two pounds fifty pence

Front and back covers of the 2024 calendar
Colour Calendar 2024

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

£7.00 Add to basket
Reddish Remembered
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.

£4.00 Add to basket
Front cover of the book by Coral Dranfield
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.

£6.00 Add to basket
When Stockport Rocked
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.

£5.00 Add to basket
Peterloo and the Stockport Radicals
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.

£6.00 Add to basket
Stockport’s Train Crash
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.

 

£6.00 Add to basket
Stockport Old Town Walk
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.

£7.00 Add to basket
A History of Stockport Breweries
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.

£4.50 Add to basket
Storm Over Stockport-the plug riots
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.

£6.00 Add to basket
The Dark Cloud
The Dark Cloud

Stockport life in the Great War. 1914 – 1918

£4.75 Add to basket
Cotton Shopping Bag with a short handle
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.

£5.00 Add to basket
Cotton Shopping Bag – long handle
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.

£5.00 Add to basket
Pigs, Peasants & Pestilence
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.

£6.00 Add to basket
The Invasion of 1745 through Lancashire & Cheshire
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.

£4.50 Add to basket
A history in colour and black & white.
Stockport Past & Present

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

£7.50 Add to basket
Sold
The Stockport Jewish Community
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.

£6.00 Read more
A Stockport Tale
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.

£4.50 Add to basket
Sale
Stockport History Tour
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.

£6.50 Add to basket
The Legacy of Richard de Vernon
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.

£5.00 Add to basket
Front cover of the book by Jim Clare & Maureen Fahy
It wasn’t my fault Sarge!

A sequel to Jim’s early life. He continues his adventures into National Service.

£8.00 Add to basket