Stockport, Gtr Manchester - Pools, Pyramid, Market Hall - postcard c.1980s
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 180040920
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 96
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1690)
- Barcode : None
- Start : Wed 24 Apr 2019 22:40:59 (BST)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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Seller's Description
- Postcard
- Picture / Image: Grand Central Pools (Entrance) / Inside Grand Central Pools / Kings Valley Pyramid / Stockport Market Hall
- Publisher: Stockport Postcards
- Postally used: yes
- Stamp: 1st class Machin
- Postmark(s): Stockport 1996
- Sent to: Broadstairs, Kent
- Notes / condition: slight wear due to normal postal use
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Stockport /ˈstɒkpɔːrt/ is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey. The town is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name.
Historically, most of the town was in Cheshire, but the area to the north of the Mersey was in Lancashire. Stockport in the 16th century was a small town entirely on the south bank of the Mersey, and known for the cultivation of hemp and manufacture of rope. In the 18th century the town had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the British Isles. However, Stockport's predominant industries of the 19th century were the cotton and allied industries. Stockport was also at the centre of the country's hatting industry, which by 1884 was exporting more than six million hats a year; the last hat works in Stockport closed in 1997.
Dominating the western approaches to the town is the Stockport Viaduct. Built in 1840, the viaduct's 27 brick arches carry the mainline railways from Manchester to Birmingham and London over the River Mersey. This structure featured as the background in many paintings by L. S. Lowry.
Listing Information
Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
Listing ID# | 180040920 |
Start Time | Wed 24 Apr 2019 22:40:59 (BST) |
Close Time | Run Until Sold |
Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
Item Condition | Used |
Bids | 0 |
Views | 96 |
Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
Quantity | 1 |
Location | United Kingdom |
Auto Extend | No |