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Industrial town (textiles, machinery,
asbestos) in Greater Manchester, England, on
the river Roch 16 km/10 mi NE of Manchester;
population (1981) 92,704. The so-called
Rochdale Pioneers founded the first
Co-operative Society in England, in Toad
Lane, Rochdale, 1844. The popular singer
Gracie Fields was born here and a theatre is
named after her.