Do you want to know what's happening? Are you far away...feeling homesick? Well then, 'Bridge' that Gap!
Welcome to Stalybridge
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Do you want to know what's happening? Are you far away...feeling homesick? Well then, 'Bridge' that Gap!
Welcome to Stalybridge
Online - Come on in and take a look at 'The Bridge' |
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Did You Know? Stalybridge is famous for several things....the most spectacular one being the song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", which was written in the town by Jack Judge. More information about Jack can be found on his web page within this site. And not forgetting our very own world famous Stalybridge Brass Band, which is the oldest civilian Brass Band in the World! More information can be found on the Brass Band pages within this site.
Beatrix Potter's family came from Stalybridge, and lived in an area known as Castlehall. Beatrix was born in London but her mother Helen Leech came from Stalybridge and her parents lived at Gorse Hall until 1884, which was the last time Beatrix went there. Her paternal grand-parents lived in Glossop and her grandfather Edmund Potter was buried at the Unitarian Chapel in Hyde. Edmund Potter's mill at Dinting Vale, Glossop, supplied his grand-daughter with fabric from which she made clothes for her famous animal characters. Edmund's pattern books have survived and are in the archives at the Victoria and Albert Museum. More information can be found via the 'Links' web page. The artist L.S.Lowry lived at Stalybridge Road, Mottram, from 1948 until his death in 1976. Lowry's paintings documented the lives of ordinary people living in the industrial communities of the north. Also the the film 'Yanks' starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Regrave was filmed in Stalybridge in the '70's. And we have one of the finest football teams in the land - Stalybridge Celtic Football Club.
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