Recedham – Rochdale

An illustrated timeline

An illustrated timeline of my home time Rochdale. The scroll depicts Roman, Norman, Medieval times, the Industrial revolution to 21st century architecture. 10 metres long, displayed within a glass case in the library.

Originally commissioned by Rochdale Literature and Ideas festival 2014.

Historical research by Mary Smith.

A smaller version of the timeline is now available on the shop page for more details click here

With thanks to staff at: Rochdale Literature and Ideas festival, the Maskew collection, Touchstones Local Studies Centre, Pioneers Museum, Arts & Heritage Service in Rochdale, National Co-operative Archive & Peoples History Museum in Manchester for facilitating and assisting with material for this project.