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Rupert Terrace, STOCKPORT, SK5 6DY

The B5169 from Heaton Mersey to Reddish. On the corner of Sylvia Grove is Marie's Sandwich Bar.

Photographed in the summer of 1956. An early licensee of this beer shop was known for his generosity when pulling pints into the customers' jugs, hence the shop became known among the villagers as 'The Long Pull'. The property has in the meantime been converted into apartments.

On the corner of Broadstone Road and Liverpool Street opposite News & Booze.

Photographed 1950 For reference, a later 1956 TPoint image may be seen here Image

Built in 1865, this mill has been converted for a variety of uses including residential, businesses and a conference centre.

A typical back alley behind a row of terraced houses. In the distance is Victoria Mill, now partly converted to exclusive apartments.

Looking along Rupert Street, towards Houldsworth Mill. Houldsworth Mill, also known as Reddish Mill, is a former mill built in 1865 at the height of the cotton production boom in the north-west of England. It was constructed for Henry Houldsworth, a prominent mill owner at the time. As well as a mill, Reddish boasts a road, a large pub and the main town square all named in his honour. Cotton production at Houldsworth Mill ceased in the 1950s. The mill was sold to the John Myers mail-order catalogue company and was used principally as a warehouse. Mail-order trading ceased in the 1970s, and the mill was divided into separate business units, but most of the building remained vacant and it fell into a state of disrepair. Since 1998, Houldsworth Mill has undergone substantial renovation and restoration financed by local business organisations, the local town council and by grants from English Heritage3, and similar organisations, such as the Prince's Trust. The extension to the rear of the mill accommodates several businesses, and the second floor contains a Craft Village. The north end of the mill comprises a modern business centre and a large conference centre. The mill is currently a Grade II* listed building. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houldsworth_Mill,_Reddish – Wikipedia article about Houldsworth Mill http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A564699 - BBC h2g2 guide http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=210821 – Images of England National Monuments Record

Stockport Heritage Trust have mounted a Blue Plaque on the front of the building which states :- "Designed by famous mill architect Abraham Stott for the cotton workers of Houldsworth Mill in 1874. William Houldsworth established the club as part of a new industrial community in Reddish."

Built in 1883 (architect Alfred Waterhouse) for mill-owner William Houldsworth.