The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, is usually considered the first successful cooperative enterprise, used as a model for modern co-ops, following the ' Rochdale Principles '.

A founder of the Rochdale Literary and Philosophical Society, he took a leading part in its debates, and on returning from a holiday journey in the east, gave the society a lecture on his travels.

Bright died at his home One Ash on 27 March 1889 and was buried in the graveyard of the meeting-house of the Religious Society of Friends in Rochdale.

* The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, a group of weavers who designed the Rochdale Principles

The Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society, founded in 1844, was the first modern cooperative ; the Rochdale Principles are a set of ideals for cooperatives.

In the late 20th century, after 27 years of campaigning and restoration by the Huddersfield Canal Society the canal was fully re-opened to navigation in 2001, when it again became one of three Pennine crossings, the others being the Rochdale and the Leeds and Liverpool ( both broad canals ).

They were first set out by the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in Rochdale, England, in 1844, and have formed the basis for the principles on which co-operatives around the world operate to this day.

The group's roots can be traced beyond the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers established 1844.

They were first set out by the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in Rochdale, England, in 1844 and have formed the basis for the principles on which co-operatives around the world operate to this day.

The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park.

The Rochdale Canal Society worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it.

Middleton also has links to the early Co-operative Society and may pre-date the Rochdale Pioneers.

* 1844 – The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.

The patronage dividend rewarded the loyalty of the owner members of Britain's retail consumer co-operatives since the Rochdale Pioneers of the 1840s.

* December 21 – The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England.

The term " socialist " was first used in English in the British Cooperative Magazine in 1827 and came to be associated with the followers of the Welsh reformer Robert Owen, such as the Rochdale Pioneers who founded the co-operative movement.

A second book, A Century of Co-operation, examined the history of the Co-operative movement from the very first Co-operatives, to the contribution of the Chartists and Robert Owen, through to the Rochdale Pioneers, as well as the movement's development ( in Great Britain ) over the following century.

The Rochdale Pioneers opened the first Cooperative shop in Toad Lane in 1844.

Article for lay audience, tracing the early history of the Rochdale Pioneers and the Rochdale Principles.

In 2010 he played Mr. Pony in Terry Pratchett's Going Postal and in 2011 he portrayed the character of John Holt, one of the original founding fathers of the Co-operative movement, in a feature film The Rochdale Pioneers set for release in 2012.

The area available at Heywood is approximately three times the size of the former Rochdale and Manchester locations.

The main road running through the town centre is the A680 running from Rochdale to Whalley.

It is east of Rawtenstall, north of Rochdale, and east of Preston.

The major towns of Burnley and Accrington are to the north and northwest respectively ; Todmorden, Walsden and the county of West Yorkshire are to the east ; Rochdale and the county of Greater Manchester are to the south ; Rawtenstall, from where Bacup is governed, is to the west.

* www. statsandmaps. co. uk Stats and Maps is the Rochdale Borough statistics and maps website.

It is a shared evidence based that provides quick and easy on-line access to data, information, and intelligence about the borough of Rochdale, and aims to meet the needs of the local community, LSP partners, and the general public.

The village of Greenville is now considered part of Rochdale, as it falls within the 01542 ZIP code ; the former villages of Mannville and Lakeside were destroyed to construct the Kettle Brook reservoir system, in northeastern Leicester, to supply water to Worcester.

Route 56 north of the Leicester Center crossroads is Paxton Street ; south, it is Pleasant Street until it detours along a bypass road, Huntoon Memorial Highway, that skirts the edge of Rochdale.

David Stephenson ( born Friday in Leeds ) is an English rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, playing at club level for Oldham Roughyeds, Hull Sharks, and Rochdale Hornets, as a, or.

The Navigation starts in Wakefield, where there is an end-on junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation and runs upstream through Mirfield, after which there is a junction with the Huddersfield Broad Canal, to arrive at Sowerby Bridge, where there is another end-on junction, this time with the Rochdale Canal.

Greetland is situated primarily around Stainland, Saddleworth and Rochdale Roads, with much of the village located on one side of the steep hill that separates the latter two roads.

Greetland Infant School is located at Saddleworth Road for children aged 4 – 6, and Greetland Junior School is located at Street / Rochdale Road for children aged 6 – 11.

Between Wakefield and Leeds, via Castleford, the navigation is part of a circular cruising route or " ring ", formed by the Leeds & Liverpool and the Huddersfield or Rochdale canals.

The Stubbing Wharf is an 18th century inn located alongside the Rochdale Canal, in which the poet Ted Hughes set his poem " Stubbing Wharfe ".

The town is at the junction of the Calder and Hebble Navigation and the Rochdale Canal ; Tuel Lane Lock on the Rochdale Canal is also the deepest lock in the United Kingdom.

Rochdale College was established as an alternative to what were considered traditional paternalistic and non-democratic governing bodies within university education.

The poster, advertising a performance in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, boasts: Mr Henderson will, for the first time in Rochdale, introduce his extraordinary TRAMPOLINE LEAPS and SOMERSETS!

In 1958, Granada Television broadcast coverage of the Rochdale by-election, 1958 – the first election to be covered on television in Britain.

Wolves ' first promotion was won just a year later, narrowly claiming the Third Division North title at the first attempt ahead of Rochdale.

At first engaged in a Rochdale bank, in 1824 he became a medical student at the University of Edinburgh.

But it was as a member of the Rochdale Juvenile Temperance Band that Bright first learned public speaking.

His first speech on the Corn Laws was made at Rochdale in 1838, and in the same year he joined the Manchester provisional committee which in 1839 founded the Anti-Corn Law League He was still only the local public man, taking part in all public movements, especially in opposition to John Feilden's proposed factory legislation, and to the Rochdale church-rate.

Bright publicly deprecated the popular tendency to regard Cobden and himself as the chief movers in the agitation, and Cobden told a Rochdale audience that he always stipulated that he should speak first, and Bright should follow.

Shankly made his senior debut on 31 December 1932 in a 2 – 2 draw against Rochdale and made 16 appearances for the first team.

Yeovil's first game in the Football League was a 3 – 1 away win over Rochdale.

Watching the first American space walk on TV in 1965 made a strong impression of adventure, possibility and achievement on the young Kershaw, as did his education at the hands of the German ex-refugee nuns at Rochdale Convent.

Stockport were eliminated from the 1945 / 46 FA Cup in the first round after a 3 – 2 aggregate loss to Rochdale The first post-war league season ( 1946 / 47 ) saw Stockport finish 4th in Division 3 ( North ) with 24 wins and 50 points

Finally, in 1921, Rochdale were recommended to be included in the new Third Division North, and played their first League game at home against Accrington Stanley on 27 August 1921, winning 6 – 3.

After beating Darlington 5 – 4 on penalties in the semi-finals, Rochdale reached Wembley for the first time in their history.

Rochdale have participated in the Football League playoffs on three occasions: 2002, where they lost 4 – 3 on aggregate to Rushden and Diamonds, 2008, where they went through to Wembley on penalties, 5 – 4 after a 3 – 3 draw aet over 2 legs, with Ben Muirhead netting the crucial penalty for Dale, however at Wembley despite scoring the first Goal Dale suffered a 3 – 2 loss to Stockport.

Stott was born in Rochdale, the first child of Richard and Edith Stott.

The first goal in the stadium was scored by Graham Kavanagh for Stoke in a league cup game against Rochdale.