Langley, Greater Manchester
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Langley is an suburb near Middleton, Greater Manchester, England, Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Rochdale and Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Manchester city centre.
Langley is an overspill estate, created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council.[1] Families moved into the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population of about 25,000 doubling that of Middleton.[1]
All the street names are adopted from different areas of the Lake District.
In 1990, Langley estate was the focus of a satanic panic[2] and in 2006 twelve of the now-adult victims sued Rochdale Council for compensation.
The Ken Loach film Raining Stones was filmed in and around Langley in 1993.
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A street in Langley with council homes built by Manchester City Council around the mid-20th century.A street in Langley with council homes built by Manchester City Council around the mid-20th century.
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