I've called this town home for 40 years... but now things have gone too far
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTony Burrill has been a resident of Littleborough for 40 years. But now, he's made the decision to leave the place that's become home.
The 43-year-old, who works as an assistant manager at a care home, is set to move out of the town within the next year due to a number of planned developments in the neighbourhood. "I know there’s development for schools, there was a high school for around 1,000 pupils and for me, that's really frustrating," he told the Manchester Evening News.
He said of the space: "It's where people go to walk their dogs, kids play around, and where I go for a walk when I'm stressed.
That was going ahead after Covid but the government put a stop to it for three years" Join our FREE Manchester Family WhatsApp group by clicking here In 2019 Lakeside Academy was one of the 22 new schools around the country to have ben given the go ahead to be built.
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