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RAFC players read dinosaur story for schools

Footballers record story of Broadband
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Three Rochdale AFC players sat down last
month to record a story time session for
Rochdale primary schools, and met Dippy the
Dinosaur, whose visit to the Rochdale
council offices in Rochdale town centre has Ollie Rathbone, captain Eoghan O’Connell and
been extended until 12 December. Jimmy Keohane visited Dippy the Dinosaur at
Number One Riverside and recorded a book
Usually, Rochdale AFC players would visit local with a dinosaur theme, bringing ‘Captain Flinn Livestream football on iFollow with
schools, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Smugglers Bay’ by fast and reliable broadband from Zen.
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The story time session, aimed at Year 1 and will directly be supporting your local club.
This hasn’t stopped the club coming up with Year 2 pupils, was filmed by the media team
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