Rochdale Visits and Shows

• 1928 – 27^th August – Opening of ‘The Rialto’ cinema
• 1929 – Opening of the Rialto Cinema
• 1931 – 26th to 31st January  – ‘Gracie Comes Whoam’
• 1932 – Appointed ‘Life Governor’ of Rochdale infirmary
• 1933 – 27th Feb to 4th March – ’Gracie Comes Again’
• 1934 – 3rd to 8th December – ‘Hello! Here I Am Again!’
• 1937 – 14th May – To be granted ‘Freeman of the Borough’
• 1938 – Unveiling of ‘James Gunn’ portrait at ‘The Regal’ Cinema
• 1941 – 14^th July – First stop back in England since leaving for America in 1940
• 1941 – (August) first concert back in Britain
• 1943 – 19^th August – Visit to Rochdale with Basil Dean
• 1947 – 28^th July – ‘Our Gracie’s Working Party’ from the Champness Hall
• 1949 – Sunday 24th April
• 1954 – Friday 22nd October – Plaque unveiled at Moulesworth Street, and appearance at Theatre Royal. Met King and Queen in Rochdale Town Hall.
• 1954 – 24th November – Visited to see the destroyed Theatre Royal
• 1956 – 29th October to 3rd November – ‘Week of Variety’
• 1957 – Presented trophy to Rochdale Police on their Centenary
• 1963 – 29^th October – Opened Rochdale infirmary’s new outpatient department
• 1970 – Opened Vitool Factory on site of her birth
• 1978 – 16th September – The opening concert of the Gracie Fields Theatre
• 1979 – 20th October – Memorial Service, Rochdale Parish Church
• 1980 – 30th March – Tribute to Gracie Fields, at the GF Theatre