf Centre, Rochdale at 12noon on 20th April when leading clog dance coach Alex Fisher brings her clog dance team, together with a party of child clog dancers to the centre for a clog dance exhibition.
Further information contact Rod Barry 07500452522
Rochdale Barber starts free boxing classes to keep kids out of crime
A Rochdale barber, Humayoun Al Rashid, 34, from Rochdale runs a free youth club for children.
A lot of these boys if they weren't here they would be in a group probably making up for another member of the group.
Why Rushbearing Is Important
An extract from Rochdale History by John Cole and Nick Wilding by John Cole
The Red Lion pub Littleborough 1992
Did you used to drink in the pubs around Littleborough in 1990's . Take a trip down memory lane then. Mainly filmed in the Red lion and the Wheatsheaf . This is a re edited video with new software from the original 8mm tape. My first attempt juddered at times
Rochdale Grand Prix Cyle Race Promo
Cycling race and community event
Oakenhoof Cloggers at The Curtain Theatre in Rochdale
Some of #Oakenhoof Cloggers dancing Mrs Willis's Rag and Alex Woodcock's Shotishe
The Littleborough lads of 1991
Here is a Montage of photographs extracted from 8mm camcorder footage of our nights out in Littleborough.
Rochdale old postcards 2013
Rochdale postcards
Rochdale in the north of England 13 Oct 2013 by Roy West
England up north filmsGreater Manchester Police never took into consideration, that I could not have been in two places at the same time. surprisingly all these so called incidents of harassment were taking place when I was somewhere else, but this did not matter to GMP because they were acting politically to have me constantly arrested and taken away from my family.
The Ballad of Toad Lane
A song inspired by the 2012 Co-op British Youth Film Academy production about the creation of the Co-op movement entitled 'The Rochdale Pioneers'.
Lyricist Rod Barry and composer Ian Jenkins both played small roles in the film and the song will be featured in the forthcoming stage musical, 'If We're Not Together, We're Nowt!' based on the Rochdale Pioneers' story, currently in pre-production.
Littleborough Lads re union 23 years later
Once we were young part 10 - Here we are 23 years on. What a great turn out and a fantastic night with all the old faces together again. The lads are still trained to perform when the camera (GoPro) is pointed at them after all this time. Pure talent but much tamer.
Rochdale on The Butts
Multicultural Event on the Butts
Todd floating away on the jetti at hollingworth lake
todd floating away on the jetti at holliworth lake because my mates though it was funni to untie the jetti whilst i was on it.
Littleborough lads night out in Manchester (another reunion)
A group of friends who have still haven't grown up yet. Old 1990's footage blended with the new - Filmed in November 2013. Call it The Andrew Foley show.
The Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre Charity ball at Norton Grange 2013
Hollingworth Lake Swim
i was bored an havin a bbq at the lake at like 10 pm freezin cold so i thought ....why not swim