A Day Out In Rochdale

[Ryewolf]

Or strictly speaking - another day out in Rochdale... as it's the second time I've been in two weeks..

I know, not the most obvious place to go for a day out or indeed photo opportunities (other than Gracie Fields, Lisa Stansfield and Mike Harding singing about Rochdale Cowboys) it was a place I've never been too, despite being 15ish miles away...

Sheltering from the Rain - Rochdale Town Hall

Red Cars - though the sign said Rochdale Olympics,,,

The Baum... I dunno, your guess is as good as mine where it gets this name....

The Rochdale Pioneers on Toad Lane

The Wedding

The Mesh - on Cocka Doodle Moo

The Old Rochdale Tramway Offices

The Rochdale Pioneers Museum - and a rather unique post box incorporated into a lamp (It's a converted First National Standard pillar box of 1859 - one of only two post boxes in the world that are incorporated in a street lamp - the other is in Paris)

A door to an old bank...

[kev7d]

Good set.  The advert on the brick wall is a belter. 

[Clicker]

What a great set.. like them all Rye ... The post box and CoOp  tea is  super ... well spotted . Baum...is the German  word  for tree Rye ... the Sign looks like a graphic use of the word displaying a tree.

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Kev and Clicker - didn't know that baum meant tree in German, there is a church just opposite called St Mary in the baum, which with a little bit of digging via Google, baum in Rochdale dialect means balm, and apparently refers to the wild flowers which grew in the meadows where the church was built. Apparently there's a  phantom Rabbit seen around here called the Baum Rappit and Toad Lane is thought to be a corruption of T'Owd Lane (The Old Lane)

[Kobione]

Nice set Rye and interesting - I like the Co-op tea add on the wall too!

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Kobione - apparently people come from all over the UK and world to see the post box lamp.