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Tracking back in rail history

Tracking back in rail history

STOCKPORT was no stranger to the ‘Britannia’ class of British Railways ‘Pacific’ steam engines.

In 1952, Edgeley Station saw the ‘Byron’, ‘Tennyson’ and ‘Charles Dickens’ haul the express carriages between London Euston and Manchester London Road (now Piccadilly).

And according to Offerton train enthusiast, Mel Thorley, the type were particularly popular with Stockport’s growing army of trainspotters.


 

Get a glimpse of life in wartime Stockport

Get a glimpse of life in wartime Stockport

SIXTY-five years ago, in the depths of the Second World War, the Stockport Express mounted a powerful campaign to open cinemas and public spaces on Sundays so those involved in the war effort could enjoy the same freedoms as those in countless other towns and cities of the UK.

Lucky escape for cat

MICKEY the cat probably lost more than one of his nine lives after getting stuck in a car engine and being driven for five miles across Cheshire.

 

Go 'Down Memory Lane' with us

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Comic is star of Jollywood

Comic is star of Jollywood

Much forgotten music hall comedian Frank Randle has been brought back into the limelight as one of his films is now available to buy.

 

 

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