In the slum clearances of the 1960s thousands of Mancunians made a new life in Darnhill. And, 60 years later, the Manc connection can still be heard
For Maria Murphy her new home was 'like a palace'. Having moved from a post-war prefab bungalow in Blackley, just the fact of having stairs seemed exotic and exciting to the then 10-year-old.
READ MORE: First they fought snobbery, then they fought for an Aldi... Life in the Manc estate in a Cheshire millionaires' town Two years later, 171 acres of land to the west of Heywood, mainly fields and some farm buildings, some eight miles from Manchester, was identified as a potential site for what was being described as an 'overspill development'. But the plans met with opposition from the off.
"The local people didn't want the estate to be built," said Maria, whose surname is now Bartlett. "There was a stuck up attitude to it being a council estate. They used to call us the 'Hillbillies' and at school they'd sing a song that went 'Those Darnhillians, darn right silly uns'. Most of the men building the estate were Scottish, which led to Darnhill's Caledonian-themed street names such as Dunblane Grove and Dumbarton Drive. And soon shops, schools, churches, a library and a community centre were built for the new community.
"The Criterion was a great place to go as long as you knew someone in there. There were some real characters, proper Manchester people with a cutting wit. And at first the flats were highly-sought after. "The best years of my life were living on Darnhill when these high rises were up," a former Armadale and Dunvegan Court resident wrote on the Tower Block website.
"Rochdale council had to maintain the roads, but to them, it's not their estate." Soon Darnhill was being dubbed a 'no-go' estate as vandalism and crime soared. "The lifts were in decline and used as toilets. The council did not vet who they let live in the flats and it sealed the death of them."
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