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'It's absolutely abominable to take it from us': Shoppers react to the closure of a Rochdale town centre shopping centre
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukhereBut the news has devastated those who own businesses and work in the centre, and left shoppers extremely disappointed by the loss of the Baillie Street centre.We visited Rochdale town centre to ask shoppers how they felt about the Wheatsheaf closing.Christina regularly visited the centre to meet friends at the cafe, and says it is 'awful' that people will now lose the social connections it offered.Christina, who asked us not to use her last name, said: "The little cafe in there is a lovely meeting place for people"Older, retired people meet there for coffee.
There's a piano there, they have a pianist come in. There's so much depressing going on, it just lifts people a bit."It's nearly all people in their sixties.
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