Once classified tunnels built in the event of nuclear war lie deep beneath Manchester's city centre.
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There is a lot going on in Stockport 's Old Town as the regeneration continues, but there is also a busy network of hidden structures underground that many may not realise exist. Beneath the cobbled and winding streets lie forgotten doorways and secret cellars that tell tales of the town's rich past.
It's 'like a rabbit warren', says one expert, who describes Stockport as riddled with holes and connecting tunnels. Phil Catling, Stockport born and bred, has a wealth of knowledge about what lurks underneath the many new independents and old pubs in Underbanks and around the Market Hall.
He says there are cellars upon cellars, dungeons, and old nightclubs, including where Jimi Hendrix once famously played in the 1960s. Phil, also known as the Tunnel Inspector, discovers, investigates, and documents man-made and man-used spaces underneath Britain.
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With expertise in health and safety, history and archaeology, Phil has explored a large portion of the abandoned sections of the town, taking photographs along the way. And he's worked out why the Old Town is higgledy-piggledy in design, with different levels of terrain.
"(Stockport Old Town) was essentially a b ig sandstone lump, with a church, a castle, and then they ended up with a market," Phil said. "It was so easy to dig, so they kept digging down and down.
"Everyone has cellars underneath and some units have double cellars. The Bakers Vault pub had a nightclub beneath it, and then another cellar they didn't know was there."
The grade-II listed Market Hall was erected in 1861. But the site has housed a market dating back to the late Anglo-Saxon period, with the granting of a
Once classified tunnels built in the event of nuclear war lie deep beneath Manchester's city centre.
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