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The series from #StockportHeritage Library testing how observant you are, as you walk around the borough #LookingUpStockport . Did you spot photo 21 was of Number 1 Market Place #Stockport ? Another teaser next Friday and more photos of the borough here orlo.uk/DzFPB
ALT A building facade with windows and decorative trim under a grey sky.
We continue the new series of #StockportThenNow from #StockportHeritage Library, looking at Hillgate. This week the former Salvation Army Citadel on Middle Hillgate, now apartments, in 1981 and 2026. For more #Stockport memories orlo.uk/byJVO
ALT Street scene from 1981 featuring a Salvation Army building and a tall apartment block.
ALT Street view of buildings including The former Salvation Army citadel building in red brick, with a large apartment block behind.
For #WhereinStockportWednesday last week from #StockportHeritage Library we were in 1993. Did you spot we were on Wellington Road South, looking down Brentnall Street? Another teaser tomorrow at 5pm. For more photos orlo.uk/ZhJQo
ALT A silver car drives is at a T junction, with to the left a brick building with stepped buttresses.
The series from #StockportHeritage Library testing how observant you are, as you walk around the borough #LookingUpStockport . Did you spot photo 20 was the reconstructed frontage of the Warren Bulkeley Arms Hotel on Bridge Street #Stockport ? Another teaser next Friday.
ALT Red brick building facade with coat of arms and ornate stonework.
For #WhereinStockportWednesday last week from #StockportHeritage Library we were in 1986. Did you spot we were on Warren Street, with the construction of the shops on the site of the Warren Bulkeley Arms? Another teaser tomorrow at 5pm. For more photos orlo.uk/SyxmA
ALT Construction site with Balfour Beatty signage and a tall tower, showing ongoing building work behind a temporary barrier.
The series from #StockportHeritage Library is testing how observant you are, as you walk around the borough #LookingUpStockport . Did you spot photo 19 was a clothing store at 65 Prince's Street #Stockport ? Another teaser next Friday and for more photos orlo.uk/3opmX
ALT Close-up of a red brick building tower with two narrow windows and decorative pilasters.
We continue the new series of #StockportThenNow from #StockportHeritage Library , looking at Hillgate. This week looking at a mock Tudor shop on Lower Hillgate in 1976 and newly renovated, fifty years later in 2026. For more #Stockport memories orlo.uk/WzaqI
ALT Street scene in 1976 showing Newhall Discount Stores and Rowbotham & Millett Ltd shops with people and cars.
ALT Street view of a shopping street with traditional and modern buildings, featuring a bakery and pottery studio.
The series from #StockportHeritage Library is testing how observant you are, as you walk around the borough #LookingUpStockport . Did you spot photo 18 was Vernon Street / Castle Yard? Another teaser next Friday and for more classic photos of #Stockportorlo.uk/Y5WPC
ALT Ornate red brick tower with decorative carvings and a spire, under a cloudy sky.