Only 6 miles from Sheffield City Centre the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham has a proud past, a successful present and a confident future.
Here are 7 things that you may not know about Rotherham.
- Since Roman times iron, and later steel, have been the mainstay of industry in Rotherham. Despite numerous recessions and challenges from other steel producing nations, steel is still produced locally for a number of prestigious international projects including Airbus and Renault.
- More recently Rotherham business leaders and entrepreneurs have turned their skills and ingenuity into high tech, environmentally friendly business success. For example CMD Ltd (brands of DPG & Form Fittings) who design and manufacture desk ergonomics, office power, lighting control and cable management solutions and are celebrating their 25th anniversary.
- Staring disaster in the eye and still coming through victorious, Rotherham United (aka the Millers) overturned a potentially fatal 17 point deduction imposed at the start of the 2008/2009 League 2 season. What’s more they currently stand at the top end of the division and are hotly tipped for promotion.
- Avid Millers fan Chris Wolstenholme, bass player in rock band Muse was born in Rotherham, as was backpeddling, pony-tailed, Arsenal and England goalkeeper David Seamen.
- Darling of the Conservative party since his famous speech as a 16 year old at their 1977 National Conference, former party leader Williams Hague was also born in Rotherham. Currently serving as MP for Richmond (Yorks), Hague is Shadow Foreign Secretary and unofficial deputy to party leader David Cameron. William Hague’s middle name is Jefferson. Best known for his life in politics he is also a successful biographer having published acclaimed biographies of both William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce.
- Rotherham’s twin city in China is Shenzen. With a population of over 10 million (contrasting sharply with Rotherham’s of just over 200,000) and a futuristic high tech cityscape, any similarities between the two might be considered purely coincidental.
- Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, based in nearby Sheffield played their first ever gig at Rotherham Arts Centre in 1980. They wouldn’t have their first hit single for another 14 years!
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