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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Oh Dear Ken...I don't think the Greens would be too impressed with the idea that Rshton is the spiritual home of their movement. Just the opposite - Rishton was the birthplace of Ernie Marsden, who along with his mates Rutherford & Geiger did some of the first investigations into atomic structure, which in turn begat the bomb, nuclear power, etc...not exactly in the Green bible.
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I never suggested it was, Tealeaf. In fact I think that (beyond the thread title) that's the first time the Green Party has been brought up.
Marsden eventually got poached by Rutherford in 1915 and went to New Zealand but was knighted in 1958. There's a blue plaque on his house on Hermitage Street to commemorate him.
Those of us who are interested in the history of the village are rather proud of that too. There was also George Tomlinson, one of my council predecessors, who eventually went on to become Minister of Education for Clement Atlee.