Turn Right at Mottram Roundabout - Episode 27
Tue 31st January 2017 | General | By Stewart Taylor
Our destination last week was Bacup Borough FC.
The photo shows one of a couple of short ladders which are strategically placed around the ground to make it easier for the footballs to be retrieved when they are kicked out of the ground.
The quick link took us into the world of chemistry. We asked what links the town this club is located in with an amalgam of Copper, Barium and Phosphorus?
The chemical symbols for Copper (Cu), Barium (Ba) and Phosphorus (P) when re-arranged give the name of Bacup.
And on we go. We have mentioned Roman roads before in the context of the location of our clubs and, in many ways, it’s not surprising. Manchester, as Mamucium, was a major Roman settlement and many roads were constructed to link Mamucium with other settlements. One such ran to Bremetennacum, which we now know as Ribchester, passing through what is now this town in the process.
Things have moved on somewhat since Roman times and this town is one of the examples of the development of fairly wealthy suburbs. This was largely due to the movement out of the city of the owners and managers of heavy industry and textile factories which polluted the city centres and, along with poor housing conditions, made life in the city centre more than a little uncomfortable. Those with the means to do so had houses built outside the city but close enough to travel into the factories to perform their daily tasks.
Manchester was also a big trading and financial centre. The current Royal Exchange building is just the latest of several buildings on the same site which operated trading floors for many commodities including, not surprisingly, textiles. The wealthy merchants who were involved in this trade were certainly not going to live within the city so joined many of the mill owners in building houses in the cleaner air out of the city.
Continued development and the phenomenon of urban sprawl means that this town has grown to a population in excess of 30,000. There are a number of features of the town which, whilst not unique, differentiate it from other towns in the area. Perhaps the major example is in food shops where products with exotic names such as Matzo Farfel, Babka and Knish may be purchased.
We have previously mentioned the vibrant music scene in Manchester and there is a reference to that in this town. Mark E Smith of the post-punk band The Fall grew up and still lives here. Other prominent performers in music have strong links with this town including Guy Garvey – lead singer with the band Elbow; Kevin Godley and Lol Creme of the band 10cc; Jenny Frost of the girl band Atomic Kitten and Alan Haven.
The latter was a jazz organist and perhaps the least well known of these musicians but you will have heard his work as he famously, perhaps, collaborated with the great John Barry on the music for the James Bond films From Russia with Love and Goldfinger.
In sport, the dominant force in the town is the Cricket, Tennis and Bowling Club which was founded, essentially for cricket, as long ago as 1840. The club boasts the proud achievement of being the first multi-sports club in the UK to achieve Clubmark or equivalent accreditations for all of its sporting sections. The club has a fine, refurbished, clubhouse which was opened by cricket legend Clive Lloyd in May 2011.
The NWCFL member club associated with this town were founder members of the League back in 1982 having previously been members of the Cheshire County League and, before then, reached the later rounds of the FA Amateur Cup on a number of occasions.
Since then, as with many of our clubs, there have been some bad times and some good times both on and off the field. The current atmosphere around the club is very positive and progressive with all hoping that the difficulties experienced over recent times are well and truly behind them.
Quick link - What links this club with a 19th century garden in Cheshire?
Turn Right at Mottram Roundabout - Episode 27
Tue 31st January 2017 | General
By Stewart Taylor
Our destination last week was Bacup Borough FC.
The photo shows one of a couple of short ladders which are strategically placed around the ground to make it easier for the footballs to be retrieved when they are kicked out of the ground.
The quick link took us into the world of chemistry. We asked what links the town this club is located in with an amalgam of Copper, Barium and Phosphorus?
The chemical symbols for Copper (Cu), Barium (Ba) and Phosphorus (P) when re-arranged give the name of Bacup.
And on we go. We have mentioned Roman roads before in the context of the location of our clubs and, in many ways, it’s not surprising. Manchester, as Mamucium, was a major Roman settlement and many roads were constructed to link Mamucium with other settlements. One such ran to Bremetennacum, which we now know as Ribchester, passing through what is now this town in the process.
Things have moved on somewhat since Roman times and this town is one of the examples of the development of fairly wealthy suburbs. This was largely due to the movement out of the city of the owners and managers of heavy industry and textile factories which polluted the city centres and, along with poor housing conditions, made life in the city centre more than a little uncomfortable. Those with the means to do so had houses built outside the city but close enough to travel into the factories to perform their daily tasks.
Manchester was also a big trading and financial centre. The current Royal Exchange building is just the latest of several buildings on the same site which operated trading floors for many commodities including, not surprisingly, textiles. The wealthy merchants who were involved in this trade were certainly not going to live within the city so joined many of the mill owners in building houses in the cleaner air out of the city.
Continued development and the phenomenon of urban sprawl means that this town has grown to a population in excess of 30,000. There are a number of features of the town which, whilst not unique, differentiate it from other towns in the area. Perhaps the major example is in food shops where products with exotic names such as Matzo Farfel, Babka and Knish may be purchased.
We have previously mentioned the vibrant music scene in Manchester and there is a reference to that in this town. Mark E Smith of the post-punk band The Fall grew up and still lives here. Other prominent performers in music have strong links with this town including Guy Garvey – lead singer with the band Elbow; Kevin Godley and Lol Creme of the band 10cc; Jenny Frost of the girl band Atomic Kitten and Alan Haven.
The latter was a jazz organist and perhaps the least well known of these musicians but you will have heard his work as he famously, perhaps, collaborated with the great John Barry on the music for the James Bond films From Russia with Love and Goldfinger.
In sport, the dominant force in the town is the Cricket, Tennis and Bowling Club which was founded, essentially for cricket, as long ago as 1840. The club boasts the proud achievement of being the first multi-sports club in the UK to achieve Clubmark or equivalent accreditations for all of its sporting sections. The club has a fine, refurbished, clubhouse which was opened by cricket legend Clive Lloyd in May 2011.
The NWCFL member club associated with this town were founder members of the League back in 1982 having previously been members of the Cheshire County League and, before then, reached the later rounds of the FA Amateur Cup on a number of occasions.
Since then, as with many of our clubs, there have been some bad times and some good times both on and off the field. The current atmosphere around the club is very positive and progressive with all hoping that the difficulties experienced over recent times are well and truly behind them.
Quick link - What links this club with a 19th century garden in Cheshire?
