First visited : 23 January 1986
So now we come out of Littleborough for the first time and the next pub along the A58 is The Greengate half a mile further on. The journey into Rochdale from the Littleborough border isn't blessed with many nice buildings but The Greengate is one of them, a stone built pub that looks seventeenth century with mullioned windows.
I've only been in it the once, after a special general meeting of Littleborough Civic Trust. In 1985 there had been a coup against the Chairman for the past three years , Keith Parry . He was a talented man and on his day a considerable asset but it was generally felt that we had become very much his second priority behind the Coach House Project . He was replaced by the vice -chairman Betty Pickis and I think he always thought she'd orchestrated it ( they'd never been friends ) but really she was just in situ ; the real mover was my friend Roy Prince who had just retired and now became vice-chair. They set about revitalising the Civic Trust and it might not still be around today without them . One of the things we needed to do was revise the Constitution which we did in committee but needed a bigger turnout of members to ratify it. Roy and I persuaded some of those who walked regularly with us but didn't usually attend business meetings to come out on a cold Thursday night in January to do the necessary.
Once done we decided to go for a drink afterwards. I don't know who suggested The Greengate ; we never usually went there and it was in the wrong direction for most of us but that's where we retired to and it was a pleasant hour spent in a warm and comfortable pub.
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