Future of centuries-old Greater Manchester market in doubt again - but it may not be too late to save it
The future of Rochdale’s 772-year-old market has again been thrown into doubt - but it may not be too late to save it. The curtain nearly came down on centuries of history four years ago when the council announced it could no longer afford to subsidise stallholders.
READ MORE: People in Rochdale facing 5pc council tax rise - but the town hall could pay 2pc of it for them Levi Rickell, senior project manager at Rochdale Development Agency , admitted the council now had ‘a decision to make’ on the future of the market.
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