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Editor’s Words

A warm welcome to Real Rochdale

Hello and welcome back to the latest edition of Real Rochdale.

Our cover image is the current Man of Rochdale, Dave Richardson,
who received the award after dedicating the last six years of his life to
raising over £140,0000 to fund a hydrotherapy pool in the local
community.

In this edition, we visited BLOKES, a support group for men who
have become lonely. They will hit an incredible milestone in spring as
BLOKES will have been running their weekly sessions for four years.

Silvana Devine shares her best gardening tips for spring in order to prepare for the growing season.
Rick Attwood, the founder of ACE LIPS, shares with us the success his comedy nights have had since
being established 10 years ago.

Speaking of achievements, a 49-year-old club record has been broken at Rochdale AFC by striker Ian
Henderson, after scoring his 130th goal for the club. He is now known as Dale’s all-time record goals-
corer. Congratulations Hendo!

With warmer weather around the corner, Dr Chauhan reminds us of seasonal allergies that still affect
one in four of us and how to minimise the reaction.

David Hayden and Natasha Brown have each created an amazing Easter-themed recipe for everyone
to try. Enjoy a delicious lamb shank served with mashed potatoes and roasted root vegetables and for
dessert, you can attempt the mouth-watering triple layer traybake with a chocolate brownie base.

As always, thank you to our advertisers and contributors – and we hope you enjoy this issue.

CLAIRE FLETT
EDITOR

Address Advertising Cover Image
122 Yorkshire Street Lois Walker Dave Richardson
Rochdale advertising@realrochdale.co.uk Photo by Malcolm Journeaux
OL16 1LA
info@realrochdale.co.uk Printing Contributor
01706 523583 Jones & Brooks Ltd, Rochdale Michelle Kight

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