Snaps of Stockport no 1 outside the Plaza

Now I always think the snap often outweighs the carefully prepared photograph.

Snaps have a freshness and directness that is often missing from  the ones taken by professional and commercial photographers.

These “superior” images may have a lot going for them but the snapper captures the moment.

Added to this we know that behind that snap is a picture which was special to the person who took it.

So here over the next few weeks are a series of snaps taken by William Ernest Edmondson who along with his wife worked in the Town Hall at Stockport.

They date from the 1950s and some reveal a Stockport that has all but been lost to living memory.
And that on its own makes them special.

They were first posted on facebook by his son Ian who has kindly granted me permission to republish them on the blog.

Pictures; of Stockport, from the collection of William Ernest Edmondson, courtesy of Ian Edmondson