O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and hell, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
We have seen things come and go in, on and around Stockport Station’s little acre.
From coal drops to tear drops.
Before
During
Archive photographs courtesy of John Eaton
After
The post-industrial leisure complex has come almost full circle – overwritten by the complex needs of the modern day service-worker – Holiday Inn, Espresso Bar and Mini-mart complement the hot-desked, twenty-four hour online access all areas open-plan office operative.
Gone now the Laser Quest, Super Bowl, Multiplex, Theme Pub days of old.
Photographs from Stockport Image Archive
Time has been called on the post-modern film-set, cast and clad in plastic, brick, steel and concrete.
The future is here today and it means business.