A chaotic situation is always deliberately produced. Ask yourself who or what sort of creature could benefit from such a situation.
William S Burroughs – The Place of Dead Roads
We have been here before tracing the history of Portwood, also, once upon a time finding a lost photo album. returning in 2021 to take a look around.
To the west of the site the tower blocks of Lancashire Hill two twenty two storey blocks containing one hundred and ninety eight dwellings.
View of Pendlebury Towers and Stonemill Terrace, original Commissioning Authority: Stockport County Borough Council
1987
Below the flats of Lancashire Hill the River Tame, which meets with the River Goyt to from the River Mersey.
To the south the Manchester Outer Ring Road – M60.
The boundary completed by Tesco Extra and a Porsche Dealership.
We can see the remains of the road system of this former industrial site, now colonised by brambles and greenery, the imposition of earth mounds and fly tipping.
The slow accretion of detritus and undergrowth.
Modern Mooch 