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The Mancunian Way: The new Berlin?
12.04.2023 - 19:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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I have been a bit of a Stockport naysayer ever since I found myself slightly chilly with wet hair outside Grand Central swimming baths in 1997. And the long trudge down the many steps to the bus station didn’t improve my mood.
But 26 years later, I have decided to give it the benefit of the doubt. I’m not one to hold grudges. And after reading Jenna Campbell’s piece about how great it is, I think I’ll have to join the Stopfordians at Foodie Friday - if they’ll have me.
We’ll be discussing the up-and-coming parts of the market town in today’s newsletter. We’ll also be looking at plans for the first new railway station in decades, some disused railway arches in Manchester and a pet crematorium in Wigan.
I do think DJ Luke Unabomber must have been in a very jovial mood when he declared: "Stockport is the new Berlin." But I once declared: "Crisps are the new superfood", so I know something about hyperbole.
And though his comment was undoubtedly tongue-in-cheek, there is plenty to recommend Stockport to the hipsters and history lovers who flock to the German capital each year, as Jenna Campbell has been explaining. And all for the price of a 42 bus ticket.
The thousands who descend on the Old Town for Foodie Friday each week have been known to talk enthusiastically and at great length about the event - which has live music by the Victorian Market Hall and a strong line-up of food and drink traders.
Artist Eric Jackson - known for his comical posters depicting Greater Manchester’s suburbs -
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