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Are Blossoms Making A Netflix Comedy Series Set In Stockport ?

Are Blossoms Making A Netflix Comedy Series Set In Stockport ?

Is Stockport getting it’s very own Netflix series… Blossoms say we are.

Stockport Makers Market

Stockport Makers Market

On the second Saturday of every month Stockport Makers Market sets up an artisan market displaying locally produce independent good!

7 Interesting Things About Stockport

7 Interesting Things About Stockport

1 – Stockport is home to Strawberry Studios, where internationally recognised artists including Joy Division, The Stone Roses and Paul McCartney have recorded their music.

 

2 – Stockport viaduct is an essential component of the town’s landscape. It was built in 1840, has 27 arches and was made using 11 million bricks.

 

3 – Stockport was famous for it’s hat industry and in it’s peak exported over 6 million hats to all different places around the world.

 

4 – Sadly, this year marks the 50th anniversary of a passenger plane crashing in the centre of Stockport. 72 people were killed in the crash and it is considered one of the worst disasters in British aviation. 

 

5 – Robinsons Brewery was founded in the Unicorn Inn in Stockport in 1849 and, on average, produces 13.3 millions pints of beer each year.

 

6 – Stockport’s famous cinema and theatre The Plaza is recognised internationally for the last building of this nature that is still in its original format.

 

7 – Stockport’s County Football club are nicknamed ‘The Hatters’ in recognition of the town’s famous hat industry (see fact 3). Interestingly, the concept of a mad hatter came about after the realisation that the exposure to mercury in hat making often made the creator a little (a lot) crazy.