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Lees Street, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 1AG

The A6018 which bypasses the town centre. On the left is the Cow'd Feet Club, otherwise known as Lancashire Ward No 2 Conservative Club. Image

Sign for the Cowd Feet Club Image

It was built in 1871 on the corner of Stamford Street and Blandford Street not far from its parent church on Cocker Hill. It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1882. When this photograph was taken it was in use as Carson House Care Centre. I have since learnt the car home has been put under "special measures". https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-133262076/inspection-summary#overall

Inscription above the doorway of Old St George's Sunday School Image

An inscription on Old St George's Sunday School Image

The Conservative Club on Stamford Street, Stalybridge.

On Waterloo Road, Stalybridge.

The portico is all that remains of the former Stalybridge Town Hall at the prominent junction of Trinity Street, Market Street, Waterloo Road and Stamford Street. When Stalybridge became part of Tameside Metropolitan Borough in 1974, the Grade II listed Town Hall which had been built in 1831 became redundant. The building, apart from its west-facing entrance portico was demolished in the late 1980s. The Greek revival portico now strikes a lonely pose at the north end of Victoria Bridge, but it is still of historic and architectural interest. The area behind this is landscaped with trees and low growing shrubs.

The Municipal Borough of Stalybridge received its charter of incorporation on 5 March 1857, having been formed from part of Ashton under Lyne parish in Lancashire and parts of Dukinfield and Stayley parishes in Cheshire. The Royal Charter declared that the council should consist of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. The Borough was divided into three wards: Lancashire; Staley and Dukinfield. A list of Burgesses was published on 21 April 1857 and the first election of councillors was held on 1 May 1857. The contesting parties were the Whites and the Yellows. The council met for the first time on 9 May 1857 and elected the first six aldermen from among those councillors; the first mayor was William Bayley. The Arms of Stalybridge were granted by the College of Arms after the town received its charter of incorporation. The arms incorporated features from the coat of arms of the Stayley, Assheton, Dukinfield and Astley families who had all been land owners in the town. They feature a golden wheatsheaf and a silver wolf, both representing Cheshire. The motto, "Absque labore nihil" means "Nothing without labour".