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Upper Brook Street, STOCKPORT, SK1 3BW

Formerly Orchard Street Congregational Church. In recent years it was converted into a film studio but is now empty office accommodation.

Formerly Orchard Street Congregational Church. In recent years it was converted into a film studio but is now empty office accommodation.

A new road off Waterloo Street giving access to new houses Image on land at Hopes Carr. There is no exit via Orchard Street and Lavenders Brow.

On Sunday 4th June 1967 a Canadair C-4 Argonaut aircraft owned by British Midland Airways, en-route from Palma de Mallorca to Manchester crashed at Hopes Carr, a small open area off Hillgate. Local people rescued 10 passengers, a stewardess and the pilot before flames engulfed the aircraft. The remaining 72 people aboard perished in the flames. A memorial plaque at the corner of Hopes Carr and Waterloo Road was unveiled by two survivors of the crash in 1998 Image A second memorial dedicated to the rescuers was unveiled in 2002 Image The mark the 50th anniversary on 4th June 2017 two new plaques were erected including one Image listing the names of those who sadly lost their lives,

This plaque at Hopes Carr Image listing the names of those who sadly lost their lives in 1967 was the mark the 50th anniversary of the Stockport Air Disaster on 4th June 2017.

The first factory built here in 1759 was a silk mill powered by a watermill on Hempshaw Brook. It was bought by Charles Davies in 1781 who added new buildings and moved production over to cotton spinning. By the 1790s it was owned by Thomas Hope who gave his name to the area and built additional mills, a tannery, hat works and workers' houses. Higher Carr Mill was demolished by 1907 but Lower Carr Mill continued to be used for cotton spinning until the 1930s. Work is now beginning on plans for an urban village incorporating 375 apartments, supported by 14,800 sq ft of retail space, 40,000 sq ft office workspace and 300+ multi-storey car park.

The first factory built here in 1759 was a silk mill powered by a watermill on Hempshaw Brook. It was bought by Charles Davies in 1781 who added new buildings and moved production over to cotton spinning. By the 1790s it was owned by Thomas Hope who gave his name to the area and built additional mills, a tannery, hat works and workers' houses. Higher Carr Mill was demolished by 1907 but Lower Carr Mill continued to be used for cotton spinning until the 1930s. This area has been largely derelict since becoming the site of the Stockport Air Disaster On Sunday 4th June 1967 a Canadair C-4 Argonaut aircraft owned by British Midland Airways, en-route from Palma de Mallorca to Manchester crashed here. Local people rescued 10 passengers, a stewardess and the pilot before flames engulfed the aircraft. The remaining 72 people aboard perished in the flames. Work on plans for an urban village incorporating 375 apartments, supported by 14,800 sq ft of retail space, 40,000 sq ft office workspace and 300+ multi-storey car park began in 2013 but so far only a new access road Image and a handful of houses Image have been built.

On Sunday 4th June 1967 a Canadair C-4 Argonaut aircraft owned by British Midland Airways, en-route from Palma de Mallorca to Manchester crashed at Hopes Carr, a small open area off Hillgate. Local people rescued 10 passengers, a stewardess and the pilot before flames engulfed the aircraft. The remaining 72 people aboard perished in the flames. A memorial plaque at the corner of Hopes Carr and Waterloo Road was unveiled by two survivors of the crash in 1998 Image A second memorial dedicated to the rescuers was unveiled in 2002 Image The area Image has remained virtually untouched since the disaster but an area regeneration plan conceived in 2008 planned the creation of 350 apartments and 5000 sqm of commercial space with the memorials being moved to a "peace garden" overlooking the Hempshaw Valley. So far only 46 new homes have been built in the area and the memorials remain where they are.

The memorial unveiled in 1998 by two of the survivors at Hopes Carr Image reads: IN MEMORY OF THE SEVENTY TWO PASSENGERS AND CREW WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE STOCKPORT AIR DISASTER 4th JUNE 1967

Unveiled in 2002 at Hopes Carr Image the plaque reads: This memorial is dedicated to those involved in the rescue and who gave aid at the Stockport Air Disaster 4th June 1967. All were faced with the true horror of tragedy and did not turn away. Their courage saved twelve lives.