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Vernon Street on a quiet Sunday evening. (geek info: the stars are just from the aperture blades of the lens stopped down to f/16).
8th August 1988
81013 pulls into Stockport with 17:14 Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham International
Stockport Town Hall was designed by architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas who had previously designed Belfast City Hall.
It was opened by the then Prince and Princess of Wales in July 1908. To commemorate the Royal visit, part of Heaton Lane, a main shopping street in the town, was renamed Prince's Street.
Council and committee meetings take place during the evening in three oak-panelled committee rooms and in a traditional Council Chamber. The chamber has elaborate plasterwork, brass chandeliers and decorative carvings on oak benches. The civic collection of silver, some of which dates from the 15th century, lines the wall of the corridor outside the chamber.
An imposing Italian marble entrance leads to the Edwardian Ballroom, which former poet laureate Sir John Betjeman described as "magnificent". This contains a Wurlitzer organ formerly installed in Manchester's Paramount Theatre and moved to Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1977 subsequently being moved to Stockport Town Hall and being opened at Stockport in late 1999. The Wurlitzer, a 'Publix 1' was one of only sixteen of its kind in the world and was designed by the American Theatre Organist Jesse Crawford for the accompaniment of silent films. The Manchester Paramount instrument was unique in being the only one to be exported to a theatre outside the United States. The organ has been fully overhauled and the old relays have been replaced with digital technology. Various changes to the organ's original specification have been carried out throughout its life both in the theatre and its subsequent homes.
The town hall is also the home of Stockport Symphony Orchestra, who perform classical concerts on a regular basis.
Stockport Town Hall has been nicknamed "the wedding cake".
26th February 1987
25176 sits in the middle roads at Stockport before running round on 1H07 19:34 Bolton - Mayfield vans
The Mancunian special with Black Five 44871 in charge is seen drawing into Stockport station. It had made the short trip from Manchester Piccadilly but would go on to travel to Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway.
37510 at Stockport in lovely light on 5B42 Longsight TMD - Crewe.
Cheers For Use Jacky.B AKA Bobby Bear :)
I spent a few years living in and around Stockport while working at Mirrlees, leaving the area in 1973, but with a little time to spare while waiting to change trains I had a nostalgic stroll around an managed to grab this shot while the 636O 10.41 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton Efw Terminal was crossing the viaduct behind DB 66089.
There have been changes. I think the large building on the right used to be a Co-op department store
8th August 1988
37429 arriving at Stockport with 18:17 Manchester Piccadilly - Cardiff Central while 87023 awaits departure with a Euston - Manchester service.
Underbank Hall is a beautiful 16th century manor house in the centre of Stockport, used as a bank since 1823 and now occupied by NatWest Bank. If you can, go inside -- it's amazing!
Stockport railway viaduct is the largest brick built structure in Western Europe, standing 33.85 metres high and said to contain some eleven million bricks.
86226 'CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH' arriving at Stockport with a Vermin service on the 28th of September 2001.
8th August 1988
304034 pauses at Stockport with a southbound service (to Stafford if the tail end destination indicator is correct) back in the day when John Menzies had station bookstalls