Stockport Heitage Magazine Winter 2009

The latest Magazine will be in the shops for December.

It contains stories about -

A Reddish swimming champion.
Railways of Heaton Mersey
The early day of sport in Stockport
Growing up in Portwood
Buildings at risk
Prehistoric Mellor
100 years of Guiding in Cheadle
Poynton coal pits
Marple's Mill of Misery

and much, much more.

Heritage Magazine Index

At last the magazine has an index that includes all issues from 1 - 74
It is in CD Rom format and very easy to use.

If you are looking for information about an area of Stockport or interested in Stopfordian's memories of growing up with two wars and wish to find an article in the back copies, or maybe remember seeing a picture in one of the magazines and cannot find it, this Index is the answer.

It cost £4 from the Heritage Centre in St. Mary's Church in the Market Place or can be ordered from Coral Dranfield at coralandkevin@hotmail.com with 95p P & P added.

Summer Heritage Magazine

The Latest Heritage Magazine is out now!!

Stockport Heritage Magazine is 20 years old this year and sells around 4,000 copies across the borough and around the world.

This latest issues has stories of life in working class Stockport, children's favourite sweets, once made in the borough, memories of Reddish, camping at Lyme Park, the village of Hatherlow and Victorian treasures found at the workhouse, to mention but a few.

You can also find updates about what is happening to Marple's Blue Plaque, Oldknow's House and the Rostron Brow development.

It is packed with articles, pictures and letters and well worth £2.40, if you can't find where to get your copy ring the editor on 01663719129

Click here to see our new magazine web site.

Heritage Magazine Spring Issue

Have you seen this wanted poster all over the town?

Have you got yours yet?

With our new town crier on the front it contains articles about

• Stockport's last town crier
• Cobden's move
• Bombs in Stockport
• The last days of the Workhouse
• The gypsy's curse
• Stockport Story's new gallery
• "Reggie's 'oller"
• Reddish Library
• The Railway Children at Strines
• Marple locks trail.

As well as letters and lots of photographs.

Heritage magazine, Winter 06/07 on sale

The latest issue of the the Heritage Magazine is now available in most newsagents and bookshops and at the Heritage Centre, St Mary's Church, The Marketplace.

It includes articles on:
• Underground Stockport
  
• Royal Oak Yard;
  
• St Thomas' Church;
  
• St Thomas' workhouse;
  
• a restored Stockport tram;
  
• Tiviot Dale;
  
• Stockport's blitz;
  
• Mellor's medieval hall;
  
• New life for Cheadle landmarks;
  
• Veteran Park Keeper at Lyme;
  
• Bredbury, Woodley & Hatherlow;
  
• Oldknow's Romiley home;
  
• the Plaza; and
  
• book reviews.
  

Stockport Heritage Magazine on sale

The latest magazine for Summer/Autumn 2006 is at newsagents and all good bookshops in Stockport. Best of all, buy it at the Heritage Centre, St Mary's Church, Churchgate and 50p goes to the Trust.

Contents include:

• Stockport at war;
• Offerton between the wars;
• Brinnington ghosts;
• Fred Perry;
• Stockport Heritage Trust funds the Staircase Stitchers;
• Future Stockport;
• the old Reddish Vale Weir;
• North Reddish School;
• Stockport Gas Works;
• Hillgate's tobacco factory;
• Reddish Vale Country Park;
• answers to Spot the Building;
• Mike Kiernan's Local History website;
• St Thomas Workhouse;
• St Mary's repairs;
• Brabyn Park's Scroll Bridge;
• Bredbury school;
• Whaley St John Ambulance centenary;
• Salvation Army Citadel;
• Romiley and Chadkirk in 1860;
• wartime nurseries;
• British Rail Northern Scene;
• Compstall Pictures of the Past;
• plus letters covering many other topics.
  

Or email me on stockportheritagetrust@googlemail.com and I'll put you in contact with the editor and annual subscriptions.

Re-erection of Scroll Bridge - planning application

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SMBC is seeking permission to restore Scroll Bridge, Brabyn Park, which was damaged about 10 years ago by contractors working for SMBC. This was reported in Stockport Heritage Magazine and you can find links to this article elsewhere in this blog.
The most interesting part of this application is the Reinstatement Report.
The complete set of reports can be found here.

Scroll Bridge, Brabyns Park

The following was posted on the Marple Website in March. You may find it of interest. I suggest you click on the image to see the previous postings, and a recreation of a 1991 Stockport Heritage Magazine article about how Scroll Bridge came to be dismantled in the first place.

We spoke to SMBC about this during our Iron Bridge meeting earlier this week. They didn't overwhelm us with detail but the gist of it is that the investigations into what is missing and available has gone pretty well - a significant amount of the original stone has been identified and set out in the park. (I'll add some photos for those of you who have not seen them later.)

The money for the rebuilt / restoration is in next year's budget, so the work to rebuild cannot start until the new financial year. The officers we spoke to could not advise how soon after this the work would start, but hopefully it will not be too long.
 

Stockport Heritage Magazine

The latest edition of Stockport Heritage Magazine is out now and in most local newsagents and bookshops. Contents include:

loo with a castle wall;

Spot the building;

crime of passion;

Marple's milltown;

aquaduct or viaduct;

future for workhouse (Shaw Heath); and

Stockport under fire;

Stockport Heritage Magazine hits the newstands

Magazine cover
Originally uploaded by Bill.

The latest edition of Stockport Heritage Magazine hit the newstands this week. Contents include:
the first Mersey tunnel;
a band called Toggery;
Heaton Norris waterwheel;
Ghostly ladies of Offerton;
Marple's coalmine; and
tradgedy on Mealhouse Brow.

You will find it in all good newsagents and at the Heritage Centre.