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[edit] Rail

[edit] Reddish South

The local part of what is now the West Coast Main Line running between Manchester Piccadilly and London via Crewe was opened in 1840-2 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (M&B), crossing the Mersey valley on a viaduct *expand. In 1845 a branch opened to the collieries at Poynton, south of Stockport. In 1849 a line was opened from the north side of the Stockport Viaduct via Reddish South and Denton stations to the Woodhead Line (Piccadilly to Sheffield) of the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway (SA&MR) at Guide Bridge. A short branch went to Denton Colliery. **WORDS**Reddish South station helped develop e area with the canal.**WORDS**[1]

The M&B became part of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) by 1849: the SA&MR became part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) in 1847. At this stage both companies used Manchester Piccadilly.[1]

[edit] Reddish North

In 1862 the MS&L built a line from Hyde Junction to near Compstall on the River Goyt. In 1865 this was extended over the river to New Mills, and later joined the Midland Railway's Derbyshire lines. By 1867 Midland trains were running from London to Piccadilly via this route, providing competition to the LNWR. In 1875 the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee, a joint venture between the MS&L and the Midland, opened a new more direct route from near Romiley, through Reddish North to Piccadilly. In the same year, the Midland was given notice to leave Piccadilly, and construction of Manchester Central railway station started.[1]

[edit] Reddish Electric Depot

The Fallowfield Line was opened in 1892 to allow access from the Woodhead Line to Manchester Central and Trafford Park, and passed through a corner of Reddish. Stations were built just outside Reddish at Hyde Road and Levenshulme South.[2] In 1936 the MS&L's successor, the London and North Eastern Railway, planned to electrify the Woodhead Line and the Fallowfield Line, primarily for shipping coal from Yorkshire, but World War II interrupted the plan. After the war, the railways were nationalised as British Rail (BR). Electrification continued as the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway, opening in 1954 using a 1500 V DC system, and a depot constructed at Reddish to maintain the Class 76 and 77 locomotives. However, electrification was not continued beyond the depot to Trafford Park.[2][3] Shortly afterwards, BR adopted the 25 kV AC system for electrification, with the effect that the Woodhead Line "pased very quickly from ultra-modern to obsolescent."[4]

The depot was used to house the prestiguous Midland Pullman in the early 1960s and continued to service locomotives until it and the Woodhead Line were closed in 1981. Despite rumours that the depot would be used to service the Manchester Metrolink, the depot fully closed in 1983, was quickly vandalised, and has been demolished. The Fallowfield line closed completely in 1988 and the track was taken up.[2][5]

[edit] Droppitt

Local passenger services stopped using the Fallowfield Line in 1958 (through trains continued until 1969).[2][3] The Beeching Report of 1963 reccommended that the Woodhead Line be retained and the Hope Valley line (serving Reddish North Station) closed; in 1966 BR controversially proposed the reverse.[4]


[edit] Civic History

Reddish was a township in the ancient parish of Manchester, but outside of the Manor of Manchester. This had the effect that the boundaries of the Manor of Manchester described the boundaries of Reddish, with the exception of the boundary with Cheshire, which was the River Tame. The relevant part of the 1320 survey of the boundary was:[6]

Following the middle of the said river [Tame] between the county of Chester and Ashton as far as Moreclou at Reddish; and so following Moreclou as far as Saltersgate; and from thence following the ditch of Reddish as far as unto Muchelditch; and following that as far as le turf-pits between Heaton Norres and Reddish; and from thence following le Merebroke as far as the conjunction of the waters of the Tam[e] and Mersey.

This was traced into modern (ie YEAR) features by Crofton[7][8]; in turn, one road has been renamed since Crofton’s time (Crofton’s Pink Pank Lane is now Nelstrop Road.[9]).

Following the middle of the Tame as far as Denton Brook at Reddish; and so following Denton Brook and a tributary as far as Thornley Lane South; and then following Thornley Lane as far as Nico Ditch; and following Nelstrop Road as far as the turf-pits between Heaton Norris and Reddish (these are lost); and from there following Black Brook as far as near the conjunction of the waters of the Tame and Goyt.

