How the Lancashire cotton town that was once a cradle of the Industrial Revolution is now terrorised by machete drug gangs
- Posted on June 26, 2026
- By Daily Mail
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How the Lancashire cotton town that was once a cradle of the Industrial Revolution is now terrorised by machete drug gangs
At the end of a timeworn street just north of Rochdale town centre sits a row of red-brick terraced houses, of which all but one appear indistinguishable.