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Charles Warmsley built Hollins Mill in 1830, it was demolished in 1957
Next Meeting: 9th December 2024:
‘'The call what he made - 40 years of Mobiles' with Nigel Linge.
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Staircase House, Stockport: A Visit
We visited Staircase House in Stockport Town centre on a grey and characterless day which seemed to match the front of the building which is fairly nondescript. The interior, though, is most interesting. Judith Wilshaw’s husband Eddie acted as our tour guide as he was the Project Officer for the renovation of the house so has extensive knowledge about it.
It is an excellent example of great commitment and enthusiastic determination by Stockport Council and others to preserve and restore an old building of historical importance that has been awarded Grade 2* listed building status. Unusually for such an old building, there is an almost continuous record of its evolution over time.
October 2024: Lydia Becker
Joanna Williams
Manchester is famed for its support of radical political movements - the Co-operative movement, the Anti-Corn Law League and the Trades Union Congress. But perhaps the movement most closely associated with this city is the fight for women’s suffrage. In 2021 we heard from Andrew Simcock about Emmeline Pankhurst but at our October meeting Joanna Williams introduced us to a lesser known figure who played a very important role in the growth of the suffrage movement - Lydia Becker.
