Bamford & Norden Dec/Jan 2022

Rochdale in Bloom
wins gold and best town
centre in Northwest
Rochdale has pulled it out of the bag yet again in this year’s
Northwest in Bloom Awards after judges deemed its floral displays
and outstanding parks the pick of the bunch.
After what can only be described as a tough year, the council and community volunteers
were back scooping eight impressive gold awards across Rochdale, presented by Bernard
Pendleton, chairman of Northwest in Bloom at an awards ceremony at Number One
Riverside, Rochdale on Thursday 4 November.
The Rochdale in Bloom group were judged gold winners in the ‘small city’ category
and ‘best town centre’ in the Northwest.
A new entry this year saw judges visit five Rochdale mosques for the Masjids in Bloom
initiative. Supported by Rochdale Council of Mosques, the five masjids – Neeli, Central,
Golden, Jalalia and Bilal were visited with the Bilal Mosque
taking top spot after judges were wowed by the attention
to detail, environmental efforts and splash of colour.
A special trophy for outstanding contribution was
presented for the very first time to Mr Asrar Ul-Haq,
from the Amaani Initiative.
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