Awareness Days In May 2011. Local & Community History Month. National campaign to promote awareness of local history. National Share a Story Month. Federation of Children’s Book Groups celebrate the power of the story. 1st May. May Day. International Dawn Chorus Day. The Wildlife Trust’s celebration of the world’s 1st wake up call & the joy of birdsong 1st - 7th. Compost Awareness Week. You’re having a laugh. National Windsurfing Week. Never did get the hang of that. Deaf Awareness Week. A chance to highlight the different types of deafness and the communication methods available. Education Action Week. Global campaign to make education available to all. National Doughnut Week. Actually this is not a joke as Bakers throughout the land sell doughnuts all week to raise money for the Children’s Trust for kids with multiple disabilities. 3rd May. World Asthma Day. More information at
www.ginasthma.com 4th May. Star Wars Day ( May The Fourth Be With You. ) International Fire-fighters Day. Due to their Patron Saint’s Day, Saint Florian. 8th May. World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. Helping people since 1863. 9th May Europe Day. Marking the anniversary of the EU which was conceived in 1950. 12th May is Limerick Day. Celebrating the Birthday of Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) and an excuse for The Local Herald to explore a few Limericks throughout these pages. See page 12. 14th May. World Fair Trade Day. 15th - 21st May. Christian Aid Week. British Sandwich Week. What a good excuse for a Bacon Butty. See our special Butty Shop Feature. Page 24. 16th - 20th May. Walk to School Week. As if! 16th - 29th May. Foster Care Fortnight. 20th Friendship Fun Day. A fun and creative fundraising day for primary schools. 22nd - 29th May. Wait for this one….
Be Nice To Nettles Week.
What !!!! We have to look into this one. See page 11. 23rd - 27th May. Noise Action Week. This organisation raises awareness about noise, noise issues and promotes a responsible attitude towards noise, but they don’t like to shout about it. 29th May Oak Apple Day. To commemorate the restoration of the Monarchy in England & Ireland in May 1660. Also known as Shick Shack Day or Arbour Day. 30th May Spring Bank Holiday. 31st May. World No Tobacco Day. ( Oh Pack it in !)
God must love stupid people -
He made so many !
The Rossendale towns have a proud history in Lancashire League Cricket in - Bacup, Haslingden, and Rawtenstall. They have attracted some world class overseas professionals who often lived in the Valley, notably, Everton Weekes was long associated with Bacup, and Clive Lloyd with Haslingden. Rossendale is sometimes called “The Valley of Song”, and this was certainly the case when the choir was founded in 1924, by the late Fred Tomlinson MBE. He took a group of men and moulded them into one of the country’s finest male voice choirs, winning countless festivals, including the international Eisteddford in Llangollen on four occasions.
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A woman's husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months, yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day. One day, when he came to, he motioned for her to come nearer. As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears, 'You know what? 'You have been with me all through the bad times. When I got fired, you were there to support me. When my business failed, you were there. When I got shot, you were by my side. When we lost the house, you stayed right here. When my health started failing, you were still by my side... You know what Martha?' 'What dear?' she gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth. 'I'm beginning to think you're bad luck...
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In the 2001 census the population of Rossendale was 65,652 and spread between the larger towns of Bacup, Rawtenstall and Haslingden. The villages of Whitworth, Waterfoot, Helmshore, Crawshawbooth make up the population along with many smaller villages of hamlets such as Newchurch, Shawforth, Stacksteads and Stubbins. The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and is twinned with the German town of Bocholt, located close to the Netherlands border.
The area thrived during the Industrial Revolution as it’s wet and damp climate were ideally suited to the wool, cotton spinning and weaving industries. In the middle of the 19th Century a felt industry developed, and from this the manufacturing of slippers so that footwear also became a major employer in the area. The area is also notable for its quarrying, and Rossendale Flagstone was used widely throughout the country in the 19th century. The flagstones in Trafalgar Square in London were quarried in Rossendale.
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