two pounds fifty pence

Colour Calendar 2024
The 2024 calendar is full of colourful photographs of Stockport with interesting historical facts on many of the dates.

Reddish Remembered
Reddish Remembered is a 50 page A4 book by John Condon, first published in 1982. It is full of fascinating history of Reddish with photographs and maps.

Inns & Outs of Stockport Taverns
An A4 black & white book with stories from the social side of some of Stockport’s old Inns and Taverns by Coral Dranfield.

When Stockport Rocked
Beryl Lomas was one of the many teenagers who grow up in the 60s 70s with clubs, bands and dancing in Stockport. A number of the bands became famous at a later date. All this is remembered in this book.

Peterloo and the Stockport Radicals
Mainly based on eye witness reports this 44 page A4 book tells the story of Peterloo and how it affected the lives of the Stockport workers who attended.

Stockport’s Train Crash
This A4 black & white book looks in detail at the disastrous outcome of two trains colliding on Stockport viaduct and why five people died due to a thick smog.

Stockport Old Town Walk
Jim Clare’s self guided walk book around the town centre of Stockport is full of interesting facts about it’s history and heritage.

A History of Stockport Breweries
This history of the major Stockport Breweries is full of facts and interesting stories, with plenty of illustrations. Good value for the price.

Storm Over Stockport-the plug riots
A day etched deep into the history of industrial strife in Stockport, when a vast horde of strikers marched into town hell bent on closing down its manufacturing industry.

Cotton Shopping Bag with a short handle
This cotton shopping bag is made from an original artwork produced by Jim Clare. Looking from the door of St Mary in Edwardian times.

Cotton Shopping Bag – long handle
This cotton shopping bag is made from an original artwork produced by Jim Clare. The scene is looking from the door of St Mary in Edwardian times.

Pigs, Peasants & Pestilence
This book followes the growth of Stockport from the time of Domesday to the end of the 17th Century, through wars, famine and disease to a thriving commercial Market Town, long before the Industrial Revolution.

The Invasion of 1745 through Lancashire & Cheshire
The attempted invasion by Scottish troupes in 1745, led by Bonnie Prince Charlie had a bigger effect on Stockport than you may have thought. This book is well researched and tells a fascinating story.

Stockport Past & Present
Stockport Past & Present documents the changes to our town using photographs from different periods, with brief descriptions .

The Stockport Jewish Community
A well research look at the Jewish Community in Stockport from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st.

A Stockport Tale
A Stockport Tale by A.E.Lomas, is an A4 book outlining a childhood growing up in Stockport from the 1920’s to the war in 1949.

Stockport History Tour
This pocket-sized guide provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of the town of Stockport. Some of its medieval past has been hidden by the rapid expansion during the early part of the Industrial Revolution but much still remains if you know where to look.

The Legacy of Richard de Vernon
Richard de Vernon was the younger son of an aristocrat, he built Stockport’s first church in the Market Place sometime between 1306 -1329. This is the history of that church, part of which still stands today.

It wasn’t my fault Sarge!
A sequel to Jim’s early life. He continues his adventures into National Service.