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Anxiety, frustration, anger and fear. These words could describe the feelings of most tenants in the Seven Sisters tower blocks over the last decade.

Despite fighting for years to stop their homes being demolished, the threat of the bulldozer still looms .

The estate, officially named College Bank, has been a constant on Rochdale ’s skyline since the 1960s.

Most living there would have considered it a happy community to live in, but in 2017, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) revealed plans to demolish four of the high-rises and redevelop.

This sparked local backlash, with local campaigners fighting to stop the plans. Although demolition was eventually ruled out in 2023, a shocking twist in the tale came last October when RBH put ‘all options back on the table’.

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