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Wellington Road South, STOCKPORT, SK1 3SU

North along the A6 Wellington Road South from the corner of Railway Road.

Occupying a small footnote in pop history, this humble fish and chip shop is situated a few hundred yards from the legendary Strawberry Studios in Stockport. In 1991, the band New Order had split into singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner's project with Johnny Marr of The Smiths - Electronic - while Peter Hook had built the forgettable band Revenge (subtle) around his ham-fisted bass playing. That left Gillian Gilbert (keyboards badly) and Stephen Morris (drums) twiddling their thumbs in the studio. They came up with their own project and called it, with either admirable self-deprecation or a stunning lack of imagination, The Other Two. The first single they released was rather jolly and would have been a modest hit had the bands label, Factory, not collapsed, leading to distribution and promotion problems. They called the single Tasty Fish after the chip shop across the way and it peaked at number 41. It reached number 84 in Australia. Listen https://youtu.be/2zEZAij6vGw

The entrance to the "Grand Central" complex from Wellington Road South. Grand Central Image is a retail, entertainment and leisure complex. It contains a mixture of entertainment, leisure, retail and food venues, including the East Orient Asian restaurant on the left. The more notable parts of the complex used to include the Grand Central Pools and Leisure Complex, a Cineworld Cinema and a Tenpin Bowling and Quasar. The pool and cinema remain open but the bowling alley and the former Heaven & Hell Club Image have been demolished Image Previous owners of the site having failed to redevelop the site, it was bought by Stockport Council in 2011. The revamped regeneration plans include an office quarter for the town centre, a hotel, public space outside the railway station. In addition the redevelopment will also include a multi storey car park in an attempt to make the site into a more attractive gateway into the town centre. More information on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Stockport

Opposite Pizza Hut at Grand Central on Wellington Road South the shops include Avis' car hire offices, takeaway Spice Land, Tung Hing Lau chinese restaurant, an estate agents office (itself for sale) and the office of Prestige Nursing services.

Wellington Road South in Stockport.

Looking up the A6 out of Stockport, the dominant buildings are McDonald's and the Town Hall Image

Off Wellington Road South.

On the right is the entrance to the Grand Central Image complex. Pizza Hut Image has been replaced by the Asian buffet restaurant East Orient. In the background, higher up Wellington Road South is Stockport Town Hall.

The building on the corner of Wellington Road and Grand Central hosts a number of welfare service providers including the Children in Care Council, Mosaic (services for people affected by substance abuse) and other family and children's support services. The building had previously been used by the debt-management company First Step who went into liquidation in 2014 after the directors were disqualified for taking client funds. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/debt-management-directors-disqualified-for-taking-client-funds

Launched in 2014 Stockport Apprenticeships Store https://www.stockport.gov.uk/apprenticeships on Grand Central is said to be the country's only independent apprenticeships hub. Adjacent to it is an Army Careers Advice centre.