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ACCIDENT SOLICITORS

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ACCOUNTANCY

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AERIALS

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CARE SERVICES

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Ultimate Fencing 51

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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Looking Forward to Heywood

1940’s Day 2021 26-27

Tour De Manc Rescheduled 28-29

Heywood In Bloom –

Brightening Up Your

Local Community 30-31

Heywood In Bloom

Gardening Tips 31

Crimble Mill –

An Issue of Concern 32-33

From the Archives – Turnpikes

in and Around Rochdale 34-35

Nutters Heritage Purple

Sweet Potato Soup 36

Welcome to our

August/September

issue

We hope that you are well and that

your lives are slowly returning to

some kind of normality.

Unfortunately, many local events have had

to be cancelled and this includes Heywood

1940’s Day which is so popular each year and

brings many local people together. As we look

forward to its return in 2021, we thought we

would feature some of the wonderful photos

that have been taken in previous years.

With restrictions slowly being lifted, one event

to look forward to is the Tour De Manc which

has been rescheduled for Sunday 20th

September. Find out all you need to know

about this event on pages 28-29. We also

have plenty more interesting articles for you

this month including some useful gardening

tips and an update from the Heywood In

Bloom team, a recipe from celebrity chef,

Andrew Nutter and another fascinating article

from local historian, Gary Heywood-Everett.

Whether you are venturing to foreign shores in

the next few weeks or taking a holiday in this

country, we wish you all a very happy Summer.

Until next month…

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CHRIS CLARKSON MP

Serving the people of Heywood & Middleton Constituency

including, Bamford, Castleton & Norden

As the lockdown continues to ease I have been out

and about in the constituency meeting people who

are beginning to reopen their businesses and find

their way in a new ‘normal’. I have heard some

great stories about how Government support has

really helped to keep these local businesses going during the

past few months and the jobs that have been protected. I am pleased to see that

the support is continuing too, with more measures including those to support

companies who have furloughed staff and support for our hospitality businesses.

I have also been meeting some of the local people who have become the

‘unsung’ heroes of the crisis. Furloughed staff who took up the call to help at

testing centres and the Nightingale hospital in Manchester. Others who have

been delivering food parcels to local residents and more who have been helping

to make PPE for frontline staff. It has been very humbling to be able to meet

these fantastic local people and thank them for their incredible contributions.

I was also pleased to hear about the massively successful operation by Greater

Manchester Police which took several major criminals off our streets and

recovered drugs, weapons and cash. This was a major victory for GMP and a

massive disruption to the criminal network. I have personally written to officers

thanking them for their dedication and hard work.

Here in Heywood and Hopwood I have been speaking to concerned residents

and greenbelt campaigners about the threat to local sites, and have visited areas

with colleagues, which are threatened by the GMSF. When speaking to

residents I was pleased to hear the very reasonable and justified opposition

arguments that they put forward. I am

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GMSF to be scrapped so that we can

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properly meets the needs of our

community.

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concerned residents who fear that this space may

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Looking

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2021

Many thanks to local photographer,

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who kindly supplied these pictures.



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The Tour de Manc is the biggest charity cycle ride in the UK and supports

hundreds of individual local and national charities. But, like so many things in

2020 the coronavirus crisis meant that the event, which usually takes place in

May, had to be cancelled.

But the folks behind this tour have been hard at work behind the scenes,

throughout the lockdown. Now, with restrictions easing we have had the

incredible news that the Tour de Manc 2020 will be going ahead on Sunday 20th

September, albeit with a reduced number of riders (still 1750) and a special plan,

to help aid social distancing.

The route starts in Middleton before passing though 10 boroughs in Greater

Manchester. People wanting to see all the action can come along David Lloyd

Leisure at Bowlee for the start / finish, or to Norden which will once again be

hosting the half-way pit stop in this epic 100 mile challenge.

Councillor Peter Winkler, who coordinates the local leg of the ride said: “It’s always

a superb day, and the riders really appreciate a good cheer. We would welcome

anyone to join us in a socially safe manner to support the riders who are raising

thousands of pounds for national charities and local good causes.”

