Page 51 - Real Rochdale Issue 13 Spring 2022
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MEMORY LANE






         The former council office block, known
         locally as the ‘Black Box’, dominated the
         Rochdale town centre skyline, until it was
         demolished in 2014.

         Construction of the Black Box and the
         adjoining bus station, designed by architects
         Essex, Goodman & Suggit, was started in
         October 1975, completed in April 1978 and
         officially opened in May 1978 - the offices
         were ready for use the following year.


         When it opened, within the footprint there
         was also a pub, The Travellers Rest, SaverSales
         and information offices, a café, dry cleaners,
         clothing shop and a newsagents. Escalators
         linked the concourse with the town centre,
         via a footbridge from the car park. Access to
         the buses was at street level or via subways.




                                   The Black Box in September 2009





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