Radcliffe is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater
Manchester, England. It lies in the Irwell Valley 2.5 miles (4 km)
south-west of Bury and 6.5 miles (10 km) north-northwest of Manchester.
The disused Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal bisects the town.
Historically a part of Lancashire, the town and its surroundings show
evidence of Mesolithic, Roman and Norman activity. A Roman road passes
along the border between Radcliffe and Bury. In the High Middle Ages,
the town was recorded in an entry of the Domesday Book as "Radeclive";
it formed a small parish and township centred on the Church of St Mary
(current church pictured) and the manorial Radcliffe Tower, both of
which are Grade I listed buildings. Coal was mined nearby during the
Industrial Revolution, providing fuel for the cotton-spinning and
papermaking industries. By the mid-19th century, Radcliffe was an
important mill town with cotton mills and bleachworks.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe,_Greater_Manchester>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1907:
More than 3,000 women in London participated in the Mud March,
the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's
Suffrage Societies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_March_%28suffragists%29>
1920:
The Svalbard Treaty was signed, recognizing Norwegian
sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard>
1950:
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy accused 205 employees of the State
Department of being communists, sparking a period of strong anti-
communist sentiment that became known as McCarthyism.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism>
1996:
Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicium>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gassy:
1. Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
2. (specifically) Of a beverage: containing dissolved gas (usually
carbon dioxide); fizzy.
3. (specifically) Of a person: tending to burp; burpy.
4. (specifically) Of a person: tending to release flatus; flatulent.
5. Of food or drink: tending to cause flatulence.
6. (figuratively, informal) Tending to be long-winded or wordy,
especially in a boastful and vain manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gassy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.
--J. M. Coetzee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._M._Coetzee>