Tributes are flowing to the inspirational favourite teacher of Steve Coogan and ex-Manchester United footballer Paul Scholes.
Retired PE and maths teacher at Middleton's Cardinal Langley RC High School, Martin Wilde, passed away aged 78 recently after a short illness.
His funeral in Morecambe was attended by about 100 people who remembered him as 'one of the kindest, caring and loving men...who tried to do everything with a smile on his face and with a great sense of humour and pride'.
Meanwhile, the Cardinal Langley Facebook page has been awash with glowing tributes. READ MORE: More than 100 new homes to be built on former car dealership site in Rochdale Born and brought up in the Alkrington area of Middleton, Martin had two sons, Paul, 49, and Keith, 47, and a stepdaughter, Rachael, as well as three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
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