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Tracking back in rail history

2008-07-30T10:30:40

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

2007-09-05T13:11:44

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

2007-09-05T12:49:20

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

2007-09-05T12:53:23

WE WANT your memories of bygone Stockport for a new feature in the Express ...

Comic is star of Jollywood

2007-09-04T22:52:22

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

New chapter for club?

2007-09-04T22:52:18

On January 8, 1887, members of the Heaton Chapel and District Liberal Club walked in procession from their old premises to a brand new purpose-built club.

Name changed to hide drunken past

2007-09-04T22:51:30

Drunken debauchery is not just a modern problem - 18th century Hazel Grove even had to change its name because of it!

Oh, my God. He’s coming down!

2007-09-06T11:33:53

IT WAS a normal Sunday morning in Stockport in June, 1967, and people were going about their usual business.

A beautiful game

2007-09-04T22:49:33

Football: the beautiful game. It provokes emotion among the young and old, rich and poor, men and women.

It’s OUR national game – bequeathed to us by the Six Nations of the Iroquois

2007-09-04T22:49:32

If you rack your brains to find the spiritual homes of sports you may think of Brazil and football, America and baseball or New Zealand and rugby.

American businessman who took on the trade union movement

2007-09-04T22:49:31

Bricks and other missiles began to fly. Windows were shattered, punches were thrown - the battle was on.

The bravery of fighting men

2007-09-04T22:49:30

War is a dirty, seedy thing. But it is through these darkest of times the human spirit shines brightest, bonds grow within communities and heroes are made.

The strangest things go on around these parts

2007-09-04T22:49:29

Flying saucers, spectral dogs, the Grim Reaper and a 3ft dwarf that sucks the lifeforce out of humans. No, it's not the script for the latest Hollywood horror flick. It is the supernatural world of Stock

The best laid plans have aft gang aglay

2007-09-04T22:49:28

The future looked bright - but people chose to shut their eyes. Over the years, ambitious schemes to revamp the borough have come and gone.

The mills are gone but they have left a legacy of industry

2007-09-04T22:48:35

It is a story which has been 500 years in the making. It is packed with success, failure, tragedy, disaster and the quest for power. And it shaped the face of Stockport you and I know today.

Policeman is shot as he guards seditious radical

2007-09-04T22:48:32

News from the 19th century: Police man shot outside home.

Churches burned and men die as hatred explodes

2007-09-04T22:48:32

News from the 19th century: Racial tensions sparks street fighting.

1,000 years in a nutshell

2007-09-04T22:48:31

Stockport through the years, quickly...