Stockport

17 Sep 24  A wander around Stockport town centre.  Sunny.

Inside the new bus station (sorry, 'Transport Interchange') building.

The cycle and pedestrian ramp which leads up to Viaduct Park
above the Transport Interchange.

The river Mersey flows through the gorge below.

The railway viaduct and the Weir Mill apartment block (under construction),
from the play area in Viaduct Park.

The former Union Bank of Manchester building (1900).
Now houses 'The Godless Place', a bar and restaurant.

Underbank Hall (16th Century) grade II listed.
Originally a manor house, now a bank.

The White Lion Hotel (1904).  Grade II listed.

The Bakers Vaults pub, 19th century, Grade II listed.

St Petersgate Bridge.  A road bridge carrying St Petersgate over Little Underbank.

Winter's Clock House, Little Underbank.

Jacob Winter, a clock repairer who had moved to the area from London, set up a jeweller's in 1890.
He was fascinated by technology, and in 1898, became one of the first people in Stockport to introduce
electricity to his building.  He engineered his shop window display to rise and fall, by hydraulic power,
into a vault in the basement, and he built a highly sophisticated mechanical clock to advertise his business.
Made in 1903, Winter's clock has three timber-based mechanical figures, or automatons as they're sometimes
known: a sailor, a soldier and Father Time.  The soldier and sailor ring the quarters, and Father Time rings the hours.

Mural of Jimi Hendrix, by Otto Schade.  Jimi Hendrix once played at
the Sinking Ship Club in Stockport in 1967.  And no, I didn't see him.

Mural Life, by Qubek (Russ Meehan).

The historic Market Hall (1861).  Grade II listed.

Inside the Market Hall.

The Market Hall and St Mary's Church.

Staircase House, a restored 15th century townhouse, now a museum.

St Mary's Church from Market Place.

St Mary's Church, probably 14th century, grade I listed.

The Redrock leisure centre.

The Redrock centre from Suffragette Square.

The Redrock car park.

The Crown Inn and the railway viaduct.

The M60 motorway and the railway viaduct.