This description fails in the last section: the Black Brook cannot be le Merebroke as it does not flow to the Tame, but joins Cringle Brook, which joins Chorlton Brook, which flows into the Mersey several miles away. With this exception, Crofton’s interpretation of the 1320 boundaries matches those shown on OS maps of the late 1800s.

By 1901 Stockport had effectively run out of land, and was overflowing into neighbouring districts. In 1901, after petitioning the Local Government Board, Stockport expanded into several adjoining areas. They included the whole of Reddish, described by Arrowsmith as its *greatest prize*.[10] Stockport gained Reddish’s tax income and building land, and in return Reddish receved several civic amenities. A council school opened in 1907,[11] and a combined fire station, free library, and baths opened in stages during 1908 (Cronin identifies a small building at the rear as a mortuary).[12] The council opened new municipal parks at Mid Reddish (on land presented by Houldsworth) and at South Reddish.[13] A park at North Reddish followed, described in 1932 as “recently laid out, provid(ing) a number of horticultural features combined with recreation facilities, and illustrat(ing) the layout of a modern recreation park”.[14] At that time, the Stockport Canal and the Reddish Iron Works made up two of the park’s boundaries.

Stockport provided (1907)[1] a combined library, fire station, swimming baths and a small mortuary [15]. Farms surrounded by housing existed until the 1980s (eg Ashbrook Farm, & the one by Broadstone Mill). The land sloping down to the River Tame (see Reddish Vale) remains mostly undeveloped, and some industry has been removed.

Andrews was taken over in 1905 by Richard Hornsby & Sons of Grantham[16][17], and the business transferred to Grantham and the Reddish works closed some time during the great depression following WWI[17]. Cronin indicates that the works were still in operation in 1930.[18].

[edit] Closures

  • Broadstone Mill, 1959 (Holden p168)(Ashmore p84) (Arrowsmith (1997) p 258)
  • Greg's Victoria, running 1975 (Ashmore p84)
  • Greg's Albert, running 1975 (Ashmore p84), closed in 1982 (Cronin p79)
  • Atlas wire, 1927 (Ashmore p86)
  • Spur Mill, 1972 (Ashmore p85)(cronin p79)
  • Vale printworks, closed by 1975 (Ashmore p85)
  • Vauxhall/Craven's, closed by 1975 (Ashmore p86) closed in 1970 (Arrowsmith (1997) p 259) (Cronin p85)
  • Houldsworth, cotton production ceased by 1958 (Cronin p77)

[edit] Listed buildings

Reddish (Houldsworth) Mill
Reddish (Houldsworth) Mill
Houldsworth Working Mens Club
Houldsworth Working Mens Club
St Elisabeth's School
St Elisabeth's School

Reddish is home to several listed buildings and structures.[19] All the Grade I and Grade II* listsings are part of Houldsworth's community.

  • Grade I
  • Grade II*
  • Houldsworth Mill, Houldsworth Street. Designed by Abraham Henthorn Stott. Opened 1860s, closed as a cotton mill 1958.
  • Houldsworth Working Mens Club, Leamington Road. Designed by Abraham Henthorn Stott. Opened 16 May 1874.
  • St Elisabeth's C of E Primary School (Houldsworth School), Liverpool Street. Wall at St. Elisabeth's C of E Primary School, Liverpool Street. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse. Consecrated 1883.
  • St. Elisabeth's Church Rectory & wall at St. Elisabeth's Church Rectory, Liverpool Street. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse.
  • Grade II
  • Broadstone Mill House, Broadstone Road
  • Clock and drinking fountain, Houldsworth Square
  • North Reddish Infant & Junior School, Lewis Road
  • Tame Viaduct, Reddish Vale
  • 40 Sandy Lane
  • Shoresfold Farmhouse and numbers 2 & 4 Marbury Road


[edit] Modern Reddish

Combined library, fire station and baths.
Combined library, fire station and baths.

Reddish is missing several components that would make it a self-contained modern town. For example, there is no hospital or cinema, and there is only a single medium-sized supermarket (run by Morrisons).

Of the 1907 facilities provided by Stockport, only the library is still open. The baths closed in 2005; there is a campaign to reopen them[20], but it does not have the backing of the council [21]. The ground floor of the fire station is used as a community centre. The mortuary closed in the 1980s[15].

