Wildflowers amongst the relics of Stockport’s past

If I wanted to pose a challenge, I could just ask where I was in Stockport, when I took this picture.

The sun was shiny, and the expanse of wildflowers might offer up a range of possible sites on the edges of rural Stockport.

But no, I was on that stretch of footpath looking down on Travis Brow, with Decathlon behind me.

It runs from Georges Road to Wellington Road North and goes under the giant viaduct carrying the railway line from Manchester into Stockport.

Now the busy A5145, the viaduct and Decathlon are all visible in part from the footpath but choose the angle correctly and you can create a shot of the wildflowers which suggest you are miles away from built up Stockport. 

And by extension the small, wooded area at the start of the footpath where it begins on Georges Road can also offer a deceptive rural scene.

But honesty is the name of the game, and so rather than deceive, here in the corner of the wooded area is one of those motorway signs that hint at just how close we are to the busy side of Stockport.

And which is confirmed by a group of wildflowers framed at the top by the wire fence of Decathlon.

And for those who want to pinpoint the relic, we are on Georges Road, and here is what it looked like in 1894.

Location; Stockport

Picture; Walking by Stockport’s relics; 2021, from the collection of Andrew Simpson, and the area in 1894, from the OS map of South Lancashire, 1894, courtesy of Digital Archives, Association, http://www.digitalarchives.co.uk/