If you would like to get involved, help out or become a sponsor please

contact Peter on 07890 256 814 or for more general information about

the event visit www.tourdemanc.co.uk



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HEYWOOD IN BLOOM

Brightening up your

Local Community!

Sadly, the North West in Bloom competition for 2020 had

to be cancelled due to the Corvid 19 outbreak.

During this time, it was necessary to call a halt to our activities because the

HIB team had to go into lockdown. There has been ongoing works which

should now be starting to show that our time has been well spent!

The central area in front of St Luke’s church has an NHS rainbow coloured

planting which has brightened up the town centre. Our ELR railway station

has been planted up by volunteers who have also planted the railway cart

outside of the gates. The volunteers who are looking after the railway station

have done a magnificent job.

Queens Park now has a newly installed adult outside gym which will be well

used as the previous one was. The big colourful train has been running and

the children have enjoyed riding around the park.

The ‘Bog Garden’ in Queens Park which saw the installation of a dinosaur

in early 2020 has a new stegosaurus dinosaur to complete it. We would like

to thank David Hall of DDH Fabrications for making our dinosaurs and Tree

Heroes for the installation. Our time will now be spent ensuring we get the

planting improved so that it’s in tune with the ‘Bog’ theme.

Once it becomes possible to resume our meetings, we will start our plans

for 2021.

Ellen Yates

Chairperson Heywood in Bloom

Chairperson Friends of Queens Park

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welcome. Please call

Ellen on 0781 731 2652

for more details on how

you can become

involved.

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A big thank-you to Tree Heroes

for the installation of the dinosaur

Gardening Tips for August

1. Prune wisteria.

2. Don’t delay pruning summer fruits trained as restricted forms.

3. Deadhead flowering plants regularly.

4. Watering-particularly containers and new plants, preferably with

grey recycled water or stored rainwater.

5. Collect seeds from garden plants.

6. Harvest sweetcorn and other vegetables as they become ready.

7. Continue cutting out old fruited canes on raspberries.

8. Lift and pot up rooted strawberry runners.

9. Keep ponds and water features topped up.

10. Feed the soil with green manures.


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CRIMBLE MILL

AN ISSUE OF CONCERN

Why does development at Crimble Mill

matter? The reasons are numerous.

Here are some which the people of

Heywood might like to consider;

• Crimble Lane, which runs through the Site

and connects Bamford with Heywood, is

used by locals and visitors alike as a short

cut, particularly during peak hours. For the

Photo Google, DigitalGlobe

most part, Crimble Lane is a narrow, steep

unadopted road and a Bridleway. Any increase in traffic will have the potential

to have a dramatic impact on the safety and amenity of all users of this

Right of Way. Within the developer`s Scoping Report, which was submitted to

Rochdale MBC in 2019, there is no mention of any proposal to sever Crimble

Lane, at a point above the Mill, so that it can no longer be used as a short cut.

Nor is there a detailed plan for appropriate access from the Heywood side for

the residents of the converted Mill or the proposed 250 houses on the Green

Belt adjacent to the Mill.

• In their response to the Scoping Report, council officers make it crystal clear

that local schools do not have any excess capacity to provide for future

residents of the proposed scheme. The same could be true for other local

facilities; doctors, dentists, nurseries and other facilities will all be required by

new residents; there is no reference within the Scoping Report as to how these

facilities will be provided.

• Many people across the Borough of Rochdale care deeply about the built

heritage of our Town. Crimble Mill is an important part of the local built heritage

and the Grade II* Listed Building is at the heart of this scheme and is the

justification for the building of 250 houses on Green Belt. There is, however, a

fundamental ambiguity in the scheme. For very good reasons Historic England

gave the whole Mill a Grade II* Listing decades ago. The Listing (List No: 1187124)

goes into great detail about why the Listing is justified. The developers, on the

other hand, explain in the Scoping Report that they need to build 250 modern

houses adjacent to the Mill to offset the cost of restoration. The Scoping Report

goes on to say that the developers are approaching Historic England with a

view to getting the Listing amended. That was the position in 2019; the position

now is that the Listing has been amended, so that a smaller proportion of the

Mill is now protected. The restoration cost is therefore smaller and there is

greater capacity for development within the Mill footprint for housing. If this is

the case how is the insistence on 250 houses on Green Belt justified?

