I'll start by providing you with a link to the route here. (It opens in a new tab on a computer). As you can see it's rather a convoluted journey.
We start at Wilbraham Road station in Whalley Range, a south Manchester suburb. The railway here was owned by the Great Central, hence this LNER B1 4-6-0 no 1156 passing through. (Photographer unknown - my collection).
Onwards to Chorlton-cum-Hardy and its Green (Creative Commons License).
Chorlton-cum-Hardy is served by Metrolink trams (Creative Commons License).
Here's an old photo of the Bowling Green. The pub is still open and has real ale and accommodation.
Another traditional pub, the Horse & Jockey.
The Sedge Lynn is a former billiard hall, now a Wetherspoons.
There's several little bars opened recently in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. One of them is Electrik, which has some decent beer.
The Beer House has Marble Beers from central Manchester.
The Pi Bar has since been renamed and I'm not certain of its cask beer status.
The Bar is now known as the Chorlton Tap and still has plenty of good beers.
Manchester Corporation tram no. 701 at Palatine Road terminus, West Didsbury.
Nothing remains of the Waterloo Hotel, Burton Road, West Didsbury.
Heaton Mersey is a suburb of Stockport and was served by the Midland Railway in 1905.
Heaton Mersey loco shed housed both LNER and LMS locos. LNER 5084 is seen there around 1935.
A few views of Heaton Mersey MPD towards the end of its life, circa 1967.
To help you navigate the tangle of railways around here, this map from Wikipedia may help.
Cheadle Heath was a Midland Railway station.
Onwards to Cheadle Hulme, on the Stockport to Crewe line. On 10th of October 2006, the line was just about to reopen after a long engineering job and this "Bubble Car" DMU was undertaking a track survey.
Opposite the station was a Holt's pub called the Cheadle Hulme. It's since been rebadged as the Station House.
Westwards now to Timperley. Here, there's a Lees' tied house, the Moss Trooper.
Hyde's beers at the nearby Quarry Bank.
Time for some more Holts - at the Legh Arms in Sale Moor.
Sale station was on the former Manchester, South Junction & Altricham Railway (now part of the Metrolink tram system).
Close by, the Railway, a Robinson's house.
Southwards to Brooklands station, seen in 1962 (Ben Brooksbank - Creative Commons License).
The for station building here has been converted to a Lees' pub, the Brook.
Manchester tram 582 at Brooklands, Washway Road.
Broadheath station, ex MSJ&AR, in 1962 (Ben Brooksbank - Creative Commons License).
The future of the Railway pub in Broadheath is uncertain.
We follow the ex MSJ&AR to its penultimate station, Navigation Road. The signal box here controlled both BR trains and Metrolink trams.
We're right on the edge of Altrincham now, but you'll have to await the next post before we get there.
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