Archive: The Rise and Fall of Rochdale

The Education of Mike McManus

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Host Mike McManus is joined by guests Mary Lewis, Heather Macfarlane, and Jim De La Plante who discuss their days at Rochdale, the student college-cum-community in Toronto that folded in 1975. The three ex-tenants stress that it was an excellent place to learn and live despite its reputation as a dirty, drug-infested tenement.
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Jul 26, 2021
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