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• Figures published by Rochdale Council acknowledge the need for 775 houses

annually to be built across the whole of the Borough. If the Crimble Mill

development reaches fruition and a scheme to build 450 houses on Green

Belt in Bamford moves forward, then a very small part of the Borough will be

providing nearly a whole year`s housing allocation for the Town. Is this a proper

allocation of resources?

• The Crimble Mill site is identified as an area of opportunity within the Greater

Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF). The GMSF is only at the Draft stage,

and because of the number of objections, from Boroughs across the

Combined Authority area, it is unlikely to be ratified. It is clear that many

of the fundamental planning parameters which underpin the GMSF have

been rendered obsolete. If that is the case, then why continue to allow

development on the basis of a document which is no longer fit for purpose?

Unfortunately trade bodies for the house building industry are undeterred

by such considerations and are encouraging their members to bring

forward proposals based on the GMSF, because, in their opinion, they have

the resources to appeal and appeal until the Planning Inspectorate grant

approval.

• Exactly what is the wisdom of building on a flood plain? Have the last three

Winters not adequately demonstrated the folly of such schemes?

• Development has not commenced and already heavy vehicles and

machinery have been moving on and off the site, with no precautions in place

to protect walkers, runners, cyclists and horse riders from coming into contact

with such plant. Does such behaviour bode well for the development phase?

The Scoping Report attracted 223 comments, of which, 219 were

oections. ounci Officers re to the coing eort urges the

developers to adhere to paragraph 40 of National Planning Policy

Framework and consult widely with the local community as well as other

concerned groups. The fact that site investigation work has started,

without such consultation, can only be a cause for additional concern.

STOP PRESS - Latest episode in the saga is an Application

to Rochdale Council for consent for works on the Listed part of

the Mill

Many local people have already contacted Heywood

and Middleton MP, Chris Clarkson, who together with his

constituency team has been working with residents who are

opposed to development of this site. You can add your voice

to those growing concerns by contacting him at

chris.clarkson.mp@parliament.uk


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From The Archives

TURNPIKES IN AND AROUND ROCHDALE

Under a General Statute of 1555 people

who lived in a particular manor in

England were obliged to look after

the pathways and roads within their

boundaries and could incur a fine if they

didn’t. This meant mending the roads

themselves.

Rochdale, as any other town, had to conform

to this and records exist of a summons in

1639 for James Milne and John Howarth for

‘not working on the highroad in Spotland.’

However, because the system was inefficient

and the roads between towns falling into

disrepair to the extent that some became

impassable, in 1706 the Turnpike Act gave

the opportunity for speculators instead

of citizens to build and maintain roads

and charge those using them. Every year,

Parliament would set up bodies consisting

of named persons empowered for 21 years to

look over a stretch of road and charge a levy.

This would solve the problem of poor roads.

However, these ‘turnpike’ trusts were slow

to be set up such that an indictment was laid

against the old township of Huddersfield

east of the town ‘for not repairing Rochdale

streets’ as late as 1738. Other local roads

however, possibly because they were trade

routes, were turnpiked. For example, the

road over Blackstone Edge was turnpiked

in 1735 due to its difficulty in transporting

goods, it being too narrow in places, had

poor soil surfaces and was ‘a land of

breakneck’ in Winter. The 1730’s therefore

became a decade for much road building and

maintenance.

The administration and running of the

turnpike trusts was in the hands of a few

men who would meet regularly, the clergy

often being active as members. The fee

for tolls varied a great deal although the

Turnpike Act suggested that a coach with

6 horses had to pay 2s (10p), a hearse 1/6

(7.5p) for passing by. Generally, the charge

depended on the number of wheels, the size

of the wheel and the number of horses. The

moving of livestock through the toll gate was

charged depending on the number of animals

although exemptions did apply for local

farm transport, unladen horses and people

travelling to church!

