The controversial 'Moonraker' nickname for people from Middleton may soon be consigned to history, if people from the town get their way.
But if that is to happen they may need to tear down the public art that's been present in the town centre precinct since 2001 - a triangular shape made of three giant rakes with a moon at the pinnacle and a fountain at its base.
People the Manchester Evening News spoke to said they found the nickname and the Moonraker Monument which is reminder of it as 'degrading'. READ MORE: Residents fighting 2,150 homes on green belt react after council leader says she will 'ram it down your throat' The origin of exactly how Middletonians came to be so named is not entirely clear.
According to folklore, the legend has several different interpretations. One version is that a traveller came upon a drunken yokel trying to rake a reflection of the moon in a village pond, convinced it was cheese.
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