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Century Mill, Farnworth
Century Mill, Farnworth is a former cotton spinning mill in Farnworth, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England which was built in the early 20th century for ring spinning. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. The 6,674.00-square-metre (71,838.3 sq ft) building is still in use for various other purposes in 2016.
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St James's Church of England High School
St James's Church of England High School is a Coeducational Church of England secondary school located on Lucas Road, Farnworth in Greater Manchester, England.
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Harper Green School
Harper Green School is a coeducational secondary school located in Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England. On 1 March 2017 the school converted into an Academy along with Rivington and Blackrod High School. The school is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust.
Built around a central quad, it became comprehensive in 1982. The school is housed in a mixture of traditional and modern buildings where there are facilities for a wide range of activities and interests. The accommodation facilities include 23 general classrooms, two music rooms, recording studio, theatre, eight ICT rooms, two dance studios, 11 science laboratories and three art and design workshops including specialist facilities for ceramics, printmaking and ICT. The sports facilities include indoor and outdoor tennis courts, large sports hall and gymnasium and playing fields including Astroturf, football and hockey pitch.
The school houses the Alan Ball Sports Hall, as well as the Peter Kay Theatre. In 2006, Peter Kay filmed a music video at Harper Green with the Scottish band Texas.
The Harper Green curriculum until Year 9 GCSE choices consist of: Maths, English, Science, Computing, Art, Design & Technology, Food and health catering, History, Geography, Drama, Music, P.E, RE, Languages (Spanish, French etc) and social learning (PSHE).
The year 9 GCSE choices are as shown in the curriculum shown on the main website page provided above: English Language
English Literature
Mathematics
Combined Science (worth two GCSEs)
History or Geography
In addition, they choose three subjects from the following range of option subjects:
Art,
Biology*
Business and Enterprise Studies,
Chemistry,*
Computer Science,
Dance,
Design Technology,
Drama,
Health and Social Care,
Hospitality and Catering,
Information Technology,
Music,
Photography,
Physical Education (Cambridge National P.E. or GCSE P.E.),
Physics*
Religious Education,
Spanish.
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The Shakespeare, Farnworth
The Shakespeare is a Grade II listed pub in Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England.
It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
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Municipal Borough of Farnworth
The Municipal Borough of Farnworth was a local government district centred on the town of Farnworth in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. A local board of health had been established for Farnworth in 1863, which was reconstituted as an urban district in 1899, before being granted a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough in 1939. Following abolition of the local authority in 1974, Farnworth became an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester.