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Rochdale Town Hall, a Masterpiece

Deserving of Celebration 33

Welcome to our

October issue

This month’s Streetwise Magazine

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On page 33 you can read all about the

renovation work which is taking place

at Rochdale Town Hall and how the

restoration of this iconic building will

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when it first opened in 1871.

We have another fascinating article on

pages 34-35 from our local historian, Gary

Heywood Everett that is well worth a read.

On page 36, Local Councillor, Tricia

Ayrton has written an update about this

year’s annual Syke Christmas tree light

switch on, which will be taking place on

17th November at 6pm. An event you

won’t want to miss!

Until next time…

From The Archives - A Dialect

Monument 4: Oliver Ormerod

By Gary Heywood-Everett 34-35

Syke Christmas Tree Switch On

by Councillor Tricia Ayrton 36

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From The Archives

THE DIALECT MONUMENT 4: OLIVER ORMEROD

The art of dialect writing looks to

celebrate the local sounds, lexicon

and construction alive in the spoken

language of a particular place.

Lancashire dialect has its own

idiosyncrasies, especially its flattened

vowels and shortened words but it’s

important to note that there are further

aural distinctions that can be made

when looking at dialects from individual

towns. Oldham and Manchester

dialects differ from those from

Blackburn and Burnley and Rochdale

has its own ‘voice,’ a voice which is

particularly admired in the history of

dialect literature. The celebration of

it is commemorated in two places in

Rochdale.

Obviously, there is the resting place

of John Collier, better known as Tim

Bobbin, in the graveyard of St Chad’s

Church and as a dialect writer he was

important in capturing the voice of the

people, especially the working people

of the town. Tim Bobbin was a rather

eccentric but powerful dialect model, but

he was followed by four Rochdale dialect

writers in the nineteenth century who

made their mark.

These four dialect writers are

commemorated by a monument in

Broadfield Park which serves to

remember the works of Edwin Waugh,

Margaret Lahee, John Trafford Clegg and

Oliver Ormerod was born in 1811 and

in mid-life became an honoured and

worthy member of the town’s cultural

society, being a prominent contributor to

the Rochdale Literary and Philosophical

Society and taking part in the radical

politics of the town. These interests

are clear in his writing, especially

in his rather satirical take on the

establishment.

Writing from an early age, Ormerod

came to prominence when he wrote and

published a prose account concerning

The Great Exhibition held at the Crystal

Palace in London. This dialect piece

was more than simple journalism

as it caught through dialect what a

northern man might feel about an event

taking place far away in the capital.

These recollections of his visit to the

exhibition were published by Dr Henry

Colley March who was also a surgeon

at Rochdale Infirmary and one of the

founders of the Rochdale Literary and

Scientific Society.

In his writing, Ormerod expressed a

wish to hone his ‘native handiwork’

and try to capture his recollections, not

simply in the northern dialect but in a

dialect particular to Rochdale.

He did this in his book of 1851 entitled O

Ful, Tru, un Pertikler Okeaawnt o bwoth

wat aw seed un wat aw yerd, we gooin too

Th’ Greyt Eggshibishun, e Lundun, an a

greyt deyle of Hinfurmashun besoide.

the subject of this article, Oliver Ormerod.

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In a modern ‘translation’ this would be

‘A full, true, and particular account of

both what I saw and heard when going

to the Great Exhibition, and London,

and a great deal of information besides.’

Even from the title it is easy to see

the comic and rather satirical side of

Ormerod’s writing, characteristics of

which Tim Bobbin would have approved.

Later, in 1856 Ormerod published

further personal accounts of being a

Rochdalian in his book ‘Rachde Felley’

which ran to a number of editions and

sold well nationally. His avowed intent

was to show to a wider audience the

rich tones and the local vocabulary that

existed in the town’s dialect but also

to do this with a sense of Rochdale

comedy.

We can see the local wit of Ormerod in

the following passage about his visit to

the Great Exhibition (I would love you to

try to read the dialect version out loud

before looking at the ‘translation’):

“Wel, us aw wor gooin hinto won uth

reawms, whoo shud aw see but Sam

o’Jacks fro Owdum. E wor us gloppent

up seein me us aw wor ut seein im.

Sam’s o reglur rufyed, fur they koen

Owdum foke rufyeds oppo sum keawnt,

aw dunnut eggsaktly kno wat fur but ony

buddi e Rachde knone us it is so.”

In translation this would be:

‘Well, as we were going into one of the

[Great Exhibition] rooms, who should

I see but Sam O’Jacks from Oldham.

He was as stunned to see me as I were

at seeing him. Sam is a regular rough

head, for they call Oldham folk rough

heads upon some count, I don’t exactly

know what for but anybody in Rochdale

knows that it is so.’

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of the language of folk from the town

are notable for having been written with

good humour and sensitivity. They

certainly don’t look down on ordinary

people and in fact serve to value the

language and culture of ordinary

Rochdale people.

Not known as widely as Edwin Waugh

nor as culturally significant as Margaret

Lahee, nonetheless Oliver Ormerod

earned his place on the Broadfield Park

memorial and his dialect writing still

captures a poetic vernacular which is

rich in local history and which identifies

Rochdale as ‘home’ in a distinctive

literary way.

If you have any comments about Oliver Ormerod, 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 07562752774.


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Syke Christmas

Tree Switch On

17th November 2022 at 6pm

The Syke Christmas Tree switch on is now an annual

and much awaited event. Christmas 2022 will be the

fifth year that the magnificent Christmas Tree has been

central to the Community Christmas celebrations –

beginning each year with the Switch on ceremony and

followed a few days before Christmas by the Carols

Around the Tree.

Every year (apart from Christmas 2020 when Covid restrictions meant that the tree was lit

unheralded) the Tree celebrations have resulted in more people gathering at any one time

on the common than has been seen since John Bright’s famous Torchlight Procession.

Our tree is a real living tree which means that it continues to grow every year – and last year

the lights (which remain on the tree throughout the year) had to be readjusted because they

had become hidden in the new growth. At the same time, three new strings of lights were

added so that the display is now even more impressive than before.

We can be justifiably proud of our tree – it is sustainable and doesn’t need replacing each

year – and the LED lights don’t consume as much power as traditional Christmas lights used

to. And when you walk past the tree in the spring you will see many different birds flying in

and out of the branches – building their nests and feeding their young. Again, passing the

tree in the evening you will hear the sound of the birds settling to roost.

During 2020, although we couldn’t hold a switch on ceremony, the lights came on as usual.

And in March and April of that year when the pandemic first struck, our Tree became a real

community hub. It was wonderful to see all the rainbows and hands that local schoolchildren

hung on the tree to celebrate the work of the NHS during that time.

So please don’t miss this year’s switch on. On 17th November 2022 at 6.00 pm the Mayor

will be with us to switch the lights on – and you can join us to celebrate the occasion at Syke

Chapel and Community Base. Tell your neighbours – we don’t want anyone to miss out!

See you then !

COUNCILLOR TRICIA AYRTON

Save the Date !

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Harmony Blinds 18

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B&M Paving & Excavation 25


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North West Drives Limited 10

Superior Resindrives 26-27

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Garden Force 28


Leonards Tree & Landscape

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G. Turner, Plumbing

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Rochdale Boilers 41

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Fascia Lift Roofline Services 45

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