The future of Rochdale’s 772-year-old market has again been thrown into doubt - but it may not be too late to save it. The curtain nearly came down on centuries of history four years ago when the council announced it could no longer afford to subsidise stallholders.
Traders ultimately stepped in to run the market themselves, despite bosses initially rejecting their proposal as ‘not viable’. However, the ‘Riverside Market’ - which is supposed to run at The Butts three days a week- was only held sporadically towards the end of last year and now appears to have completely ground to a halt.
It is understood the existing arrangements for running the market have broken down. Its plight was raised by Coun Shahid Mohammed at a council recent scrutiny committee.
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