Longcase clock
Every week we wind Staircase House's gorgeous longcase clock, dating from the 1700s.
It was made by David Collier, born in 1721 in Heaton Norris, #Stockport.
Its ringing still sounds beautiful and can be heard throughout the house. Visit us today to hear it in person.
Pablo Fanque
🎪 #Onthisday in 1871, circus owner Pablo Fanque passed away. But who was Pablo? What was his link to #Stockport - and The Beatles?
Find out by watching the video below!
#blackhistory #thebeatles #museums
Fantastic free event coming to Stockport!
- Rediscover Stockport as part of Greater Manchester’s Town of Culture
- Animations & Activations across the town centre
- Creativity fills the air to mark the end of Town of Culture
- Save the dates for this family friendly event, 23rd-24th of March 2024
#stockportevents #townofculture
Welcome to Stockport Museum
Stay tuned for more posts throughout the day
#stockportmuseums #digitaltakeoverday #takeoverday
Open Air Theatre at Bramall Hall 2023
Open Air Theatre at Bramall Hall 2023
This year we are bringing you two sensational open air theatre performances at Bramall Hall & Park. Enjoy outdoor, picnic style theatre at its best, against one of the most beautiful backdrops in the North West.
First out is Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on Sunday 25th June, brought to us by award winning Illyria.
The we are are hosting Heartbreak Productions who are bringing us Bad Dad by David Walliams on Friday 25th August.
Tickets are on sale now from our online box office: https://orlo.uk/cwvby
We hope to see you there!
Open Air Theatre at Bramall Hall 2023
Open Air Theatre at Bramall Hall 2023
This year we are bringing you two sensational open air theatre performances at Bramall Hall & Park. Enjoy outdoor, picnic style theatre at its best, against one of the most beautiful backdrops in the North West.
First out is Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on Sunday 25th June, brought to us by award winning Illyria.
The we are are hosting Heartbreak Productions who are bringing us Bad Dad by David Walliams on Friday 25th August.
Tickets are on sale now from our online box office: https://orlo.uk/8yUjp
We hope to see you there!
Open Air Theatre at Bramall Hall 2023
Open Air Theatre at Bramall Hall 2023
This year we are bringing you two sensational open air theatre performances at Bramall Hall & Park. Enjoy outdoor, picnic style theatre at its best, against one of the most beautiful backdrops in the North West.
First out is Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on Sunday 25th June, brought to us by award winning Illyria.
The we are are hosting Heartbreak Productions who are bringing us Bad Dad by David Walliams on Friday 25th August.
Tickets are on sale now from our online box office: https://orlo.uk/fRzsF
We hope to see you there!
Diwali card 1990s
Check out this card circa 1990s, in the museum collection.
Happy Diwali to those who are celebrating, from all at Stockport Museums! #Diwali #HappyDiwali #FestivalofLights
Spill the beans!
Spill the beans...who's been sorting cupboards for the New Year? One of us had baking powder that expired in 2008! Tell us the most out of date item lurking in your kitchen. Here's a few vintage packets of food in the museum collection which are definitely not to be consumed!
Video description: a wooden kitchen worktop, with photos lined up along the counter of 20th Century food packets from Stockport's Museum collection. From Left to Right they are: A yellow tin of Bird's Golden Raising Powder, A brown tin of Nescafe instant coffee, A blue tin of Bird's baking powder, a tin of National Dried Milk, A red tin of Cadbury's drinking chocolate, a yellow cylindrical tin of hand picked cloves. After 5 seconds the image changes to show more tins. From Left to Right they are: an orange tube of C.W.S ground mixed spice, a yellow tub of Warspite brand ground white pepper, a metal box of Nabob pure nutmeg, a green tube of C.W.S ground rubbed parsley, a tin of dried powdered egg, and a Heinz yellow and red tin of spaghetti in tomato sauce with cheese.
Now stocking - The Stockport Collection by Heidi Alexander
We're thrilled to be stocking Heidi Alexander's book 'The Stockport Collection' at our Museum Shop in the One Stockport Hub, Merseyway shopping centre.
The book is a beautifully nostalgic glimpse into the community and buzz of Stockport Market in the 1970s.
"In April 2020, during the Covid-19 lockdown, I discovered (quite by chance) some 35mm film negatives from weekend visits to Stockport Market in Greater Manchester, in 1976 and 1977. I had shot several rolls of film with the old Leica M4 camera passed on to me by my father. At that time I was an undergraduate student at Stirling University. Soon after that my life became all about parenthood and a full-time career in social work. So the negatives from my 1970’s adventures went into storage, occasionally dragged around house moves in Scotland, but mainly forgotten for over four decades.
Once they were scanned, I was able to see the Stockport images properly for the first time. They quickly brought back happy memories of the wonderful atmosphere I experienced wandering around the market with my camera: the sights, colours and noisy busyness and business which characterise a thriving market community.
While processing these 44-year-old images, I was struck how much they illustrated life before the internet, before Brexit and Covid-19 and Zoom meetings. It was a time when a living, breathing community, with predictable customs based on necessary interdependence, provided that sense of belonging which seems so elusive now in our current online, screen-dependent lifestyles." Heidi Alexander.
Stockport Museums have some of the market objects that can be seen in Heidi's photographs, which makes it a perfect addition to the Museum Shop's stock. The Stockport Collection (hardback, 116 pages) is the perfect coffee table book and makes for a great gift. Available NOW in the Museum Shop at One Stockport Hub for £20.
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Sunset Faces - Nigel Astell, Stockport Write Out Loud
