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'''Rochdale''' is a town and metropolitan borough in [[Greater Manchester]]. It was an important | [[File:Rochdale Town Hall.jpg|thumb|Rochdale Town Hall]]'''Rochdale''' is a town and metropolitan borough in [[Greater Manchester]]. It was an important textile manufacturing centre in the early industrial revolution, and the birthplace of the co-operative movement. As well as Rochdale itself, the Metropolitan Borough includes the towns of [[Middleton]], Heywood, Littleborough and Milnrow, and the village of Wardle. | ||
==LGBT history== | ==LGBT history== | ||
There was | There was an [[Oldham]]-Rochdale-[[Tameside]] [[CHE group]] in the 1970s. | ||
The [[Rochdale LGBT Network Reading Group]] meets in the Central Library.<ref>http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/library_services/_more_on_library_services/books_and_reading/reading_groups/rochdale_lgbt_network_reading.aspx</ref> | The [[Rochdale LGBT Network Reading Group]] meets in the Central Library.<ref>http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/library_services/_more_on_library_services/books_and_reading/reading_groups/rochdale_lgbt_network_reading.aspx (dead link)</ref> | ||
[[Gay Rochdale]] | [[Gay Rochdale]] was a website aimed at LGBT people.<ref>http://www.gayrochdale.co.uk/ Dead Link in Feb 2021 </ref> | ||
The Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton is [[Chris Clarkson]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Greater Manchester]] | [[Category:Greater Manchester]] | ||
[[Category:Reading groups]] | |||
[[Category:Metropolitan boroughs]] | |||
[[Category:English towns]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:10, 10 July 2026
Rochdale is a town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester. It was an important textile manufacturing centre in the early industrial revolution, and the birthplace of the co-operative movement. As well as Rochdale itself, the Metropolitan Borough includes the towns of Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough and Milnrow, and the village of Wardle.
LGBT history
There was an Oldham-Rochdale-Tameside CHE group in the 1970s.
The Rochdale LGBT Network Reading Group meets in the Central Library.[1]
Gay Rochdale was a website aimed at LGBT people.[2]
The Member of Parliament for Heywood and Middleton is Chris Clarkson.