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Jim Noir ( born ___MASK50___ ) is the stage name of Alan Roberts , an English singer - songwriter from Davyhulme , Greater Manchester . He has released four albums to date , 2005 ' s " Tower of Love ", 2008 ' s self - titled LP " Jim Noir ", 2012 ' s " Jimmy ' s Show " and 2014 ' s " Finnish Line ", as well as a number of EPs . Rochdale is a market town in Greater Manchester , England , positioned at the foothills of the South Pennines on the River Roch , north - northwest of Oldham , and north - northeast of the city of Manchester . Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale , population ___MASK71___ , ___MASK92___ . Rochdale is the largest settlement and administrative centre , with a total population of 107 , 926 . Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester , England . With an estimated population of about ___MASK71___ , 800 in 2006 , it covers and includes the towns of Altrincham , Partington , Sale , Stretford and Urmston . The borough was formed on ___MASK17___ April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 as a merger of the municipal boroughs of Altrincham , Sale , and Stretford , the urban districts of Bowdon , Hale and Urmston and part of Bucklow Rural District . All were previously in Cheshire , apart from Stretford and Urmston which were in Lancashire . The River Mersey flows through the borough , separating North Trafford from South Trafford . Historically the Mersey also acted as the boundary between the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire . Urmston is a town in Trafford , Greater Manchester , England , with a population of ___MASK40___ , 825 at the 2011 Census . Historically in Lancashire , it is about six miles ( 10 km ) southwest of Manchester city centre . The southern boundary is the River Mersey , with Stretford lying to the east and Flixton to the west . Davyhulme lies to the north of the town centre . Urmston covers an area of ___MASK93___ , 799 acres ( 19 km² ). Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from ___MASK54___ as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . Lancashire (; archaically the County Palatine of Lancaster ; abbreviated Lancs .) is a non - metropolitan ceremonial county in north west England . The county town is Lancaster although the county ' s administrative centre is Preston . The county has a population of ___MASK17___ , 449 , 300 and an area of . People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians . Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester , England , with a population of 514 , ___MASK72___ . It lies within the United Kingdom ' s second - most populous urban area , with a population of 2 . 55 million . Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south , the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation . The local authority is Manchester City Council . Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England , with a population of ___MASK28___ . ___MASK12___ million . It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs : Bolton , Bury , Oldham , Rochdale , Stockport , Tameside , Trafford , Wigan , and the cities of Manchester and Salford . Greater Manchester was created on ___MASK17___ April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 ; and designated a City Region on ___MASK17___ April 2011 . Tower of Love is the debut album by Manchester based multi - instrumentalist Jim Noir . First released on ___MASK35___ December ___MASK64___ , it largely consists of songs taken from Noir ' s first three releases , " Eanie Meany EP ", " My Patch EP " and " A Quiet Man EP ". The metropolitan counties are a type of county - level administrative division of England . There are six metropolitan counties , which each cover large urban areas , typically with populations of ___MASK17___ . 2 to 2 . 8 million . They were created in 1972 and are each divided into several metropolitan districts or boroughs . Bolton ( or locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in North West England . A former mill town , Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century , introducing a wool and cotton - weaving tradition . The urbanisation and development of the town largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution . Bolton was a 19th - century boomtown , and at its zenith in ___MASK61___ its ___MASK38___ cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world . The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War , and by the 1980s cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in Bolton . Jim Noir is the stage name of Alan Roberts , an English singer - songwriter from Davyhulme , Greater Manchester . He has released four albums to date , ___MASK64___ ' s Tower of Love , ___MASK6___ ' s self - titled LP Jim Noir , 2012 ' s Jimmy ' s Show and 2014 ' s Finnish Line , as well as a number of EPs . Davyhulme is an area of Trafford , Greater Manchester , England . Historically in Lancashire , it is contiguous with the town of Urmston . The population of the two Trafford wards at the 2011 census was ___MASK21___ , ___MASK14___ . North West England , one of nine official regions of England , consists of the five counties of Cheshire , Cumbria , Greater Manchester , Lancashire and Merseyside . The North West had a population of ___MASK56___ , 052 , 000 in 2011 . It is the third most populated region in the United Kingdom after the South East and Greater London . The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England . It is named after the River Tame , which flows through the borough and spans the towns of Ashton - under - Lyne , Audenshaw , Denton , Droylsden , Dukinfield , Hyde , Mossley , Longdendale and Stalybridge . Its western border is approximately east of Manchester city centre . It borders Derbyshire to the east , the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham to the north , the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport to the south , and the City of Manchester to the west . the overall population was ___MASK31___ , 324 . A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England , and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county . Created in ___MASK52___ by the Local Government Act ___MASK83___ , metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts . However , all of them have been granted or regranted royal charters to give them borough status ( as well as , in some cases , city status ). Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition of the metropolitan county councils by the Local Government Act ___MASK22___ . However , metropolitan boroughs pool much of their authority in joint boards and other arrangements that cover whole metropolitan counties , such as combined authorities . Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester , England . It stands on the River Douglas , south - west of Bolton , north of Warrington and west - northwest of Manchester . Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre . The town of Wigan had a total population of 97 , 000 in 2011 , whilst the wider borough has a population of ___MASK94___ , ___MASK78___ . Bury ( locally also ) is a town in Greater Manchester , England , on the River Irwell . It lies east of Bolton , west - southwest of Rochdale and north - northwest of Manchester . Bury is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury , with an estimated population in 2015 of ___MASK63___ , ___MASK16___ . The borough of Bury has a wider population of 187 , 474 as of 2011 The Local Government Act ___MASK83___ ( c ___MASK77___ ) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on ___MASK17___ April 1974 .