AN UNUSUAL ROUTE TO STOCKPORT

Just to the east of Manchester Piccadilly station was a fine Hyde's pub, the Jolly Angler. It's gone now, a great shame (Photo in my collection, photographer unknown).

 

Further east is the suburb of Bradford, where the Duke of Edinburgh pub could be found. It was demolished in 1992.

A local independent bus company operated in this area. Ashall's were using this Leyland Lynx in Clayton (see the map here) in 2001.

Ashall's depot was in nearby Gorton.

Beyer Peacock had their locomotive building works in Gorton. Here's the internal shunter.

WR 0-6-0PT 9663 is seen outside Beyer Peacock's works, alongside the Woodhead route.

The Great Central Railway also had their works and engine shed at Gorton. GCR 361 is seen there when in new in 1906.

Twenty years later and LNER 0-4-0ST 6430 was found at Gorton shed.

Gorton MPD was still open in 1961, when 41203 photographed there.

The Gorton Arms, a Banks' house in Gorton, has long since closed.

Panic not! The Vale Cottage in Gorton is still open.

Onwards now to Denton. Three pubs to visit here, all still open at the time of writing: The Chapel House, the Jolly Hatters and the Lowes Arms, the latter once brewed its own beer.

The Hornbeam Brewery in Denton was still in business in 2009.

On the main Manchester to Stockport railway is Longsight loco shed and maintenance depot, seen here in LNWR and LMS days.

EE type 4 diesel no. 40012 at Longsight.

Manchester tram 457 in Levenshulme.

Stockport trams also served Levenshulme. One is seen outside the railway station.

Stockport trams connected with buses at West Point, Levenshulme.

On the railway, the last stop before Stockport was at Heaton Chapel.

In the outskirts of Stockport, on Wellington Road North, was the Hope, a pub selling Fool Hardy Ales. Sadly, it's now become a fish shop.

Luckily, just down the road, there's a great boozer called the Magnet. It even has its own micro brewery.

That's a great place to conclude this post. Next time - Stockport town centre.