On this day in History 27th Sept 1871

Rochdale Town Hall opened by Mr. G. L. Ashworth, Mayor. A long precession of civic officers, trade societies, Sunday school scholars etc., accompanied by bands of music, paraded the town. At a banquet in the evening Bishop Fraiser and the following M.P's were present: Messrs. Hibbert, Egerton, Potter, Jacob Bright, T. Whitworth, and J. Platt