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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.
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.
Battersby Hats of Stockport
William J. Battersby started from small beginnings a hat factory that grew to be one of the biggest in Stockport by Rupert Battersby.
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.
Water under the bridge
The history of the Lancashire Bridge from Medieval beginnings to the present day – by Daphne Breen.
Frontline Stockport
The country had six lines of defence against the Germans possible invasion and one went through Stockport – by Kevin Dranfield.