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The Rochdale Observer is a tabloid newspaper published on Wednesdays and Saturdays for the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. [1] [2] It has been Rochdale's main newspaper since 1856. [1] It has also been a discussion point in BBC hit school based drama Waterloo Road. [citation needed]
Sir James Duckworth (14 February 1840 – 1 January 1915) [1] was a self-made English businessman from Rochdale, Lancashire who rose from poverty to start a large chain a grocery shops known popularly as "Jimmy Duck's" and entered politics as a Liberal. He served three times as Mayor of Rochdale, and was elected twice as a Member of Parliament ...
Robert Chadwick – American politician; Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1881 to 1888 [6]; Steve Clayton – Rochdale-born author and drummer in Tractor; co-founder with Chris Hewitt and Jim Milne of Tractor Sound Studios, marked in Heywood by a blue plaque; his albums under the name Tractor and his book under the name Stephen Clayton received critical acclaim
He was rushed to Rochdale Infirmary but was pronounced dead on arrival. [23] [24] [25] Lesley's sister was one of those who attended his funeral, two weeks later, on 5 January 1994. Four months after her son's death, Charlotte Hedwig Kiszko, died at Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale, on 3 May, at the age of 70.
He also needed a liver transplant, but he became too weak for doctors to operate. Estelle returned to the UK weeks before his death. He died in Rochdale Infirmary on 2 August 2003, and was buried in Rochdale with the oversized pith helmet he wore as Gunner "Lofty" Sugden. [7] He was survived by his second wife, Elizabeth. [8]
Mike Leadbetter was born on 25 July 1946 in Southport. [1] He attended Ladybarn, a local secondary modern school, and left in 1961 aged 15, without qualifications.
Walter Gowers (c. 1903 – 11 September 1965) was a professional rugby league and association footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and Lancashire, and at club level for Rochdale Hornets (two spells), and St Helens, as a goal-kicking fullback, [1] and club level association football (soccer ...
Born in Rochdale in 1910, Barrett worked in a family business there, and in the 1930s began working in the theatre. [3] He started as an assistant stage manager, and at different times worked as an actor, stage manager, director and actor-manager. [3] Before and during World War II he produced and acted in local productions in Rochdale.