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[fingertrouble]

from reslbear Look up the place where you were born on Wikipedia and post 5 facts about it that people may not know.

Royton in Manchester - quite important historically cos:

1. Royton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England

2. Royton has the distinction of being the world's first town where a cotton mill was built; at Thorp in 1764 (that's actually the place I come from in Royton too, the nearest small village!)

3. The BNP began contesting elections in Royton after major race riots in neighbouring Oldham in 2001, and has since shown to be amongst Labour's main local opposition in the two wards. However, the BNP have not won a seat.

4. The Royton War Memorial is found at the summit of Tandle Hill, and is dedicated to the men of Royton who gave their lives during the First World War. It is an obelisk that had a sculpture of winged victory on it. Commissioned by the Royton War Memorial Committee and unveiled on October 22, 1921, by the Earl of Derby. (I remember this memorial)

5. Royton's library was donated by Andrew Carnegie in 1911

Yeah pretty boring huh?

Comments

[atldaddybear.livejournal.com]

Yabbut...what if one's birth town is so incredifuckingly small and insignificant that most of its Wikipedia article is about the history of the railroads that ran thru the area rather than about the town itself?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton%2C_West_Virginia

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Well at least you have some famous people...the railway stuff is quite interesting, very Once Upon a Time in the West...