Cobbled street in Greater Manchester is lined with gorgeous terraces - but not all is as it seems
It’s well documented that in recent years the heart of Stockport has experienced something of a renaissance.
It began in earnest around five years ago and has attracted a string of independent businesses to a picturesque, but once neglected area. This quiet residential street, with terraced houses on either side, has played an integral role in Stockport’s evolution over the years. It is understood that the street was once part of a pattern of cellar dwellings that branched off the main highway, Hillgate, in the 19th century.
The street was also part of an archaeological survey that was carried out in 2018. It uncovered and recorded the remains of the cellar dwellings, a mid-18th century silk mill and the site of the world’s largest Sunday School, which was demolished in 1971 after 166 years. A common theme of Lowry’s work was depicting life in the streets of Greater Manchester, and his two paintings of Crowther Street did exactly that. The first, ‘A Street in Stockport’, was painted in 1930 and shows people congregating outside the houses of the street - a thoroughfare of activity and life. Interestingly, on the reverse of the canvas was an unfinished painting named ‘ A Crowd Scene'.
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