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March 2024. Rochdale. Rochdale’s musical heritage includes two (2) Stansfields. Lisa, and Gracie, who lost her “stans” and became Gracie Fields in order not to be confused with our kiss-curled heroine. Bizarrely, it’s Gracie who’s commemorated outside the town hall, possibly because her ode to Rochdale town pubs. Mrs RM, Blackpool Jane and I were… Continue reading OUR GRACIE’S – A TAVERN IN THE*TOWN

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