Stockport MBC - Stockport in the 60s

Heritage 24-365: Stockport in the 60s

On this page, you will find a selection of photographs of Stockport taken around in the 1960s - a period of great change for the town.

Please note that we hope to supplement this initial gallery with many more pictures, so do check back.

For more information about the background of the photos, please click here

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Views
Brinksway from Hollywood April 1964	Viaduct over the Mersey 1962	Viaduct seen from Edgeley 1965	King Street West 1965

Buildings
Art Gallery War Memorial 1969	Churchgate House Churchgate Feb 1967	Dodge Hill House Old Road 1961	Ebenezer Chapel to left Mount Tabor chapel to right 1965	Fire Station Mersey Square 1960	Howard House Newbridge Lane 1963
Wellington House (WR South) Stockport Convent HS's first house 1963

Stockport Market
1 Market Day 1965	2 Market Day 1965	3 Market Day 1965	Stockport Market 21 Sep 1961	Stockport Market and 'Big Ralph' Oct 1964

Merseyway
Underneath Merseyway, 1960s	Merseyway at corner of Union Road May 1960	Merseyway August 1960	Merseyway circa 1960	Mersey Square May 1964	Merseyway 1965
Merseyway Construction Looking NW from High Bank Side, 18th Sept 1965	Merseyway Construction seen from High Bank Side, Sept 1965	Merseyway Development - demolition in Chestergate and Adlington Square	Merseyway Construction circa 1966	Merseyway Construction 25th Feb 1966	Merseyway 1968-69
Merseyway Shopping Precinct 1969	Merseyway Shopping Precinct 1969

New Buildings
Health Department Clinics & Offices Edward Street 1965	Tax Office 1962 (built c1958)	Lee Street Police Station 1962 (built c1957)	New Fire Brigade HQ Whitehill 1969	Offices of Stockport and District Water Board, St Petersgate 1965	Transport Department Offices and Workshop, Daw Bank 1969

Demolished buildings
Fire Station Mersey Square 1962	Textile Hall Chestergate. During demolition June 1965	Mersey Square, Wellington Road North

Trade and Industry
Oil Well Engineering Co Cheadle Heath	Alligator Rainwear production line 1965	Frederic Robinson Unicorn Brewery 1962	Walthews, Brinksway Mill, April 1964	Sutton & Torkington Fire, 16th Sept 1962	Coal Board loading bays, leading to Wellington Road South, March 1965
Bridgefield Forge, Great Egerton Street Feb 1963	Broadstone Mill Reddish, 1962

Parks
Alexandra Park Rose Garden 1962	Heaton Norris recreation Ground Playground, 1969	Vernon Park, 1962	Cale Green Park, 1962

Events
Visit of Queen Mother, June 1960	Hollywood Park fair, March 1964

Churches
St Augustine's, Cheadle Heath, 1962	St Bernadette's, Brinnington, 1965	Sacred Heart, Cheadle Heath, 1963

The Air Crash
1 Stockport Air Disaster, 4th June 1967	2 Stockport Air Disaster, 4th June 1967	3 Stockport Air Disaster, 4th June 1967