Houldsworth Square, Reddish
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Houldsworth Square, Reddish
Image: © Geoff Royle Taken: 29 Apr 2009
Reddish is typical of many villages transformed by the industrial revolution. The square is named after Sir William Henry Houldsworth who at the young age of thirty built a huge double ended cotton spinning mill beside the nearby Stockport Branch of the Ashton Canal.http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/houldsworth/houldsworth.htm The clock in the photograph is dedicated with gratitude to the memory of Sir Henry by people of Reddish. In the background the spire of St. Elisabeth's church peers over the roof of the Houldsworth Working Men's Club.http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1223229
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Image Location
Latitude
53.437531
Longitude
-2.160185