Falinge park (13 acres)given to Rochdale by Alderman Samuel Turner (Mayor 1901-3) in commemeoration of the Coronation of King Edward VII on 5th August 1905.He spent £3,500 on walkways, flower beds , and landscaping. He extended the park in 1911 on the Coronation of King George V.
A bandstand was erected in 1907 which was restored in 1998.
Mount Falinge (only the windoless facade exists today, heavily fenced off and neglected) was built by Clement Royds, his son Albert Hudson Royds, was the grandfather of Alderman Turner.
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