All the cotton mills and the canal that fed them are closed. Broadstone mills are partly demolished, with the remainder used for retail and office space; all three Houldsworth mills are either converted or being converted (2006) to residential and light industrial use; Greg's mills were demolished but the site and the surrounding industrial estate still contains a mix of industrial and service industries. Regeneration efforts at Houldsworth Mill were instrumental in Stockport Council winning British Urban Regeneration Association's award for best practice in regeneration[2].[22] £12 million has been spent to convert the mill into mixed use.[23] The area around Houldsworth mill is now desiganted as a conservation area.[24][25]

Discussion of Broadstone Mill [26]

http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/221/221798_united_front_for_reddish_railway_battle.html http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/221/221593_railroaded__station_closure_sparks_fury.html

[edit] Schools

It has been decided to to close Fir Tree Primary, North Reddish Infants and North Reddish Junior Schools [27] and there is a proposal to build a new school at Harcourt Street <<os ref>>. The site was formerly a clay pit for a brickworks, and later a landfill site. Much of the landfill took place before modern controls, and there is local concern about the suitability of the site [27] [28] [29].

[edit] Stuff waiting for a home

Reddish is home to two golf clubs, Reddish Vale Golf Club by Alister MacKenzie and Houldsworth Golf Club.

http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/209/209924_high_hopes_for_cotton_quarter.html http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/215/215404_wills_new_tv_role_is_first_class.html Engine House at heritage blog, (was in Stockport Times in July)

http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/224/224272_anger_at_plans_to_close_library.html

http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/224/224853_residents_fight_for_village_green_at_public_inquiry_.html

[edit] Memorials

  • War memorial, Willow Grove Cemetery.
  • War memorial, Reddish Road.
  • War memorial within North Reddish School.
  • Memorial to Sir William Houldsworth in Houldsworth Square.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Arrowsmith pp 231-6
  2. ^ a b c d Johnson
  3. ^ a b Suggitt
  4. ^ a b JRULM
  5. ^ Johnson, E M (1997). Woodhead: Manchester London Road, Gorton, Guide Bridge, Glossop and the Longdendale Valley Pt. 1. Romiley: Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-43-6. 
  6. ^ Booker p199.
  7. ^ Crofton pp 160-1.
  8. ^ Crofton Chethams
  9. ^ Arrowsmith p 47.
  10. ^ Arrowsmith p 239. Astle pp 73-4. Cronin pp 8, 35.
  11. ^ Astle p 49 (pdf).
  12. ^ Arrowsmith p 239. Astle pp 49, 77, 79, 94 (pdf). Cronin pp 35-6.
  13. ^ Astle p 80 (pdf).
  14. ^ Stockport Advertiser History of Stockport, 1922-1932, being a supplement to the Advertiser centenary history 1822-1922, pp 7, 18 (pdf).
  15. ^ a b Cronin
  16. ^ Astle
  17. ^ a b Newman, Bernard [1957]. One hundred years of good company. Lincoln: Ruston & Hornsby, 75-6. 
  18. ^ Cronin, p82
  19. ^ LISTED BUILDINGS IN STOCKPORT (pdf). Stockport MBC web pages. Stockport MBC (2006-02-03). Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
  20. ^ Friends of Reddish Baths. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
  21. ^ "Councillors pull plug on residents’ bath takeover", Stockport Express, Guardian Media Group, 30 March 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
  22. ^ "Stockport awarded Houldsworth honour", Manchester Evening News, Manchester Evening News, 1 November 2005. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
  23. ^ Houldsworth Mill : The Prince’s Regeneration Trust. The Prince’s Regeneration Trust (17 October 2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
  24. ^ Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - Houldsworth (1981). Stockport MBC web pages. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
  25. ^ £60m scheme to launch Reddish urban village. Manchester Online. GMG Regional Digital (1 February 2005). Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
  26. ^ "Opportunities knock for entrepreneur Richard", Manchester Evening News, Manchester Evening News, 2006-12-19. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
  27. ^ a b "£5million new Reddish school moves step closer", Stockport Express, 7 December 2005, retrieved 29 March 2006
  28. ^ "Reddish fears over school on ex dump", Stockport Express, 21 September 2005, retrieved 29 March 2006
  29. ^ Hansard

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