In Rochdale the development and

implementation of turnpikes took hold from

the 1750’s with one set up at the top of

Toad Lane, one on Spotland Bridge, one on

Manchester Road and a further toll bar on

the road to Burnley in 1755. Others, in time,

came along with turnpikes to Todmorden

over Calderbrook (1758), to Bamford and

Bury (1797), at Norden where Clay Lane

joins Edenfield Road (1797), to Shaw (1805)

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to Newhey for Huddersfield (1806) and to

Royton (1825) amongst others. The results of

such charges were not immediately apparent

with little highway improvement being

made although there was, for example, road

widening in Toad Lane, in Heights Lane

and at Healey Hall and traffic as a result

increased on these and other thoroughfares.

For example, in 1772 there was a regular

coach service between Manchester and

Leeds but by 1821 there were 6 coaches a day

between Rochdale and Halifax, additional

horses having to be coupled in Littleborough

for the trail over Blackstone Edge.

But not all results were good. Road repairs

were often poor because flattening the surface,

as many did, allowed standing water to

stagnate whilst other repairs sloped the road

to a camber that threw vehicles into roadside

ditches. Some travellers used circuitous routes

to avoid toll bars, others un-yoked their horses

and led them down alternative routes to avoid

the charge.

By 1820 turnpikes covered only 1 in 6 of

the country’s highways, the rest remaining

under parish control so by the 1840’s apart

from 6 or 7 major roads, Rochdale streets

were still maintained by the hamlet or the

parish. However, 1,100 turnpikes existed by

then across the country administering 23,000

miles of road with 8000 toll gates but this

meant that there was an unruly patchwork of

road maintenance across England alongside

some accusation of gatekeepers overcharging

and poorly regulated trusts or trusts

being sold at extortionate fixed prices to the

highest bidder.

A number of things led to the demise of the

turnpikes. The rise of the railway in the 1830’s

meant that roads were used less frequently

for transporting goods and so investment

passed from one to the other. As a result,

some turnpike trusts wishing to continue

had to borrow money from banks at high

interest rates. Roads became impossible to

keep in a good state and there arose, across

the country in the 1860’s, public agitation

about the continued charging, the best known

demonstration being the Rebecca Riots where

toll bars were physically destroyed. In 1872

the Rochdale Improvement Act abolished the

town’s turnpikes, the last to go being between

the one between Milnrow and Shaw.

Today we pay road tax, but drivers cursing

the ravages that potholes have on their

cars may well look back on the days of the

turnpikes and before and reflect that an

effective way of maintaining our roads has

yet to be found.

If you have any comments about the Turnpike system in Rochdale, I’d be

delighted to hear from you and add them to a growing Rochdale archive on the

subject. Please contact Gary Heywood-Everett at garyheywoodeverett@yahoo.

co.uk or leave your comments by text or by recorded message at 0756 275 2774.


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Serves 4

Nowadays the aisles of the supermarkets are rammed with unusual fruit and vegetables

from all around the world and customers generally just walk by. Well here’s a perfect idea

for the humble purple sweet potato.

INGREDIENTS

2 purple sweet potatoes

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 small onion – chopped

1 clove garlic – chopped

1000ml chicken stock

1 celeriac – peeled and chopped

2 tablespoons crème frâiche

TO FINISH

Crème fraiche

Baby shoots

METHOD

1. Take the sweet potato, cut in half lengthways and

sprinkle generously with salt, pepper and a splash of

olive oil.

2. Roast in a hot oven 180°c for 20 minutes. Leave to cool,

then scrape out the flesh.

3. Heat the olive oil and fry the onion and garlic until

softened, add the celeriac and simmer for about

20 minutes until cooked through.

4. Add the sweet potato, liquidise until

smooth, pass through a sieve and

season.

5. When ready to serve, re-heat then

drizzle with crème fraiche and

finish with baby shoots.

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