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Editor’s Words

A warm welcome to Real Rochdale

Hello and welcome back to the latest edition of Real Rochdale.

Our stunning cover image this month is the Wine Press at a
snow-covered Hollingworth Lake, a winter wonderland familiar to
many of us!

This winter edition is packed with things to do over the festive period;
from Christmas shopping to new exhibits in town, we’ve got it covered.

If you haven’t made a start on Christmas shopping yet (hands up, I’m definitely not alone!), make a
start using our definitive guide to shopping locally in Rochdale centre. And if you want something that
will make an extra difference, the Fair for All Fairtrade shop on The Walk is perfect.
ROCHDALE ONLINE If you’ve already bought and wrapped your presents, the next few months are yours to relax and be

merry. Touchstones has a range of new exhibitions whilst Gaia, a giant replica of planet Earth, is in
Rochdale town centre until Christmas Eve. There’s even a weekly midday music concert at St Mary in
the Baum for everyone to enjoy on their lunch hour. Or pop into the award-winning Busy Beans
we can help your business reach new customers Coffee in Littleborough for a well-deserved cuppa and cake!

Alternatively, if you’re thinking of volunteering over the holidays, consider lending your time to
Cycling Without Age, a fantastic new way of helping older residents reconnect with their community
Every business needs to constantly find new HUGE whilst feeling the wind in their hair.
customers for their products and services. Speaking of volunteers, the wonderful GEM Appeal charity has raised a staggering amount of money

The most effective way of doing so is to LOCAL for a machine to help children with rare genetic disorders and a local personal trainer has raised
ensure your business name/brand is thousands for Sarcoma UK by running marathons and set a new Guinness World Record.
constantly in front of your potential
customers, that way when they are in the REACH As always, thank you to our advertisers and contributors – and we hope you enjoy this issue.
market for your type of product or service
they immediately think of your business. CLAIRE FLETT
EDITOR
Of course the more potential customers • 160,000 - Website
regularly see your business name/brand the
more likely they are to become your
customers when they are ready to buy. • 28,000 - Facebook Address Advertising Cover Image
122 Yorkshire Street Lois Walker Wine Press, Hollingworth Lake by
That is where Rochdale Online can help you Rochdale advertising@realrochdale.co.uk Malcolm Journeaux
OL16 1LA
- because we have a huge local audience. • 12,000 - Twitter info@realrochdale.co.uk Printing Contributors
01706 523583 Jones & Brooks Ltd, Rochdale Michelle Kight
We have packages for budgets small and Katie Davies
large, call us now for a no obligation chat
about how we can help your business. www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/advertising A Rochdale Online publication

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