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Sparrow Hill, ROCHDALE, OL16 1AF

This building has found new uses as an hotel and restaurant. The correct name of the road is, I understand, Vicarage Road: but it is well known locally as Sparrow Hill.

This memorial, in Broadfield Park, commemorates four Rochdale writers who have preserved local dialect in verse and prose. The inscription on one side reads: "In grateful memory of four Rochdale writers of the Lancashire dialect who have preserved for our children, in verse and prose that will not die. the strength and tenderness, the gravity and humours of the folk of our day, in the tongue and talk of the people. This memorial was erected AD1900" The four writers named on the memorial are: John Trafford Clegg (1857-95) Edwin Waugh (1817-90) Oliver Ormerod (1811-79) Margaret Rebecca Lahee (1831-95) http://www.broadfieldparkrochdale.org.uk/page7.html

The Lancashire Dialect Writers Memorial stands in Broadfield Park, Rochdale. It was designed by Edward Sykes and incorporates bronze portraits of the writers by John Cassidy http://www.johncassidy.org.uk/rochdale.html The chosen writers for the four sides of the monument were: Oliver Ormerod (1811-79) Image; Margaret Rebecca Lahee (1831-95) Image; John Trafford Clegg (1857-95) Image; Edwin Waugh (1817-90) Image

The Lancashire Dialect Writers Memorial stands in Broadfield Park Image, Rochdale. It was designed by Edward Sykes and incorporates bronze portraits of the writers by John Cassidy http://www.johncassidy.org.uk/rochdale.html The chosen writers for the four sides of the monument were: Oliver Ormerod (1811-79) Image; Margaret Rebecca Lahee (1831-95) Image; John Trafford Clegg (1857-95) Image; Edwin Waugh (1817-90) Image

One side of the Lancashire Dialect Writers Memorial Image in Broadfield Park Image features Oliver Ormerod: BORN ROCHDALE OLIVER ORMEROD DIED ROCHDALE 21ST JUNE 1811 1ST NOVR 1879 "AW SED AW'M O RACHDE FELLEY MON UN WE'RE METERLY FAUSE THEERE AWLL WARRUNT TE." "OLIS LET O MON DOO THAT UTS REETE UN E'S SARTIN SHURE FUR TO KOOME EAWT TH BEST UT LAST OV O."

One side of the Lancashire Dialect Writers Memorial Image in Broadfield Park Image features Edwin Waugh: BORN ROCHDALE EDWIN WAUGH DIED NEW BRIGHTON 27TH JANY 1817 "COME WHOAM TO THI CHILDER AN ME."30TH APRIL 1890 IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF FOUR ROCHDALE WRITERS OF THE LANCASHIRE DIALECT WHO HAVE PRESERVED FOR OUR CHILDREN IN VERSE AND PROSE THAT WILL NOT DIE, THE STRENGTH AND TENDERNESS, THE GRAVITY AND HUMOURS OF THE FOLK OF OUR DAY, IN THE TONGUE AND TALK OF THE PEOPLE. THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED A.D. 1900. Lower down on this side is inscribed: 1908 HARVEY KERSHAW M.B.E. 1986 "A MON WI' T' COMMON TOUCH"

One side of the Lancashire Dialect Writers Memorial Image in Broadfield Park Image features features John Trafford Clegg: BORN MILNROW JOHN TRAFFORD DIED BOURNEMOUTH 22ND JANY 1857 CLEGG 18TH MARCH 1895 "SAY NOWT AGAIN FOLK BEHIND THEIR BACKS, SUP NOWT STHRONGER NOR WOM BREWED, AN NOANE TOO MICH O THAT KEEP LOW THOUGHTS EAUT THI MIND BI FILLING IT WI THINGS BRODE AN HEE FESTIN THI E'EN ON TH SKY ITS AS YEZZY TO LOOK UP AS DEAWN, AN IT MAKES A VAST DIFFERENCE IN A MON."

One side of the Lancashire Dialect Writers Memorial Image in Broadfield Park Image features Margaret Rebecca Lahee: BORN CARLOW MARGARET REBECCA DIED ROCHDALE IRELAND 10TH MAY 1831 LAHEE 14TH JUNE 1895 WHEN WE LAY DEAUN LIFE'S SHUTTLE AN STON BEFORE TH GREYT JUDGE, HE'LL WANT TO KNOW WHAT SOOART OF A PIECE WE'N WOVEN, AN HOW MONY FLOATS THERE'S IN IT, HE WINNOT CARE ABEAWT EAWR HEE SEAUNDIN NAMES AN WORLDLY POSSESSIONS. HE'LL AX US HOW WE GEET EM AN WHAT WE DID WI EM."

Footpaths in the park.

Memorial to John Bright who was born in Rochdale and a member of parliament in the 1840s, standing up for progressive causes such as the need to reform Corn Laws. The statue was moved from its position within the town centre to Broadfield park in the 1930's due to road improvements. http://www.broadfieldparkrochdale.org.uk/page8.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bright