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Crossfield Close, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2DG

Former Robinsons pub on the corner of High Street and Kenworthy Street. Compare with view in 2013 Image when plans to turn it into an Islamic centre for education and prayer were turned down https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/plans-build-stalybridge-tameside-mosque-6310947 I'm given to understand it will now probably be converted into housing.

Former Robinsons pub on High Street de-signed and boarded up.

The former 'The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn' had a claim to fame as being the longest pub name in Britain. It is no longer a public house but a private dwelling although this plaque remains on the building.

The Bistro, healthy cooked fine food. Abandoned shop in Stalybridge shopping centre.

Abandoned shop in Stalybridge shopping centre

Formerly the Stop & Rest Image

Sign for the Lord Stamford on Grosvenor Street Image

Leech's Tunnel was a partially covered footpath that allowed access from Hall Quarry in Dukinfield to Stalybridge without disturbing the Gorse Hall Estate. "Gorse Hall" is the local name for a former estate (and site of two stately homes of the same name) on the border between Stalybridge and Dukinfield, Greater Manchester. The first Gorse Hall ("Old Gorse Hall") dates back to at least the 1600's, and was demolished during the 1960's. The New Gorse Hall Mansion was built in 1835 by local mill owner John Leech (grandfather of Beatrix Potter). After his wife's death, the Mansion was bought by a local builder for his son, George Harry Storrs, who was murdered in mysterious circumstances on November 1st, 1909. The bricks used to construct the New Mansion were then used to re-front the Banks in Stalybridge town centre.

A lone pigeon struts across a deserted street. This is Stalybridge town centre on a Tuesday lunchtime. There are shops here - and, in this view, a Wetherspoons pub - but a lot of the units are boarded up and the area feels in decline. This is sad but not at all unusual nowadays.

Leech's Tunnel was a covered/culverted footpath allowing access between Hall Quarry in Dukinfield, and Stalybridge, whilst preventing workers from trespassing onto the Gorse Hall Estate. "Gorse Hall" is the local name for a former estate (and site of two stately homes of the same name) on the border between Stalybridge and Dukinfield, Greater Manchester. The first Gorse Hall ("Old Gorse Hall") dates back to at least the 1600's, and was demolished during the 1960's. The New Gorse Hall Mansion was built in 1835 by local mill owner John Leech (grandfather of Beatrix Potter). After his wife's death, the Mansion was bought by a local builder for his son, George Harry Storrs, who was murdered in mysterious circumstances on November 1st, 1909. The bricks used to construct the New Mansion were then used to re-front the Banks in Stalybridge town centre.