V.I.P.

On the 17th March 1927 Mr. Lloyd George paid his third visit to Rochdale when he addressed an audience of 4,000 in the Territorial Drill Hall.
He was the leader of the Liberal Party between 1926 and 1931 and as Prime Minister he led a wartime coalition government between 1916 and 1922.
In 2002 he was named among the '100 Greatest Britons' following a countrywide vote and is considered to be the founder of the British Welfare State.